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MIMI DEE ARTWEAR NEWSLETTER JUNE 2008
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Just a few days till the Phanthom Gourmet brings us the Bar B Que Beach Party at Boston City Hall Plaza. Thank you Andelman Brothers for giving this hermit a reason to venture out and consume Texas Bar B Que, Yum! Tick...Tick...Tick count down to June 18 is the day!

For more info please go to www.phantomgourmet.com and tell them Mimi sent cha!
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MIMI DEE ARTWEAR - NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2007

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It's not too late, should you find yourself antiquing near Boston this week-end, you must, you must attend the Phantom Gourmet BBQ Beach Party @ City Hall Plaza in Boston MA. Yikes! It was the thought of eating genuine Texas beef brisket BBQ that prompted this near recluse to venture out and brave the crowds. Made a bee line to Cowboy's BBQ for the most delish brisket, potato salad and Texas toast! Had to go back to bring home more of same and a bottle of Cowboy Green's BBQ sauce. Don't laugh, but even my parakeet loved it! The BBQ brisket, that is.

Southerners living in the Boston area, if you are hankerin' for the real "enchilada", this is it! This event is the brainchild of the Andelman family. When you go, tell Dan, Dave, Michael, Ed, Judi and sweet Tina, that Mimi sent cha!

June 22, 23, 24, 2007 10am to 10PM

PS: yes, you will find tons (as in tonnage) of real sand and a giant sand castle in the shape of the Phantom Gourmet. No kiddin'!

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MIMI DEE ARTWEAR - December 2006 Newsletter
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Mimi of Mimi Dee Artwear wishes to thank all the many, many clients who have collected Mimi's own Signed Studio Jewelry, Wearable Art, Art to Wear and the numerous more who have collected vintage jewelry, a Happy Healthy Prosperous Peaceful 2007.

First, let's start by wishing all in order of calendar appearance a Happy Hanukkah and a Merry Christmas

Looking forward to creating more wearable art custom work and finding more vintage jewelry treasures for our loyal clients. Thank you again for patronzing and shopping @ www.mimideeartwear.com!

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MIMI DEE ARTWEAR – November 2005 Newsletter
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Good Golly it is only October 29th and already the first snowflakes landed on our skylights just a few minutes ago at 12:52PM!

You know what that means to shoppers who want that special Signed Mimi Dee Artwear Studio Silver Jewelry or vintage item as a holiday gift?

It means that you can not tarry. You must start making your selections and ordering from www.mimideeartwear.com today, before this part of northern Massachusetts gets the many snow storms that are expected during the predicted long cold snowy winter ahead. Why run the risk that your carefully selected Signed Modern Art Silver or vintage jewelry will not make it to their desired destination this holiday season? Why disappoint your loved ones or yourself? Mimi pays to mail your gifts to your USA address, or add $9 for ground UPS, approx $30 for most 2nd day plus add $2.25 for rural. But all this is a moot point if snow impedes the shipping process.

Mimi has been busy in her USA studio creating a few strands of pearls and precious gemstones necklace earrings sets that could be worn and enjoyed at those special holiday parties. She carefully hand knots them and finishes them with either 14K Gold, 18K Gold, Sterling, Fine Silver or 22K Gold on Sterling Silver.

Her Mimi Dee Artwear website catalog @ www.mimideeartwear.com may be a bit confusing because she carries not only her own signed studio silver work but hundreds of signed and unsigned sterling silver, some gold, jewelry from the late Victorian era, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernist, Taxco, Native American to name a few styles and eras.

How best to navigate if you must own the only one piece of signed artist jewelry? Please enter her catalog from her homepage, where you will reach the first page, then look to the left and scroll down until you find 12 links under GALLERY OF ORIGINALS by Mimi Dee.

In addition you may wish to search for example: necklace not vintage, or earrings not vintage, bracelet not vintage, etc. to view Mimi’s work. Both methods will bring up her sold pieces as well, but you can custom order your own jewelry by calling 978-975-5148 and leaving your name, phone number and specifications.

If you are strictly looking just for vintage jewelry, not by Ms. Dee, then please find the appropriate items of interest in the links at upper left of any page or search: vintage necklace, vintage bracelet, etc. You can search by motifs, gemstones or any way you wish, just remember to add vintage with the search word for estate pre owned or for Ms Dee’s work add the not vintage.

She will joyfully gift wrap your gifts free of charge. Please specify plain, floral, or holiday theme.

PS, within the next couple of days many or most items priced under $50 will be deleted and incorporated as a lot offer at a later time. If you have been thinking of acquiring under $50 holiday gifts, now is the time before Mimi deletes them from her www.mimideeartwear.com catalog inventory!

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Mimi Dee Artwear October 2005 Newsletter
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The air is getting chilly and one good way to ignore the chill is to partake of delicious warm Indian Cuisine. You might be asking what does this have to do with mimideeartwear.com or antiques? Well, let's try. Should you find yourself antiquing in central Massachussetts, please visit with and enjoy Yash and her partner Shaila's (along with her husband Om) fine Indian cuisine at their Tandoori Grill in Marlboro, MA.

The 80 mile round trip from here is well worth the drive to savor the best Tandoori prepared chicken or lamb around. Oh, and the naan! Fresh from their Tandoor in so many varieties! Last visit we tried plain and peshwari naan with our meal and bottle of wine which by the way starts with a toast, 'may we be dining guests of Yash & Shaila's for at least 20 more years'.

The place is spotless clean and the aromas that meet you at the door to their superbly decorated restaurant will give you a hint of your dining experience. Only the freshest herbs & spices are used to prepare even 'mild-to-order' if you'd like. The buffet will make you wonder why go anywhere else. We like to take an extra order of Tandoori chicken, each piece prior to freezing for a later feast deserving of 'gift wrap and a ribbon to unwrap and enjoy another day'.

Evenings can get busy, but if you stop for lunch you might even get Om to start discussing the stock market, his 'previous life' prior to assisting his wife Shaila and her business partner Yash in opening Tandoori Grille.

With Diwali around the corner, you can of course enjoy vegetarian meals there as well.

They are located at 197 H Boston Post Road RTE 20W in Marlboro, MA.
(508)357-6551
www.naanfactory.com

PS, oh unlike other restaurants of this type, their delicious portions are generous enough to save some for lunch the next day!

Please stop by and tell Yash, Shaila & Om that, 'Mimi says hello'.

Mimi Dee Artwear
PO Box 458
Methuen, MA 01844
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MIMI DEE ARTWEAR AUGUST 2005 NEWSLETTER

Yikes! With temperatures and gasoline prices soaring, who needs to go out in this heat and waste gasoline? Time to shop for your favorite 'Loved One', yes, YOU!
Here at www.mimideeartwear.com you can shop in your own cozy cool comfort.

Gallerists Gallery Owners & Store Buyers can buy for their stores and galleries too.

What can you find at www.mimideeartwear.com? Signed Studio Silver for Collectors of MADE IN AMERICA work by Mimi Dee, an American Artist who takes pride in creating all her work herself in her USA studio.

That is not all, for you Vintage Signed Sterling Jewelry Collectors, you can find many delightful treasure finds at such reasonable prices.

Yes, even with gasoline prices soaring and the costs of shipping going up, you can still shop at www.mimideeartwear.com and get Free ground USA mail!

So why, one asks, 'do you go out in this heat and waste gasoline when you can shop here at www.mimideeartwear.com?'

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MIMI DEE ARTWEAR NEWSLETTER JUNE 2005

Gallerists, Gallery Owners, Store Buyers

You are Cordially Invited to visit this site to View Mimi Dee Artist Signed Studio Silver Work and Fiber Art to Wear for your Gallery or Store.

To view her work from her homepage, please click '...HERE...' to proceed to lst page of her catalog, then look to the left and scroll down until you reach the 12 links under Gallery of Originals by Mimi Dee

You can add similar custom work, 'one of or limited editions please', to your inventory and Mimi pays to mail them to Your Gallery USA address.

For more info about Ms Dee, please visit the ABOUT US link.

Inquiries can be made by signing the Guest Book and providing the name of your Gallery, Your name, address, phone, zip, best time to reach you by phone and or your email or by calling 978-975-5148 and leaving same info.

Besides Free USA Mail, Special Gift with Your First Wholesale Order

Gallery Store Buyers Owners with website benefit even more.

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For Serious Vintage Jewelry Collectors of Signed Sterling Work, please look what you can find here:

PARTIAL LIST OF SIGNED VINTAGE STERLING JEWELRY MAKERS such as Cini, Peruzzi, Parenti, E. A. Bliss, Clifford Russell, Hobe, Danecraft, Watson, Rebajes, Orb, Frydenberg, Volmer Bahner, Napier, Felch & Co, Mary Gage, Lillian Pines, McClelland Barclay, Leonore Doskow, Lampl, Unger Bros, Binder Bros, Kerr & Co, Kirk & Son, N E From, Ming's, Lewittes, Boothby, Winograd, Kirby, Otsby, O & B, Lang, F & B, Coro, Victorian, Edwardian, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, Modernism, Mexican, Native American, Austro Hungarian, Czech, Italian, Continental, to name just a few

MIMI DEE ARTWEAR NEWSLETTER MAY 2005

What a thrill when an artist who toils with her hands receives Poetry written by one of Her Patrons describing MIMI DEE SIGNED STUDIO JEWELRY as follows written by Jean Aloe:

(About)MIMI'S GEMS

each design a poem in metal and stone:

picture this….

a purple planet nestled
in a golden galaxy
encircled by twin moons
one green one lavender –
Galileo’s delight ............. (not the poet's parenthesis ...item #T 549 184893)
or this….

a shaft of desert sand
caressed with bolts of gold -
a pharaoh’s obelisk
to his magnificence .................. (T 684 - 269545)
or this….

a living strand of silver
entwined upon itself
without beginning
without end –
a Druid puzzle for the eye................... (T 648 - 265146 or # 161310)
then….

a nest of gold and
one blood dark egg –
a garnet huge
conjures up an eagle’s lair
suspended overhead
finally….

trapped in a silver spider’s web
a turquoise stone
of throbbing color like the sea
surely some exotic bug
Mimi has captured whimsically -............. (T 164 -138961 or 184903)

such mastery of the inanimate
like the poet with his words
requires a touch of madness –
genius always does

Written by Jean Aloe.

Thank you Jean!!! For your words...for your Kind Patronage. Where would artists be without our Patrons?!

These poems are the sole property of Jean Aloe, published here @ www.mimideeartwear.com per her signed release. No one may reproduce, publish or use these lines without Ms. Aloe's signed expressed permission.

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MIMI DEE ARTWEAR NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2004

YIKES!!! The hurried pace of the Holiday Shopping Season is upon us...Where has the time gone????

As gas prices continue to go up and up and up, one must conserve energy and dollars.

What better way than to do your Holiday Shopping online from the warmth and comfort of Your Home from someone you know and trust and that is:

MIMI DEE ARTWEAR - ABOUT MIMI'S GEMS by going to www.mimideeartwear.com

How does one get the best bang for our buck???

A: Acquring and giving One of a Kind Signed Studio Sterling Jewelry by MIMI DEE - MADE IN AMERICA

B: Vintage signed and unsigned Sterling Silver Jewelry!!!
Either way you can not lose and you are sure to make someone very happy this Holiday Season.

Please don't delay, let Mimi add to your Holiday Shopping pleasure by letting her provide You with:

FREE USA MAILING
FREE GIFT WRAP!!!

You don't see what you'd like? Then ask Mimi to create something special for your Loved One. Although she is not a jeweler, please click MIMI DEE ORIGINALS at bottom of her homepage of www.mimideeartwear.com to see what magic she creates with Sterling, Cultured Pearls, Precious & Semi-Precious Gems...maybe just perhaps she can create something just FOR YOU and Your Loved One!

ABOUT MIMI’S GEMS – MIMI DEE ARTWEAR NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2004

GREETINGS!

Ahhhhhhh… Fall is ‘falling’ here in New England and the weather man says it’s going to be a ‘wet winter’, which translates into lots of snow in New England!

What does that have to do with you, you ask?

Besides offering a fine product, as in her own ARTIST SIGNED MIMI DEE STUDIO STERLING JEWELRY and wonderful vintage signed & unsigned jewelry, she takes great pride in Fast Free Friendly shipping. If mountains of snow and long lines at the Post Office are going to interfere with YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING and Gift Giving, Mimi, always thinking, came up with a plan that could help all concerned:

If you will do your Holiday Shopping here at MIMI DEE ARTWEAR – ABOUT MIMI’S GEMS, in October you will be rewarded with your 10% 'Spending Dollar Rebate' for you to spend on yourself say in January & February 2005, when the doldrums set in! PS, this offer can not be used with other specials such as Your Birthday Special, multiple purchases, duo/trio below, etc.

Let us not forget that MIMI OFFERS FREE USA MAIL & FREE GIFT WRAP TOO!

…but if you are going to receive a 10% 'spending dollar' rebate, Free Gift Wrap, Free S/H/I, why so much? Because Mimi does not want to have to worry about your packages being slowed down by a few feet of snow! You’ve heard this before, ‘…an ounce of prevention…’ She would rather whittle her profit margin even more, than worry about not being able to mail YOUR HOLIDAY GIFTS.

If you have any questions, please feel free to inquire while placing your HOLIDAY ORDERS. YOU MUST MENTION ‘OCTOBER NEWS’ TO RECEIVE THIS REBATE!

Also please, look for the words duo or trio to find jewelry that when purchased together you can save yet more money. With these duo or trio purchases please USA Personal Check, Western Union Cash or Money Order, or USA Postal Money Order ONLY instead of Visa/Master Card, as Mimi would still pay for your S/H/I.

So make yourself your favorite beverage and visit www.mimideeartwear.com Today!

SEPTEMBER 2004

While you are busily getting the kids back to school as you spend time & money getting them well equiped to face the new school year, don't forget to TREAT YOURSELF TOO! Do that by stopping by WWW.MIMIDEEARTWEAR.COM and select a SIGNED STUDIO STERLING JEWELRY PIECE BY MIMI DEE or a wonderful VINTAGE PIECE OF JEWELRY. Both of which are still the BEST BUY FOR YOUR DOLLAR!!!

August 2004

In an effort to help You get a head start on the shopping season, here at ABOUT MIMI'S GEMS - MIMI DEE ARTWEAR, at least 13 vintage pieces from 1930-1960 including: Art Deco, Sterling, Enamel, Mexican Sterling Silver, Butterfly Wings, Designer Signed, Carved Bone, Victims of Fashion, just to name a few examples, have been added to our web catalog in the last 2 days, ALL AT UNDER $50 !!! When you consider that we pay to USA Mail to you or your gift recepient, it means Value Shopping for You and your busy schedule!
Much energy, time, good contacts have been employed and we are just delighted to bring THESE ONLINE SHOPPING SPECIALS FOR YOU here @ www.mimideeartwear.com!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS IN JULY!

Here at ABOUT MIMI'S GEMS We are celebrating Christmas in July by offering QUALITY STERLING SILVER VINTAGE JEWELRY at the low low prices of $29, $33, $36!!!

With millions and millions of jewelry coming upon our shores

........STILL THE BEST VALUE FOR YOUR JEWELRY COLLECTING DOLLAR IS:

Either ARTIST SIGNED STUDIO STERLING SILVER PURCHASED FROM THE ARTIST OR REPRESENTING GALLERIES

And/Or: ........VINTAGE - ANTIQUE ESTATE JEWELRY

December 2003

SUPPORT YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST BY GIVING AMERICAN MADE GIFTS THIS SEASON AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT!

Uh - Oh! It's December...You are rushing around buying gifts for everyone...and while you are doing this, you can't help but notice that there are dozens of gifts that You Know You Deserve Yourself!

What can you do? You tell yourself, 'I am not shopping for myself, I am not shopping for myself'.

As if repeating this mantra makes you feel any better about all these goodies that You Deserve Yourself! While you are buying gifts for your loved ones, remember to buy for the 'other loved one', YOU!

It is Easy here at Mimi Dee Artwear - About Mimi's Gems. Simply make your selections and put a deposit on anything you like, make installment payments the early part of 2004 with all that 'gift money' you will be receiving and meet Spring 2004 wearing all your Gems acquired here at ABOUT MIMI'S GEMS!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

REMEMBER: IN 2004, PRICES FOR MIMI DEE ORIGINALS WILL GO BACK UP TO 2002 PRICES

November 2003

You can almost taste the turkey and dressing, can't you? You know what that means? Holiday Shopping and decorating both yourself and your home must be on your mind.

Even with the Economy making a quiet but steady rise, one still must consider...how do I get the Most Bang for My Buck?

With boat loads arriving daily upon our shores carrying 'handmade' things, and so many retired movie and TV personalities suddenly turned 'designers', selling their overseas made lovely things by the thousands, it is no wonder how many thousands of, often confusing, choices a buyer has. Choices are good... yet back to How can I get the most Bang for My Buck?

Simply this: Select Signed Artist Made Pieces, Not to be confused with 'designer'!

As buying those made by the Artist in the Artist's Studio from them or the Galleries representing the Artist have a chance of increasing in value one day. Don't believe this to be true? Just look at Signed Studio Jewelry made a few decades ago.

REMEMBER: Today's Artist Signed Studio Sterling Pieces... Tomorrow's Vintage Collectibles!

October 2003

With Browns and Blacks being strong still this Fall & Winter 2003 and Rich Earth Colors still favored for Fall & Winter Home Fashions, it is easy to see the Color Fun you can have creating your own magic for Your Home and Your Body! When you are done with that, there is still that Holiday Shopping List on your mind.

Please pour yourself a cup of coffee (or a tall one) and look through the About Mimi's Gems pages, where you will find her new links called GALLERY OF ORIGINALS by Mimi Dee with twelve subcategories to better help you find the many Signed and few unsigned pieces she has created: from Signed Sterling Jewelry to Paintings to Signed Sterling Sculptures to Apparel to Home Gifts and Accessories...please just go take a peek for yourself.

There you will find Brown, yes, Brown Pearls and wonderful Sterling or 14K rolled gold jewelry made with Brown/Amber color c 1925 Etched Glass stations... Carnelian Gem pieces...just to name a few...

In the Antique Vintage Estate Jewelry, you will find many interesting, Signed and unsigned Sterling, as well. Additions are made almost daily.

Take a peek and please do not hesitate to click "Inquire" for all your questions.

...and most importantly when you find something you can not live without but don't feel like buying it for yourself, send them to www.mimideeartwear.com or email them the page or pages of your Mimi Dee Artwear - About Mimi's Gems"favorites" that you just gotta have!

September 2003

It is not too early to began planning for the Holiday Season and those 'Hard-to-Buy-for' on your list.

About Mimi's Gems can help you. Just look through this website, make your selections and let Ms. Dee accept your orders with Installment Payments.

Start now as everything in this ABOUT MIMI'S GEMS Catalog is either vintage, no duplicates there, or Ms. Dee's own Signed Sterling Studio Pieces.

Please click Mimi Dee Originals on her homepage of www.mimideeartwear.com. Her Studio Pieces are never duplicated, so do not hesitate to make your selections Today!

More Good News: Many wonderful old pieces of Vintage and Antique jewelry can be found in the homes of area New Englanders, where generations have been hoarding for more than 100 years !

It is this proximity to these households that allows About Mimi's Gems to bring you so many lovely, little, treasures at such low, introductory prices.

Please do not let these low prices lead you to believe that there is something not 'quite right' with them, as any condition problems will be duly noted.

Please rest assured that as these are 'bought well' by About Mimi's Gems, that can only mean that you, the customer can 'buy well' for your private collection or for your business.

In addition, About Mimi's Gems always Mails Insured Free anywhere in the USA!

A Word about Peruzzi to help you in your collecting needs. Many times you may see items listed as a Peruzzi 'made by the Peruzzi in Boston' but marked Peruzzi Florence!

ONLY those marked Peruzzi Boston have any chance of being made by Gino and the Peruzzi family!

Now let's talk about the other portion of About Mimi's Gems Catalog.

That is about one link at the bottom of the Homepage marked Mimi Dee Originals. What does this mean? When you have reached this section, you will find her Signed Studio Sterling Silver Sculptures, both in Jewelry and actual Fine Art Sculptures that have been entered in Art Shows, and the Art To Wear Fiber Art Garments Created One at a Time by Ms. Dee herself.

There are not many Signed Sterling pieces now (look for her Maker's Mark Stamp), nor will there ever be many later, as hand fabricating these take a toll on her hands.

Within the next couple of years, Ms. Dee plans to publish a book of her signed works, many of which are owned and collected by Patrons in 3 Continents.

This book will also include some of her commissioned work, sold pieces, past and current pieces that are being photographed and cataloged.

What does this mean to you the Prospective Mimi Dee Artwear Collector? As you well know, once a book is published, one never knows just how much it will impact and increase the price of Signed Pieces!

Be wise and start your Signed Mimi Dee Artwear Studio Collection now before she publishes that book!

 
 


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