Stella is unique, as is our jewelry, so Sara Bradstreet’s designs fit right in. As a result, Stella hosted an exclusive, week-long trunk show of BROAD STREET Jewelry from May 1 to 8 that marries the past with the present in vintage style.

Bradstreet is a one-of-a-kind designer who creates one-of-a-kind BROAD STREET Jewelry for the fashionable and environmentally conscious woman. These statement pieces are composed entirely of vintage findings and hand-crafted in a sustainable and earth-friendly manner.

BROAD STREET pays homage to old world glamour with just a touch of whimsy.

“It all started with an impulsive collection of vintage jewelry,” said Sara. “I instinctively hoarded ‘Grandma’s old jewelry’ as though I were saving it from further abuse of sitting vacant on the sales counter under the florescent lights at the local thrift. It was as though a moment’s stay in my jewelry box resurrected something within me, a need to celebrate the lost lives in the donated jewelry and reclaim the eclectic combinations of the ‘junk’ that was now accumulating in my life.

“There was something else happening in the jewelry box, though; a layered composition of silver and gold chains, butterflies and rhinestones, enamel and filagree flowers laying upon each other in an assemblage of vintage findings. I began to play with compositions, themes and notions within each piece, assembling the individual findings together to tell a story, to invoke feelings and ideas.

“Years later, I work in one of a kind.”

Bradstreet will be on hand at Stella on Thursday, May 6 from 2 to 6 p.m. to talk to clients about her special vintage style, and custom design is available: Your inherited heirlooms can be reworked into assemblages of vintage lore.

“Each piece is unique as each woman who is drawn to the assemblage of disguarded amulets of history,” said Sara. “And in a world that is tarnished with waste and debris, how artfully green it can be to salvage someone’s trash and transform it into treasure.”