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Tired of wearing the same boring watch everyday? Do yourself a favor and spice it up a bit, be bold! Layer bangles with your watch: it’s a cute way to make your plain old watch a little more interesting.  It’s simple; just match a bangle to the strap of your watch.

These great examples were shown […]

How to Test Bakelite Jewelry

Published Date: September 20th, 2007
Category: How To, Bakelite Plastics, Helpful Fashion Answers

Our www.bakelitejohnnys.com store has just published an article on how to test vintage plastic jewelry to see if it is Bakelite. Really great article. Take some tiem to read it: http://www.squidoo.com/bakelitejewelry/ It explains the basic characteristics of Bakelite as well as the many different tests (409, Simichrome, Scrubbing Bubbles, Hot Water).

With vintage trends being so popular in the last several years, we have acquired a variety of accessories besides jewelry. These accessories include vintage hats, purses, hat stick pins, and shoe clips.  In a recent article in April’s issue of Glamour, we discovered that having your own style is the way to go! Try wearing vintage […]

Basic Jewelry Fixing How-To’s

Published Date: April 6th, 2007
Category: How To, Helpful Fashion Answers

 Here are a few jewelry fixing basics that I (sarah, the jewelry fixing girl, here at raefields) have picked up while working here.  I hope you can use them when fixing a piece of your own jewelry.
 RHINESTONES
Never submerge any piece of jewelry with rhinestones in water, cleaner or alcohol. It mess it up, even if […]

Get the Look For Less

Published Date: April 2nd, 2007
Category: What's Hot Now, Unique Items, How To, Helpful Fashion Answers

Create your own “Look for Less”! We have several ideas for you to incorporate into your everyday wardrobe.  A much less expensive way to have style wihtout buying designer accessories that empty your pockets and leave them dry as a bone! 
Check out these ideas:
1. Accessories for the hair should be more popular! We just don’t seem to […]

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Questions? We have answers!

Published Date: March 20th, 2007
Category: Helpful Fashion Answers

We saw a great article in the April 2007 issue of Glamour, that gave some great answers to some interesting fashion questions. 
One question we have put here for your convenience. Many ladies have often wondered if placing a long necklace over a detailed neckline would be too busy.  Well, we have the answer!  See below!

So, don’t avoid […]