A Brief Look at Designers and Companies We Love at Bethidee's Collectible Vintage Costume Jewelry From Art and Boucher to Vendome and Weiss: A Guide To Timelines and Styles Brought To You By Bethidee- Click...
Most questions on early plastics are How Can I Test For Bakelite? What Are Some Differences Between the Plastics? When Was It First Produced? In this guide I will give some information on the history of early...
You may have seen them and not even realized what they were, but buried in the piles of costume jewelry and Bakelite pieces that you may see at antique shows and flea markets are some fabulous treasures of...
Lucite is the queen of diversity, appearing in many forms, colors and styles in jewelry from the 1940's on, although it was most popular during the ཤ's and 's. It is an acrylic resin, and one type of ...
Since I make jewelry as well as selling vintage jewelry, I've done a lot of ebay 'shopping' - and I've often come across terms I'd never heard of, without a clue as to what they were referring to. So, for...
If you are reading this guide you already know how difficult it is to buy on Ebay for the simple fact that not everything is what people say it is. It is your job as a consumer and a smart shopper to make sure...
12 Creative and Different Things To Do With Vintage Jewelry Ideas from a long-time collector as well as inspirations from customers!1. Decorate a picture frame: Old pins- especially rhinestone pieces- look...
COLLECTIBLE CHARACTER WATCHES - DISNEY LORUS MODELS Many of the more modern Disney collectible character watches available today were manufactured by Lorus, a division of Seiko, from 1986 to the late 1990's....
Vintage Glass Beads - What is Vintage and what is not ???? We sell German Vintage Glass Beads in our ebay store Never Too Many Beads . We have been asked that question repeatedly. So here are some answers. ...
Since I deal primarily in vintage-style brass stampings and jewelry findings at Ebay, I get asked this question all the time: I love your stuff! And, I love to make jewelry. But WHAT do you do with brass...