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<p>[QUOTE="Dessert58, post: 10003135, member: 78465"]I have no idea how many pieces of jewelry I own, but my husband and kids say its plenty. </p><p>I couldn't possibly wear them all, but I do wear nice old flemish jewels/gold/georgian whenever I feel like wearing it.</p><p>I used to be scared to wear the valuable things out and about, but a good friend once told me: 'nobody knows if its real. People just assume it must be fake' </p><p>So I started wearing what I like.</p><p>If something breaks, I get it fixed by a jeweler.</p><p>Collecting old jewelry implies you have to take care of it, and its not new so things will break sometimes.</p><p>Last year I had an old, delicate flemish brooch pinned to my winter coat during Autumn and Winter, and the poor thing survived heavy rain and storms (would not recommend that maybe...those close back foiled diamond are not meant to get soaked) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dessert58, post: 10003135, member: 78465"]I have no idea how many pieces of jewelry I own, but my husband and kids say its plenty. I couldn't possibly wear them all, but I do wear nice old flemish jewels/gold/georgian whenever I feel like wearing it. I used to be scared to wear the valuable things out and about, but a good friend once told me: 'nobody knows if its real. People just assume it must be fake' So I started wearing what I like. If something breaks, I get it fixed by a jeweler. Collecting old jewelry implies you have to take care of it, and its not new so things will break sometimes. Last year I had an old, delicate flemish brooch pinned to my winter coat during Autumn and Winter, and the poor thing survived heavy rain and storms (would not recommend that maybe...those close back foiled diamond are not meant to get soaked) :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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