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Hello there.  I'm Fritzie.  Welcome to my place.

Greetings from the Land of Oz (Kansas.)  I'm Crackers and I live with Fritzie; I am always busy helping her.  I'm a Flat Coat Retriever and have beautiful   silky black hair.  I am so soft everyone likes to pet me.  I am very big and strong.

Did you read about Grant?  I went with Fritzie to the store to get a toy for Grant.  It was so much fun looking at all the toys and sniffing all the treats!  I picked out a big pink caterpillar with lots of legs hanging off its side for Grant and Fritzie bought me a new bone!

Fritzie has packed all the Christmas decorations away but she continues to work on the sister store Christmas Treasures and Things!    Toodles from Totoland!

 

 

 




Greetings from the Adirondack Mountains in New York.  I'm Jupiter and I live with JJ and help at gloves and things.  I am a bichon frise and very white and fluffy.  I am not very big; I am 13 inches tall and JJ got me just what I wanted for Christmas - a baby brother! 

His name is Grant and he is a year old.  While I was staying at the breeder where I was born while JJ and Gene were working with the missionary group in Haiti, I became quite fond of this little fella. 

When they came to pick me up, Grant and I met them at the door. I worked with Grant a whole week to teach him manners and social graces and it paid off! 

We all piled in the car for the long drive from Connecticut back to our home in the Adirondacks!  We are having a great time, Grant and me - blitzing around the house, playing with the toys and napping side-by-side!  It's wonderful having a baby brother!  

Yippee!


I share Fritzie's Place with Jupiter and Crackers.  You know how it is in families.  The 'kid' always gets someone stuck in their room with them.

Fritzie's Place is about fun, information, new ideas, new products, and even "my favorite things."  Well, I'm sure JJ will want to have some of her favorite things on this page, too.  Come visit often.  We will have new things for you.  Maybe just a handy hint about your gloves.  Or maybe even an earthshaking idea (but don't expect us to get those very often.)
I would love to hear from you.  Send an e-mail to:  fritzie@glovesandthings.com.

Hope to see you again very soon. 

     Fritzie (Jupiter and Crackers, too)
                                                  

JJ's Treasures LLC introduces:

 A celebration of the Season
for yourself, gifts, collectors
and everyone to enjoy.
Today's treasure becomes tomorrow's heirloom.

We'll be looking for you. 

 

       THE MYSTERY OF GLOVE SIZING  -  HOW TO MEASURE YOUR HAND

     When I worked at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City, the glove counter was in the front of the store in between the two entrances.  This was a premier location.  Now you have an idea about how old I am.  I won't tell you the exact number but I will tell you that when I was a child my mother always wore spotless and snow white dress gloves when she went to church, when she went shopping, when she went to lunch with her lady friends.  For some, that must sound like the dark ages.  I loved being a child then, but I love being an adult more in today's world.  
     The clothes we wear we choose to wear when and where we want to.  It is not so rigidly dictated as it was when I was a child.  We love to wear beautiful gloves in the winter to keep us warm.  We adore dressing up for parties and weddings in fancy and fun clothes and enjoy the winter in sporty outfits when we are out in the snow.  But the mystery of what size gloves we wear still continues for many of us.
     When I worked at Saks, the ladies at the glove counter placed the customer's hand flat on the counter and using a fabric tape measure, wrapped it around the knuckles of the hand.  We use the same procedure today.  The tape should fit snugly, but not tight.  The measurement in inches determines the size you wear.  The chart below is the sizing used by Conroy Gloves.
                           
         LADIES'                                   MEN'S                         
 Small:      6" - 6 1/2"             Small:          7" - 8"             
 Medium: 7" - 7 1/2"             Medium:     8" - 8/2"             
 Large:      8" - 8 1/2"             Large:        9" - 10"            
              XLarge:     10" - 10 1/2"            
              XXLarge:   11" - 11 1/2"            
                           
     Children's gloves are sized according to their age.  Finale sizes children's gloves according to the chart below.
   
               CHILDREN'S  
 Small:      fits 2 - 5 year olds  
 Medium:  fits 6 - 9 year olds  
 Large:      fits 10 - 13 year olds  

   After the clerk at Saks measured the lady's hand, she placed her elbow in a round padded ring so her hand was supported in an upright position.  Then it was time to try on the gloves.  However, the customer never put the gloves on.  The clerk gently placed the glove over the customer's fingers and smoothed them down until the fingers were correctly placed in the gloves.  Then the rest of the glove was eased onto the hand and beyond the wrist to wherever the glove ended.  This was necessary because the gloves before they were worn were always too snug.  But with wearing, the leather molded perfectly to the hand.  That is the same with today's fine gloves.  Do not purchase gloves too large or when they begin to naturally ease, they will not have the beautiful fit you want.
     I hope this has been helpful and interesting, too.  If you have comments or questions, feel free to send an e-mail to jj@glovesandthings.com 

      'til the next time,            
                  JJ



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