Raising the Bar PinAbout five years ago, Julie Bergstein Romanenko, the designer behind the Just Jules line, bought a vintage bar pin because she loved the locket attached to it. She ended up keeping the pin because of its pretty scrolling vines and floral motif. But she sat with the flea market find for two years, unsure of what, if anything, to do with it.Then inspiration hit. “I thought it would make a killer ring,” Romanenko tells JCK. So she started collecting more vintage bar pins (so far, she has eight, all with varying types of flowers and vines). She plans to cast them, and carve waxes to make a series of unique Art Nouveau reproductions for a bridal jewelry line in 14k gold.Just Jules floral band in 14k yellow gold with 1.5 ct. rose-cut diamond and 0.15 ct. t.w. pavé diamonds; $3,520The Scottsdale, Ariz.–based designer unveiled 15 floral SKUs as part of her new bridal je