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Listed are the posts for May 2010.

Heirloom-Quality Jewelry

If you are fond of vintage items, you do not have to depend on your ancestors to have your own heirlooms. You can search for your own heirloom-quality jewelry especially if you intend to use them at your wedding as part of your wedding jewelry. Antique jewelry is a term used for jewelry that is [...]


Considering Their Jewelry

Providing your bridesmaids with the best possible gift has always been the bride’s aim. Since we always want to get our money’s worth and we want our bridesmaids to feel special especially when it comes to their bridesmaid jewelry gifts. Before setting yourself on finding their  bridesmaid jewelry, first, think about the budget you are [...]


Gemstones and Opaque

We commonly wear gemstones, most especially at the day of the wedding where most brides aim to have a complete ensemble for the wedding. As how gemstones are combined into ornaments, they will also need to go through different procedures before being inducted.  Then the jeweler will make several techniques to create a lasting effect [...]


About Gemstones

Since gemstones always play an important role in making brides feel like she is a real bride by using it as her wedding jewelry, knowing something about gemstones can also be advantageous.
Gemstones which also mean gems, are mineral parts that are cut and polished and are inserted to a specific jewelry. They are also classified [...]


The Story of Custom Bridal Jewelry

Custom bridal jewelry mostly started during the 1700s, when rich people duplicate their jewelry using paste or glass stones. Although during the 1800s, the growth of the middle class were emerging and so different levels of jewelry was made available using fine, semi-precious and base materials. Fine jewelry of gold, diamonds, fine gems, such as [...]


Selecting Your Gold Earrings

Gold is considered a versatile metal that can be changed into any shape of bridal jewelry you desire. In fact, just an ounce of gold can be hammered into an extremely thin sheet measuring at ten feet square.
To note there are different Karats to gold and the higher the Karat number the higher the percentage [...]


Cleaning your Jewelry

To clean your jewelry, it is recommended to just use a simple jewelry polishing cloth that uses a special jewelry cleaner. This type of cloth can be easily both in stores and it is also easy to use. After cleaning your wedding jewelry, put the cloth in a plastic zip-lock bag and keep it in [...]


Taking Care of Your Pearl Bridal Jewelry

To properly take care of your pearls, take in mind that pearls are not meant to be worn as a daily wear. While your gold wedding band can withstand the difficulties while working in the yard, working out at the gym, or doing some physical labor, your pearl ring won’t
Do not wear your pearl bridal [...]


Caring for Your Pearls

Pearls are not meant as a daily wear since they may not withstand the difficulties in working with your hands. Do not wear your pearls when you are in physical labor, working in the yard, or working out at the gym, the dirt and perspiration that you accumulated as you do those things will lessen [...]


Different Forms of Bracelets

Bracelets are fashionable ornaments typically worn around the wrist or even at the upper arm. When a bracelet is worn above the elbow, it is called an armlet. Bracelets can be made in different types of materials such as cloth, metal, rocks, wood, shells, and stainless steel. The variety of creating bracelets are a lot, [...]


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