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If you have some special jewelry, you know how important it is that it is stored and protected correctly from oxidization. Your best choice is a good jewelry box and there’s many to choose from! Jewelry armoires come in many different shapes and sizes. With proper storage and protection your necklace pendant or pearl necklace will love you if it is stored properly. When choosing a jewelry box, it is important to select one that matches your current decor. Most come with stacked drawers and some include hooks that you can hang longer items on such as a turquoise necklace. There are also unisex jewelry boxes available for both men and women.

One excellent, high jewelry armoire is a cherry-finish jewelry box that sits on the floor. Complete with eight, lined drawers plus side doors that swing out to hang necklaces, it is both functional and beautiful to look at. The top of the jewelry box flips available to reveal a mirror and lots of other compartments for jewelry storage. If you have a hard time fastening that diamond pendant, the mirror will certainly come in handy.  Read more...

Pearls aren’t cut or polished into form, they just “grow” that way. Their shape is usually decided by the shape of the bead or nucleus that is inserted into their oyster host. Consider, for instance, one of the most famous pear-shaped pearls, La Peregrina. Currently owned by Elizabeth Taylor (a gift from her ex-husband Richard Burton) this pearl demonstrates that it’s frequently the shape of a pearl that makes it really beautiful.

In fact, the shapes of pearls can dramatically enhance their exotic allure, especially in varieties such as the coveted South Sea cultured pearl. Though these pearls fall into three main pearl shape categories, the variations within those is where their unique character resides.

The three main categories of South Sea cultured pearl shapes are:

• Spherical – also considered the “classic” pearl shape, these are round or almost round.
• Symmetrical – pearls that are balanced to the point that if they were cut in half, both halves would be mirror images of each other.
• Baroque – these irregular pearls display no symmetry and are frequently labeled as abstract.

Within these three categories, the following shape variations occur:  Read more...

Necklace chains are both elegant and beautiful. Even without a pendant, necklace chains can already be considered jewelry. Necklace chains are pretty versatile and can match anything from T-shirts and blue jeans to even the most sophisticated and elegant wear. This is because of the simplicity of their look. If worn properly, necklace chains will not fail to compliment any wearer’s fashion. The most common materials used for necklace chains are gold and silver. However, necklace chains can be made from palladium, platinum, copper, stainless steel and surgical steel.

Necklace chains for women are delicate and well-crafted. They are worn with pendants or without them. Various styles of women’s necklace chains are the octagonal snake chain, the bead chain, the round snake chain, the heart chain, the mariner chain, Bismarck chain, the wheat chain, fox chain, the box chain and herringbone chain. Every chain necklace is patterned after standard shapes like the heart, square circle, rectangle or diamond.

Most men’s necklace chains designs are designed to withstand rough handling and wear. Men’s necklace chains have a much bolder look. Chain link designs crafted for men are the curb chain, Byzantine link, Franco chain, Cuban link, large mariner chain, Figaro chain, rope chain and the cable link. Most of these styles of necklace chains are heavier and of larger measurements.  Read more...

You don’t need to go to a jeweler to determine if your gold necklace jewellery is genuine or not. All you need is a magnifying glass or jeweler’s loupe and your gold necklace jewellery. When you buy any jewelry, it is always good to know if it is fake or not. So, here are a few tips you can follow to identify genuine jewelry:

1. Gather your gold necklace jewellery that you want to identify whether they are fake gold or not. Get a magnifying glass or a jeweler’s loupe and look at each necklace closely.

2. Locate the karat markings on your gold necklace jewellery. Necklaces made out of gold have markings that represent purity. These are called karat markings. Read the markings. Here are the karat markings that indicate the purity of your gold necklace jewellery:

24K: Pure gold 18K: About 75% gold 14K: About 59% gold 10K: About 42% gold

3. Find a well lit area and then look on your gold necklace jewellery near the clasp for a small metal tag. The tag should either be oval or rectangular and be the same gold color as the necklace chain and clasp. Use a magnifying glass or loupe and look at both sides of the tag carefully. It will be marked with the gold’s karat marking. The mark can be 10K, 14K, 18K, 24K or a decimal, such as .750 to indicate 75% or 18K.  Read more...

Who would not desire for very elegant Hello Kitty necklaces that will truly make you shine? Admirably, it appears that most women throughout the world do love and cherish the Hello Kitty jewelry. Hello Kitty has been here for several years and has been perennially adored by girls of all ages. Nowadays, Hello Kitty becomes a brand where not only the young girls are fond of, but also women as well who have remained young at heart. If you happen to love surfing on the internet, you will come to know that there are lots of various items under the Hello Kitty brand. These products range from stuffed toys or character animals, school supplies, clothes, home appliances, car accessories, and jewelry of which has become prevalent among these products.

This article leads you to get to know more about your favorite Hello Kitty necklace. Too, this will briefly provide you with a bit of information about the company per se. In as much as there are various Hello Kitty product lines, there’s also lots of unique styles and types of Hello Kitty necklaces from which you’ll choose. You will be able see some different design starting from those reasonably priced up to the very luxurious ones.  Read more...

Whether you are in the business of making jewellery and jewellery chains or a collector and even plain buyer of jewellery, it is great to know how jewellery chains are made. Knowing how they are done would make you appreciate jewellery and the art of making jewellery chains more. It would be impossible to cover all the techniques for making all kinds of jewellery chains on a single page, so we would cover only a few basics with a particular focus on the most common types, chain jewellery made out of metal.

The first step in making jewellery chains is to decide what components you want to use. Once the components are selected, they will then be prepared by laying them out carefully on a mat or a flat surface so that if beads were used, they won’t roll away.

Pliers are very important in making jewellery chains. Flat nosed pliers, round-nosed pliers, chain nosed pliers and cutters are required for crafting jewellery chains. They will be used to create simple loops and inserting pins for making more loops.  Read more...

Gold jewelry is the jewelry for all seasons. It never goes out of fashion. The reasons why are both practical and aesthetic. Gold is beautiful and at the same time non-reactive with other elements therefore, it does not tarnish.

Because of the malleability of gold, it can be easily formed into almost any shape and that includes very small strands that are very durable which can be used for gold necklace jewellery. Since this is the case, gold necklace jewellery is also the jewellery for all seasons. So how do you choose the right gold necklace jewellery for you?

Among the most important things that you need to do in choosing the right gold necklace jewellery is to determine how pure the gold necklace jewellery is. Gold can be classified as 10 K, 14 K or 18 K with K representing karat, the unit of measurement that determines the percentage of pure gold present in an item. The minimum karat that can be called “gold” in the United States is 10 K.  Read more...

If you are having a night time party coming up, then why not make it extra memorable with glow in the dark light sticks novelties? Glow sticks novelties will light up your party and make it different ad unforgettable. If you shop online, you can find glow sticks party value packages offered by some distributors. They provide an assortment of fun party items and a better price than if you buy each item separately. Some company even allows buyer to substitute one or two items. For example, you may be able to substitute tri-color glow necklaces included in the package to green glow necklaces, if green is your theme color.

Glow badges as the name can tell work like badges that you can attach to your chest. They have adhesive backing and to activate them, just push against the glow sticks inside the badge just enough to break the inside capsule. Glow badges come in round and heart shapes. To bring your party up a notch, bring in glow necklaces and the flashing glass. Light up your drink in fantasy changing colors in these cool cups and give them to your guests to take home with as a gift to take the great party memory home. LED light sticks come in 6″ or 7″ long and they function similar to glow sticks.  Read more...

A necklace can make or break an outfit. No matter what you are wearing, the right necklace will always make it. Styles of necklaces are many and varied.. We are going to go over the best way to wear the most common necklace styles.

A pendant necklace should be the first necklace you buy. This necklace will have a small charm hanging from a thin chain. The pendant should have meaning to you. some examples of pendants are crosses, hearts, and keys. This will be your signature piece. When in doubt, always opt for this one.

The next necklace that you want is a short strand of pearls or similar beads. Though you will probably not pull this necklace out very often, it will be invaluable when it comes to adding mature sophistication to your look. You want to consider this necklace an investment piece. Most people can spot a fake, so save up til you can afford to splurge on the real thing.  Read more...

You may recall the song that Marilyn Monroe sang in relation to diamonds are a girl’s best friend? When they are available in a ready-made jewelry collection, then all the better for sure! Then again, not every woman’s preference brings them to deciding on diamond necklaces. Many women opt for pearl strands, others opt for a timeless gold chain, whereas there are others choose to produce their own personal necklaces made out of beads as well as other knick-knacks.

Whichever type, design and materials you use, it is really in your best interest to care for your precious mementos to make certain they keep at their best for quite some time. One excellent means to protect and also set up your jewelry could be to obtain necklace stands.

Impress your customers
If you are running a jewelry retail store, an accessory retail outlet or almost any retail shop that carries necklaces, then necklace stands are a necessary buy in your case. It’s a fact that store owners – primarily jewelry store owners – purchase display cabinets to safeguard their items from possible burglars, but there is also another reason. Display cabinets exhibit the items in the very best manner attainable.  Read more...