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Archive for March, 2010

How to Choose Bridal Jewelry

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Pearl Jewelry Pearl wedding jewelry is a popular choice because pearl jewelry is timeless and elegant. Pearl necklaces and earrings of the range models with traditional to very contemporary with everything else. Beads make a wonderful gift for bridesmaids and can be transmitted by the family for generations. Wedding pearl jewelry can be in a variety of colors including white, pink and black pearl natural color with the hue of the colors of the pearl through the green brown.

Costume Wedding Jewelry Wedding Costume Jewelry is a method of choice with a wide range of choices of colors and styles so you can easily find what you want for your special event. There is a wide variety of costume earrings, necklaces, bracelets and work to the theme of your wedding. You may also have retained the hand jewelry wedding jewelry with designs that are also affordable and very beautiful. Beaded Wedding Jewelry Wedding jewelry handcrafted made a single statement of style. With pearl jewelry that you have your choice of colors and styles so that it can coordinate beautifully with the colors of your theme wedding.

Diamond Bridal Jewelry Diamond and gold jewelry is a traditional marriage, the jewelry of choice, especially for the bride because it corresponds to diamond engagement rings. Often, the family of diamond jewelry is worn under something of the tradition. This can include gemstones jewelry, jewelry such as sapphire, ruby and emerald jewelry jewelry, especially gemstones that are often set with diamonds. Combinations of jewelry as the necklace of the bride is a family legacy with a new pair of diamond earrings are beautiful. Thus, sharing the joy of the wedding jewelry through the family is an experience that brings the love stories over the generations together.

Make your choice with the different choices of jewelry styles available, it is much easier to get the wedding jewelry that is perfect. To make the choice that makes it much easier than you’ve found the look and theme of the wedding, the styles of wedding dresses and, of course, and your budget. The search for different styles of jewelry and designs can be loads of fun and very inspiring. By refining what you need and define what you want, you’re sure to find the beautiful wedding jewelry after you.

The Brief History of Costume Jewelry

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Costume Jewelry came into being in the 1930s as a cheap disposable jewelry meant to be worn with a specific outfit, but not meant to be handed down through generations. It was intended to be fashionable for a short period of time, out date itself, and then be repurchased to fit with a new outfit purchase, or with a new fashion style. It became available in large quantities during the 30s.

Cheap jewelry also existed prior to the 1930s. Paste or glass jewelry as far back as the 1700s. The rich had their fine jewelry duplicated for a variety of reasons, using paste or glass stones. By the mid 1800s with the growth of the middle class there were now different levels of jewelry being manufactured using fine, semi-precious and base materials. Fine jewelry of gold, diamonds, fine gems such as emeralds and saphires continued to be made. Jewelry from rolled gold, which is a thin layer of gold attached to a base metal, entered the market for the middle class. This jewelry was often set with semi-precious gems such as amethyst, coral or pearls, and was much more affordable.

There are usually clues that can help one identify what era a piece of jewelry is from. Style, material, the type of piece. For example dress clips came in in the 1930s and were out of style by the 1950s. Jewelry reflects styles, designs, colors and stones of the era. For example from 1910 to 1930 silver was the favorite color for metal, so jewelry was found in platinum, white gold, silver or a base metal colored to look like silver. By World War II, gold was popular again but in short supply, since it was vital to the war effort. What gold was available was made into very thin sheets and usually bonded to silver (called vermeil) before being turned into jewelry. By the 1930s rhinestones popularity was ever increasing in Europe. It was not available to the Americans until the 1940s. As a result, many of the pieces from this period tend to feature lots of metal and a single stone or a small cluster of tiny rhinestones.

Today is certainly not much different from past times. We still have fine jewelry, semi precious jewelry, and of course costume jewelry available to us. Costume jewelry can add the finishing touch and show your fashion sense. Costume Jewelry styles of past years are now becoming very fashionable and many are being reproduced. Even with costume jewelry there is a difference in quality. Many of the new pieces do not have the vibrance in the stones or the weight of the older pieces.