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 | | Dec 18, 2006 |  Female love for jewels begins in early childhood when a small girl tries on her mother's golden earrings, rings and bracelets with a great number of colorful gems.
And this passion is always with her that's why jewelry pieces are always a desirable gift for a woman. There are a great number of jewels that are great as a gift for her. To present a woman with a jewelry piece is a great option that will certainly fit the bill. Let's take some jewels as an example.
Silver Cross
A silver cross is not just a jewelry finisher to a female wardrobe but a symbol of belonging to Christian faith.
Silver comb
If you want to beautifully remind your loved one that you love her and take care of her it's worth buying her a silver comb.
A brooch-butterfly
A brooch-butterfly is a very nice and charming option of a gift for a woman. Colorful gem style has become a symbol of freedom of self-expression.
A brooch-butterfly is a greatly suitable for a woman or a young girl. Colorful and shining brooch-butterfly is a great jewelry item for any woman.
Brooch-bear
Jewels for young people are the best way to wear jewellery items with gems.
A brooch-bear will become a great alternative to diamonds for those who strive for young dynamism of their nature.
A ring and earrings
Nature hasn't managed to invent a better incarnation of romanticism and mystery than a topaz yet.
Original and unique earrings made of this natural gem are considered to be pieces of art that are able to make people smile and admire them.
Silver is always appropriate
Yeah silver is always appropriate. It even doesn't require a very refined and exquisite taste and deep understanding of style context. Of course if the matter doesn't concern some modern and fresh avant-garde jewelry pieces.
They say that silver is loved by people who have a very good taste. And it's difficult to disagree with them.
Silver is always in mind of talented craftsmen-jewelers. And as a result of this obsession are not only gorgeous silver chains, earrings, bracelets, pendants etc. but bags and belts!
Of course it's up to us what a jewelry piece to choose. And it's necessary to be especially careful if you choose a jewel not for yourself but for a person you love and respect. | | Dec 15, 2006 |  It is not a secret that women are greatly attracted by everything exclusive and one of its kind. Every lady feels offended when she sees another female creature wearing for example the identical pair of earrings (quite pricey by the way) that she bought a few days ago at some auction sale. Fashion designers do their best to introduce new unforeseen ideas to help ladies realize their dream of creating one's matchless style.
Why is it so important for a woman to look special? Especially for women? Men in general tend to pay more attention to a specific style, and probably at least look tidy. A man will hardly notice that his friend is wearing a pair of jeans similar to his own. Or if you ask a man what his co-worker was wearing a day ago, he will no doubt be puzzled. It is good if he remembers what HE was wearing. Then, if you ask a lady the same question, you will be amazed by her answer - she will describe her co-worker's appearance in many details, including colors, accessories and shoes.
Of course not every lady may afford buying exclusive things whether we are talking about jewelry or clothes items. Still, her sole seeks for beautiful personalized things and she will be in the seventh heaven if her beloved person presents her with a gift out of this world.
Jewelry accessories are reliable friends of any lady - they are able to add the missing "zest" even to the most common dress. As for me, besides nice jewelry pieces, I also have a small collection of watches. If I see an original watch at a watch stand that seems to perfectly match my new cocktail dress, I just can't help buying it. Moreover, my friends are aware of my passion for nice jewelry and watch accessories and I have got some of their gifts in my collections.
Corum - if Looking for Unconventional
Recently I have come across picture of Corum watches from the brand's new collection. To tell you the truth, Corum watches are among my favorite ones, although Corum has produced more watch models for men than for women.
Every collection of Corum watches has something original about it. Take for example the Bubble watches with their unconventional thin dome-like sapphire in the shape of a bubble and dials featuring the most daring pictures - a skull, a roulette ball, or Baron Samedi. Or have a look at the Admiral's Cup watches created for those overwhelmed by the passion for sailing - you will easily distinguish this brand's creations from any others.
Corum has also come out with another striking idea - it developed the Artisan collection. The collection comprises most beautiful timepieces, each being a real masterpiece of its own. I think that female lust for exclusivity inspired Corum for creating these timekeeping wonders. Every watch has a unique colorful hand painting on its dial - you will see a watch featuring a flying dragon, horses in the wind, garden birds, a cobra snake and a lot of other original images.
However, the watch that attracted not only my eyes but also my mind is called Corum Classical Dragon Phoenix. This special Corum watch is marked by the touch of philosophical approach towards everything around us. Probably you know that in ancient Chinese mythology dragon and phoenix are two creatures that symbolize the yin and yang concept. It is possible to notice these competing opposites being united by everything on this planet - the nature of all things is duel in fact. May be this duality is necessary for the harmonious balance of nature.
What are the Corum Classical Dragon Phoenix timepiece's major characteristic besides its philosophical point of view?
- Corum developed and patented a special technique that includes mother-of-pearl engraving and hand painting.
- The watch's case with 40 mm in diameter is produced from 18kt pink, yellow or white gold and has the transparent sapphire case back.
- The process of timekeeping is performed by automatic jump hour movement - at the top of the watch's dial there is a small aperture featuring the current hour (in a Roman numeral). There is also an elegant skeleton minute hand.
- The watch's bezel and lugs are embellished by full-cut diamonds.
- Corum produced a limited edition of only 50 pieces of this horology wonder, and each depicts one-of-a-kind color palette.
Well, with Corum watches you have a feeling you witness some fine exhibition of artistic masterpieces. Its creations satisfy our human quest for beautiful and delicate things.
Of course such majestic items as Corum Classical Dragon Phoenix watch are destined to enter some personal watch collection of a real connoisseur of exclusive things. However, it is not the reason to stop one's personal search for exclusively beautiful things to compliment one's image or present as a gift to a person close to you. Just feel inspired!
| | Dec 11, 2006 |  Jewelry pieces are ones of the most popular gifts. Expensive and beautiful they certainly add charm to our attires and accentuate the beauty of our eyes by their shine.
They usually choose a ring or a pendant as a gift. In rare cases it is a bracelet or a brooch. Earrings as well as a necklace require the presence of a woman in the boutique, agree?
Ring from Cartier. Elegant, refined, beautiful. A classic ring Trinity is three rings in one.
The first is made of white gold, the second - of yellow and the third of pink. There's also a variation with multicolored diamonds pave. The ring Tank is for more young people.
It's geometrical and of course made of gold. The decorations of these jewels are amethysts, moonstones or citrines.
Diamonds from Graff are meant for very important life events - weddings, anniversaries, child births. You can choose something simple. On the other hand how it's possible to call a ring with diamond in hearty shape from Graff a simple thing? The purest diamonds are an eternal jewelry piece.
As for Tiffany it has very nice gifts especially for winter holidays, for example rings and bracelets from Etoile collection.
They are made of white and yellow gold and decorated with small diamonds. These jewelry pieces are not very snazzy. You can also buy diamond brooches from Tiffany in form of a frog, dragonfly or small turtle. But it's an expensive thing just to joke. The company also has a lot of jewels for young people.
Bvlgari means very expensive but of course generous. Golden pendants in heart shape, pendants-pyramids, pendants-flowers and Byzantine crosses that should be worn only on a thick lace. The most original Bvlgari rings are Bvlgari-Bvlgari and B.zero1 . A woman wearing them is able to meet any extreme situation.
Of course we should mention Chopard that offers us to be happy. Happy Diamonds collection is one of the most loved and famous collections all around the world.
The main here are floating diamonds - the branded "trick' of Chopard. Pendants in form of elephants and bears, snowmen and clowns and floating diamonds together with multicolored sapphires are everywhere now.
But not only pendants but rings, watches and even ladies cufflinks are made with floating diamonds. More serious items are from from La Strada, Cashnir, Pushkin, Ice Cube, Love and rainbow collections.
So as you see the choice is wide - you just have to choose something that suits the best.
| | Dec 04, 2006 |  Have you ever heard about casual jewelry? I'm sure you do. They are first of all meant for warm and light-headed season. Jeans T-shirts, bikinis - and everything together with gorgeous diamonds and gold.
I think it's not bad to wear such kind of jewelry pieces all year long. You know one of the greatest jewelers inventions is combination of diamonds and gold with multicolored lace.
Such a simple lace is the most important, significant element of casual joaillerie. I have an impression that a lace binds two so different notions as Joaillerie and casual.
You know a French brand Dinh Van has become known due to bracelets made of simple lace and a pendant. At the beginning such a pendant was branded circle made of silver with a hole in the middle. Nowadays there are not only bracelets in Dinh Van collections but casual-pendants as well. Instead of silver shining gold has appeared.
Casual Joaillerie from Dinh Van is a real classics with evident ethnic motives made in French variant.
But don't think that casual jewels should be only with lace. It can also be a strip of multicolored leather. For example jewelry house Van Cleef and Arpels couldn't make jewels with simple lace. Though it has some casual Joaillerie items.
Last year Van Cleef Arpels jewelers presented small collection called Boutonniere. The central jewelry piece of the collection has become bracelet made of a buckle made in form of big golden button decorated with diamonds.
Shining leather is bright red, transparent-pink or warm brown. The Boutonniere bracelet is original and in some sense not modern jewel.
But we are interested in something else - the fact that great French jewelry houses that always create unique pieces of haute Joaillerie sometimes make casual jewels.
For example Chaumet created a very "light"collection in 2005. Though it's not a whole collection but addition to Class one collection - many watches of it are sporty.
Class One-2005 is a collection of bracelets made of different laces (pink, blue, white, black, green and brown) and a big golden bead.
As for Chopard casual-joaillerie pendants, of course the main method of the house is used there: they all have floating diamonds - happy diamonds. The company has began giving more attention to the youngest clients.
And now Chopard has pendants on laces, bracelets with laces, rings with gold and plastic. But of course every item has at least one floating diamond there.
| | Dec 01, 2006 |
 The famous watch manufacturer Breguet was the first one to design a wristwatch for a queen. Some of you may feel indifferent by I think that today every woman should be considered a queen and thus she deserves to get all the best. I'm sure Breguet can help you find a gift for your queen.
This company has always been true to women. The timepieces from Breguet were worn by many famous women in the history like: Queen Marie-Antoinette, Maquise de Condorcet as well as Empress Josephine.
The watch I'm about to tell you concerns Breguet's new collection entitled Reine de Naples. It is inspired by an early creation of Breguete, which was a bracelet created for Caroline, Queen of Naples. She was also the sister of Napoleon. Watches from Reine de Naples are synonyms of feminine refinement. They represent the contemporaneous style of a jewelry watch.
The model that is presented represents the company's amazing talent to feel a woman's hidden emotions. The Reine de Naples wristwatch is made in white gold. Its bezel and case band are pave with eighty six baguettes that weight about 6.85 carats. The heart of the watch is a self-winding movement. It displays power reserve, which is by the way 40 hours, and moon phase. A beautiful touch is given to the dial, which is silvered gold and.
The dial is also hand-engraved on a rose-engine set with 67 diamonds that weight about 0.168 carats. A very elegant bracelet is enriched with 600 diamonds, can you imagine? All in all the diamonds weight about 3.228 carats. There are also 151 baguettes that have approximately 5.538 carats and 11 sapphire cabochons having 1.1705 carats. The see-though case back is covered with a sapphire crystal. The watch is also up to 30 meters water resistant
Another model from this collection is made of yellow gold. Its case is accurately set with 128 diamonds that weight approximately 0.83 carats. The mechanism of the watch is a self-winding one with small seconds. Just like the previous model this one has 40 hours power reserve and also is able to display the phases of the moon. The white natural mother-of-pearl dial is silvered gold. The mechanism can be seen through a transparent case back covered with a sapphire crystal glass. The watch is also up to 30 meters water resistant.
Thus I think we have one the perfect luxury gifts for the queen of your heart. The upper mentioned two models are both complicated and elegant. All you need in the end to buy one of these remarkable timepieces is a fat wallet, but trust me, this timepiece is worth it.
| | Nov 27, 2006 | 
Fashion, passion, luxury, quality, modernity, glamour…For more than 120 years Carrera y Carrera has occupied one of the leading positions in the world of jewelry making.
The leading jewelry house of Spain has seen a lot since the moment their first small shop in Madrid was opened.
In 1950 the company got its first orders. It was the time of Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Balenciaga and prêt-a-porter.
In 1960 for the king of Belgium's wedding the company's jewelers created a wedding tiara for the bride. Since that time the Carrera y Carrera style has become recognizable and has occupied a special place in the world luxury goods. The aspiration for perfectionism and painstaking approach to work have made the company one of the most qualitative in the world.
The Perfectness and Prestige
During all its history, Carrera y Carrera has remained faithful to classic jewelry art tradition.
Everything is made within the walls of the company. The beginning of Carrera y Carrera activity coincided with the rebirth of Art Nouveau. And as a result natural motives have always been the source of inspiration to create new collections - for example flowers, panthers, elephants, dolphins and insects.
You know in 19 century rings with animalistic prints and figurines were very unusual and popular.
In general Carrera y Carrera jewels are distinguished by special energy and passion.
During the process of all jewels creation Carrera y Carrera has remained faithful to its style: Nature is the source for inspiration that is perceived in any jewelry piece.
It has been very interesting for me to find out that at the beginning a new jewel is made of …wax. And even with the smallest details!
Today at dawn of 21 century, Carrera y Carrera is one of the most prestigious international jewelry companies in the world. Carrera y Carrera is the second name of fashion jewelry pieces.
Design of jewelry pieces and watches new collections that are annually produced by Carrera y Carrera always correspond to the latest fashion trends - be it color spectrum, proportions and design. It reflects what is happening on the main world fashion catwalks.
Carrera y Carrera has created jewelry items for European aristocracy for many times.
Carrera y Carrera jewels are loved by world celebrities. The latest jewelry collections and new lines of fashion watches are recommended by the most respected fashion magazines as "Must Haves" among the best jewels and watches.
Some of the most popular jewels even have a "waiting" list.
| | Nov 20, 2006 | 
Medicine
Silver has been used for curing from ancient times. It turned out that silver is able to destroy 650 different bacteria. Silver doesn't cause addiction. It is able to help in many diseases curing. It would take a lot of my time and efforts to describe all the curing properties of silver. It's really amazing by its healing properties metal.
Mystics
Silver is connected with moon's magic. They say that silver is able to protect from negative influence and evil spirits.
Ancient Egyptians thought that their god had silver bones.
Some people believe that if silver is not good for somebody, it can cause serious health problems. The lack of this metal in an organism filled up by excessive use of sweets.
Some healers say that silver has a cooling influence on an organism that's why it's better old people not to wear silver jewels.
Silver grows dark if contacted for a long time with the skin of ill person. Namely from here comes a belief that silver can predict serious disease of its owner.
Silver amulets keep off evil spirits.
There has been kept a tradition in France: to give the newly wed couple a silver chain before matrimony to avoid influence of magic.
It's possible to kill werewolves and other devil's creatures.
Money
At the beginning silver was used as massive rings, bars, wires. Later they created coins from silver.
Nowadays silver coins are mostly created for special occasions.
Not just money
Silver reflects 97 per cent of visible light. Silver mirrors are widely used for important goals.
I've learnt a very interesting fact -just imagine, it's possible to create a wire of about 2 km length from 1 gram of silver!
We should also know about "family silver". Malleability, plasticity, bactericidal action made silver ware objects of luxury.
It was a symbol of wealth and presentability.
Do you like jewels made of silver? They have a very generous look.
They say that people who prefer silver have a very exquisite taste. As for me I even don't know what my favorite metal is. I like silver, platinum and gold and even mixtures of those metals in a jewelry piece. Sometimes I'm inclined to gold and find it more bright and vivid than platinum and silver. But sometimes my opinion changes.
I don't know the reason of it; probably it depends on my mood.
To tell you the truth I have jewels made of those three metals in my jewelry box. Usually people prefer something one - but probably I'm an exception.
Jewels made of silver can become a great gift for any person.
| | Nov 15, 2006 |  I have always been fascinated by everything related to the oriental culture - religion, philosophy, nature, people, beautiful ladies - all these things seem to be surrounded by some uniqueness, mystery and charm.
I was really inspired by watching Memoirs of a Geisha directed by Rob Marshal - the movie reveals that special atmosphere that reigns in the Japanese culture. I'm also really passionate about jewelry and watchmaking, and you can't imagine my surprise when I found out that one of my favorite watch brands, Audemars Piguet, has chosen Michelle Yeoh to become the brand's global ambassador and dedicated to her a majestic timepiece. Michelle Yeoh stared as Mameha who had to teach young Sayuri the art of being a geisha. Audemars Piguet fell in love with Michelle's enthusiasm, her graceful charm and beauty.
You will surely agree that the blue Oak Leaves by Audemars Piguet just perfectly matches the beauty and charm of the world-famous actress. The watch has been produced in a limited edition of 100 pieces. On the caseback of the graceful watch you will notice Michelle's signature.
From the first look at the timepiece I felt the harmonious spirit of the Audemars Piguet creation. The brand's watchmakers united the best traditions of the art of horology, jewelry-making and fashion to give birth to such a radiant wrist-jewel. The timepiece with the octagon-shaped case is set with diamonds and sapphires that magically interweave depicting gentle flower and oak leave pattern in blue. The turquoise mother-of-pearl dial is also embellished by a diamond-flower.
The silk strap of the timepiece catches attention and stirs imagination- it is beautified with refined embroideries. This fine detail has been inspired by the Swiss embroideries originating from St. Gallen region.
Let us stop at the Oak Leaves' peculiarities.
- The timepiece is powered by a reliable quartz movement.
- The case and bezel are produced from18-carat white gold. They are crowned by 415 brilliant-cut diamonds and 258 brilliant-cut blue sapphires.
- The caseback features the distinctive logo of Lady Royal Oak – Oak Leaves Collection and as it was mentioned above - the signature of Michelle Yeoh.
- The watch's mother-of-pearl dial depicts a floral motif.
- The strap offers great comfort and gives the impression of a supreme beauty due to the fact it is produced from iridescent blue satin and has 18-carat white gold double-blade folding clasp embellished with brilliant-cut diamonds.
The Audemars Piguet Oak Leaves watch is a wonderful gift from the manufacture presented to all beautiful ladies with sophisticated taste, as well as those who know how to appreciate the art of creating gorgeous items to bear the timekeeping function and worth the precious jewelry status. The fact that this fine creation embellishes the wrist of Michelle Yeoh makes it even more appealing.
I am sure an Oak Leaves watch on the wrist takes breaths away and just paralyzes by its beauty. It seems to be delivering the message that pure beauty knows no boundaries and serves for melting the hearts of everyone who sees it.
| | Nov 13, 2006 |  We all adore jewelry pieces made of precious metals and embellished with natural gems and diamonds. Both men and especially women can't remain indifferent to beautiful jewels. But what about our children? Why then we buy our children cheap plastic jewels?
In few days my small daughter is celebrating her birthday. And I've wanted to make a really special gift for her.
Usually she's presented with plenty of different toys and table games, beautiful bright clothing and a lot of sweets. But it's already boring I think. This year I want to make her very happy and bring smile to her face.
And you know I'm sure I'll have a great success because the set I've just bought her is really special and childish. The set consists of three cool items - a ring, earrings and a pendant. Everything is of the same style and design. Just think what a girl can be indifferent to that cool and funny monkey jewelry?
Such a set is certainly able to make a sweet girl be on the top of the world because of joy and admiration. 
And the thing I like the most about that set is that it is made of gold. This way I can be sure that it won't have bad influence on her health. I sometimes find interesting articles where they say that plastic jewelry can have a bad influence on children. Why then to put the health of our children in jeopardy?
I think a great idea has come to my mind - to present my princess with beautiful jewelry set of a very nice childish design. Those funny monkeys make me smile. I'm looking forward to make my mall princess such a nice surprise.
This monkey set will be her first real jewelry in life. Later she will buy herself something more serious and expensive. But one important rule concerning jewelry pieces is that they certainly should be in correspondence not only with the whole outfit but with the age as well. A great example to this can be the following: What a look I'll have and what an impression I'll create if wearing monkey set I've bought for my daughter? 
And vice versa, imagine my 5 year-old girl with massive platinum earrings with diamonds. Stupid, isn't it? And funny of course.
Everything is good in its season. That's why it's better not to experiment.
But I'm sure my small princess will be on the top of the world.
| | Nov 06, 2006 |  I'd like to tell you a little about my friend, her name is Seanne. She is a very romantic nature. She is very smart. She likes original and unique personalities to communicate with because she can hardly be called an ordinary girl. She can talk for hours about modern artistic trends and the latest techniques.
The same preferences she has about things that are around her. This rule concerns also clothes and jewelry pieces. You know I can talk about this bright and smart personality a lot but now I want to focus on something else.
She will celebrate her birthday very soon. Just imagine how difficult it is to choose something as a gift for her! I thought I'd be crazy and wouldn't find anything appropriate.
But I was wrong. I occasionally found a small boutique with unique author's jewelry.
And I immediately saw what I was looking for.
Now I look at it and think that I've made the right choice.
It is a heart of soft pink color wrapped with sterling silver threads. When I look at it I have an impression that that heart suffers in a cage. The heart is a symbol of love that undergoes some difficulties. But here my scanty imagination stops working.
But I don't worry about it. The most important thing is that I'm sure what an effect this beautiful and original jewel will produce on my dear Seanne.
As she has a rather vivid imagination, she will invent a lot of stories about this heart.
In general she adores such kinds of jewelry pieces - unique and original. With her exquisite taste, she is very happy to wear something special. But she faces one problem here. Not always she can find something appropriate because one thing looks like another one. And what is even worse - a lot of people wear similar things. It concerns not just clothes but accessories, jewelry items etc.
To tell you the truth the worst thing that can happen to Seanne is that she meets somewhere a person dressed in the same dress or a person that has something that she has.
Believe me, she will never put on this thing.
I must admit that I hate making gifts for her namely for this reason. In general I love making gifts but sometimes it's very difficult with some people as Seanne.
But this time I'm happy and confident that she will not only approve my gift but be on the top of the world getting it!
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