Jade Jewlery

Jade has been a popular choice as the centerpiece of jewelry and ornaments for thousands of years, mostly in Asia and then later throughout the rest of the world as it was a tradable commodity.

Jade has never really lost its popularity and today new jade creations are almost as highly sought after as the antique collections. There are some truly beautiful and original jewlery creations on offer in the jade market and a well made piece has the potential to be an investment.

A lot of people don’t realize, however, that there are other minerals that look like jade and it can be very difficult to distinguish between them and the real thing. These simulated gemstones can either be natural minerals, or manmade versions – both have their place in costume jewelry and other decorative items.

There are actually two variations of what is considered as real jade, and these are jadeite and nephrite. The first one is the rarer of the two and can occur in many colors. Ranking 7 in the Mohs scale, jadeite is the harder of the two that does not break or chip easily and since it is rare, it is priced a lot higher than nephrite.

Nephrite ranks more or less 6.5 in the Mohs scale, still making it quite a hardy stone however, since this is the softer of the two types of real jade, nephrite ornaments usually come less polished.

Since jadeite and nephrite are regarded by gemologists as genuine jade, they are quite expensive compared to other minerals, although if you are really serious about expanding your collection of precious stones or if you gather them for investment purposes, genuine jade is definitely worth the investment.

Faux jade is the title given to other mineral stones which resemble genuine jade such as soapstone, serpentine, quartz, aventurine, grossularite, carnelian and chrysoprase. Although these are much cheaper than genuine jade, they are beautiful natural gems in their own right.

True faux jade is an artificial creation which looks like Jade and is often a cheap imitation. Dyed dolomite marble is the popular choice for faux jade manufacturers although polymer clay can be used to create artificial jade and the process for this can easily be done at home.

If created properly, faux jade can look almost as beautiful as the real thing – which is why there are so many manufacturers of reproductions out there.

Gold and Silver Jewellry From Isreal

For example, if searching for Jewish Jewellry and pieces handmade in Israel, it’s really amazing what’s available with a little misspelling. Looking for Hebrew pendants with inscriptions? Need a star of David or a charm with the Shema engraved in silver or plated gold? Looking for Judaic wedding rings or bridal sets? Then try misspelling Jewellry and you’ll probably stumble upon great little shops like Jewish Jewellry which is really an online shop worthy of note.

Designer Replica Wholesale Jewellry From Asia

There’s another benefit of misspelling English words, especially if you’re looking for Wholesale Jewellry from Chinese manufacturers of designer replicas. Some of the best distributors who carry faux G&G, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Armani and even Chanel, at really affordable prices, will label their wholesale products designer silver jewellry. Especially  Tiffany replicas made in Asia will also make small mistakes, but offer exactly what customers are looking for.

Asian Business and Trade Directories and Jewellry Shows

Don’t discount using Asian Trade directories for finding wholesale suppliers for silver and fashion accessories, even those who are categorized strangely under labels like “jewlery“. And sometimes finding the latest trade shows and jewelry fairs takes a bit of creative ingenuity because even some of the largest international fairs may use unusual spellings. Take for example the Hong Kong Trade Fair may use the British spelling like International Jewellery Show and mix it up with other versions like jewelry, and jewellry.

Quality Merchandise and Spelling

Don’t despair about quality of merchandise when you see misspelled English words on foreign websites. It’s not usually a reflection of poor quality products or even poor management, it’s simply a fact that many well educated business people in Asia and throughout the world, where characters are used to represent complete ideas instead of letters to spell words, do not understand the importance of letters and spelling a word

Silver Earrings

Lovely ladies, handsome guys, little precious girls, and sexy teens all love and wear silver earrings.  They are a leading choice really across  the board, and it is easy to see why.

While the price of gold is rapidly reaching its all time high, silver is a cheaper metal, which makes it an ideal candidate for jewelry designers and manufacturers all over the planet.  But cost, while a consideration, is not the only important reason that silver earrings are so enormously popular worldwide.

Just go to any ballgame, concert, symphony, supermarket, or any mall and notice the people there.  More than half of all the women and some of the men will be wearing some type of silver earrings.  And, it really won’t matter the age group either, people of all ages seem to enjoy wearing their silver earrings.

They might be the traditional silver hoop earrings, which come in a wide variety of styles and designs.  Some are large hoops, some are small, some are oval, some are hammered, some are twisted, and there are a lot of other ways of designing silver hoop earrings too.

Or they might be the plain and simple silver stud earrings, which are worn equally by men and women, and little girls too.  Or they could be more elaborate silver stud earrings that are set with diamonds, pearls, or some other precious or semi-precious stone.

The guys, of course, go for simple silver stud earrings, and those that can afford them sport a single diamond studded silver earring. Those are really cool looking on most men, especially if they are dark complected. However, diamond studded silver earrings attract a lot of attention, no matter what your complexion might be.

There is just something classically beautiful about a dark haired woman wearing a pair of simple sterling silver stud earrings, but then silver earrings really suit everyone’s hair color and complexion.  Polished sterling silver has a magical way of catching and shimmering in the light; it is capable of enhancing any woman’s appearance.

Because silver is lower priced than the other two precious metals, jewlery designers have the freedom to try out many more creative ideas and designs than with platinum or gold. Silver earring designs are limited only by the imagination and creativity of the jewelry artist.

Both men and women enjoy wearing silver earrings, somehow having on a favorite pair of earrings just makes their day, it both complements and completes their outfit for the day. Many silver jewelry admirers compare its luminous shine to the glow of the moon.

Sterling silver earrings, as a gift, denote deep appreciation for another person’s sincere contribution to your life. They are entirely appropriate for sisters, wives, girlfriends, daughters, aunts, grandmothers, friends, or mothers. And they can be safely given to men that are known to wear earrings too.

Silver earrings with their unlimited variety and beautiful designs weigh in as a favorite and fashionable choice for casual wear, office wear, and formal occasions, and they can also be perfect for the most intimate setting.

Jewellry

I love arts and crafts fairs for many reasons, especially the jewellry.  I always have.  When I was growing up the only arts and crafts fair worth going to was held the third weekend of October.

Everyone for miles around looked forward to it.  Thousands  would pour in to our area.  Schools were let out, and our local area businesses would thrive from the incoming tourists visiting our late October fair.

Looking at the latest jewellry creations was always exciting.  We had jewelry buyers and craftsmen from every state in the union there.  There were more jewellry booths than any other type.

You could see gold jewelry, silver jewellery, beaded jewelry, hemp jewelry, and almost always there would be a few  Native American jewellry designers and craftsmen there.

Then, there was the crisp fall air, the smell of the yummy foods being prepared, meeting up with old friends, and the special treat of the beauty and color of the Halloween trees.  My nephew used to call the brilliant fall colored trees Halloween trees

Every year there was some specific type of jewellry that I was on the hunt for. It may have been silver hoop earrings, a trendy type of gold jewellery or the latest fashion jewellery, regardless of what type, rest assured there was always the “have to find” piece of jewellry.

But then, year after year I would be torn between the latest razzle dazzle jewellry creation of some incredible artist that had just created the latest new fad type of jewlery and the piece that I’d come to the fair to find.   Back in those days, I was on a pretty tight budget, and I could only afford one piece at each fair.

Thankfully, these days, things have changed, and while I can’t just completely lose my mind,  my budget does allow for a bit more indulgence of my passion for jewlery.

I moved to the southwest where there are more talented artists than you can shake a stick at.  As you can imagine there are art fairs, jewlery fairs, juried art fairs, and art shows of every description

You can find them most weekends in this metropolitan area.  However, just like anything, there are only a handful that are considered the best.  You know the type that you look forward to all year long.  We locals call the jewellry they design and make, “the really good stuff”.

I still like the same things about the fairs as I did as a kid.  I still love the smells, the fall colors, the music, the getting to reaquaint with friends, the scrumptious food, and, yes, most of all, I still love to shop for that perfect piece of jewellry.

However, I hope now I have learned a few things about the quality and technique of jewellry making.  I do know I would much rather buy a piece of jewlery from an artist that actually designed, created and then told me about it, than from some discount store.

I know, I know,  it may be cheaper at a discount store.  Personally, I would rather save on money buying napkins or paper cups.

But, I don’t know, jewellry is something that is really special, it is something you wear everyday, or you might give as a gift or you might even hand it down to future generations.

Jewerly

Well, to say the least, jewerly is an unusual spelling for the word jewelry, but in looking up the different ways that people spell the word, it is a bit mind boggling to see all the different spelling variations.

There are two widely used spellings, one  is Webster’s, which is jewelry, and then there is the English spelling, which is jewellery, and then there are several other lesser used spellings including jewlry, jewerly, jewellry, and jewlery.

I can’t think of any other word that has so many opportunities for misspellings, but when you pronounce the word, it could, depending upon where you are from, be conceivably spelled in all of these different ways.  And, you can’t believe how many people spell it each of these various ways.

However it is spelled, jewerly has been an integral part of man’s culture ever since recorded history, and even before.  Jewerly has never been a respecter of persons, and has been an important way to express wealth and social status irregardless of ones race or culture all down through time.

Amazingly, the very first forms of really antique jewerly from 90,000 years ago are still being made an worn today.  During that period of time, shells were being strung together with some form of twine and worn as necklaces.

A vacation trip to almost any beach today will find the souvenir shops loaded with necklaces and bracelets made from local sea shells, and while they are strung on modern day twine, they are essentially the very same shell necklaces worn back in those ancient days.

In 4700BC during the reign of King Zer bracelets were made from gold and manufactured in a design and method widely available in today’s jewerly markets.

The Egyptians are credited with the beginning of our modern form of jewerly as it was during the time of this rich and progressive people that jewerly making became a skilled profession. Jewerly craftsmen and artisans were important members of the Egyptian society as their artistry produced the valued amulets and talismans, which were worn to protect against evil.

Since gold was highly valued for its color and it was easy to work with and readily available, it was used primarily by the Egyptian jewelers in their everyday efforts to produce their historically spectacular scarab.

Diamonds and other precious stones that are highly valued in today’s jewerly were infrequently used simply because they did not offer the color, nor the symbolism of the other more colorful gemstones that were often used.

Jewerly continues to leave its mark on every culture, no matter the country. When our modern day jewerly is unearthed thousands of years from now, our present day societies will, most likely, be noted as the era of an endless variety in its jewerly making.

Gold Jewellery

I have had a love affair with gold jewellery and designer handbags for quite some time.

I grew up in a small town and we had a local jewellery store down on our town square.  Everyone knew they had quality jewelry, but we all also knew that it was higher than a cat’s back.

The people with money bought their jewlery gifts there, or, if you were like my family, and you  wanted something smaller for a real special occasion you would go to “Overstreets”  down on the square to purchase your jewelry.

That little independent jewelry store was great.  They charged more but they always supported all types of community events and fundraisers.   So it kind of evened out in the end.

If you wanted a larger selection of gold jewellery with less expensive prices you would drive twenty to thirty minutes depending on if there was a parade or something like that to slow traffic down, to the mall which was located in nearby larger town.  The mall had the big department stores,and, of course, the chain jewellery stores.

I remember getting to go with my sister and her fiancee at the time to go make payments on their wedding rings.  Sounds nuts doesn’t it?  Yep, every other Saturday night we would trot to the the nearby town and waltz into the chain jewellery store to make payments on their wedding rings. The plan of course was to have these coveted  rings paid off before the magical day.

I was all of nine years old and looking back, I”m pretty sure I smudged up every glass case and window with all my ooohing and awing at the fantastic silver, diamond and gold jewellery.  The jewellery store clerks probably dreaded me coming, and, most likely, they got their Windex in hand ready for double duty after I left.

I had my eye on a gold jewellery cobra chain and a very special gold bracelet. I thought if I could just somehow get that gold chain necklace, I don’t know, maybe I could rule the world, or at least I would catch a lot of attention at my school.

See, I had watched the Olympics and watched how Mark Spitz had won not just any medals but big bright GOLD medals.  I was so enthralled with his success that my dad gave me a stop watch so I could practice holding my breath before I went to sleep at night.

The stop watch was to  help with my swimming training and, of course, to help me secure Olympic gold metals of my own one day!  In retrospect, I’ll bet my mom and dad were giggling to themselves as they watched me using my stop watch to time my breaths every night before I dropped off to sleep.

If you are like me and most other jewellery loving folks, you probably started your love affair with gold jewellery early in life with a similar or perhaps grander experience, and probably your first pieces of gold jewellery were only inexpensive pieces of gold costume jewellery.

Costume Jewelry Earrings

They are colorful, they sparkle, the appeal of costume jewelry earrings crosses all age, sex and cultural lines.  People from every nation and every culture wear costume jewlery.

Costume earrings made of gold, silver and emeralds  have been worn for literally centuries to make both a class and fashion statement.  These priceless pieces of jewlery were created to be worn as accessories to a certain ‘costume’, hence the name costume jewelry came to be.

A 2000 year old earring was discovered by archaeologists in Jerusalem, a pair of 4500 year old gold disc earrings were discovered in England, and a pair of still older jade earrings were found Inner Mongolia. These last earrings are believed to be between 7500 to 8200 years old.  We women have been swinging earrings from our earlobes for quite awhile haven’t we?

Women have been adorning their earlobes with earrings for centuries, and while the popularity of costume jewelry earrings has been up and down, depending, for the most part, on economy of the culture, costume jewelry earrings have remained a staple item in the jewlery boxes of wealthy women since recorded time.

Costume jewelery earrings in centuries past were made of the precious metals like gold and silver, but today we think of fashion jewlery as disposable jewlery, stuff that can be easily discarded as the fashion dictates.

Most of them are made to look like silver or gold, the real stuff, and, truthfully, with today’s advanced technology and jewlery manufacturing methods, it is difficult to tell the fake costume jewlery from the real stuff. Only your bank account knows the difference

Fans of costume jewelry earrings love that they can produce an entirely different look just by switching out the earrings they are wearing. With a bouncy pair of bangle earrings, you can look sexy and lively, but with a classic stud pair, you can pull off the most formal of occasions.

Fabulous costume jewelry earrings can be found almost everywhere. Of course, the malls are full of them, but what many people don’t know is that quality wholesale costume jewlery including costume jewelry earrings can be found all over the Internet.

In fact, if could be said that the largest variety and the best prices can be found at the online stores including Ebay and Etsy as well as literally thousands of smaller independent online jewlery specialty stores.

I think that most people have the wrong idea about shopping the Web wholesale jewlery sites, they think that they are only for the large or volume buyer, but nothing could be farther from the truth.

Most of the online stores are glad to sell you a single pair of costume jewelry earrings, a single gold jewellery bracelet, or just one silver necklace. They almost always have outstanding customer service with a willingness to make and keep satisfied customers.

A major benefit to purchasing your new earrings online is that you can shop from the comfort and convenience of your own home.  Finding and purchasing the perfect pair of costume jewelry earrings to match you new outfit couldn’t possibly be easier.

Wedding Jewlry

I have always enjoyed admiring and, of course, wearing jewlry.  Since I was a child I have been partial to non-traditional types of jewlry.  You may ask, what do you mean by non-traditional?

For example, I don’t want just diamonds on my wedding band.  Nope, never did.  I want something different like coral, spiny oyster, turquoise and maybe a splash of diamonds.

To me, a wedding band set with just diamonds represents everybody else’s wedding, and everybody else’s marriage.  No, I want my own wedding and my own marriage.  So, of course, I want my own special wedding jewlery with the colors and stone combination that mean something to me.

I live in the southwest so, my wedding jewlry I choose might consist of beautiful turquoise and, for contrast, some spiny oyster. My wedding jewlry could possibly even include a bit of classy-looking blue lapis.  Now, it is time to add the diamonds.  Don’t you think that would be gorgeous?

I would spend my honeymoon in Hawaii where my new hubby and I could snorkel, and who knows, we might find a piece of beautiful coral.  Finding a colorful piece of coral in Hawaii would be a perfect warm reminder of those magical honeymoon days.

And, depending on the color of the coral, I could add spiny oyster or turquoise to create a truly spectacular piece of jewlry that I could wear daily, yet it would always remind me of my fantastichoneymoon evenings in Hawaii.

See what I am talking about?  This is wedding jewlry with a definite individual flair. It is uniquely different than the same old run-of-the-mill engagement and wedding jewlery that the vast majority of brides feel tradition-bound to select.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t want cheap or wholesale jewlry, nor do I want a coconut hemp looking thing either.  That is fine for people that want to wear that type of jewlry.  I just don’t prefer that type.  I do respect their right to do their own thing, just as I hope others respect my right to do my thing.

No, I prefer gold jewlry or silver jewlry or even diamond jewlry, but I want it in combination with other colorful, stunning stones.

I haven’t worn a watch for several years now. I always use my cell phone to determine what time it is.  However, here lately, I started to have a hankering for a watch.

Yip, you got it, not just the regular ole Timex type like everyone else is wearing.  No, I want a specific jewlry watch that will rock my world each and every time I look at it.

I am thinking I want a sterling silver cuff watch.  I don’t want a cuff that takes up half my forearm, but I want one that gently caresses my wrist and is covered with inlaid turquoise, spiny oyster and a hint of lapis.  I want it to be narrow on the inside of the wrist and gradually get wider as it makes its way around to the watch face.  I think that my jewlry watch should be so different that it simply stops the clock.  Sorry for the pun on words, but you know what I mean?

As you may have guessed by now, I don’t have the herd mentality when it comes to anything, but I’m especially determined to have my wedding jewlry express my individual tastes and preferences.  People are not comfortable with change, and I guess my ideas about adding variety to the standard fair wedding jewlry would drive the jewlry stores crazy, but I think that it is about time to jazz up the wedding jewlry scene.

Wholesale Costume Jewelry

Where can wholesale costume jewelry be found?  With more and more people having access to the Internet, the online wholesale costume jewelry sites are hands down the best places to find a huge selection of wholesale costume jewelry.

In fact, one could even say that the Web has literally taken over the wholesale costume jewelry business.  There is no longer a need for brick and mortar wholesale jewelry stores.  Because of the Internet, they have become obsolete much like Blockbusters and some of the other name brand video stores.

It is just much more convenient to shop via online than it is to get out and go somewhere.  Will the Internet turn us all into hermits, I wonder?  Yet, progress is progress, and I’m sure we will all adapt to buying our wholesale costume jewelry via the Web.

Today, there are thousands of online sites that are the lifeblood for independent as well as other wholesale distributors of wholesale costume jewelry.  Company reps as well as individual buyers, hop on their computers and make purchases using their cyber shopping carts.

It’s all about price cuts and price breaks.  A small wholesale costume jewelry buyer may not have the resources to buy in bulk directly form the costume jewelry manufacturer, but he will have money to buy in bulk from another wholesale buyer.   These people are called volume buyers

He won’t get the same price break as the buyer who buys directly from the costume jewelry factory, but his jewlery will still be discounted enough so that when he resales he will make a reasonable profit.

There are some online wholesale costume jewelry sites that will even sell in singles to individuals.  These online stores are on the Internet, but you might have to surf a bit to find them.  You can also ask if a company will sell to an individual buyer.  Some of them will, but don’t advertise that the do.

When you do find a online company or a few companies that have the type of wholesale costume jewlery that satisfies your needs, make it a point to develop a personal relationship with the customer sevive reps in those companies.

You will be amazed at what they can do for you when they recognize your name, where you are from and so forth.  The wholesale costume jewlery customer service folks, like all customer service people, have it within their power to make your life a whole lot easier, and this is especially true around Christmas time when you are needing your shipment out pronto.

Get to know the customer service reps by name, and ask for them by name, they are just like the rest of us, they enjoy being known and appreciated.

Wholesale fashion costume jewelry is constantly growing because there is always a desire for jewlery by both men and women of every age.

From the time of the cave men, when they were wearing necklaces and bracelets made of animal teeth, down to the present time, we humans have felt the need to adorn ourselves.  A costume jewelry wholesaler will always have a profitable business not matter which way the economy goes.

To connect with the best wholesale costume jewelry online sites, just google for ‘wholesale costume jewelry’, google’s search results will return a list of the top sites.

Costume Jewelry Rings

What are some of the benefits to wearing costume jewelry rings?

Most of us have jobs and most of us would like to spice up our everyday work outfits to make them look a little different from day to day. The use of costume jewelry can multiply your outfits many times over.

Costume jewlery in general and costume jewelry rings in particular are an excellent way to jazz up even the plainest garment in your work wardrobe.  Next to our faces, our hands are the most seen parts of our bodies.  Have you ever noticed that when anyone wears a new ring to work, literally everyone wants to see it?

When you purchase a  new costume jewelry set, which usually includes a necklace, earrings, and bracelet, see if there is a matching or complimentary costume jewelry ring to go with it.

This is a simple, but cost efficient way to make your dull dresses, pants suits, casual outfits, and really all the clothes in your closet leap to life.

In fact, many working people purposely buy simple clothing knowing that they can inexpensively accessorize with costume jewelry to change the overall appearance of the outfit.

The choice range is almost limitless, you can select from costume jewelry rings, bangle earrings, pins, necklaces, and bracelets.  They can be set with synthetic stones of every color on earth and they can be designed in any shape the imagination can think of.

Of course, the main benefit to costume jewelry rings is that they are relatively inexpensive.  Usually they are  much cheaper than a ring made of solid gold or platinum, but even though they don’t cost like the real stuff does, they can be well made.  But, if you have your heart set on the real deal, you can’t go wrong with cushion cut engagement rings.

Modern manufacturing has enabled them to be produced with higher quality than ever before in history.  Today’s costume jewelry rings are being made from stainless steel and sterling silver, both metals last a lifetime and both are easy to care for.

Costume jewelry rings can be found in wholesale costume jewelry online stores and in mall costume jewelry stores.  Look in your local Sunday papers for advertisements on beautiful fashion costume jewelry, without fail, you will see numerous ads for stunning costume jewelry rings.

The online wholesale costume jewelry sites will offer you the best and widest selections on costume jewelry rings, and they offer you the distinct advantage of being able to shop to your hearts content right from the comfort of your own home. You should know your correct ring size before you add the ring to your shopping cart.

Today’s costume jewelry rings are made with bold colors and many of them are of a big chunky style.  Combined with a matching necklace or bracelet, they can brighten up any drab article of clothing that you may choose to wear.  Costume jewelry can turn your closet into a fashion runway.

But by far, the quickest way to turn office heads and be in style at the same time is to invest in a few dazzling costume jewelry rings, then, sit back and take in all the sure-to-come compliments.