Category: Jewelry

The Fun Of Collecting is in the Hunt for Beautiful and Affordable Costume, Vintage Treasures from Bygone Years. Know that in Whatever Direction your Collecting passion lies, Whether it be a Signed or Unsigned piece of Costume Jewelry or Vintage Piece, You MUST like the Piece you are Purchasing. The FUN part of Collecting is to OWN pieces you like and pieces you are proud of.

There are several Clues to collecting.Vintage Earring Hardware Clues…* Screw-back type earrings were patented around 1894, and were popular into the 1950’s. * Clip-on type earrings were patented around 1934, and were popular in the 1950’s & 1960’s. * Fish-hook type earrings were used before 1900, and are still used today. * Kidney wire type earrings have been in use since 1870. * Threaded Stud type earrings have been used since 1890, but, are uncommon today.

Pin Clasps Hardware Clues …* Locking C-Clasp, patented in 1901. Widely used for jewelry in 1910. Remains Popular Today. * Plain C-Clasps, uncommon today. Similar to the Locking-C, but, no spinning locking mechanism. * Tube Clasp, patented in 1850, used for jewelry only until after World War II.

Quick Tips For Purchasing …* Be sure all the fasteners are original and are in working order. Look for older Screw-back or Clip-on Earrings. * Plain C-Clasps and the Tube Clasps usually indicate that piece of Jewelry is an older piece. * A long Pin Stem is often an indication of an older brooch or Pin. Vintage Pins sometimes have rivets holding the different layers together. * A Copyright Symbol usually dates the Jewelry piece after 1954. * So, shop, compare and beware.

Vintage Signed pieces of Jewelry are fun to look for. One even might find a booked piece that could be worth a lot of money. It can be time consuming researching a piece, but, in the end there is satisfaction, by being able to add a piece of vintage jewelry to your new collection or add to an existing collection, or, resell. One never knows what you may find. Whatever type of jewelry your looking for, you can find it…almost anywhere, yard sales, estate sales, even on Ebay. Have Fun and Happy Searching!

Making Fork Jewelry: How To Make Amazingly Unique Fork Bracelets and Necklaces by art jeweler Maryanne Cherubino is one of those rare pieces of jewelry instruction that offers something truly unique and inspiring to jewelry making enthusiasts.

Unlike many video instructions available today, Making Fork Jewelry shows you something that you can absolutely get up and do as soon as you finish the video…regardless of whether you’ve made jewelry before or not. It’s just that simple, fast and well, doable.

This quick jewelry making instructional DVD takes roughly an hour to watch and that’s probably why you could make fork jewelry right after watching it. It’s that thorough and full proof.

The video of Making Fork Jewelry starts up with a run through of the simple tools you’ll need to complete a piece of fork jewelry. Ms. Cherubino also provides information on where to get those necessary tools and chats casually about how to use these tools along with some added commentary about why you use which tools for what and why. Nice touches throughout the video and helpful as well.

Ms. Cherubino deftly walks you through the entire process of making two fork bracelets and a neckpiece so if you miss anything early on in the process, she catches you up again. It’s easy to see that she cares that you learn all the details about making fork jewelry well and thoroughly.

As a metalsmith, I’d assumed that you’d need to anneal (heat) the forks which would soften the metal. So I was surprised to see that heating isn’t necessary. Maryann shows you exactly how she bends the forks with ease without the need for any heating in the process.

So what will you get with this DVD? You’ll start out getting the tools explanation I mentioned above. Next, you’ll see Maryanne make a complete fork bracelet from start to finish: hammering the fork, polishing it, bending the tines of the fork. Then she’s grinding off sharp edges, shaping the fork into a bracelet and adding the stone or piece of glass as your centerpiece. Then she’ll do it all over again making another bracelet. Then she’ll change the process a bit and show you how to make a necklace instead of a bracelet.

Another advantage to watching this video is that if you’re considering expanding your jewelry making skills into metalsmithing (fabricating your own jewelry from scratch) you’ll get a jump start here. You’ll learn some of the essentials of working with metal for jewelry making like grinding down sharp edges and polishing your pieces.

All of that’s to say that what you get with the DVD, Making Fork Jewelry: How To Make Amazingly Unique Fork Bracelets and Necklaces is a thorough and complete education on how to make fork jewelry (without annealing) and how to do it well. While there are other jewelry types like rings that can also be made from forks or spoons, it’s fairly easy to extrapolate making those as well from this video.

As we know, that there are many beautiful ranges of ornaments, available in the market but when we talk about, the particular and luxurious brands then the first name, that comes to our mind is the house of Harlow 1960. This brand of jewelry is very much famous, among the people and Nicole Richie and Mouawad are the beneficiary creators of this, jewelry brand. If you are thinking of buying the best jewelry for you, for getting the best designs, then you can find a wide range of variety in jewelry sets, available at this store. The old fashioned designs are again, becoming popular among the people and you can also, get the custom made jewelry designs, from here. There are many people, who prefer the light weight designs of jewelry and you would be quite amazed by the quality of work, done by this jewelry house. Many famous celebrities also, buy ornaments, from this outlet and this is the very reason as why the house of Harlow 1960 has become very much popular, among the people? One of the main reasons, why people come and shop at this outlet is that this is owned by famous Nicole Richie and people of the United States are a big fan of this artist. Because of her love, they go for shopping, for different kinds of jewelry, from this magnificent outlet. The house of Harlow 1960 is known, all over the country because it has such a jewelry collection house that is out of this world.They jewelry that you have bought, from here will be quite versatile and you will see that it will go with, all kinds of dresses. Whether, it is vintage jewelry or modern jewelry, you can get to find everything, from here. Diamonds, stones, gems, pearls and all sorts of other stones are found being embedded on the jewelry collections, here.

Kim Kardashian and Pascal Mouawad launched a jewelry house named Belle Noel, in January 2011. Designer jewelry worn by the celebrities is mostly, found at this jewelry house. All the jewelry that you will buy will be easily wearable and it will go, with all sorts of dresses, easily. No matter, what outfit you buy, the Belle Noel jewelry will go as the best-one, with all. The jewelry that is worn at the night time and day time differs, a lot. Belle Noel can provide you, all the required jewelry items that you need. It has got a great variety, in casual and formal jewelry. The jewelry designed by professional and famous designers is found, here that will reflects, the modern trends. Bold and luxurious creation of art with gold, diamond, platinum, ruby, pearl and other ornaments is found on the jewelry available, here. No matters, what age you have? You can get all jewelry items, from this, jewelry house. Mens jewelry is also, available, along with womens jewelry. If you need celeb jewelry, then, all you need to do is to visit this jewelry house and get all, what you want.

Yesterday, I happened to attend my friend’s party and when I returned home, what did I see, my favorite necklace was missing. From many days, its toggle clasp was loose but I did not notice and now, I have lost my most favorite necklace. Here, the question arises, what actually a toggle clasp is and how it protects our jewelry from falling down? This article will be very informative for you as well as, it will keep you from losing your jewelry as I did. In this article, I will not only throw light on toggle clasps but will tell you certain facts about it too.

Toggle clasps are the small hooks which you usually find at the end of your bracelets and necklaces. Their foremost function is to keep your jewelry in place, that is, to keep your jewelry closed at the ends. They not only does this, but secures your jewelry too. Do you know how? Here is the answer. As they, keeps your jewelry closed at the ends, it simply keeps your jewelry from falling away and secures your jewelry, indeed. This is what you must be really careful about because, if, unluckily, your toggle or clasp is loose, it will eventually fall away and separate the two ends of the beautiful necklace or bracelet you are wearing, creating 100% chances for them to fall away too. In this way, your jewelry is lost and you don’t even know the cause.

This was for the women who wear ready-made jewelry created by professionals, no matter artificial or gold, now I shall tell you about the new trends in fashion. Nowadays, women prefer hand-made jewelry and you surely know the reason. No? Let me tell you. In this age, every single woman is very much conscious about latest fashion trends.

As for the hand-made jewelry, it is the latest fashion trend in jewelry because it not only looks adorable but adds a unique touch to your personality too. Hand-made jewelry is designed simply by using customized fashion beads and metallic wire. You can easily design handmade jewelry but do not forget to have a noticeable amount of high quality and reliable toggle and clasps. The reason behind that is, of course, security of your jewelry.

If you do not want lose your precious jewelry items then get their toggle clasps fixed or add new set of toggle clasps, after all it is all about security of your jewelry.