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WIN A FREE BRACELET

2010-05-26T12:34:00.000-07:00

Go HERE to win a free bracelet that is just TOO COOL! The blog contest is open to everyone, everywhere which I personally believe ROCKS! And because everybody that visits me here to see what I think about what you should be wearing on your arm, I am sharing this information with you even though I would prefer not to have any competition for this giveaway!

To enter to win the contest you will need to visit THE LADY CHOOSES which is a new blog that I just found. And the prize is a fantastic beaded bracelet with a Rock and Roll charm.

The blogger confesses to being a fan of fashion from the 1940s to the 1960s...well...this lady has taste if the cool bracelet that she's giving away is any indication at all!

And if you want to win a free bracelet you should visit her blog asap! And while you're there you should take a look at her posts...there's lots of interesting stuff that you will probably want to follow.

The winner of the giveaway contest will be announced on June 5th so why don't you become a follower so you will know who won?

A Graduation Charm Bracelet

2010-05-25T13:24:00.000-07:00

The ultimate graduation gift for a girl might be a graduation charm bracelet. Graduation is a very special occasion in any young man or woman's life celebrating the time to leave high school and make your way in the world either by getting a good job or pursuing higher education that will pay off big time with a successful career.

Commemorating this a magic moment is especially easy for a female graduate who will appreciate a gift of a silver charm bracelet with some personalized silver charms. Choosing a unique collection of silver charms will make the gift more special due to the time spent on personalizing it.

The selection of the charms that will decorate the bracelet can focus on either the girl's hobbies and life up to that point, or they can be chosen in celebration of her accomplishments and graduation.

And just so you know, silver charms and graduation charm bracelets are also appropriate for college graduates as well as high school or junior high grads, regardless of their actual age. The key is to choose charms with level appropriate school themes like school books, globes, pom poms, sports mascots or club emblems. Anything indicative of your graduates school activities personified in a silver charm are all great additions and sure to be much appreciated.

Charms for high school grads might be a diploma and then when she completes the requirements for a bachelor's degree, she can add to the charms that she got in honor of her graduation from high school and junior college.

For the younger girls graduating from high school, silver charms depicting a diploma are a great idea. These charms for bracelets can be either in a traditional scroll which is rolled and tied with a silver bow, or they can look like an actual diploma documents.

*Ladders

Ladders, intended to represent climbing the ladder of success, are a fun and non-traditional way to celebrate the time of graduation. Ladder shaped charms are a wonderful addition to a graduation charm bracelet since they are very attractive as well as unique when attached to the links and included as part of a graduation charm bracelet.

*Keys

Keys, are meant to represent that graduation holds the keys to success. A ring of keys or an individual key would be an interesting charm for your group of silver charms with a graduation theme. Key charms can also be a double representation of both graduation and perhaps the purchase or reward of a brand new car or a girl's first apartment.

*Caps

A mortor board or cap or cap and gown silver charms would be perfect for any type of graduation including high school as well as graduation from a college and university, even for girls who returned to school as an adult.

The best way to create a graduation charm bracelet is to include individual, personalized or engraved silver charms on a high quality bracelet. The charms selected in celebration of the graduation serve as long lasting remembrances and congratulations from family and friends. If you aren't sure of the right words to say, there are many charms that come with an inspirational quote or a message of good luck and future success already engraved.

Tori Spelling's Cuff Bracelets

2007-11-09T08:21:00.000-08:00

I just saw Tori Spelling on The View and she was giving away two bracelets from her jewelry line to each audience member. The hammered openwork cuff bracelet and the simulated jade bracelet were the gold bracelets that were being offered.

The wide honeycomb looked pretty from my vantage point, but I have found that many goldtone bracelets and other jewelry items look best in small sizes. If the item is too big, it just looks fake. I was wondering if anybody had seen the Tori Spelling jewelry line in person and could comment on whether the yellow goldtone looks like yellow gold or is it just yellow metal?

The designs are good and I have nothing against faux gold, but I like high quality fakes!

THE NEW HI-TECH SNAP BRACELET CONCEPT

2007-08-18T08:25:00.000-07:00

Remember all the hype awhile back regarding snap bracelets? We heard all kinds of urban rumors and myths involving suicides to ritualized sexual behavior and for the life of me I can't sort it all out even now!

The snap bracelet that this entry pertains to is of the high tech variety that I can't wait to try. It's actually more of an electronic gadget than a bracelet (nope, it doesn't have anything to do with house arrest so relax).

This bracelet called Snap is an MP3 player that is worn on the wrist (thus the term bracelet) which in and of itself might not be that cool, except that the Snap bracelet can be controlled with gestures the user makes with their hand and audio feedback, not by using traditional knobs or buttons. This means that in circumstances where the usual means of operation might prove difficult or darn near impossible, flexing the wrist will get the job done and let you know the outcome via the wireless earbuds. Get this, the earbuds and MP3 player communicate with each other by no other transmission medium than the user's own skin making wires completely unnecessary and radio interference a thing of the past!

You would load your songs wirelessly via wi-fi and there you have it! This whole concept is so streamlined and cool and I wish I could say the same for the look of the snap bracelet. The trade-off for all the technology available at the flick of your wrist is that the cover for all those electronics, the bracelet, is clunky. The picture that I saw doesn't make me categorize the snap bracelet as cutting edge fashion. I think that until they are able to scale down and minimize the size of the snap bracelet, I'll continue to wear my silver and gold lo-tech jewelry and enjoy my tunes that are on my old-fashioned wired Ipod.

If they can get this electronic snap bracelet down to the size of a medium sized bangle, I'll be the first in line to SNAP it up!

As a side note, I shopped around for something comparable and came up with a wrist watch that is a recorder/MP3 player that's marketed as all things as SpyGear!
It's not wireless and it does look more like a man's device, but it stores 256 megabytes and you can listen to 5 hours of music and it's so much smaller than the wireless snap bracelet. Plus it tells you the time!

FANCY GOLD BEADED BRACELETS WITH MAGNETIC VISUAL APPEAL

2007-08-17T08:41:00.000-07:00

Look out bangles. For those of us that don't particularly enjoy the sounds of wide gold bangle bracelets clanking on our wrists every time we move our arms, here's a comfortable (and very fancy) alternative!

14k Beaded Stretch Bracelet 7

It's flashy, cool and oh so very eye catching! It will be bright and sophisticated with cocktail attire or any outfit that leaves your arms bare and in need of some 14k gold decoration that will draw attention.

Before you discount the importance of this gold bracelet's charms, consider that for a real 14k gold bracelet the price almost screams wholesale! Granted, the beads are hollow gold, but real gold. I have seen similar gold bracelets on sale for the fall and holiday season that are nearly as expensive as this one that are not even real gold!

Gold bangle bracelets are fabulous but noisy and they are not cheap if you get a nice one. Gold filled or plated bracelets can be very stylish and less expensive than solid gold but they tend to look worn and cheap after a while. This cool stretch bracelet has real gold beads which will if anything look BETTER with wear, is comfortable and doesn't make a sound. Which do you think a frugal fashionista or an intelligent diva looking to expand her jewelry inventories will buy?

AN INFORMAL MOISSANITE REVIEW

2007-06-19T19:54:00.000-07:00

I know I don’t need to tell you that manmade stuff is getting awfully close to mimicking nature, do I? We have manmade stones of the landscaping variety and then we have manmade stones trying their very hardest to look like real mine cut diamonds. They’ve been at it for years! We’re all familiar with CZ fake diamonds. We thought that DeBeers was going to be run out of business, didn’t we? Yes, it looked like we could shine like the stars on the cheap until the 3 carat CZ began to get cloudy in a short while. At least mine did and I noticed that nobody else wore their fake diamonds very long either.

Now comes the new fake lookalike diamond on the block: moissanite. Moissanite stones beat the pants off CZ hands down no doubt, but are they just as cool as diamonds? Well, here's my completely informal, unbiased review of moissanite.

Some friends of mine have gone on and an about moissanite for years now, but I have to tell you that I put a couple of moissanite pieces side by side with some less than perfect diamonds today and moissanite was just not that impressive! For one thing, several of the moissanite stones had a distinctly greenish tint! GREEN! And not in an emerald or peridot kind of way. Imagine what a diamond with hangover might look like. After getting up close and magnified in the presence of flourescent lighting the green around the gills look lightened to a pale yellow. Not a lovely rare canary yellow diamond yellow, just an off-putting color. To be fair, all moissanite stones are not the same, there are different levels of moissanites. Maybe I got a bad batch?

Granted, you could put some of the better moissanite stones in a spectacular setting and pass them off to people that don’t know what they are looking at, but YOU would know, wouldn’t you? If it were me, I’d always be paranoid about somebody talking about that fake diamond that I was lying about. Moissanite costs a tenth of what a real diamond costs, and of course you pay the same for a comparable setting of gold or platinum. I’m just not sure the savings are substantial enough to settle for a moissanite tennis bracelet, ring or earrings. Fake is fake in my opinion and I’d rather do without or get something genuine for a cheaper price.

10 CARAT DIAMOND TENNIS BRACELET or a 2 CARAT DIAMOND BRACELET for the same price

2007-06-17T12:32:00.000-07:00

You don't have to get a 10 carat diamond tennis bracelet for it to look good on your arm. In fact you can get a lot of complements on a rather inexpensive or even CHEAP bracelet. A filled heart diamond tennis bracelet make use a few diamonds on the connecting links and may even come in 10kt gold rather than 14kt gold.

The set of the diamonds in a less expensive piece is very important. The sparkle depends on reflection of light from various angles. A large and perfect diamond can stand on its own but lesser quality stones might need a little help. A 10 carat diamond tennis bracelet constructed out ofth flawed, muddy or low quality diamonds may be more difficult to set in a way that will camouflage the defects than a bracelet set with smaller diamonds.

There are cases where bigger is not better and you may find that this holds especially true in the world of fine jewelry. A 10 carat diamond tennis bracelet sounds great in theory but may not look nearly as good as a 2 carat diamond bracelet you actually see it on your arm. A finely styled bracelet in the two carat diamond range is much more attractive in my opinion. Of course there are those people that aren't that interested in style and just want bragging rights and certainly bling sizes are running larger than life right now.

Expect to pay big bucks for a 10 carat diamond tennis bracelet set with diamonds of good color, cut and clarity. Recently I have seen appraisals for diamond tennis bracelets of this type for upwards of $18,000.00. Of course you might find one for sale at a discount on auction but be certain that you get buyer's insurance so that you are covered in case that the dream 10 carat diamond tennis bracelet doesn't turn into a nightmare.

BABY BRACELETS COMPLETE with BABY'S NAME and PEARLS for a JUNE BABY

2007-06-13T10:51:00.000-07:00

If you're wondering what to buy as a gift for a June baby, consider a baby bracelet with baby's name and pearls! Pearls are (one of ) the birthstones for June and when paired with some Swarovski crystals or gemstones like sapphires to match pretty blue eyes makes a stunning memorable gift.

A pearl and ruby baby bracelet is unusual and unique, but the color contrast of the blood red rubies against the pearls might be a little strong for some people's taste. The combination of pearls and other less vivid gemstones along with sterling silver blocks that spell baby's name are more common.

An Add a Pearl necklace for baby is great and grows with each additional pearl and special occasion, and a baby bracelet with baby names, pearls and other charms that might have personal meaning will just add to the Add a Pearl tradition.

You might say, a pearl baby bracelet is sweet, but the baby will grow out of it very quickly, and this is certainly an issue! Pearl baby bracelets are not cheap and it's natural to wonder whether or not the gift will be enjoyed long enough to merit the expensive price tag.

The good news is that most baby bracelets now come with growth extensions so that the baby jewelry can be enjoyed for longer periods of time. Once the pearl baby bracelet is too small, you have the option of using the pearls, rubies or other gems and jewels from the baby bracelet to make another piece of jewelry suitable for big girls or even adults. Then again, if it breaks your heart to think of breaking apart that precious baby bracelet with baby's name and using the pearls for another piece of jewelry you can put it in baby's memory box and save it for your grandchildren.

DAVID YURMAN LEATHER ID BRACELET

2007-06-12T07:53:00.000-07:00

David Yurman leather ID bracelets are the standout of the season in the David Yurman jewelry line. The ID bracelet is a classic with an edge. With the combination of sterling silver and leather Yurman jewelry has certainly hit a home run with the men.

The time could not be better for the people looking for cheap prices for David Yurman bracelets. However it is a buyer beware environment due to the large number of fakes, replicas or to use the nicer term; David Yurman inspired jewelry at wholesale prices.

If you happen to come across a gorgeous David Yurman leather ID bracelet at a bargain basement cheap price, the first thing you should do is check with the official David Yurman website to verify that your David Yurman bracelet is not a fake. I have yet to see a well crafted fake David Yurman leather ID bracelet. However, the David Yurman Renaissance link bracelets might challenge an amateur buyer to identify the knockoffs from an authentic piece of jewelry.

Occasionally you can find a lightly used David Yurman leather ID bracelet for sale on one of the auction sites at a reasonably discounted price but buyer insurance would still be a good idea as the digital images can be deceiving. If you see a flood of David Yurman bracelets for sale at unbelievable discounts it might be safe to assume that this is nothing more than a fresh shipment of David Yurman inspired silver bracelets or knockoffs.

There is more than one maufacturer David Yurman fake jewelry out there so be very careful when shopping for your David Yurman leather id bracelet and don't be afraid to ask for a certificate of authenticity just to be sure.

JUDITH JACK DOG CHARM BRACELET

2007-06-11T14:06:00.000-07:00

You won't find another bracelet as cute as the Judith Jack dog charm bracelet! It's got everything for most any dog lover and will be of special interest to dalamation dog owners. There is a lovley ivory tone dalmation charm with stones set in the spots. The dalmation is very well crafted and there's a fire hydrant charm placed in close proximity for convenience, no doubt.

I'm not sure what the other puppy dog charm is that's on the Judith Jack dog charm bracelet. It's some type of terrier, maybe, but the tail of the dog is very fluffy and the coloring almost make the dog look like a fox! I'm not really good at the names of the many breeds of dogs and if I were to make a guess, I might be way off the mark and get dog breeders and pet owners all upset!

In between the dalmation charm and the (for lack of a proper name) fox terrier charm, there is a fancy jeweled dog bone charm! The Judith Jack dog charm bracelet is very good on detailing and the bone charm has three nice stones. Then there is a gilded gold dog house on the other side of the marcasite charm bracelet. I've just begun to notice
Judith Jack bracelets
and jewelry and I'm already a huge fan!

And of course what could be finer as a gift to a friend right before she leaves for her trip to the ski lodge than a Judith Jack silver link bracelet with marcasite snowflakes?

CUSTOMIZED ALUMINUM BRACELETS

2007-06-11T13:02:00.000-07:00

The title "Custom aluminum bracelets" is actually a stretch! Custom means designer oriented and the modern cutting edge job that I'm talking about is not produced by any designer of haute couture!

The custom aluminum bracelet I'm referring to is made of recycled aluminum pulltabs from soda or drink cans and plastic zip ties. Another bracelet with an urban look is crafted from safety pins and pulltabs!

With some nippers, a file to make the edges smooth and the castoffs from soda cans, you can create a cool bracelet or choker that rivals some metal biker jewelry I've seen, along the lines of barbed wire jewelry. Not a bad idea if you ask me!

From Firenze Leather Bracelets to Silver and Pink Leather Princess Bracelets

2007-06-09T15:16:00.000-07:00

A wild search is in place for a Men's Firenze leather bracelet with no really good options. Custom leather bracelets are all the rage so why not find a leather artisan and design your own?

8 Inch Pink Leather Bracelet with Sterling Silver "I LOVE YOU" Charms

Personalized Jewelry Gifts -Heart Locket Leather Bracelet

Braided Leather Bracelet

Modern styles in leather bracelets are running the gamut from Firenze leather bracelets (rare if not impossible to find) to silver and pink leather Princess bracelets for girls. Sassy silver and pink leather princess bracelets are darling with heart-shaped slides, some hearts are open and others are filled sterling Silver with elaborate buckles and clasps. Others are ID bracelets that can be personalized or engraved with your diva's name or initials. Then there are the unique 3-D leather bracelets with crystals or an American Eagle for the patriotic girl with a passion for pink.

The leather bracelets are not for bikers, Goths or punk rockers any longer.
For the namebrand addicted there are Coach leather bracelets, Cartier silver leather bracelets and David Yurman bracelets out there so don't despair.

DIAMOND TENNIS BRACELET on AUCTION

2007-06-09T13:19:00.000-07:00

Get a Diamond tennis bracelet on auction and copy the celebrity styles for a CHEAP price!

18K Yellow Gold 5.10 cttw. Diamond Bracelet

You can always substitute sterling silver and fake diamonds vs. platinum and diamonds with flawless clarity but why do that when you can find an inexpensive yet high-quality diamond tennis bracelet on auction for a fraction of the price you would pay at a jewelry shop online? When comparing a platinum diamond tennis bracelet vs. a white gold or sterling Silver tennis bracelet, well there really is no comparison except in the price.

There's nothing that looks quite as stunning on a nicely bronzed wrist as an 18k yellow or white gold diamond tennis bracelet. A nice diamond in Princess cut or a bracelet with an an X and O design is always in style and the celebrities have worn them on the tennis courts, beaches and around pools for decades. When shopping for a diamond tennis bracelet on auction consider taking advantage of all of the buyer safeguards in place that will allow you to inspect the bracelet or even get an appraisal from your local jeweler. Such insurance only costs a few bucks and could save you thousands just in case your diamond tennis bracelet that you got on auction turns out to be less than what was represented in the auction description. Even a professional jeweler can be fooled by digital auction photographs.