Happy Stories From our customers

We know firsthand the power of gems. Each and every gem possesses its own strengths and wonders and after years of working intimately with them, we’ve come to respect them all.

According to New Age experts, “Wearing gemstone bracelets allows the gems to make constant contact with your skin, infusing your aura and energy field with the vibration of each stone all the time.”

If you’re looking for a “power piece” of jewelry, tell us what kind of gem or crystal speaks to you and how you’d like it transformed into magical and fashionable talisman.

Crystals possess their own special powers. Here are some practical crystal wearing tips, according to Sage Goddess:

• Change your crystals each day, if you feel called to do so.
• Choose the stones you wear based on your intention for the day.
• Perhaps you will intuitively select yours without consciously knowing why, and often later in the day, you will have an “aha” moment about why your intuition told you to wear that fluorite pendant or garnet bracelet.
• Align your accessories with the current work you are doing, or the areas in which you feel you need assistance.

We are big advocates on choosing jewelry that is just right for you. This includes factoring in your lifestyle as part of your jewelry decision making. Activities (in this case, clapping hands) can affect the overall wear and tear of your jewelry.

It’s important to do a thorough inventory of your daily activities and choose your piece of jewelry accordingly. If you live a more high impact lifestyle, pick a piece that reflects the strength you need. OR choose your dream jewelry regardless of your lifestyle, and like Nicole, wear for special occasions or with caution…even if it means clapping a little funny.

More formally known as a European Shank, the Euro shank is positioned at the bottom portion of the ring. It features a flattened bottom section (unlike the traditional round ring shank).

What are the benefits of a Euro Shank?

One key benefit of this design is that it reduces the range the ring will pivot or spin on the finger. This means a more secure feeling while wearing the ring. You’ll often see Euro shanks on more contemporary ring designs, so it adds a certain stylish element to a more modern looking ring. But mainly, it serves a practical purpose: to keep the ring securely in place. This is an important feature for those who have wider knuckles than base of the finger.

Who out there remembers Swatch? Colorful, fun and affordable watches born in the 80’s, they were all the rage.

Swatch is a Swiss watchmaker founded in 1983 by Nicolas Hayek and is subsidiary of The Swatch Group. The product line was developed as a response to the “quartz crisis” of the 1970s and 1980s, in which Asian-made digital watches were competing against traditional European-made mechanical watches. [Wikipedia]

In a business rebound, the Swatch Group has built the world’s smallest low-energy Bluetooth chip, designed to improve the autonomy and connectivity of watches and small devices. The R&D news comes as the Swiss watchmaking industry hopes to recover from its longest slump since the 1980s.

The tiny integrated circuit, designed by EM Microelectronic, Swatch Group R & D and the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) in Neuchâtel, measures just five square millimeters but its surface is packed with five million transistors. [SwissInfo.com]

7.5mm center stone, ring size 8

Margie, it’s gorgeous. Even better than I thought it would be! Thank you so much — this was painless and now I regret putting it off so long.

Jen,
Thank you so much for all of your assistance. I look forward to working with you more in the future and will refer anyone I know to you!! It was nice to speak to someone so pleasant and helpful.
Have a great day.
Jill

Metal detectors are patient folk. Most of what they discover is worthless. But every once in a while, they hit the jackpot. Which is exactly what happened to two lucky treasure hunters in Staffordshire, England.

According to JCK:

The haul—currently on display at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, in Stoke-on-Trent, near where the pieces were found—reportedly includes three necklaces and an 18k gold bracelet, believed to have dated from the Iron Age.

“This unique find is of international importance,” Dr. Julia Farley, curator of British and European Iron Age Collections for the British Museum, said in a statement. “It dates to around 400 to 250 B.C., and is probably the earliest Iron Age gold work ever discovered in Britain. The [necklaces] were probably worn by wealthy and powerful women, perhaps people from the continent who had married into the local community.”

Take note, all you treasure hunters out there: with a little patience and persistence, your bounty awaits!