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Jewelry Quotes

  • Jeweled Headpiece on Broadway Wows (even though made with cheap jewels)

    In honor of last night’s Tonys, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of Broadways’s jewelry trends. Where else do you get the showiest, most fun and flamboyant looks after all?

    This headpiece certainly caught our eye. Not simply because of its historic beauty, but the ingenuity behind creating it. From the musical Anastasia (about the youngest Romanov princess) costume designer Linda Cho created this headpiece based on the look of the Russian kokoshnik (a traditional folk headdress). But even though the look is luxe, the price was just right:

    According to News Observer:

    “There’s a place called Earrings Plaza, a wholesaler near Koreatown,” said Cho, who is nominated for a Tony for her costumes. “All the jewelry there is between $1 and $5 so I bought a ton of it and we sewed.”

    Now that’s creative and economical…something we certainly encourage when it comes to jewelry!

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    “All the jewelry there is between $1 and $5 so I bought a ton of it and we sewed.”

     

    “Anastasia”

    For the musical about the youngest Romanov princess, Linda Cho created this onion-domed piece based on the Russian kokoshnik, a traditional folk headdress. Pearls drape over the face like a curtain, and a veil cascades behind. Embedded in the piece are decorative fabrics and jewels, jewels and more jewels.

    “There’s a place called Earrings Plaza, a wholesaler near Koreatown,” said Cho, who is nominated for a Tony for her costumes. “All the jewelry there is between $1 and $5 so I bought a ton of it and we sewed.”

     

  • Valentine’s Day quotes to kick start your heart

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    Some people love Valentine’s Day. Others? Not so much.

    Then there’s that group that’s on-the-fence. They’re romantics deep down but sometimes need a little prodding.

    Well we’re here to kickstart your heart by throwing some classic “love and romance” quotes your way.

     

    Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren’t even there before. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966

    Poetry spills from the cracks of a broken heart, but flows from one which is loved. ~Christopher Paul Rubero

    Love, and a cough, cannot be hid. ~George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum, 1651

    The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of. ~Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670

    At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~Plato

    True love stories never have endings. ~Richard Bach

    Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold. ~Zelda Fitzgerald

    Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart. ~Kay Knudsen

    Ah me! love can not be cured by herbs. ~Ovid

    Soul meets soul on lovers’ lips. ~Percy Bysshe Shelley

    Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

    The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. ~Margaret Atwood

    Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly. ~Rose Franken

    Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb

    How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said. ~Victor Hugo

    Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. ~Robert Frost

    Come live in my heart and pay no rent. ~Samuel Lover

    True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ~Erich Segal

    Love is what you’ve been through with somebody. ~James Thurber, quoted in Life magazine, 1960

     

  • Customer Service Quotes to Live By

    We do more than pride ourselves in amazing customer service; we live it. It’s weaved into every communication we have with our client base. It goes into every detail of a custom design made engagement ring or family heirloom. It’s part of who we are, as third generation jewelers. These quotes serve as reminders to us and hopefully, will inspire you too!

    The first step in exceeding your customer’s expectations is to know those expectations. – Roy H. Williams

     

    We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better. – Jeff Bezos

     

    The simple act of saying ‘thank you’ is a demonstration of gratitude in response to an experience that was meaningful to a customer or citizen. – Simon Mainwaring

    Exceed your customer’s expectations. If you do, they’ll come back over and over. Give them what they want – and a little more. – Sam Walton

    If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. – Ray Kroc

    The golden rule for every business man is this: ‘Put yourself in your customer’s place.’ – Orison Swett Marden

  • Jewelry Jokes…Any Good Ones?

    Okay, spent some time digging around this morning, and unfortunately, I must confess, there aren’t that many funny jewelry jokes out there. Maybe I need to create one myself, because I see a lot of humor in this business. But here goes nothing!

     

    WARNING – we cannot be held responsible for any potential unfunniness!

     

    Moderately Funny Jewelry Joke #1

    An older, white haired man walked into a jewelry store one Friday evening with a beautiful young gal at his side. He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend.

    The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring and showed it to him. The old man said, “I don’t think you understand, I want something very special.”

    At that statement, the jeweler went to his special stock and brought another ring over. “Here’s a stunning ring at only $40,000,” the jeweler said.
    The young lady’s eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled
    with excitement. The old man seeing this said, “We’ll take it.”

    The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the old man stated, by check. ” I know you need to make sure my check is good, so I’ll write it now and you can call the bank Monday to verify the funds and I’ll pick the ring up Monday afternoon,” he said.

    Monday morning, a very teed-off jeweler phoned the old man.
    “There’s no money in that account.”

    “I know”, said the old man, “but can you imagine the weekend I had?”

     

    Moderately Funny Jewelry Joke #2

    A woman enters a jewelry store and says, “You sold my husband a diamond ring yesterday but it’s the wrong size.”

    “No problem madam. We can adjust the finger size easily.”

    “Oh, you don’t understand, you sold him a five carat, and I take a ten carat size.”

     

     

    Moderately Funny Jewelry Joke #3

    “Rachel, darling, how wonderful to see you after all these years! My life, what an incredibly large diamond ring you’ve got. Is it a very famous diamond?”

    “Oh yes, Hermione, it’s the famous Bloomenstein diamond, but it’s got a curse with it”.

    “Really, what’s the curse?”

    “Mr. Bloomenstein, of course!” says Rachel.

  • Quotes on Rubies and Other Gems

    I don’t know about you but there’s something I love about quotes. They’re mini-lessons on life, love…and in this case jewelry!

    Some asked me where the rubies grew,
    And nothing I did say;
    But with my finger pointed to
    The lips of Julia.
    ~Robert Herrick

    The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels:  it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.  ~Salvador Dalí

    Among Life’s precious jewels,
    Genuine and rare,
    The one that we call friendship
    Has worth beyond compare.
    ~Author Unknown

    For me the diamond dawns are set
    In rings of beauty…
    ~John Townsend Trowbridge

    The questions are diamonds you hold in the light.  Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.  The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them.  ~Richard Bach, Running From Safety

    Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.  ~Thomas Carlyle

    The story of Harold Ross, the New Yorker and me is a mere footnote to the story of our time, and we might as well face the truth that to researchers of the future, poking about among the ruins of time, we shall all be tiny glitters.  But then, so are diamonds.  ~James Thurber

    The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls.  ~Jean de la Bruyere, translated from French

    It was as though he had cut up the sky, melted down a flower garden, tossed in some jewels and made it into glass.  ~Hugh McKean, referring to Tiffany’s glass

    Some men’s memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.  ~George Savile

    Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect.  ~Chinese Proverb

    I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels.  Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.  ~Titus Maccius Plautus

    Not on one strand are all life’s jewels strung.  ~William Morris


    Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.  ~Juvenal

    Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished.  ~Lord Chesterfield

     

  • Quotes on Jewelry from Yesteryear

    It’s always fun to hear what famous people of yesteryear (and yesterday) have to say about jewelry. You’ll see that people have felt the same way about adornment for quite some time:

    I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself. ~Mae West

     

    I never worry about diets.  The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.  ~Mae West

    No gold-digging for me; I take diamonds!  We may be off the gold standard someday.  ~Mae West


    There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil. ~Pliny, on the opal

    There are worlds in an opal.  ~Astrid Alauda

     

     

    Perhaps time's definition of coal is the diamond. ~Kahlil Gibran

    The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness.  ~Kahlil Gibran

     

    Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all. ~Mark Twain

     

    There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. ~Benjamin Franklin

  • Quotes on Adornment

    Jewelry, among other items such as clothing and accessories, fall under the category of adornment. The definition of adornment? Something that beautifies or adorns; an ornament. Of course, we know fashion runs deep and has greater implications than a simple ornament!

    Here are some sagely words on the act of adorning:

    The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens.  ~Author Unknown

    These gems have life in them. Their colors speak, say what words fail of.  ~George Eliot

    I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.  ~Mae West

    The finest clothing made is a person’s skin, but, of course, society demands something more than this.  ~Mark Twain

    I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn’t itch.  ~Gilda Radner

    If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies…. It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.  ~Albert Einstein

    People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile.  ~Lee Mildon

    It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.  ~Henry David Thoreau

    When you can’t do something truly useful, you tend to vent the pent up energy in something useless but available, like snappy dressing.  ~Lois McMaster Bujold

    Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.  ~Henry David Thoreau

    I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent.  A person, yes.  ~Robert A. Heinlein

    Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.  ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden

    If men can run the world, why can’t they stop wearing neckties?  How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?  ~Linda Ellerbee

    Just around the corner in every woman’s mind  is a lovely dress, a wonderful suit, or entire costume which will make an enchanting new creature of her.  ~Wilhela Cushman

    A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you.  ~Françoise Sagan

    Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed.  There ain’t much credit in that.  ~Charles Dickens

    When in doubt, wear red. - Bill Blass