Happy Stories From our customers

We’ve shown you ugly jewelry in the past.  But what would Christmas be without a brief fashion retrospective of the worst possible kind? You’ve seen them, you’ve tried to look away – yet somehow their over-the-top garishness made you look on, like a wardrobe trainwreck.
BEWARE!

Ho ho noooo!

Even Santa looks scared.

The classy European look is still no competition to this sweater.

Patchworking it only makes it worse!

Not a happy holiday dog.

It seems almost obvious: if people are feeling comfortable enough to buy luxury items such as jewelry, it may indicate that the economy may be slowly creeping up once again.  Though, as this article points out, customers may be willing to splurge a bit more, but “tap out” easily. The momentum, in short, is choppy:

All the quarterly financials for the major chains covered by National Jeweler and included in that particular newsletter were positive. Comps rose 14 percent for Sterling Jewelers, 6 percent for Zale Corp., 15 percent for Tiffany & Co. in the Americas and 8 percent for Neiman Marcus.

The sales figures released by major chains are in harmony with the reports we received from retailersand the post-Black Friday sales figures released by a myriad of different analysts and agencies.

In short, it was a strong weekend for sales.

But, will this momentum continue through the holiday season and into next year? The answer seems to be nobody knows, or, at least, nobody can agree on a prediction.

In analyzing sales on Black Friday, The NPD Group Inc. said that the day came in with a “roar” as consumers packed stores early to take advantage of heavily advertised savings but went out with a “whimper.”

According to NPD, 56 percent of consumers who shopped on Black Friday said they weren’t likely to shop again that weekend, an indication that consumers are “tapped out,” one industry analyst said.

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Tali Lennox is daughter of famed singer Annie Lennox, as well as an up and coming model. In this interview, Tali goes through her jewelry box, showcasing some of her favorite pieces as well as a dramatic necklace her mother gave her.

Her mother, donning a glamorous look with an eye-catching necklace:

We just received a teaser about the new Gelin and Abaci Winter tension set engagement ring collection. We’re anxious to see it ourselves! Here’s a teaser.

View the current tension set collection

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.