http://www.jewelryconversations.com A Casual Place To Talk About Our Favorite Shiny and Sparkly Objects Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:15:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is something that has been baffling me for some time.  Someone is given a piece of jewelry, say, a strand of pearls.  They are beautiful and of high quality.  They are screaming to be worn, the perfect classic adornment of fashions new and old, the item that 'completes' the outfit, the piece ... http://www.jewelryconversations.com/?p=15 Ahhhhh, back from the holidaze..... When you purchase jewelry for yourself or someone else, how do you usually buy it?  Physically, as in at the store counter, via a paper catalog, online, or eBay?  Is your decision affected by who the piece is for?  Does how much you're planning on spending ... http://www.jewelryconversations.com/?p=14 We've had quite the lively conversation about simulated diamonds, and I'm so happy people are reading and responding to this blog.  Once it was determined that Diamond Nexus Labs was really a slick marketing campaign for high quality Cubic Zirconia, I noticed that several people had written on related tangents, and I thought one deserved further observation ... http://www.jewelryconversations.com/?p=13 Well. It's been a while since I've visited or written here.  How amazing it is that the trivialities of life can take over your time, your attention, and steers you from things to which you had committed.  At long last, I'm here, I'm back, and I'm going to make sure that ... http://www.jewelryconversations.com/?p=9 How many of you had a grandparent who was totally out of touch with how young you were?  Let me explain.  I had a grandparent, my paternal grandfather, and he didn't visit too often, but when he did, he always came bearing gifts.  However, they weren't things like Tonka trucks for ... http://www.jewelryconversations.com/?p=8 I remember when I first got my ears pierced.  I was 8 years old.  My friends were doing it.  You needed to have a note from your parents (or have them present).  It was done in a corner of this kind of old lady kind of store, and back then, ... http://www.jewelryconversations.com/?p=7 I'm sure you've all at one point or another received one of those email forwards from a friend asking your preference on a bunch of items (like ice cream: chocolate or vanilla?) and you're supposed to pick your favorite, forward it on to everyone, blah blah blah. However ... http://www.jewelryconversations.com/?p=6 This is for all you artistic folks in the audience... My last post on energy/healing jewelry got me wondering how these people/companies come up with the prices for which they sell their jewelry.  I wondered about this, because at first glance, a lot of them seem rather, well, expensive.  We aren't ... http://www.jewelryconversations.com/?p=5 This is a topic I have a hard time with. I don't know, it may be that I'm oblivious to the subtleties of changes going on around me. I might be too jaded and cynical and not open enough to feel healing powers. Can healing or energy ... http://www.jewelryconversations.com/?p=4 Oh la dee dah, 'diamonds are a girl's best friend'...BLAH BLAH BLAH 'If you really love your fiance', 2-3 months' salary for a ring is a must'...OUCH 'We have everything under control now...these aren't blood diamonds'...you sure about that? People have been trying for centuries to come up with a man-made gem that ... http://www.jewelryconversations.com/?p=3