Category: Jewelry World

Sapphire Jewelry Group of Red Hat Society gathers
Morning Sentinel

The Sapphire Jewelry Group of the Red Hat Royalty Society met Jan. 24 at the Corner Cafe in Centralia.

Leader Lorraine Bassett led the Red Hat Prayer and was hostess, giving each lady a valentine candy wrapped in cellophane and a red ribbon. Read more about Sapphire Jewelry Group of Red Hat Society gathers …

Brand Names / Bulgari seeks new luxury markets
The Yomiuri Shimbun

Italian jewelry brand Bulgari has been an international favorite for more than 120 years.

More recently, it has expanded its business beyond its core products of jewelry and watches. It now sells perfumes and leather goods, and even runs hotels.

The brand was born when Sotirio Bulgari, a Greek who emigrated to Italy, opened a silversmiths in Rome in 1884. His two sons, Giorgio and Costantino, created unique designs reflecting Roman classicism and the Renaissance, which were instant hits.

In the 1970s, the brand began expanding abroad and opened stores in France, Switzerland and the United States. The brand’s renowned Bulgari Bulgari watch was released in 1977. Read more about Brand Names / Bulgari seeks new luxury markets …

Sisters’ art adds flair to fiesta
By ELLENA FORTNER
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER

A beat-up Volkswagen Rabbit was a source of continual arguments between sisters Tara Martinez Brezic and Jeannette Martinez Youle when they were teenagers in the early ’90s.

So was the telephone. And clothes.

“We had some knock-down, drag-out fights,” said Brezic who, at 34, is four years older than her sister.

Youle agreed. “We hated each other,” she said with a smile.

But creating jewelry from beads and crystals has healed those childhood rifts.

Working under the name The Gypsy Wagon, the sisters are displaying their wares at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center on Lake Grapevine as part of the hotel’s Riverwalk Fiesta. Every weekend for the next two months or so, the flair of San Antonio’s signature River Walk makes an appearance at the hotel, with entertainers, face painters and mariachis Read more about Sisters’ art adds flair to fiesta …

Vendor’s mall to open in Shelbyville
By Terri Miller/Sentinel-News Staff Writer

From jewelry and shoes to furniture and heirlooms, finding the perfect bargain might have just gotten a little easier.

Next Friday, Big Time Bargains & Bingo will open its doors in the Midland Shopping Center in Shelbyville. Owner Harry Vinegar has operated a bingo hall from that location for some time, and said he recently decided to relocate his Dixie Highway vendor’s mall to a 17,000-square-foot space next door.

“I found a better lease rate here,” Vinegar said. “And I thought it would do well, since Shelbyville is really growing.” Read more about Vendor's mall to open in Shelbyville …

Women Now Flaunting More Bling (CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA Giant jewels, decadent diamonds, bodacious bling, you expect them on movie stars and socialites, but now the not-so-subtle status symbols are finding homes more than ever in our area, according to this article in Philadelphia Magazine. Amy Donohue Korman the Sr. Editor of Philadelphia Magazine said, “Women […]

Winter Olympics Tough Sledding for NBC AP via Yahoo! New NEW YORK – Halfpipe star Shaun White showed up for an interview with NBC’s Bob Costas as an Olympic champion, the pressure lifted from his shoulders and clearly juiced by his new jewelry. So “The Flying Tomato” decided to test the power of a gold […]

The planner San Jose Mercury News Jewelry Designer Personal Appearance. Meet designer Robin Rotenier and view his spring collection of silver and gold pieces from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday on Level One at Neiman Marcus Stanford Center. Information: Call (650) 329-3300. Harker School Fashion Show Fundraiser. See Harker students, parents, alumni and faculty […]

A ‘gem’ of a show: Fossils, fascinating jewelry among items for sale, on display Jackson Clarion-Ledger he Mississippi Gem and Mineral Society’s 48th annual Gem, Mineral, Jewelry and Fossil Show could be its biggest one yet. Annual gem shows on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and in New Orleans are not being held this year because […]

China Shipped Out Close to US$650 Million Worth of Costume Jewelry in the 10 Months to October 2005, Giving a Year-On-Year Growth of more than 50 Percent
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

DUBLIN, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 23, 2006–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33515) has announced the addition of the Global Sources’ China Sourcing Report: Costume Jewelry to their offering.

China’s costume jewelry export industry has been experiencing steady growth over the past couple of years. The country shipped out close to US$650 million worth of costume jewelry in the 10 months to October 2005, giving a year-on-year growth of more than 50 percent. Export sales were even 20 percent higher than total shipments in 2004. Read more about China Shipped Out Close to US$650 Million Worth of Costume Jewelry in the 10 Months to October 2005, Giving a Year-On-Year Growth of more than 50 Percent …

KC man gets 5-year sentence in jewelry robbery By MARK MORRIS The Kansas City Star A Kansas City man who surrendered eight years after robbing a Northland jewelry store was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison. Antonio Mitchell admitted in October that he was a lookout in the February 1997 robbery of Meierotto’s […]