Category: Jewelry

Friedman’s gets a fresh start
Washington Business Journal, DC

Big jewelry retailer relocating to Addison after emerging from bankruptcy
After more than 85 years in Savannah, Ga., Friedman’s Inc., the nation’s third-largest specialty jewelry retailer, is moving its corporate headquarters to Addison.

The company, which recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has signed a 10-year lease for 85,000 square feet at Addison II, a two-story, 180,000-square-foot building near the Dallas North Tollway and Addison Road. Read more about Friedman's gets a fresh start …

Put jewelry where your mouth is
Wilmington Morning Star, NC

By Sam Scott
Staff Writer
sam.scott@starnewsonline.com
DaRon Baldwin, a.k.a KYD, could already turn heads with his mouth. The junior at New Hanover High School is a member of Young But Grindin’, a local rap group that has performed all over downtown.

But he has another lure now: a molded white gold mouthpiece that gives him the glinting grin that is much revered in today’s hip-hop fashion.

“Everybody keeps complimenting me on it,” said Baldwin, who limits wearing the jewelry to performances and other special occasions. Read more about Put jewelry where your mouth is …

Zilker to lead jewelry workshop
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

The Bear Canyon School of Art and Craft in Bozeman is hosting a spring workshop with Sandra Zilker.

“Jewelry/Metals Color Buffet” is a two-day hands-on workshop that will offer a variety of color-involved techniques. Some apply color to metal and other surfaces. Others are colorful materials that combine well with metal. These accessible processes do not require complicated equipment, but offer endless variations and combinations. Samples, slides and demonstrations will be presented and participants will try all the techniques. Read more about Zilker to lead jewelry workshop …

Living Large in Ancient Egypt
BellaOnline

“In Egypt, gold is the dust on the highroads.” Asian king
Among the world’s most ardent collectors of jewelry were the ancient Egyptians. Beauty was taken very seriously in ancient Egypt. Lavish personal adornment was the rule of the day, and everyone in Egypt wore some type of jewelry. Jewelry was a symbol of wealth, a dramatic statement about one’s social status, or religious beliefs. Not unlike today, people loved to show off their jewels. Read more about Living Large in Ancient Egypt …

‘American Idol’ judge Paula Abdul launching QVC jewelry line Reality TV World The Paula Abdul Jewelry Collection will make its TV debut April 21 in two one-hour shows, the West Chester, Pa.-based QVC announced Wednesday in a news release. Abdul said she started designing the trinkets for “Idol” contestants, adorning the various items with inspirational […]

Bitter glitter: Allergic to jewelry?
Orlando Sentinel, FL

Itchy? You might find the cause in your jewelry box.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., recently found that metals such as gold and nickel were among the Top 10 things most likely to cause allergic contact dermatitis. Also making the list were fragrances, a topical antibiotic and a cosmetics preservative.

Allergic contact dermatitis occurs when the immune system reacts to a perceived threat to the skin, says Dr. Stan Wesson, dermatology residency director at the University of Florida. Read more about Bitter glitter: Allergic to jewelry? …

Green Lake Jewelry figures out how to compete against online retailers
San Jose Business Journal, CA

Jim Tuttle once had customers who wanted to express the full richness of the story of their love, how they felt as if they were adrift until they caught hold of each other, how they were each other’s compass in the stormy seas of life. They wanted an intricate mosaic with entwined fishhooks, compasses, and ship’s wheels.

The trick was they wanted to capture all of that on their wedding bands. Read more about Green Lake Jewelry figures out how to compete against online retailers …

SouthCot wants jewelry-making in T’boli improved
MindaNews / 10 April 2006

KORONADAL CITY — Soon, T’boli residents will add a new craft: jewelry-making using gold, for export.
At present, T’bolis make fine brassware and fancy jewelry. While they have been producing jewelry from gold, the product is “sub-standard” for the global market, said
Raymundo Pecajas, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – South Cotabato officer in charge.

Improving the jewelry making in T’boli town is a concerted effort of the provincial and local governments, the DOST and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Read more about SouthCot wants jewelry-making in T’boli improved …

Beaded jewelry sold online to help fight AIDS in S. Africa
Beaded Hope buys artwork, providing income for medical treatment
Cincinnati Business Courier – April 7, 2006

Some people send money. But Jennifer Davis is hoping to improve the lives of the poor in South Africa one bead at a time.

Davis runs a two-year-old jewelry-making business called Jennifer’s Designs, which sells her work at home shows. In November, she founded Beaded Hope, an online company that employs women in Mamelodi, South Africa, to make beadwork that is sold in the United States. Read more about Beaded jewelry sold online to help fight AIDS in S. Africa …

Diamond Jewelry Designer: Available & Happy
Diamonds.net, NY

(Rapaport…April 6, 2006) Two trend spotters –as they are called– authored the book, What Women Really Want, which also has a long subtitle reflecting how women are changing the way they live in the United States. For the book, authors Kellyanne Conway and Celinda Lake profiled diamond-jewelry designer Ruta Fox among many other women leaders. Read more about Diamond Jewelry Designer: Available & Happy …