Category: Jewelry

Top Designer Udi Behr Launches Love & Pride Jewelry at Saks 5th Ave
04.03.06 /Gay Wired

(Fort Lauderdale, FL) – Designer-to-the-stars Udi Behr launched two symbolic jewelry collections; “Love & Pride” and “Love Peace & Hope” at Saks Fifth Avenue with a champagne celebration on Friday, March 31st. Saks in Fort Lauderdale is the first mainstream department store to carry a luxury jewelry line supporting the gay & lesbian community. Udi Behr declared the event a “small step for retailers, colossal step for equal civil rights.” Read more about Top Designer Udi Behr Launches Love & Pride Jewelry at Saks 5th Ave …

Eight states stagger in storms’ wake
Disastrous weather hits Tennessee hard, killing 23; four others die across the Midwest
Raleigh News & Observer

Jenny Jarvie and Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times
Rescuers searched through damaged areas from the Midwest to Tennessee after tornadoes, thunderstorms and hail over the weekend killed at least 27 people, injuring dozens and destroying hundreds of houses, officials said.

The worst hit was Tennessee, where 23 people died. Preliminary investigations suggested that the path of destruction was about 15 miles long, running in a straight line from the small town of Bogota in Dyer County to Skullbone in Gibson County.

Four damage assessment crews toured Gibson County in Tennessee on Monday while the Red Cross and the Salvation Army provided shelter and food for the homeless.

“It’s probably the largest weather disaster we’ve had in years,” said Donnie Smith, an official with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, who said that thunderstorms had not hit the state so hard since 1951. Read more about Eight states stagger in storms' wake …

Jewelry, toys found hazardous
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, IL 

Parents, you might want to take a look at what’s in your child’s jewelry box or toy chest. Consider:

– Some SpongeBob Squarepants fishing poles sold in stores across the country from 2001 to 2005 were discovered to have been coated with lead paint.

– Reebok charm bracelets given to shoe customers contained 67 percent lead by weight.

– Some American Girl earrings, necklaces, bracelets and hair accessories sold from 1999 through February 2006 were found to contain high levels of lead. Read more about Jewelry, toys found hazardous …

Unique Christian Jewelry Combines Fashion, Faith, and Witnessing
PR Web (press release), WA

A Sterling Performance features Kay Zoretic’s unique faith based jewelry. Witness Bracelets and other pieces of her Quietly Christian line help hesitant Christians practice their witnessing skills.

Bowling Green, KY (PRWEB) May 31, 2006 — More and more people are embracing their Christian faith, but they want to share it rather than shout it. Silversmith, Kay Zoretic has found a way to help them do that. A somewhat shy Christian herself, Zoretic remembered a little bracelet made by children learning about the Christian faith in Vacation Bible School. She recreated the Witness Bracelet, but Instead of the little plastic beads, Zoretic fashioned the bracelet using handmade silver beads from Indonesia and Thailand, along with gemstones in the seven teaching colors Read more about Unique Christian Jewelry Combines Fashion, Faith, and Witnessing …

Thailand : Tourism Authority supports jewelry sector April 1, 2006/Fibre2fashion.com, India  Thai ornament and jewelry attract everyone visiting Thailand as it is the major source of revenue for the country. Looking at strong popularity of jewelry sector, the Tourism Authority of Thailand has started to support this industry. Country’s jewelries are popular because of its high quality at […]

The hole truth
Kansas City Star, MO

Savannah Leonard was 16 when her best friend got her tongue pierced. Immediately fascinated, she thought, “Hey — I could get a facial piercing that wouldn’t look tacky because I’d just keep my mouth shut!”

Several years later Leonard still likes the notoriety of looking a bit different. She works at a drugstore, serving an elderly clientele. “I’ll be talking to them, and they’re like, ‘What is that in your mouth!’” If they only knew. “Once I turned 18, I went all out. I’ve got them everywhere now. Piercings are addictive.” Read more about The hole truth …

Local woman brings feral attitude to performance and jewelry
Ferndale/Berkley Mirror, MI

Rio Scafone wants women to unleash their feral sides.
The Royal Oak-based performer has designed her own line of Feral Apparel jewelry and items, but she’s selling more than products. She’s selling a philosophy.

Scafone comes from a performing family (her uncle is rockabilly pioneer Jack Scott) and splits her time between acting, modeling, designing and recording music.

She created Feral Apparel last year while in “The Smell of the Kill,” a three-woman play. Read more about Local woman brings feral attitude to performance and jewelry …

Art to Wear offers jewelry, handbags, pottery, etc.
Northwest Herald

CRYSTAL LAKE – Residents can buy jewelry, pottery and other original works from more than a dozen area artists Friday at an event to help benefit a local animal shelter.

“They’re all one-of-a-kind things that you can’t find in a department store,” said Mary Telfer Holden, who helped to organize another Art to Wear benefit after its successful debut last year. Read more about Art to Wear offers jewelry, handbags, pottery, etc. …

BWWMH Auxiliary to hold jewelry sale The Thomasville Times, AL The $5 Jewelry Sale returns to Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital’s classroom April 6 and 7 just in time to fill your Easter baskets. Sponsored by the BWWMH Auxiliary, the event has become one of their most popular fundraisers as shoppers take advantage of the incredible […]