Category: Jewelry

Children’s Toy Jewelry Recalled Due to Aspiration Hazard
Kansas City InfoZine

The recalled jewelry could break, releasing small beads that pose an aspiration hazard to young children.

Washington, D.C. – infoZine – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Read more about Children's Toy Jewelry Recalled Due to Aspiration Hazard …

Buffet:Major Acquisitions Needed
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer
ABC News

OMAHA, Neb. Mar 5, 2006 (AP)— Big purchases will be needed to improve Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s earnings in future years, chairman Warren Buffett wrote in his annual letter to shareholders.

But whenever Buffett’s successor takes over the Omaha-based investment company, finding those major acquisitions to fuel Berkshire’s growth is likely to become more difficult especially in the first few years. Read more about Buffet:Major Acquisitions Needed …

Costume jewelry party

AUTHOR OF ‘FABULOUS FAKES’ WILL JUDGE YOUR PIECE WHEN YOU BUY HER NEW BOOK
BY MARTA SALIJ
FREE PRESS BOOKS WRITER

Can a woman ever have too many fabulous jewels?
This is a question we put to Carole Tanenbaum, collector extraordinaire of antique and vintage costume jewelry.
Too many? Consider: She has more than 3,500 pieces in her personal collection and more than 8,000 in her retail Carole Tanenbaum Vintage Collection. (Ogle them at www.truefaux.com.)
Fabulous? Oh, yes. She has a particular love for bold, colorful jewelry from the 1950s, the sort of statement-making pieces that take a strong personality to carry off.
Which Tanenbaum cheerfully agrees she has. “I love the ‘wow’ factor of ’50s jewelry,” she says by phone from her home in Toronto. “Like my personality is kind of bigger than life, so is my jewelry. I’m a very small person — I’m 5-feet — but I wouldn’t think twice about wearing three pins at one time or multiple necklaces.
“I love the rhinestones, I love the color that was used and I love the scale of the ’50s.”
Now, Tanenbaum is sharing her love of jewelry from all eras in a book, “Fabulous Fakes: A Passion for Vintage Costume Jewelry,” and a tour that will bring her to the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Rochester Hills Wednesday evening Read more about Costume jewelry party …

Silver spoons
News-Star

Linda Brown and her sister-in-law Anita have discovered a creative use for antique silverware: creating rings, bracelets and other pieces of jewelry

Wearing a plush red fleece, Betty Nolan lingered beside a display of silver jewelry made from unlikely materials — twisted forks, spoons and knives.

Nolan, a repeat customer at Rio Rose Antique Mall in West Monroe, moved down the glass counter, where she glimpsed silver bookmarks chiseled from the tips of antique spoons. Read more about Silver spoons …

A virtual garden of Eden
TriCities.com

What: Snakes and the Fairer Sex: an Honors Thesis Exhibit of Work by Jennifer Culp Wood
Where: Slocumb Gallery
When: February 27th through March 3rd, gallery hours: 9am to 4.30pm

Jennifer Culp Wood, a metalsmithing student in ETSU’s Department of Art and Design has created a virtual garden of Eden in ETSU’s Slocumb Gallery this week. Her work, consisting of jewelry and wearable art, is sexy and sexual, challenging conventional ideas about jewelry, women and beauty. Read more about A virtual garden of Eden …

JCOC.net Reviews Three Years of Consumer Research in 2005 Year-in-Review
Market Wire

Report Analyzes Trends, Offers Strategic Recommendations Based on Findings
PASO ROBLES, CA — (MARKET WIRE) — 03/02/2006 — Required reading for anyone in the gem and jewelry trade, the Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council e-panel (JCOC.net) 2005 Year-in-Review is available from MVI Marketing Ltd. This comprehensive, 61-page report presents key findings, analysis and insights in jewelry trends based on three years of consumer omnibus studies, and provides projections for future business and strategic recommendations for capturing a greater portion of that business in your marketplace. Read more about JCOC.net Reviews Three Years of Consumer Research in 2005 Year-in-Review …

Children’s Toy Jewelry Recalled
Local 6

POSTED: 12:34 pm EST March 2, 2006
UPDATED: 12:59 pm EST March 2, 2006

About 144,500 sets of Girl Favors children’s toy jewelry, imported by MTC-Man’s Trading Co., are being recalled because they could break, releasing small beads that pose an aspiration hazard to young children.

No injuries have been reported.

The jewelry being recalled has item numbers and product names PF-1531, 4 Smiley Bead Bracelets; PF-1532, 4 Clear Bead Necklaces; PF-1533, 6 Clear Bead Bracelets & Rings; PF-1536, 4 Power Bead Bracelets; PF-1541, 3 Heart Necklaces; and PF-1549, 4 Ice Cube Bracelets. Read more about Children's Toy Jewelry Recalled …

Karel – Custom Design & Adornment To Produce Jewelry Items For Birthday Gift Boxes Earmarked for Top Female Celebs
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News

(PRWEB) – Austin, TX (PRWEB) March 1, 2006 — Jewelry Design business, Karel – Custom Design & Adornment has been chosen to gift 25 stars (including Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sharon Stone, Debra Messing, Kate Bosworth and Oprah). This unique gifting opportunity transpired through Distinctive Assets, an LA-based entertainment marketing company, well-known for their lavish celebrity gifting at award shows such as the GRAMMYs, Kids’ Choice Awards, Oscars and Emmys. This year, Distinctive Assets will be creating special gift boxes for 25 of the Entertainment Industry’s brightest stars and has invited a select group of companies to join them. Read more about Karel – Custom Design & Adornment To Produce Jewelry Items For Birthday Gift Boxes Earmarked for Top Female Celebs …