Jewelry & Fashion Blogosphere 04/08/07

Jewelry & Fashion Blogosphere 04/08/07
Jewelry Weblog, CA

Happy Easter everyone! Hopping around the jewelry and fashion blogosphere, I picked up a few treasures for you.

First, Fashiontribes has a big announcement! Whether you’re feeling Afro Love, Downtown Doll, Fancy Flirt, Global Chic or Rock Punk…the new spring issues of the Fashiontribes magazines are finally live! Read more about Jewelry & Fashion Blogosphere 04/08/07

Prom Trends 2007: Top prom jewelry looks

Prom Trends 2007: Top prom jewelry looks
By AMY DRESCHER
phillyBurbs.com, PA

You’ve pored through prom magazines, hit all the hot shops and finally selected the perfect prom dress. Your shoes are gorgeous. Your date is too. You know how you’ll wear your hair and makeup, and you’ve booked your limo and decided which after-party to attend. But have you thought about your prom jewelry? If you’re like many girls, the answer is probably no. Read more about Prom Trends 2007: Top prom jewelry looks

Prom Trends 2007: Top prom jewelry looks

Prom Trends 2007: Top prom jewelry looks
By AMY DRESCHER
phillyBurbs.com, PA

You’ve pored through prom magazines, hit all the hot shops and finally selected the perfect prom dress. Your shoes are gorgeous. Your date is too. You know how you’ll wear your hair and makeup, and you’ve booked your limo and decided which after-party to attend. But have you thought about your prom jewelry? If you’re like many girls, the answer is probably no. Read more about Prom Trends 2007: Top prom jewelry looks

The 'Jewelry Marketing Doctor' Makes a House Call

The ‘Jewelry Marketing Doctor’ Makes a House Call Emediawire (press release), WA Jewelry marketing expert Dr. David Weiman presents a 3-hour seminar, The 5 Keys to Selling Handcrafted Jewelry, at the Jewelry Arts Expo, Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, DE from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, April 28.Philadelphia, PA (PRWeb) March 29, 2007 — Dr. […]

Upscale Internet Jewelry Mall Revamped

Upscale Internet Jewelry Mall Revamped
AddPR.com (press release), TX

New Look for 1 of a kind jewelry mall, new services for customers and designers.

(AddPR) Expect a new look from top rated 1 of a Kind Jewelry Mall; the leading handcrafted online jewelry shopping mall. After months of re-development, co-owners Patty Everett and Gary McHugh have renewed their commitment to the Mall, their customers and jewelry designers.

New 1 of a Kind Jewelry Mall features include one-stop shopping with a secure shopping cart checkout. Shoppers choose jewelry from any of our designers and make one quick payment. Read more about Upscale Internet Jewelry Mall Revamped

Silver Jewelry Trend Report

Silver Jewelry Trend Report Jewelry Weblog, CA According to Mine Web, the Silver Institute has just published a trend report on silver, especially targeting jewelry, and things look pretty good for silver jewelry. This is really not a huge surprise since, while the cost of silver has gone up a good deal over the last […]

Top Execs, Industry Gurus Meet at Fine Jewelry CEO Summit

Top Execs, Industry Gurus Meet at Fine Jewelry CEO Summit
Diamonds.net, NY

RAPAPORT… Nearly 200 top executives in the diamond and jewelry industry met at the Rio Tinto Diamonds sponsored and Nielson Jewelry Group produced 2nd Annual Fine Jewelry CEO Summit in Atlanta, February 20-22, 2007.

The event was designed specifically for executives from the “majors” – jewelry firms that command 38 percent of the market in the United States, making this very different from other jewelry tradeshows or conferences, said Nielsen Jewelry Group vice president Lee Arevian Read more about Top Execs, Industry Gurus Meet at Fine Jewelry CEO Summit

Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show Packs Them In

Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show Packs Them In
By Laura Beach
Antiques and the Arts Online, CT

West Palm Beach. Fla:Promising reports from the frontlines of the four-year-old Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show lured us to the capital of luxe over Presidents’ Day weekend. We’re glad we went.
Visitors who were not stranded by the ice storms that earlier in the week brought much of the country to a halt arrived in time for a glamorous opening night party benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County on Friday, February 16. In all, the clubs raised close to $100,000, organizers said. Read more about Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show Packs Them In

uGOgirlz Launches Kazuri Bead Jewelry and New Shirt Designs at NAACP Image Awards

Having a Beautiful Mindset: uGOgirlz Launches Kazuri Bead Jewelry and New Shirt Designs at NAACP Image Awards uGOgirlz owner Chris Frueh launched her new jewelry line at the 38th NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles.
RushPRnews.com (press release), Canada

Los Angeles, CA (rushprnews) March 26, 2007 — Jennifer Hudson, Raven Symone, Anika Noni Rose and Chandra Wilson helped Gilbert entrepreneur and uGOgirlz owner Chris Frueh launch her new jewelry line at the 38th NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles.

Frueh met with the stars in the celebrity gift room and handed out samples of her products which included her newest line of Kazuri bead jewelry, which features hand-made, hand-painted, ceramic jewelry made from women in Nairobi, Kenya. The ceramic coop, which is a member of the Fair Trade Federation, has helped hundreds of women artisans earn fair wages, educate their families and greatly improve their standard of living. Read more about uGOgirlz Launches Kazuri Bead Jewelry and New Shirt Designs at NAACP Image Awards

Shop patrons design, make jewelry

Shop patrons design, make jewelry
Hagerstown Morning Herald, MD

by MARIE GILBERT marieg@herald-mail.com
Allie Buchman has found her creative muse in jewelry.
It started when she was a little girl, fashioning necklaces from seashells and it continued through her high school and college years when she used her talent to make gifts for family and friends.

Today, Buchman has turned what was once a hobby into a lucrative business. Along with her husband, Nathan, she is the owner of The Potomac Bead Company.
While she has had a long love affair with jewelry, opening a jewelry-making shop wasn’t always one of Buchman’s goals. Read more about Shop patrons design, make jewelry