Articles tagged: "engagement rings"
1: Engagement Rings For Wedding Belles
This article looks at the history of the engagement ring and other traditions that surround a typical British wedding.
2: Wedding Customs Throughout History
If you start planning your wedding you might wonder about wedding traditions, rituals, customs and conventions, as we know them today. Are they more or less modern or based on historical customs? This article looks at the origin of the marriage ceremony and choice of mate.
3: Learn About The History Of Engagement Rings
A concise and informative account of the tradition and culture behind the giving of engagement rings.
4: How to buy most diamonds for your dollar - Diamond Buying Advice
It is a definitely very important occasion for you and your fiancГ©e when you are shopping for an engagement ring.So, before you select an engagement ring to suit your taste and your budget, you should have some basic idea regarding how the diamonds are graded. Because, the price of a diamond depends on how it is graded.
5: Buying a Diamond Engagement Ring? - Get What You Pay For
It 's an important time in your life when you get engaged but don't let emotion overwhelm your shopping savvy when you purchase a diamond engagement ring.
6: Sneaky Ways To Find Her Ring Size
A great deal of thought goes into the preparations required to make your proposal unique, memorable and error-free In most cases, months are spent selecting the engagement ring, coordinating the exact place and time of the proposal, and rehearsing the words that come closest to expressing what the heart feels on the day the question is finally asked
7: Emerging engagement ring trends blend tradition with modern flair
The diamond engagement rings - a timeless expression of love and commitment.
The classic styles available - solitaire and pave, for example - still are popular today, but there are emerging trends of which you, the potential buyer should be aware.
8: Diamonds & Engagement Rings Website - How To Build An Informative And Functional Website
I’ve been a retail jeweler for many years and I own a brick and mortar jewelry store in Williamsville, NY My store focuses mainly bridal jewelry sales of engagement rings, custom jewelry design engagement rings, and wedding bands
9: Ideal Cut Diamonds
An ideal cut diamond means that the diamond has been cut to a specific set of parameters required to produce the highest light performance possible Light performance is the refraction and reflection of light that enters the diamond
10: How To Tell Whether Your Diamond Engagement Ring Is Real Or Fake
Providing an insight on how one can tell a diamond cut ring is a genuine gem, and not just an imitation.
11: The History Of Diamond Engagement Rings
Taking a look at the use of rings, how they became commonly used and how diamonds were introduced to wedding rings.
12: Making Your Own Jewelry Beautiful
Jewelry making is interesting work for children who wish to make jewelry of silver and other metals. It is an ancient and honorable craft which has unlimited possibilities.
13: What To Know About Engagement Rings, From Carat To Clarity
Looking into the world of diamonds, buying the right engagement ring and what to know before buying a ring.
14: The Top Destination Proposals
While finding the perfect ring to propose with can be an exhaustive search, what really seems to confuse many is the actual proposal itself When and where to pop the question can be stressful at best, and since it 's a story that you'll both be telling for the rest of your lives together, getting it right is incredibly important
15: Jewelry Retailing - The Current State Of The Industry & What The Future Holds For Independents
Over the last 10 years there are so many things that have changed in the jewelry business, some of them for the good of the industry and others to its detriment The internet has accelerated the transference of information and made products readily available
16: Gold & Diamonds - Buying Your Way To Better Profit
13 years ago I got my start in jewelry store ownership when I opened a scrap shop buying and selling gold, diamonds, watches, & antiquities, eventually I moved to high-end bridal I purchased a lot of scrap gold and made a nice living do it, and that was when gold was $275 per oz
17: Pros and Cons of Synthetics - Synthetic Gems: Outdoing Nature?
When most people think about synthetic gems, the first thing that comes to mind is a misconception that these are "cheap imitations" compared to the real, natural gems that they are patterned after.
18: Cat 's Eyes and Star Gemstones - Bad is Sometimes Better
Cats eyes and stars appearing in gemstones are still considered inclusions but of a unique type. While the presence of inclusions is often detrimental to the value and looks of gemstones, cats eyes and stars have the opposite effect. These may occur naturally or man-made but ultimately, they enhance the beauty of gemstones. Use the following tips when shopping for gemstones with stars and cats eyes.
19: How To Spot Fraudulent Practices in Jewelry
External factors affect the value and the quality of jewelry, especially diamonds. For an average person, a gem looks like just any other gem. But to the experienced eye, he knows the differences between a rare stone to one that is not-so-rare.
20: Treatments Used for Changing Colors of Gemstones
When shopping for colored gemstones, another question you should definitely ask and one you could not evaluate without a definite honest answer is if the color is natural or applied. There are several commonly used and accepted color treatments that are applied to gemstones in order to change their appearance like heat treatment, irradiation, dyeing, and straining.
21: What Are the Different Types of Gemstones
There are many different types of gemstones, and knowing the different categories can help a collector or enthusiast expand his repertoire greatly.
22: Things To Consider When Buying Wholesale Jewelry
Thanks to todays technology, you can easily buy diamond bracelets and wristwatches online. Even those that are priced $50,000 to $200,000. This is possible because of online jewelry auction sites such as eBay.
23: A Quick Guide to Popular and Precious Gemstones
Alexandrite - this is a beautiful gemstone named after a Russian czar. The gemstone is a basic crysoberyl type, and is best noted for it 's color changing properties depending on the shade of light it is exposed to. Alexandrite shifts between greenish to blue, to purple and even crimson hues. It is this very color-changing property that makes it one of the most valuable gemstones around.
24: Knowing the Different Cuts for Gemstones
When grading and appraising gemstones, cut may not be as influential as the other C 's like color, clarity, and carat weight, but it is definitely an influencing factor when it comes to the gemstones overall beauty.
25: Hand-Crafted Jewelry - 11 Tips on How to Start a Hand-Crafted Jewelry Business
If you have tinkered with hand crafted jewelry projects in the past and you think you have the passion and talent for it, you might be ready to go to the next level. Selling your hand crafted jewelry to other people is a decision not to take lightly, but if you have patience and perseverance, future success is an inevitable outcome.
26: Learning the Lingo - Understanding Basic Jewelry Terms, Processes, and Techniques
It is easy to feel intimidated and out-of-place when you are visiting a high-class jewelry store for the first time.
27: Where and How Gemstones Are Mined
You may be wondering exactly how your jewelry came to be. Well, that is a normal question any jewelry enthusiast would ask. You do question how these gems are placed into metal and you also question exactly where these gems came from.
28: Caring for Your Jewelry - Care For Your Jewelry as if it is Your Baby
You have to remove your jewelry whenever you are doing activities that are risky. These activities may cause an impact or expose the jewelry to chemicals. Do not wear your jewelry when you are playing sports or doing house hold chores.
29: Wedding Customs Throughout History 2
If you start planning your wedding you might wonder about wedding traditions, rituals, customs and conventions, as we know them today. This article looks at the origin of the members of the bridal party, the processional and the engagement and wedding rings.
30: Basic Processes In Jewelry Making
Have you always wanted to make your very own jewelery? Before you start there are many things that you first need to understand about the process. Follow these steps and use these tips to help create your own beautiful jewels!
31: The Most Expensive Engagement Rings Of All Time
The bigger, the better This is the motto of many celebrities who view the engagement ring as a huge status quo symbol
32: Avoiding Engagement Ring Blunders
It was a blistering hot Southern California night. Sam and Carly were leaving the local hot spot after an evening of drinking and dancing with their closest friends. From a mile away, anyone could see that they were in love. They kissed and joked with each other as they made their way hand-i
33: Forget About Blood Diamonds, Let’s Look At Wal-mart
Recent sensationalized Hollywood movies have brought the issues surrounding “Blood Diamonds” otherwise known as “Conflict Diamonds” in to question While these issues should be serious concerns, the US 's diamond consumption has little affect on the Blood Diamond trade
34: Romantic Proposals – Surprise Her With A Beautiful Engagement Ring
I’ve sold thousands of engagement rings during my 20 year career in the jewelry business and with that I’ve gained intimate knowledge of what works when creating a memorable proposal Most men think that a women’s only concern is the ring – how big it is, what shape, precious metal type, etc
35: Diamonds, Engagement Rings, Wedding Rings – Internet vs. Retail
Retail Jewelry Stores A common belief is that all jewelers are out to get you and that you're going to pay too much for a diamond or engagement ring This is true for all industries and businesses, not just the jewelry industry
36: Choosing An Engagement ring Is A Matter Of Individual Taste And Personal Style
When you think about it, buying an engagement ring, and more specifically diamond engagement rings, requires a lot to be considered. It has always been a tradition to present a woman with a diamond engagement ring, and this practice is believed to have begun when Archduke Maximilian presented o
37: Buying an Engagement Ring She Will Love
Well, you have gone through the process of making a decision. You have chosen who to spend your life with, and you want to propose. Now, you need a ring to give to her when you pop the question. You need to find the perfect ring, but how? This article will let you find the ring which will make
38: Buying A Diamond Solitaire Ring
Traditionally a diamond solitaire ring is purchased and given for engagement, although there are many other types of engagement rings available and as trends change these styles become more popular, the diamond solitaire always seems to be the favourite.These types of rings can vary greatly in
39: How To Pick the Ideal Engagement and Wedding Jewelry
Jewelry holds a special place in the celebration of a marriage. Jewelry is used to symbolize a couples love for each other, representing a lasting bond between the two people. Wedding and engagement jewelry is also there to make sure you look great on your wedding day! When planning for your bi
