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Straight from a fun activity, Fisher and Lisa decided to put their skills in jewelry to a worthy cause in 2003, and labeled it Hope Paige Designs. At that time, Lisa’s mom who had survived the fatal breast cancer therefore inspired the underlying reason for the foundation aimed at creating awareness. The jewelry beauty absolutely made heart cheerful and that alone meant along to Lisa and Fisher because they knew it would be a motivation to other sickly women too. That led to this jewelry house establishment and was labeled after their middle name that is, Shelly (Hope) fisher and Lisa (Paige) Hobyak.
Hope Paige designs thus began to collaborate with other charitable organizations to devise custom jewels and breast cancer awareness jewelry lines. And now that six years are almost gone since 2003, the company has expanded its specializations to produce medical alertness bracelets and charms for other causes as well. Such other supported organizations by Hope Paige Designs include Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities and Make A Wish Foundation. This does not mean though that the team up does not welcome other organizations interested in their creative designs for a good cause and required to pay absolutely no fees. When they have to make special orders, Hope Paige Designs already keep massive collections in the premises and they deliver in batch for sale at low wholesale prices and the national charities then sell them at retail.

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The newest ways people are enjoying wearing handmade jewelries include the only one of its kind Moroccan tiles attached to a very old and rich cultural heritage. The works of art involves distinct designs and colors that reflect the very early days of customs of Middle East. The designs are made from wide-ranging locally available materials, in morocco and by use of wood fire. This explains why everyone wants them because this method makes each one of them different in terms of color shade. They also are crafted in distinct shapes and sizes matching the inclination of a certain customer.

The way they transform the appearance of the rooms is often one of the finest detail people love about Moroccan tiles. And following the same Moroccan stimulation, customers can also make their own tiles to suit their own desires using some loose ones called Zellige tiles. If people should decide to manufacture their own Moroccan tiles, then it would mean handcrafting and glazing them on wood fire. (more…)

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At least any type of jewelry has its quality that distinguishes it from others of unmatched beauty just like the wearers. Amber happens to be one of those jewels with very interesting background uses and alluring appearance. It actually is toughened tree sap or resin from centuries ago and was discovered in those days as fossils. There is a serious archeological discovery made here as huge quantities of Amber sourced from Baltic Sea region existed on the seashores and later in the nineteen-century excavation began.
Amber was also found in other areas up to now consisting of Romania, Italy, Burma and Northern America and from Dominican Republic that is the highest rating source of amber now. It is normally yellow or brown in color although some other traces like green, blue, black and reddish to brown are also available. History shows that early people used it to make jewelry and also bottles, pottery and bowls. And from such naturally formed fossils, obviously one would expect to find lots of other dead matter attached like plants and insects frequently referred to as inclusions.

What makes the entire fossil captivating is the fact that tree sap when it was still liquid might have trapped the inclusions and before it solidified covered them up. (more…)

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Even fashion lovers these days cannot ignore any functional method to own stylish jewelries without spending lots of bucks. It is absolutely possible to avoid expensive costume jewelry by learning adaptable procedures that are often used to make ornaments by hands. It is not only the advantages of cost that a person like this one have but also that they can make them depending on their own sense of style to match their self identity. That way, one can point the finger of blame to them if the end result is not lovely and if it is, they get a chance to applaud their creativity on handcrafted jewelry making.

The starting point should be deciding on the handcrafted jewelry that a person wants to come up with such as necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and earrings. The easiest known method of making a necklace by hand is by use of beads, strong wires and strings. Eventually, if a good selection of colors is made for the beads, the next step involves deciding the outfits that could go well with the colors and in what shapes. These can either be chunky or small beads and one may combine them or use each exclusively for a different necklace. The beads found in the store can be glass, ceramic or wooden pieces and they are all very attractive.
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As the adage goes, meeting a true friend in life is difficult but it is also rare to find one with interests, skills and talents that match their own. Well, at least this is the standard belief that did not stop James and Flynn, the co-founders of the famous You Macbeth jewelry when they enrolled in Vassar Collage in New York and soon became inseparable friends. And believe or not, these two gifted individuals seemed to have intrinsic love for dramatic arts and that is why the label Macbeth is directly enthused by one between the Shakespeare’s mentioned misfortunes. The duo make a great team together as they got real talent and imaginative brains and do not have to seek ideas outside that spectrum, as they are mutually up-to-the-minute in their artistic nature.
Apart from that, they individually opted to specialize in different fields where Flynn did English and James Sociology and a bit of fine arts. However, what bolded these two masterminds are the jewelry approaches in this contemporary era and it is our major concern. You Macbeth rings take the center position when it comes to the jewelry art and the beauty and symbolic meaning of each of these jewels is awesome. Set on natural backgrounds such as cracked to tumbling scenery and dangling on a dry desert or wherever tree branch, creates a magnificent appearance for each of these rings.

And anyone who need to grab the real meaning of the rings need to catch up with phrases like come thunder, come lightening and come rain of (more…)

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It has been an enduring period since the school of Fashion Design and Technology at London college of Fashion and popular Sony Ericsson started their collaboration. This long relationship has its purpose based on investigating the link between technology and fashion students. So where does the prestigious tennis icon come in to the deal? Maria Sharapova, the tennis and fashion- motivated star does not only get her celebrity status for these two rather is an ambassador for one of the leading global brand, Ericssson Recently, Sharapova exhibited in the window of design store, liberty some winning students’ designs among those involved through Sony Ericsson and London college of Fashion collaboration. The eighty students from countries across the globe and from the school’s third and fourth year groups were chosen via this alliance to compete for a chance for their designs to be exhibited. Sharapova together with the Sony Ericsson design team briefed the students while she personally sent an inspiring message to support them and to facilitate their upcoming ideas and designs. Maria was also among the other panel of judges who carried out the process of selecting the wining design that was chosen from a pick out of twenty-five entries. The panel comprised of other names such as Tina Lekeberg- Sony Ericsson designer, (more…)

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