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Women Jewelry Designers – Hattie Carnegie
Women jewelry designers – Hattie Carnegie: Hattie Carnegie was born in 1889 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Her name at birth was Henrietta Kanengeiser. In 1892, her family immagrated to New York’s Lower East Side. Henrietta eventually got a job with Macy’s as a salesgirl, a position that promised a lot of mobility. While working at…
Read MorePearls and Pearl Jewelry
I love pearls and pearl jewelry. Pearls can have unusual shapes (baroque pearls) and neat colors – I think they are all wonderful. A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue of a mollusk as the result of an irritant. The pearls we treasure are composed of calcium carbonate deposited over that irritant…
Read MoreBirthstones for June
Birthstones for the month of June: June is another month with multiple birthstone choices. Pearls, moonstone, and alexandrite are frequently used for June birthstones. Pearls Pearls made their “debut” in the first century BC. Many ancient civilizations considered pearls as precious gems. According to the National Geographic, a bit of pearl jewelry was found in…
Read MoreApril Pearl Jewelry Sale
Two weeks only! April Pearl Jewelry Sale – April 1-15. Lots of pearl necklaces and earrings are on sale
Read MorePearls are the Birthstone for June
Summer’s Almost Here! I am looking forward to summer and some warm weather! June is generally a typical summer month here. The traditional June birthstone is the pearl and there’s a wide range of pearl types to choose from. There are also alternative stones. Moonstone is the most popular alternative stone, but Chalcedony and…
Read MoreBirthstones for April and May
What is a birthstone? The association of one gem to each month and the idea of wearing your “birthstone,” started long ago – between the 16th and 18th centuries.The National Association of Jewelers released a list of so-called “modern birthstones” in 1912 in the United States. Wearing your birthstone is supposed to bring you luck.…
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