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Your Personal Charm Bracelet
If you want to personalize your bracelet even more, remove some of the stainless steel links from the starter bracelet and add more links with different motifs. Most Italian charms from companies like AA Italy and many other companies are interchangeable.

Ancient Greek Jewelry
The rings had round or pointed oval bezels with intaglio or embossed ornaments and were often set with scarabs and, later, seal stones. A few pieces of jewelry necklaces have been discovered intact. One of the loveliest, from Eretria, had a bull's head at the center and acorn and ovoid beads. Ancient diadems were usually simple, with embossed ornamental bands and naturalistic wreaths gilded in gold or silver. The pins or brooches were elegantly designed, with fibulae usually made of silver.

How to Buy Jewelry
When buying wholesale fashion jewelry, ask about the quality mark and registered trademark. With gold jewelry, look for the karat mark or quality mark indicating the purity of the piece: 14K means the piece is 58.3 percent pure gold; 18K means it is 75 percent pure. In other terms, in a 14K piece of gold jewelry, 14 of its 24 parts are pure gold and the other 10 parts are composed of an alloy, or mixture of other metals, added for strength and sometimes color (to make rose gold, white gold, etc.) Platinum is the hardest and rarest of metals. It's usually marked PLAT or 950 PLAT. Sterling silver pieces are generally stamped with 925. If the quality mark appears on pieces manufactured in the U.S., federal law requires the piece to also be stamped with the manufacturer's trademark to ensure authenticity.

Gold Filled and Plated Jewelry
Gold filled or gold overlay refers to the process of permanently bonding, through heat and pressure, a layer of at least 10-karat gold to one or more surfaces of support metal. The support metal is then drawn or rolled into a prescribed thickness. The gold must comprise at least 1/10 of the total weight. In gold plating, a layer of 10-karat gold or better is bonded to a base metal. The karat gold content, which may be less than 1/20, must be accurately identified by weight in terms of total metal content. Gold leaf is similar to gold plating; the difference is that the gold is pounded and applied by hand. More information about gold jewelry.

A Whole New Look To Bracelets
Your new bracelets can be put together so that no two bracelets look alike. The Italian charm bracelet has brought a new custom look to the world of jewelry. Now instead of having a chain hanging from your bracelet you can have a soldered flat link that can be removed and a new one added. Assemble your charm bracelet, then taken it apart and rebuild it a different way. There are so many charms to choose from. Sterling silver charms, birthstones, pictures, letters, zodiac signs, and more.

Durable and Inert Metal For Rings
Immune to corrosion by saltwater and moisture, titanium rings exhibit exceptional resistance to a broad range of harsh gases, acids, and alkalis as well as attack by microbes. It is virtually nonmagnetic as well, making it ideal when electromagnetic interference must be minimized in certain applications. Pure titanium is 50 percent lighter than steel but has about the same strength. When titanium is added to various alloys, its toughness, hardness, and tensile strength can be dramatically increased even more.

Pearl jewelry
Pearl necklaces and other types of pearl jewelry have been worn for thousands of years. Pearls have always come into and out of fashion. Now they have become very fashionable again, and people are wearing them for many different occasions. People all over the world are wearing all types of pearl jewelry. People are buying and wearing pearl jewelry, and giving these beautiful creations as gifts.

Birthstone Traditions
Birthstones are gems associated with the twelve month of the year. Wearing a birthstone, generally in a ring or bracelet, is traditional for bringing good luck or health. It is believed that each gem has a unique mystical power. A birthstone ring or bracelet makes a great birthday gift for Mom. You might cook her a favorite meal, arrange the food nicely on a tray along with her favorite sections from the newspaper, and treat her to breakfast in bed. Cards and the silver mother's bracelet or birthstone ring can be placed on the tray before presenting it to Mom.

Gold Money Clips Make Great Grooms Gift Ideas
You have not yet decided what to get your groomsmen? Since it is the subtle details that make the man, try giving your groomsmen something that will add to their personality. A gold money clip or cuff links. You could even have the cufflinks personalized. The perfect groomsmen gift ideas are gifts that best represent you and your friendship.

The theme of your wedding
You can use the theme of your wedding to think of many different gift ideas for your bridesmaids. You may want to individualize them to reflect the personalities of your bridesmaids. Deciding on an overall plan is one way to make shopping for gifts easy. For example, you could keep it simple by getting everyone the same thing. You'd have to find a gift with wide appeal. You could add a personal touch by having their initials engraved or imprinted on their individual gifts in the main color scheme of your wedding. This way the gift would be tied to the wedding as well as personalized.