Friday, 13. November 2009
Designer engagement rings are those usually made by well-known and respected jewellers. These are naturally more expensive than other forms of engagement rings because they are more elegant, distinctive and sophisticated. These also have higher quality than non-designer rings.
An engagement refers to the time period between proposal and marriage, which may be trivial or lengthy. During this period, the couple is said to be bethorted, affianced, engaged to be married or simply engaged. Today, an engagement often starts the moment the man proposes and the woman says yes. It is the time when the man gives her engagement ring. Engagement usually ends when the couple exchange wedding rings for their wedding day.
An engagement ring signifies a promise to marriage. Customs differ according to time, place, and culture. In some European countries, both man and woman wear engagement rings, while in other countries, it is only the woman. Most countries differ from one another in terms of engagement culture, tradition and history.
There are various types of engagement rings including diamond cut engagement rings, Celtic engagement rings, tension engagement rings, two-tone or multi-tone engagement rings, antique or vintage engagement rings, etc. They are made of precious metals and gemstones such as platinum, gold, diamond, ruby and emerald. Women are mostly given diamond engagement rings. Read more... (715 words)
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Friday, 30. October 2009
Dads have spoken and designers have listened, Make a diaper bag for dads! As a dad myself I’m quite happy to see that dads everywhere now have the choice to carry a messenger style diaper bag they can be proud of.
I can remember one day I took the kids to an amusement park for the day. Excited, we got dressed and hopped in the car. Once we got there I popped out the double stroller and were ready to roll, so I thought. Left sitting in the trunk was a bright green, floral, Shanghai Tang silk diaper bag! For those dads that don’t know, as I didn’t, Shanghai Tang is a very fashionable Asian style bag. It looks absolutely fabulous when carried by my wife but now I had to tote it along. Although it seems OK to be carrying a girly bag around as long as your wife is there, doing it alone makes me quite self conscious.
Messenger bags for men designed for fathers on the run are here! The thing that makes these bags unique is that they were designed for style and functionality equally. So it looks like a hip mens messenger bag but it has all the practical compartments of your wife’s, girly diaper bag. Read more... (516 words)
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Wednesday, 21. October 2009
A mothers ring is a very special and meaningful gift she will cherish forever. Its a treasured piece of jewelry that reminds her that her children are always near. A mothers ring is a symbol of a childs love and gratitude to a mother, truly a perfect gift for a mother.
The best way for a child to express love and gratitude to a mother is through a mothers ring. And what better day to give her such a special gift than during Mothers Day. When a woman decides to become a mother, she also decides to put her child on top of everything because there is nothing more special to a woman than becoming a mother.
A mothers ring symbolizes how much you appreciate your mothers endless love, sacrifices, patience and support. It is a very sentimental piece of jewelry that your beloved mother can treasure forever and is one way of letting her know that you are always near.
A mothers ring is either a plain ring with inscription or a ring with the birthstone of all her children, both living and dead. When you decide to place all the birthstones of the children that is basically made to order. This is because the birthstones have to be in its proper order. Read more... (745 words)
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Saturday, 17. October 2009
The Moissanite to the casual observer is a diamond simulant is nearly indistinguishable from real diamonds. It is more durable and more brilliant than a diamond. It offers the mystique of having one of the rarest jewels in the world, the Moissanite.
Moissanite is sometimes called silicon carbibe or carborondum. Its colors range from grayish to a greenish tone. Moissanite is a rare mineral with a hexagonal crystal structure that occurs in iron nickel meteorites.
Moissanite was discovered in 1893 by a French chemist, Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan, who mistakenly identified the crystals as diamonds. But in 1904 he identified the crystals as silicon carbide (SiC), which was later named after him. But it wasn’t until 1995 that jewelers used moissanite as a gemstone.
Moissanite is a quite similar to a diamond, making it an excellent diamond simulant. Its crystalline structure is held together with strong covalent bonding, or the attraction-to-repulsion stability, similar to diamonds. It is nearly as hard as diamond. It can feature the brilliance same as a diamond.
Aside form looking alike, moissanite and diamonds have other similar features. They are both great conductors of electricity making them both ideal for use in the electronic field. Moissanites are thermally conductive like diamonds and can even match the heat conductivity of diamonds. Read more... (632 words)
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Thursday, 15. October 2009
by Fred Gagnon
Moissanite engagement ring is an excellent alternative to a diamond engagement ring. It offers the mystique of having one of the rarest jewels in the world, the moissanite. Moissanite is a diamond simulant that is nearly indistinguishable from diamonds to the casual observer. It is more brilliant and more durable than a diamond.
Moissanite is sometimes called silicon carbibe or carborondum. Its colors range from grayish to a greenish tone. Moissanite is a rare mineral with a hexagonal crystal structure that occurs in iron nickel meteorites.
Moissanite was discovered by Ferdinand Frederick Henry Moissan, a French Chemist in 1893. He mistakenly identifies the crystals as diamonds. However, he was able to identify the crystals as silicon carbibe (SiC) in 1904, which was late named after him. Jewelers used Moissanite as a gemstone only in 1995.
Moissanite is nearly as hard as diamond and features the same brilliance as diamond. Its crystalline structure is held together with strong covalent bonding or similar to diamonds attraction-to-repulsion stability. Moissanite is an excellent diamond simulant because it is quite similar to diamond. Read more... (636 words)
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Saturday, 10. October 2009
by Fred Gagnon
Men’s diamond rings are a perfect way of expressing a woman’s eternal love to her man. The most lasting and durable symbol of commitment, men’s diamond rings are popular gifts for weddings and engagements. Adding luster and shine to life, diamonds bring joy and delight to people. Diamonds truly last a lifetime.
Available in the market now are numerous styles of men’s diamond rings. Jewelers are now making men’s diamond rings that are now no longer restricted as wedding bands only. Gold is the most popular material for men’s rings. Before, men’s rings were just plain gold bands.
Diamond rings have been the symbol of man’s everlasting love to a woman. Women can now reciprocate the expression of their eternal love to a man through men’s diamond rings. Men’s diamond rings show the style and trend of the modern times when diamonds are no longer exclusive to women.
Men’s diamond rings are usually available as men’s wedding rings to complement their wife’s flashy wedding rings. Other types of men’s diamond rings, aside from wedding rings, are also available. Even engagement rings are now being made for men to wear. Read more... (834 words)
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