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Fashion, jewelry and interior designers incorporate beading into their collections because of its ability to transform a garment or home decorating accent piece into a sparkling work of art. Crystal and glass beading can change a basic item instantly. Vary the cut and style of the beads you select to create a number of beading craft projects.

Bowls, dishes, decanters and stemware are available in glass or crystal. So how is it possible to tell the difference? Basically, manufactured glass consists of silica, soda and lime that is heated at 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit then poured into molds or blown into a desired shape. Glassmakers supplement chemical agents during firing to enhance the color and quality of the product. The addition of lead oxide results in leaded glass, popularly known as crystal. Other ways to tell the difference between glass and crystal include the cut, clarity, shape and weight.

Evaluate the clarity of the object. Crystal is clear, sometimes white, but glass has a green, gray or yellow cast.

Okay,  maybe you are  familiar with the glasss and crystal now. You will get it more if you have a crystal or glass in hands.

Quartz crystal is a clear variety of quartz that was first found high in the frozen mountains of the Alps. Ancient people believed it was a form of ice crystals that would never melt. It is said to have cooling powers and is a romantic stone. Sources of quartz crystal include Brazil, Madagascar, Switzerland, France and parts of the Soviet Union.

Healing properties of Quartz Crystal

Crystal is a common stone, but a powerful one. It is mainly used in healing as amplification for the energies of the other working stones. In healing, the crystal point is best and the size can be important.

For meditating the crystal ball or point can be used. As it is a powerful stone the user should experiment with each to find what is best for him.

The Quartz Crystal has a similar vibration as humans. This is why using Crystal to meditate and keeping a Crystal helps one to know oneself. It will sometimes not work for a negative person.

So are you looking to fit in with the “in crowd this year? If you said yes, you may want to start looking into the new 2010 jewelry trends. These kind of trends usually change from year to year, so it’s good to keep up with them. No matter what kind of style or look you are going for, you can bet that there is some 2010 jewelry trends to go with it. This kind of thing can be found to go out and buy with your friends. It’s always fun to see what is in, and what is not. Who knows, maybe you will be the one setting the jewelry trends this year.

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Coral is not a mineral but a hard calcareous substance consisting of the continuous skeleton secreted by many tribes of marine coelenterate polyps for their support and habitation. It is found growing plant-like on the sea-bottom. With pollution on the rise everywhere it is becoming increasingly rare, to the extent that even the most prized, the Mediterranean coral, is threatened with extinction.

Coral was very popular until a few years ago, but has now become too expensive for most pockets. Its increasing rarity does. however, make it a good long-term investment. You would be wise to buy Italian coral rather than specimens from the Far East, which have often been adulterated.

The best corals are generally considered to be those of a deep rose red colour, though some jewelers would tend to disagree. Understandably so, when it is almost impossible to find more than one or two necklaces of this shade in a hundred ! As regards white and pink varieties, choose without hesitation the colour known as “angel’s skin”.

Weight-wise, coral is worth more on today’s market than gold, which is why it is such a sound investment provided, and I stress this, it is of the best quality. The finest specimens come from Sardinia and Tunisia; larger, less fine ones from Japan and China.

Coral is cut en cabochon or used for beads and sometimes small carvings. Beware of imitations, such as coloured shell or bone.

Agate is a variety of  chalcedony formed from layers of quartz which usually show varicolored bands. It usually occurs as rounded nodules or veins.

Often tiny quartz crystals form within the stone and add to the beauty and uniqueness of individual stones. These crystals are called druzy(sometimes misspelled as druzy). Lapidaries often cut just the drusy from an agate and jewelers use these drusy cabochons as the main stone or as an accent stone in their jewelry designs.

Some named varieties are: moss agate, eye agate; and plume agate, which looks like it’s filled with beautiful feather plumes .

Agate is a relatively inexpensive stone except for some varieties with unusual banded or scenic markings.

Agate is found all over the world including: the Africa, Asia, Brazil, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Nepal, and the USA.

The wedding tradition of “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue” has been around for hundreds of years. Many brides have been asked on their respective wedding days if they have gathered something old, new, borrowed and blue to carry with them as they walk down the aisle. The tradition of carrying or wearing one of each item is said to bring luck and fortune to the newly married couple. Have you ever stopped to think what the saying really means? What is its origin and what does each item represent?

??The original saying dates back to the Victoria times and states, “Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in your shoe.”

??Something old…

??A bride may wear or carry something old to represent her continued ties to her family and her old life. Many brides wear a piece of family jewelry as their old item. Some brides wear the wedding dress worn by their mother or grandmother. In many cases, something old may also be something borrowed.

??Something new…

??Wearing something new is supposed to represent success and hope in the bride’s new life and in her marriage. If the bride purchased her wedding dress new, it may represent her new item, but any item that is new may be used. Something “new” is usually the easiest category1 to fill.

??Something borrowed…

??The borrowed item should be something borrowed from a friend that is happily married. It is suggested that their happiness will rub off on2 you and bring lasting happiness to your marriage. Some brides borrow an item of clothing, a piece of jewelry, a handkerchief or perhaps a beaded purse.

??Something blue…

??Wearing something blue dates back to biblical3 times when a blue wedding dress was worn to represent purity, fidelity4 and love. Over time this has changed from wearing a blue dress to wearing just a blue band around the bottom of the bride’s wedding dress to modern times ?? where it is commonplace for the bride to wear a blue garter5.

??Silver sixpence…

??Placing a silver sixpence in the bride’s left shoe is said to be a symbol of wealth. This not only refers to financial wealth, but also a wealth of happiness and joy throughout her married life. Since most brides probably don’t even know what a sixpence is, this part of the tradition is not used very often in modern times. However, if a bride would like to include it in her wedding, she can purchase a silver sixpence from many companies that sell bridal supplies such as garters and invitations.

??Some brides are more traditional than other and may take a great deal of care in selecting one item for each category. It may be traditional for the women in their families to wear the same piece of jewelry.

??Other brides aren’t bound by tradition but still may choose to carry out the custom at someone else’s request. If they don’t want to carry numerous items, they may simply carry two handkerchiefs in a small beaded bag–hey may choose to buy a new, white handkerchief and borrow a blue one from a family member. That would provide them with something new–the white handkerchief, as well as something that is old, borrowed and blue–the blue handkerchief. The handkerchief just may come in handy6 during the wedding for drying their joyful tears.

Talk about burying the past. A New York divorcee has come up with a solution for failed marriages — a miniature coffin to lay those unwanted wedding rings to rest.
“Give a dead marriage its proper, final resting place,” the company offering the miniature caskets says on its website.
“The Wedding Ring Coffin is the perfect gift for yourself or a loved one for bringing closure after a divorce. It’s time to bury the past and move on to a new tomorrow,” it says.
The 15 by five centimeter solid wood coffin has a black velvet ring insert, a choice of six brass plaques inscribed with messages including “I do NOT!” and “Six feet isn’t deep enough,” and costs 30 dollars.
“It’s a way to acknowledge the death of a marriage and to physically and symbolically close the lid on that chapter of your life,” Jill Testa, who came up with the idea, told the New York Post.”Most people just stick their rings in the bottom of their jewelry box, in a corner of a sock or underwear drawer,” added Testa, who surprisingly describes her own divorce after 20 years of marriage as amicable.
Her company, Wedding Ring Coffin, even offers cards inviting people to join in your marriage wake , featuring the slogan: “You’re invited to my divorce party. Join me as I close the lid on my marriage.”

Crystal Selecting  Guideline:

1. Choosing by your  first sight

    Please trust your first intuiation when you purchase  a crystal. Often when you look at a range of crystals,  select the one which most appeals to you. This is likely to the one which will be  benificial to you.

2. Choosing  by colour

     It is important to choose a crystal for your healing. The color is very significance. Because the different color have different meaning.

3. Choosing  by touching

     Holding the crytal on your hand to feel the vibrations, you may feel the crystal being  very cold in you hand, or even warm. Selecting the crystal which is fight to you. That will be one for you.