Congratulations! It's a girl! After 9 months of hard pregnancy and 12 hours of strenuous labor, you have given birth to a beautiful little princess.Your princess is only 3 minutes and 4 seconds old, and already your mind is swirling with various shades of pink and purple. Clothing, hair accessories, bedding, blankets, and of course jewelry. You can just envision everything you can not wait to buy for your precious little bundle.As soon as you are discharged (or even before that), you start planning her wardrobe. The multitude of pink undershirts. Both patterned and solid. The receiving blankets. The matching cloth diapers, and bibs for when she spits up. Stretchies, pair after pair of pajamas and sleepers. Tee Shirts, pants, sweaters, dresses, and sweatshirts. The stroller, the bouncer, her activity mat; all in varied hues of pink and purple.Let us not forget all the accessories. The bows and headbands to hold that tiny amount of hair. The beautiful hats you want to buy, and of course the fashion jewelry. Yes, even at this age, of several hours old, girls are beginning to wear jewelry. Bracelets, earrings, and jeweled pacifier clips.The styles of baby bracelets are many, There are bangles that .. more »

For beauty, strength and durability, there are only a few metals that can surpass titanium, either in pure form or as an alloy. The metal is increasingly used as a base for both men's and women's rings. The bold designs and its durability seem particularly well suited for ring designs for men who love decorative jewelry. So for people who want to choose a metal that will look good for many years men's titanium wedding rings are just the thing. With a wide variety of styles and grades of titanium, choosing men's titanium rings is only difficult because of the quantity of choice available.Grades of TitaniumThere are nearly thirty different grades of titanium. They are ranked by the tensile strength of the metal. Pure titanium has the lowest tensile strength and additives such as oxygen and iron increase the tensile strength. The more additives at the trace level in the titanium, the higher the tensile strength and the harder the resulting metal. In addition to iron traces in titanium metal, other elements that can affect the hardness of the resultant metal include aluminum, tin, molybdenum, vanadium, zirconium, palladium, nickel, chromium, silicon, niobium and ruthenium. Men's titanium rings are at the .. more »

In the past when thinking of wedding rings for men we considered a gold band as our only alternative. That is absolutely not the situation in modern men wedding rings market. Men are in possession of a vast selection of alloys and variations to choose from which will reflect their way of life and personality. Wedding bands for men have become extraordinarily favored in all of these: Gold- both white gold and yellow gold- really was the number 1 sellers for men wedding rings, but that may be quickly changing. Gold is a rather soft metal that needs to be combined with silver, nickel, zinc and copper to make it durable enough to wear.Platinum Wedding Rings- have grown extremely popular in recent years and is more precious and much more expensive than gold. These wedding bands for men have a silvery- whitish look to them making it feel like a very distinctive ring. This metal is perfect for men wedding rings because it is an extremely long-lasting metal and is tarnish proof.Titanium- becoming very popular recently, this is also another perfect option for wedding bands for men. This fashionable metal is very sturdy, lightweight and hypoallergenic.Tungsten Carbide Rings- possibly the .. more »

Projects from the editor of BeadStyle magazine?Cathy Jakicic ? Hip Handmade Memory Jewelry is one of the newest publications from Kalmbach Books.??Cathy says the idea for Memory Jewelry came after she attended a scrapbook event with a friend of hers.?While there, working on a beading project, she began to realize how these 2 creative endeavors were alike.?The scrapbooking group was fascinated by her project and how she designed and constructed it.The result is over 25 jewelry creations that are inspired by special occasions, divided into 4 categories: milestones, hobbies, vacations and remembrances.?Yes, we all know the endless varieties of charm bracelets and pictures in small frames on pendants and keychains.?But Cathy's projects go far beyond these common theme designs.???MILESTONES ?Be sure you check out the decoupage bracelet; who thought of creating a way to remember wallpaper or paint.?The handmade birthstone jewelry was very personal and I liked these much more than pre-made, pre-formed standard pieces. ?Yes, the mini memory book pendant was a bit too trite for me, but other scrapbookers might love the concept.?Creating beads from special paper, such as gift wrap, or napkins from your baby shower was another neat idea others might like, but not exactly .. more »