Jewelry Armoire

Beer can rings

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:53:27 +0000

These unisex rings are made of sterling silver and real beer or soda cans (personally emptied by Dana Roth or a close friend). The aluminum is secured to the jewelry with sterling rivets and protected from damage by overhanging ledges. 3/8″ wide. Ships in 1-2 weeks.

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A dumb branding strategy

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:53:15 +0000

Jewelry Central is a really bad brand name. So are Party Land, Computer World, Modem Village, House of Socks & Toupee Town. It’s a bad brand name because Central or Land or World are meaningless. The second reason this is an exceedingly dangerous strategy is that if you start to succeed a little bit, you suddenly want to protect your lame name.

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Sign of the times, from Tupperware Parties to Gold Parties

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:52:55 +0000

Move over Tupperware, there’s a new party in town. With climbing gas prices, a dropping dollar and soaring gold valuations, people are starting to rummage through their jewelry boxes, heirlooms and stashes to bring their gold to the party down the street. Gold parties around the country are playing middle man and cashing in on the gold craze.

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JFK Baggage Handlers Charged for Stealing $250,000 in Jewels

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:52:35 +0000

Two baggage handlers at Kennedy airport are accused of stealing more than $250,000 worth of diamonds and other jewelry. Queens prosecutors said Monday that a 51-year-old worker and his 39-year-old supervisor are charged with grand larceny and possession of stolen property.

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Hello Kitty Turns Attention To Young Men

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:52:23 +0000

The cute cuddly white cat from Japan’s Sanrio Co., usually seen on toys and jewelry for girls and young women, will soon don T-shirts, bags, watches and other products targeting young men, company spokesman Kazuo Tohmatsu said Friday.

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2007 Saturn Sky - Wow the Saturn has come a long way

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:52:12 +0000

In keeping with the slightly more upscale positioning of the Sky versus the Solstice, there’s a bit more body jewelry, including chrome vents atop the hood, chromed door pulls, and chrome detailing on the rear lamps. These shiny body bits jump out on black and dark-colored cars, while the same features disappear on silver models.

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old computer parts given new life!

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:52:00 +0000

Wondering what to do with all those old floppy disks, scratched CDs and random computer parts you can
?t get yourself to throw away? Check out the clocks, notebooks and jewelry the clever folks at Acorn Studios have fashioned from old keyboard keys, circuit boards and floppy disks for a little inspiration.

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Thieves escape with nearly $1 Million in jewels

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:51:48 +0000

Nearly $1 million in jewels allegedly were stolen from the truck of a car at a McDonald’s in Carbon County, Pennsylvania on Wednesday. When Lee Marshall Goldberg went into the restaurant, the rear passenger window of his Mercury Sable LS was smashed and two suitcases containing between $750,000 and $900,000 in jewelry were taken.

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Second Life now has over 800,000 active users

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:51:36 +0000

Second Life now has more than 800,000 denizens, of whom more than a hundred are earning a real-world, full-time living there, selling things like virtual land, clothes, jewelry, weaponry and pets, or by offering virtual services, notably sex.

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APOD: The Origin of Gold

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:51:25 +0000

Where did the gold in your jewelry originate? No one is completely sure. The relative average abundance in our Solar System appears higher than can be made in the early universe, in stars, and even in typical supernova explosions.

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