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I love a contest, especially where the winner gets free amber jewelry! I have gathered a gallery of some of my absolute favorite pieces of amber jewelry from Signature-gems.com in the amber jewelry section.

I love amber, but I think that the artistry in these handmade amber jewelry pieces makes each more beautiful than the next.  Tell us which one of the pictured 10 pieces of jewelry YOU like best and be entered into a competition to win a piece of amber jewelry (the Bubbles Amber Pendant) from  Signature-gems.

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New jewelry codes from Signature-Gems.com!
We are all in the same boat nowadays. We could all use a little extra dosh, because there seems to be a little less going around. I know what it is like to take a reduction in the household income, and you start to think of ways to make the money go a little further. Shopping online is a great way to find the best deals out there. Frequently an online shop is able to sell its products at an extra reduction because there is less overhead than a physical shop.  Well now there is an extra way to save with the advent of the internet coupon.

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So we have finally updated and streamlined our shipping costs at Signature-Gems. The tariffs are outlined below and reflect our shipping location from the US. Therefore shipping within the US is free for normal speed USPS shipments for any items from amber to pearls. FedEx in the US is $12.99 and all shipments outside of the US are a flat rate of $24.99.

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New amber necklace on the market! So I have always really loved the Cleopatra necklace, which is also one of our best sellers. But I decided I wanted to design a piece that was similar but a little simpler to highlight the beauty of the multicolor amber. What we came up with is the most beautiful piece of amber we have had in some time. I am calling it the “Cleo Collar” in keeping with the Cleopatra line. This piece is a bit lighter than the full Cleopatra, and thus costs a bit less, but has a beautiful impact with a classic line.  Our artist used the finest pieces of Baltic amber and I think she has really outdone herself with the quality of this necklace.

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A freshly struck spring trend is just what we need! Fresh from the catwalk like a paper hot off the press word spreads like wildfire when an overwhelming trend like this hits the scene.
Bouncing back from a period of sparkle and high polished glamour, we are seeing a return of chunky beads that have the feel of handmade jewelry. Bold Beads flooded the spring catwalks. Designers such as Marc Jacobs, Miuccia Prada and Alberta Ferretti were featuring pop-culture inspired brightly colored beads in primary and turquoise colors. Other designers such as Cacharel, Giles Deacon and Etro combined wooden and turquoise pieces with the African inspired prints. The trend sees in a new appreciation for our talent as humans to create with our hands the designs and styles inspired by, and using those materials that are all around us and come from the Earth.
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Susan Ward Aber

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I’ve written enough about Amber Jewelry to choke a h o r s e… So I thought I would take some time to talk about the other uses for amber. Analgesics: From my previous blog you may know that Amber can be used for baby teething necklaces that are used to calm and soothe a baby during the painful teething process.

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Lets be honest: Jewelry is mostly about aesthetics of course. So the most important thing about discussing jewelry involves showing photographs. Our favourite website for displaying and discussing photographs is Flickr, which is the site allows people to come together to upload, store, discuss and share, their photos.

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Can Baltic Amber Help with Baby Teething?

Amber and Baby Teething

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Globalisation has affected the way we work, eat, think, and live. For us Globalisation has meant expanding the reach of our business across the world to emerging markets. Today, in most parts of the world people can log on to the internet and use a credit card to order and have our jewelry shipped to them no matter where they live.

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Again as a part of our “interview with the experts” series I am pleased to introduce Jagoda Urban-Klaehn from the Polish Culture Website. “Jaga” ads some interesting insight into the position of Baltic Amber in the Polish culture. Hope you enjoy! Read more…

Time for spring! Its February, and that means that as the thoughts of warm weather fill our heads, the spring collections are starting to fill the shelves… In the Spring/Summer collections at London’s Fashion week, there were wonderful flashes of color, especially yellows. Designers from Jasper Conran, to Paul Smith and Betty Jackson featured lovely shades of yellow on the catwalk. In the world of jewelry, Fashion Week saw many more chunky round beaded necklaces, continuing a trend we have seen for the past three years.

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What you find here is the list of the post popular post I’ve published on the Jewelry Blog. The list/index will be updating regularly. Browse some of the oldest posts I’m sure you will find something interesting. Read more…

Simple Amber Pendant

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I get lots of emails about handmade and creative jewelry, and I cannot highlight all of them! But the below email is from an interesting artist specializing in silver clay jewelry. Enjoy our introduction to Christine Street: Read more…

The Green and Cognac colored Cleopatra necklaces are a Signature design from Signature-Gems, and are tremendously popular. We receive a great deal of feedback about the Cleopatra and how wonderful and stunning it is, and what a great gift it makes etc.

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We are proud to present the head blogger and beader from The Beading Gem’s Journal. Pearl has been in the business of everything beads for years and was kind enough to share some thoughts about her business, her blog, and her beads! This is the second interview in our series of thoughts from those in the jewelry business, and we hope you enjoy!(Read the first interview with Debby Arem)

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Lately more and more, we see the popularity of Baltic Amber spreading around the world. Recently we were lucky enough to go on vacation to Costa Rica. The beauty of Costa Rica is in its natural features and nature-related activities.

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One truth about online shopping that we all have to come to terms with is that being online means being at the mercy of shipping times. We all know that it is best to start shopping early, but when it comes to online shopping this is somewhat of a necessity. Due to the constraints of shipping, and the holiday hours of Signature-Gems, the holiday schedule goes as follows:

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What a find! When a piece of amber comes along like this, I cannot help but share! We have waited for a long time for some spectacular amber to come along, and it is finally here! With some of the most beautiful inclusions I have ever seen surrounded by the most clear and beautiful amber, these pendants are worth talking about!

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Christmas is a time of good cheer and family togetherness. But recently it seems more and more like it’s a time for consumption and shopping that spin out of control. In the wake of the recent credit crisis, it seems appropriate to talk about the strategy of developing, and sticking to, a strict Christmas budget.

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New find: Kaboodle… My favourite new find is Kaboodle. This is the cool and innovative new social shopping site that allows you to make your own shopping wish list and share it with others. Kaboodle is not only a great way to show others the things you love, or would love to have, but also a great way to note (or bookmark) things that you see on the web that you like, or at least would like to remember.

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I know some of you out there are interested in jewelry design and jewelry retailing etc. and some of you even own your own small businesses.

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For those of us who are not necessarily graduates of the worlds more foremost schools of gemmology, today’s little tutorial is about the fascinating stone we call a Sapphire. Strictly speaking, the scientific name for the stone is a Corundum (from Tamil kurundam).

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At the Venice Film Festival in September Angelina Jolie was spotted on the red carpet in these fabulously classic triple stranded pearls. These are exactly like the pearls that Jackie Kennedy Onassis famously wore, and just goes to show you that a classic like this will last for ages. These are a great investment actually, and we have actually found a genuine set of cultured pearls in a triple strand just like these that Angelina is wearing for less than $170! These pearls will last for a lifetime, and are so perfect for that little black dress. It is great to see a celebrity wearing jewelry that the rest of us can actually afford to buy!

My jewelry curse is that I cannot shake my old jewelry habits. I seem to continually choose the same pieces of jewelry over and over, and find myself not really ever wearing them. How many of us choose the same style of jewelry and find that each piece remains in a perfect line in our box just collecting dust!?

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Top Jewelry News Stories. Look out for my weekly round up of interesting jewelry news. For example did you know that there is an annual “Ugly Necklace Competition”? Well each year some “creative” and crafty people submit some of the ugliest pieces of jewelry ever created in a battle of the bad. I never thought I would see the day that a bottle of Tabasco would be enlisted to create a necklace, but yet it seems to be true… Read more…

I don’t know how many of you, like me, have wasted countless hours on google searching for jewelry photos, suppliers, stores etc because most of the search results you get are useless for what you are actually looking for… But now, finally we have found the search engine just for jewelry!

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Amber Jewelry have a very natural feel. This is probably due to the fact that this is actually an organic material derived from tree resin hardened over millions of years which often has organic material trapped inside. The amber is so closely connected to the Earth, that often there is literally earth trapped inside. Read more…

These are our all-time favorite pieces of amber jewelry. The finest pieces of amber and the most beautiful designs are utilized by the world’s best Amber artists to create these beautiful works of art. Most of these amber jewelry pieces come from the Baltic region in Northern Europe where the best, and oldest pieces of amber are found.

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I found a great site which is part reference tool and part forum for jewelry. Banglesandbrides.com is not just for Bridal Jewelry, but also features interesting articles and news stories about jewelry. BridesandBangles have a directory for Brides and a general Jewelry directory, but also a great forum section.

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A fresh new look at Jewelry! Signature-gems is getting a facelift! Finally we are going to have more information about each of our products and more photos. You can actually check out all of these photos right now on Flickr, and in my Flickr group called Unique handmade jewelry & crafts. I have been taking photos of jewelry for a while now, and let me tell you it is the most difficult subject for photography that you can imagine!

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The dog days of summer are really here… and for jewelry lovers it’s the last chance to pick up those last colorful splashes of style for those pool parties and summer picnics, but then also the time to start looking forward to the fashions for autumn.

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Signature-gems have launched a new fall line of amber and silver jewelry! Fresh new styles along with some classic pieces fill out this new line. If trendy is your wish then look no further: most exciting are the new Chandelier style multicolor and silver earrings, and also the “fireworks” line of earrings and pendants.

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The days are long, Wimbledon is on tv, and that means it the start of summer! I was dressing up my toes in bright summery red polish, and thinking about what I was going to wear for my first beach weekend, when I realized i was (of course) more excited about my beach jewelry than anything else!

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I’m pleased to introduce you to Debby Arem of Arem Designs. Specializing in beads, she has been creating and designing jewelry for 25 years and it was my pleasure to have the chance to ask her a few questions about herself and her designs.