by Penelope Bijoux | Nov 6, 2022 | Jewelry Tips
Choosing your jewelry is no different than choosing your wardrobe. Most important is to stick within your comfort zone and your personal fashion style. That said it never hurts to step out of the box once in awhile. What’s most important is that your jewelry...
by Penelope Bijoux | Nov 4, 2022 | Jewelry Trends
During the Medieval period is when rings became popular. All classes of people wore rings from the poorest to the richest. Rings were typically made of iron, copper, silver, and gold. The material of the ring worn usually indicated the class of the wearer. It...
by Penelope Bijoux | Nov 2, 2022 | Jewelry Tips, Jewelry Trends
If you ask any colored gemstone connoisseur, they will tell you that tanzanite is becoming the most desired gem in the United States. We also see this trend manifesting itself in Europe. American and European designers, collectors and tanzanite jewelry manufacturers...
by Penelope Bijoux | Oct 31, 2022 | Jewelry Tips, Jewelry Trends
Things are not always as they seem. This is especially true for the conch “pearl” and the melo melo “pearl,” two types of gemstones that aren’t really pearls at all. Confusing? Yes, as these “pearls” resemble true pearls in more ways than one. Both the melo melo and...
by Penelope Bijoux | Oct 29, 2022 | Jewelry Trends
“Well,” you may ask, “isn’t jewelry romantic by it’s very nature?” To some extent this is true, but we wear jewelry for any number of reasons that are not romantic… to look sophisticated, to look professional, to impress our...
