So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Friday, September 18, 2009

Use Costume Jewelry To Dazzle Up Your Wardrobe!

By Ned Dagostino

Costume jewelry is used specifically to dress up an outfit. Sequins, beads, and brooches are some examples of costume jewelry. People tend to look down on costume jewelry and dismiss it as cheap trinkets and baubles. The fact is that costume jewelry is a very popular form of jewelry and its low price should not be held against it.

Costume jewelry is specially made to adorn your clothing. You're dying to wear that dark magenta for ages now, but can't find the perfect brooch to go with it. That's because you're searching for a fine jewelry brooch. If you visit any one of the hundreds of stores that sell costume jewelry, you'll find the brooch in a jiffy at a price that will throw you into a tizzy!

Costume jewelry was designed to be worn with very specific types of apparel. It modeled itself on the fine jewelry in vogue. It differentiated itself from the fine jewelry by using low-cost materials. Other than the use of cheap materials, the design and manufacture of costume jewelry is every bit the same as the crafting of fine jewelry.

A common misperception is that costume jewelry is cheap jewelry. The material used may be cheap, or, more appropriately, low-priced. But the making and crafting requires all the care and attention of fine jewelry. There is no ban on the use of semi-precious gemstones in costume jewelry, and you will see exquisite examples of costume jewelry with semi-precious stones which make it very valuable.

You select costume jewelry to highlight a specific feature of a specific dress. That article will not match any other dress. In other words, costume jewelry is outfit-specific.

All through its long journey till today, costume jewelry has faced the criticism of being single-use jewelry. Its low price and ready availability, its salient qualities, have turned out to be its weaknesses, preventing it from gaining the respectability it deserves. Costume jewelry matches the design and style of traditional fine jewelry in every respect except the material and cost. Costume jewelry is available everywhere - from street bazaars to high street fashion shops.

Costume jewelry is a blessing for the truly fashion conscious. The fashion conscious will not worry about the snoot-value of the jewelry he or she is wearing! Their philosophy is, 'If it is beautiful, it is jewelry!' When you do your best to get every thing else at a low price, there's no harm in buying costume jewelry which is already low-priced. Since there is such a wide variety of styles and designs in costume jewelry, you are bound to find the article that goes well with that party dress you brought back from Ibiza! Give all your dresses the costume jewelry treatment and watch them come alive like never before!

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