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

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Must Read Before Buying Wholesale Costume Jewelry

By Jaclyn Hurley


Reproduced jewelries which are mostly molded from original items have been sold everywhere. You will be stumbling with different versions and designs of these costume jewels from shops in different states in the United States. Most likely, these items are also produced and assembled overseas before being sold in the country. Many of these are copied from original brands in various designs and styles.

You can identify if a wholesale costume jewelry have been reproduced from an original brand by its size alone. Mostly these will be bigger than their counterparts because of their larger molders. You can accurately do this by having a reference such as a book or you can ask a friend for an expert advice.

Secondly, how thick the treatment is also one good way to find out if it is a reproduced item. These jewelries are often in monotone and does not have any shadings. Some people would say they look inferior in terms of quality as well. These can be also gilded with silver and vermillion and often times molded out of plastic.

Another accurate indicator if you are serious in this matter is the mark that is on the jewelry itself. You may need deeper and updated knowledge on company markings though because this could change from time to time. A company line might be different now compared to its previous years.

These variations could possibly originate from the way these items are created, specifically mass produced. Furthermore, mountings on these jewelries could also differ in the way it is designed. Reproduced mountings are usually casted in singles while its original counterparts have mountings soldered in one piece to create more space.

This is the reason why most mass manufactured versions often have tighter appearance while the latter have lighter looks. Probably, the former are manufactured with mountings that has little space in between. Moreover, if you can examine the prongs of the item that you have right now, you will either observe it is thinly or thickly created.

To differentiate, thicker prongs indicate that it is some reproduced version and it is made that way to fully the hold the stone with the mount. Many times, it will even extend up to the girdle. Meanwhile, originals have thinner prongs to literally display the jewelry because it is kind of illogical to hide those stones rather than show these.

In addition, replicated prongs are mostly not bent because it will take time to produce it. It makes it easier to put them together by just gluing it rather than manually bending these like how the originals were done. If you check on a vintage jewelry you will find that the prongs have bent over intentionally to firmly hold the stones.

In the end, if you like to purchase on a wholesale store you must decide if you want to buy and original or the mass produced version. There is a difference with quality, which is true, and the price could also differ as well. However, what matters most is that you recognize you are spending for something truthful. If you are buying mass manufactured then you should be paying for the price of it rather than paying for the opposite.




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