Can You Do This For Your Wedding!!!

We all buy gemstone engagement rings, wedding gowns etc for our wedding but Sarah Ward lost five-and-a-half stone to look the perfect bride on her wedding day. It takes a lot of effort and self restraint but reducing your size from 20 to fit into size 8 has changed her life forever.
Sharing her experience Ward said that she met her boyfriend more than a decade ago in 2000, at that time she was a slim girl of size 12. But in the next couple of years she just ballooned to the size twenty. She says that she got so preoccupied by the relationship and her job that she stopped looking after herself. There was no exercise while she started to eat on the go. Mostly she opted for a ready meal in front of the television. Now recalling those days Ward says that at that time she felt that she was happy with her size, but it is only now that she knows that in fact she was really miserable. Now she can see that she felt bad because she couldn't wear her fashionable clothes as they did not fit. In short she was sad because she had always loved fashion but was left with no choice but different big black tents that she could wear. But when her boyfriend, Chris, finally proposed to her with a beautiful gemstone ring she decided that he would marry the women he had met. She says that Chris proposing really gave her the motivation she needed to lose weight. She decided that she will walk down the aisle in her dream dress. What do you think of this girl’s determination? Please share your views of how she looks in this strapless ivory gown that is size 8 less than half her original size.

Designing Jewelry Is A Passion For This Woman Who Has Beaten Cancer

Jewelry designs are something that reflects the creativity of the designer, so we have here Ronda Smith who sells one-of-a-kind jewelry that is affordable and fashionable and what is the most remarkable thing about her is that she did it all after winning a tough battle with cancer. Her customized jewelry pieces are great favorites among customers for their uniqueness as well as affordable pricing.

Most of her jewelry has natural gemstones, vintage charms and crosses with chains, leather and other repurposed materials. As her husband is a sports personality she started designing for the spouses of her husband’s colleague. She is married to former Atlanta Braves pitcher Pete Smith.

She is Sprayberry High School graduate of the 1991 batch and says that she got into the business of designing jewelry accidentally and she didn’t mean to do it. Giving details of how it all started she said it began five years ago after she completed chemotherapy for lymphoma. As a kind gesture a close friend of hers gave her a beaded bracelet with beaded charm and Smith wore it and loved it.

Later she purchased some beads and made more bracelets that matched with the one she got as a gift. As her other friends loved her bracelets she made a few for them as well. Soon a boutique owner in Duluth noticed these bracelets and expressed a desire that he would like to buy some. So, Smith made eight bracelets to be precise to the show the boutique owner. He was so impressed he bought all of them.

Gradually she has grown her business and now she is designing not just bracelets but even necklaces and earrings. She sells across the country in 30 states in more than 100 stores and has three people working for her.

Who knows even you have that flair in you please visit Angara.com and make your own customized piece who knows you may become the next Ronda Smith.

Angelina’s jewelry will support charity in Afghanistan

Angelina Jolie’s jewelry love is famous across the seven seas. She is known as the modern Cleopatra of Hollywood as emerald is her beloved gem. Even her jewelry line ‘Style of Jolie’ which she designed in association with designer jeweler Robert Procop exhibited an exemplary emerald glamour.

Her jewelry was inspired from the bygone era of 1970 and it had the vintage combination of vibrant emeralds and lustrous yellow gold. Now Jolie has introduced a new collection to her jewelry line and this time it also has some fiery topaz in addition to emeralds. The latest new has that Angie has decided to use the 100% profit benefits from the jewelry sales to build up a school for girls at Qala Gadu, Afghanistan.Her devotion for charitable cause is world famous. She has been recognized as a Special Envoy and a former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Jolie had even directed a film to support the people in suffering in African nations and now her charitable jewelry is another milestone towards her heavenly efforts in favor of humanity.
According to designer Robert Procop, who had designed Angelina’s unique engagement ring, “She is very classically chic. When you see the collection, it has a distinction. We cultivated this style which echoes a woman’s timeless allure. When you look at it, you recognize that it is the Style of Jolie.”

Procop mentioned that they strived for nothing less than the artistic innovation in each piece and the entire collection is a labor of love.

Minimal but extravagant – jewelry at Cannes 2012 is worth praising

Year 2012 has been a year of extravagant jewelry designs. The trend of the year is minimal jewelry. A single piece is quite enough to set the hearts on fire. Even the red carpet events like Oscars, Grammys, and Emmys and now Cannes followed the tag line ‘less is more’. Divas flaunted some remarkable designer gowns but kept their jewelry limited in numbers.

Mostly, chandeliers and dangles sizzled at the events followed by the rings and cuff. Oscar 2012 witnessed diamond studs and cocktail rings together. Similarly cuffs with earrings or rings also made a sensual arrival at Oscar’s red carpet.

Grammy showed some colorful fashion with gemstone jewelry and Emmy awards was the combination of diamonds and colored gems. Now that we are spotting the much awaited Cannes festival, the gala so far has given much praise worthy celebrity looks.

All the jewels starlets have been wearing at the 65^th annual film festival are imperial and extraordinary. From the customized diamond necklace worn by Eva Herzigova to tribute the Hollywood queen Marilyn Monroe to Paz Vega’s branched earrings and bold ruby ring, the festival has brought an elite and eloquent fashion for the world to admire and wear.

Customized jewelry has been rocking in the style world. Cannes is no way exception to it. Emeralds, sapphires, rubies and diamonds are the most prominent choice but other gems and gold and platinum jewelry are also loved by celebrities.

   

Jane Fonda, Natasha Poly, Hofit Golan, Frieda Pinto and Fan Bingbing dazzled some green glamour in emerald jewelry. Similarly, Jade Fonda, Asia Argento, Paz Vega brought ruby glamour to the red carpet.

Branched chandeliers, sleek dangles, pendant earrings and teardrops are the much loved choice of celebrities at Cannes 2012. Earrings are paired with cuff bracelets and cocktail rings. Some eccentric necklaces have also spotted at the gala.

As the festival is reaching towards the finale, we are expecting few more extravagant charms from the jewelry world that would illuminate the red carpet. No doubt, jewelry has once again poured the elegance to the looks and brightened the gala to its fullest.

We are eagerly waiting for Cannes to show some more of the celebrity moves and meanwhile you can explore some newest fashion jewelry trends to sooth your summer looks. Surely you’ll find yourself in the midst of a dazzling bright galaxy of style and fashion.

What’s in a name, look at most popular baby names!!!

So, we have yet another celeb couple becoming a parent this week. Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky became hottest parents when they welcomed their first baby into the world. For a change they have named their daughter India. Otherwise according to the Social Security report Sophia, Jacob most popular baby names of 2011. Just like gemstone jewelry that is inspired by the celebrities baby names are also inspired by the celebrities. One can even get customized baby jewelry or mother jewelry to celebrate baby birth.

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Coming to the most popular baby names, Sophia is the new most popular baby name for girls, while Jacob is the top name for boys for the 13th straight year in a new list of popular baby names heavily influenced by religion and reality TV.

Isabella, which had been the top girl’s name for two years, dropped to second place in 2011, according to the list released Monday by the Social Security Administration. Other top baby girl names are Emma, Olivia and Ava to name a few. Though Jacob has been the leading name we have a new entrant at number two, Mason. This name as in Mason Kardashian, jumped 10 spots to become the second most popular name for newborn boys last year, knocking Michael out of the top five for the first time in 63 years. The name became popular after Kourtney Kardashian, the reality TV star, gave birth to Mason in December 2009 following a heavily publicized pregnancy.

The top five names besides Jacob and Mason are William, Jayden and Noah. Michael came in sixth, his lowest ranking since 1948.The Social Security Administration provides lists of baby names dating to 1880 on its website, ssa.gov. The top two names in year 1880 were John and Mary.

So, if you are expecting your baby soon, you can decide if you want to follow the trend or be a little different. Trend or no trend, baby birth calls for celebration and it is the time to get some baby jewelry for the newborn along with some gemstone jewelry for the new mom.

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