Making Hemp Jewelry Is Fun and Easy

Sam Serio

Making our ideas come to life and creating them with our own hands is a great source of satisfaction for many of us. Handicrafts such as making hemp jewelry have been and continue to be very popular among both hobbyists and would-be entrepreneurs alike. Aside from being a productive way to pass time, making hemp jewelry encourages creativity and is a great and inexpensive way to have fun either by one’s own self or with friends and family. Growing hemp is illegal in the United States because it comes from a variety of the cannabis plant, from which the drug marijuana is derived. Commercial hemp is the fiber used in making hemp jewelry, and it’s available in numerous arts and crafts stores nationwide.

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Hip-hop Jewelry and Today's Stars

Sam Serio

Watch any of the major movie, television, and music award shows on television today and one of the first things you’ll notice about the celebrities on the red carpet, aside from their extravagant (and sometimes outlandish) attire, are the amount and size of the jewelry they are wearing. Hip-hop jewelry, more commonly known as bling-bling, is definitely not understated fashion. The bigger and the flashier it is, the better. Preferred by many of today’s celebrities, hip-hop jewelry adorns the fingers, necks, arms, even the teeth of many stars.Oversized studs and chains are the trademarks of hip-hop jewelry and are preferred by celebrities such as Sean Combs, or P. Diddy.

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Forehead Jewelry is Not Anti American

Henrietta Jacobson

March 10, 2003 --- No the Intuitive Eye (patent pending) is not Anti American. It is forehead jewelry and was inspired by Henrietta Jacobson’s practice of Kundalini yoga, which has nothing to do with Islam or the Middle East.The word Yoga comes from the Sanskirt root "Yug" meaning to join. Yoga literally means yoke or union and speaks of the union of the individual spirit with the universal consciousness. The basic techniques evolved in the monasteries of India & Tibet over a period of thousands of years. Even though Kundalini yoga originates out of India, it was brought to America in the 60’s with Yogi Bhajan.

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Original Jewelry: A Great Gift Idea

(ContentDesk) May 23 2004--Original Jewelry: A Great Gift IdeaMake your next gift a memorable one. If you’re looking for a great gift this year look beyond the usual and give the gift of original, handcrafted jewelry. Fine craftspersons and jewelry makers take great pride in their work and enjoy the art of creating beautiful keepsakes for their customers. Original jewelry varies greatly in style, material and is often very affordable. Here are some tips for buying the perfect piece:1.

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Beading for Fun and Profit: Bracelet Beading Birthday Parties

Rena Klingenberg

A birthday bracelet beading party for girls age 5 and up is guaranteed to be a big hit. Most girls are thrilled with the opportunity to make jewelry, and parents appreciate that you're providing both the party favors (the bracelets the girls make to take home) and the party activity (making the bracelets).I discovered this profitable home beading party niche by accident a few years ago when I was asked if I could do a jewelry make-and-take craft at a 9-year-old girl's birthday party. The girl's mom and I decided on gemstone bead bracelets because necklaces would be too expensive, and not everyone has pierced ears for earrings.So I came to the birthday party with my bead boxes, bead boards for everyone, a tape measure, accuflex beading wire, little sterling silver toggle clasps, velvet pouches for everyone, and a couple of example bracelets.I couldn't believe what a huge hit it was! The girls absolutely devoured the project and were thrilled to have real pearls and gemstones on their bracelets.Now I get calls regularly asking me to come do a bracelet birthday bead party for another girl, and every time I do one, more parties get scheduled from it because the girls enjoy it so much.Bracelet birthday parties are very easy to do, and they can also earn you a nice profit. I charge $15 per girl for parties of 9 or fewer girls, and $14 per girl for parties of 10 or more. I include a small velvet pouch for each girl to store her bracelet in.I bring bead boxes that are organized by bead color - and as you might guess, pink and purple are DEFINITELY the most popular beads every time! Fortunately, rose quartz is very inexpensive! :o) Blue beads are the next most popular color.

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Pet Jewelry - Nothing to Bark at!

(ContentDesk) August 25, 2004 -- Pennyweight Wells is a very stylish dog that loves to show off her Rembrandt charm necklace. “Pennyweight comes to my store everyday with me,” boasts Katharine Wells, proprietor of Jewells in Roanoke, VA. “I used to have a rhinestone collar on her and my customers would ask where they could buy one. I quickly realized that Pennyweight would be a perfect jewelry model to promote Rembrandt Charms.” “My kids and I created a dog charm necklace based on Pennyweight’s life,” Wells explains. “We had Rembrandt make a special 17” charm necklace which features: a cheese charm, her favorite snack, a mini van, because she rides with me everywhere, a Virginia map, our home state, the ‘I love You’ sign language charm, because she communicates non-verbally, a cross, as she goes to all of our church functions, and a St.

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Baby Jewelry: Infant Fashion as Keepsake

Sam Serio

Matching jewelry for mommy and baby is always a cute touch, and it can be a keepsake for when the baby is all grown up. The sentimental value that comes with baby jewelry cannot be measured. Sometimes certain items of jewelry come with memories; like this bracelet one was bought right after little Sarah took her first steps, or this pendant was bought soon before Davey started to say his first words.When we say "baby jewelry," we usually mean bracelets: the safest item of adornment for infants. Many baby bracelets come with letter-blocks that spell out the baby's name. These may well be a baby's first opportunity to learn how to read! Some baby bracelets also double as toys, and some charms come with rattles and colorful beads that could easily endear them to the infant.We may admit that baby jewelry is cute and fun to use, but some mothers are concerned: won't jewelry be too dangerous to hold so close to the baby? Teething babies will tend to want to bite into their bracelets, or put them in their mouths -- and won't the baby swallow the charms, the item itself, or bits of it that may come off? Also, won't silver, gold, and certain plastics be bad for the baby's skin?Baby jewelry is necessarily hypoallergenic, to keep from irritating a baby's supremely delicate skin.

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