Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is actually a religious holiday that celebrates St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.  It is also an official holiday in Ireland, and widely celebrated in the U.K., Canada, and the U.S. as well.  However here tend to celebrate by dying the Chicago River green and drinking a lot, although the drinking,…

Diamonds Keep Evolving: The Latest Luxury Item to Get Encrusted

Diamonds Keep Evolving: The Latest Luxury Item to Get Encrusted

Jewelry designers have been teaming up with luxury brands for a while now, in a trend that has even taken off with some popular celebrities.  First, Kanye West decided to swap out his actual teeth for diamonds, in his bizarre campaign to reinvent himself after the previous scandalous year he supposedly spent out of the…

Reese Witherspoon Walking down the Aisle

Reese Witherspoon Walking down the Aisle

Oscar winning actress and America’s sweetheart Reese Witherspoon may have been trying to slip one by us.  The actress is reportedly set to exchange wedding rings with her fiancé, Hollywood agent Jim Toth as early as next weekend, according to Radaronline. The wedding is rumored to be taking place on the actresses sprawling estate, named “The…

Sapphire Mine Meets Demand for Blue Engagement Rings

Sapphire Mine Meets Demand for Blue Engagement Rings

Kashmir Sapphires in India is set to capitalize on the international sapphire craze that has been sparked by Kate Middleton’s sapphire and diamond engagement ring from Prince William.  Demand for sapphires and replicas of the royal ring hit the U.S. and U.K. instantly, before finally increasing demand in India and as far as Hong Kong. …

ABC’s The Bachelor Concludes with another Diamond Engagement Ring

ABC’s The Bachelor Concludes with another Diamond Engagement Ring

Another Bachelor’s conclusion, another engagement made in reality television as the show’s 15th season came to a close last night.  The Bachelor is a reality television competition, in which once man, presumably considered a catch, whittles down a group of around 25 women, in the hopes of finding true love.   The successful show has aired…

Wedding Bands and Wedding Rings: What’s the Difference?

Wedding Bands and Wedding Rings: What’s the Difference?

Today, the terms ‘wedding ring’ and ‘wedding band’ have come to mean the same thing, and while they do both serve the same purpose, there, once upon a time, was a distinction. In the past, while women received a family ring or colored gemstone to mark a man’s intention, it was the men who historically…

British Starlet “Pimps” Out her Engagement Ring

British Starlet “Pimps” Out her Engagement Ring

Sarah Harding is a British reality television star, turned singer, turned model who, although she has enjoyed massive success in the U.K., is relatively unknown in the United States.  That is, until news of her engagement started to make internet headlines across the pond, and the ripples have now reached our shores, it seems. However,…

Shimmering Metallics Influences Bridal Jewelry

Shimmering Metallics Influences Bridal Jewelry

How funny the celebrity world can be when it comes to scouting fashion trends for the future, however like it or not, what we see on the runway usually has an impact of the rest of society.  This time around, the jewelry industry is gearing up for a resurgence of white, lustrous metals for engagement…

Leann Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Will Be Exchanging Wedding Rings, But Leak No Details

Leann Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Will Be Exchanging Wedding Rings, But Leak No Details

You can’t exactly fault the media for constantly speculating on a couple’s relationship when it was so publically flaunted in the beginning.  However, it seems like Leann Rimes may finally be getting sick of the rumors surrounding her upcoming wedding to actor Eddie Cibrian.  First they were engaged, and then they were not.  Now they…