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Tips for Choosing Wedding Jewelry Accessories

Jewelry often seems to be more of an afterthought, rather than a priority, when the wedding plans get underway. The focus seems to be more on the venue, decorations, and the dress. Little to no attention is given to the  jewelry you will be using, other than the wedding ring, until right before the big […]

Top Five Peridot Gemstone Jewelry Picks for August

It’s August again and time to pick our favorite peridot gemstone jewelry picks to showcase for the August birthstone. Our first selection is our top selling ring in the peridot and diamond rings category. Featured to the left is our 1.75 carat oval-cut peridot and diamond ring in 14k white gold set with a generous genuine oval-shaped 10mm […]

Top 10 Motifs For Wedding Bands & Rings

We seal our vows with an exchange of rings, but just because we bow to that tradition doesn’t mean you have to be cliché about it. No one says it has to be all hearts and flowers…although those are definitely an option. The media frenzy to showcase celeb wedding bands illustrates how fascinated we are […]

Beautiful Black Diamond Jewelry Pieces for Your Jewelry Collection

Diamonds are traditionally thought of in clear white hues or off white colors such as yellow or blue. In contrast to the common lighter hues, diamonds of darker and less common colors are typically more valuable because of their rarity.  Black diamond rings for women and men are very popular and continuing to gain popularity among […]

Get Stunning Elegance With Amethyst Jewelry and Rings

If you are ready to enjoy stunning elegance and beauty, then you are ready to discover the amazing look of Amethyst luxury jewelry. Available in a wide range of beautiful purple shades, the Amethyst gemstone is thought to help improve energy flow through the body and promote sobriety. It is also the commonly used birthstone […]

1800s Vintage Antique-Style Victorian Bangle Cuff Bracelets in Sterling Silver

Apples of Gold has added a new collection of sterling silver vintage antique-style bangle cuff bracelets made in the late 1800s to early 1900s Victorian and Edwardian period styles. What makes these new cuff bangles different than the plethora of vintage-style bracelets in the jewelry market today is that these are not your average design […]

Opal Gemstone Jewelry

Opal Gemstones Precious opal shows a variable interplay of internal colors and even though it is a mineraloid, it has an internal structure. At the molecular level, precious opal is composed tiny spheres that form a cubic close-packed lattice formation. These spheres and the way they are positioned and laid out is what helps produce the […]

London Blue Topaz Gemstone Jewelry Pieces

  Blue topaz , the state of Texas’ official gemstone, is the name given to several different shades of  topaz gemstone that can vary from pale blue to a deep midnight blue. Naturally occurring blue topaz is quite rare as it is usually a colorless stone or a pale grey or brown in color. London Blue Topaz […]

How To Keep Diamonds From Falling Out of Rings

I use to wear my wedding and engagement rings all the time.  Never took them off.  Then I found out the hard way that my beautiful wedding ring is fragile.  Who knows what I was doing but one of the diamonds fell out of my band.  Don’t know when or where it happened but it hurt […]