It’s not quite officially fall,but it is officially time for fall’s favorite beverage/scent/food/color: pumpkin spice. And you don’t need to tolerate Uggs, leggings or hot coffee in South Florida’s temps of 90 and up to indulge. Nor do you need to slice and dice any gourds. Nope, you can simply light your favorite Pumpkin Spiced…
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Passion and creativity are two of the characteristics that have led to Lorenz Baumer’s success in the world of fine jewelry design. He has designed stunning works for names like Guerlain, Channel, and Baccarat. He also designs pieces under his personal name as well. Baumer’s works of art range from rings and earrings to bracelets…
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Mauro Felter is an Italian artist that draws his inspiration from the beauty of the valley in Northern Italy of which he is a native. He has imparted that inspiration into his designer jewelry collections for a rugged, earthy look. Vallecamonia is the valley between the Concarena and the Pizzo Badile mountains where ancient nomads…
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The rarest gemstones are the most valuable, and usually the most beautiful as well. This is very true of the spectacularly rare and stunningly beautiful Paraiba tourmaline. It was in 1987 that Hector Barbosa, an audacious modern-day explorer had the gut feeling that something rare and beautiful lay hidden beneath Paraiba Hill, a spot near…
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Welcome to the month of October! After a long awaited 10 months, we’re here: in the midst of Football, Fall, Halloween and cooler weather on the horizon. What better way to celebrate the beginning of the month than to introduce the birthstones of October: Opal and Tourmaline. Opal is the national gemstone of Australia who…
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October has the privilege of two birthstones: tourmaline & opal. Today, we’re focusing on opals, which are the more traditional of the two. Opals are formed in fissures of pretty much any rock, but most commonly limonite, sandstone, rhyolite, marl and basalt. It’s a mineral gem deposit that forms at relatively low temperatures, and it’s…
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