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How to Take Care of your Jewelry

How to Take Care of your Jewelry

We all want our beloved jewelry to last a lifetime, right?  When it comes to taking care of our jewelry, there’s one main rule we need to follow:  LAST ON FIRST OFF.  Jewelry should be the last thing you put on when you’re getting ready in the morning, and the first thing you take off when the day is over.  Why is this a good rule of thumb?

  1. Tugging, even gently, on chains stresses them.  When you sleep in your necklaces, it can get tangled in your hair, sheets, pajamas and that isn’t good for chain links.  Remove your jewelry when playing with small kids or playing sports.  Chains are not elastic, and lightweight, dainty chains are not made to handle much strain.
  2. Abrasives and corrosives weaken chains.  You might be thinking, but wait, I don’t put those materials on my jewelry!  I’m talking about lotions, shampoos, soaps, cosmetics, perfumes.  The chemicals in common beauty products can be damaging to your favorite jewelry.  Grit or micro-crystals in products can be abrasive to metals and lead to wear and tear.  Remove your jewelry before showering, applying products, or cleaning your home.
  3. Dirt can slowly grind on jewelry.  Take care to remove your jewelry before going to the beach or gardening.  Dirt and sand can be very abrasive and can scratch the metal, and over time can do some serious damage to your gorgeous jewelry - so take it off before you get dirty.

Follow the LAST ON FIRST OFF rule, and your jewelry should last a lifetime.  When you’re not wearing your jewelry, make sure you properly store it in an airtight container to prevent tangles and tarnishing.  Lastly, jewelry requires regular maintenance so clean it twice a year with quality polishing cloths or even better bring it to a jeweler to be professionally cleaned.

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Rare Teal Sea Glass

Rare Teal Sea Glass

When you find a piece of sea glass on the beach, do you ever wonder where it came from?   In my mind, I always create a story around the glass - was it part of a pirate’s shipwreck or a bottle of wine shared by lovers on the beach?  The mystery is part of the allure…

Let’s talk about teal sea glass, sometimes called turquoise.  Have you ever had the luck of finding a piece this color?  This shade of sea glass is one of the rarest.  Only one in 4,000-6,000 pieces of sea glass that beachcombers find are teal.

This color of glass was produced in small batches before the 1950s, and has been in production for over 3,000 years.  In order to make this glass, makers had to accurately blend the right proportions of cobalt, iron, and chromium to get its color.  It was so hard to produce a consistent color from batch to batch that it wasn’t widely produced.  Hence why it’s so rare to find  a piece of this sea glass.

Originally, teal glass was mostly glass seltzer and mineral water bottles, wine bottles, ink and baking soda bottles, glass insulators and early hot sauce bottles. The older the glass is, the more bubbles you’ll see inside of it.  If you hold your sea glass up to the light, you can easily see if it has bubbles. 

Since the blend of ingredients was so delicate, the different shades of teal sea glass range a lot.  When you compare the different pieces of turquoise sea glass, it’s easy to see the slight differences in shade.  This sea glass color is rare, but easy to spot on the beach when combing.  And when you do find it, celebrate!  Because it’s truly like finding a piece of treasure.

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Rare Cerulean Sea Glass

Rare Cerulean Sea Glass

Dreaming of calm cerulean seas lately?  With all that’s in the news these last few weeks and being stuck at home with no end in sight, I’ll admit I’ve been mentally escaping to white sand beaches and aqua waters.  Inspired by those turquoise waters, I bring you a collection of ultra rare bright blue sea glass jewelry.  Where did this color originate from?

 

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