Diamond Searchers

Posted by diamondjim on Monday, 13 July, 2009 @ 4:09 pm

A sense of family history is important.  Some families have a great-grandmother’s engagement ring, a silver tea set a grandad’s brother found at an estate auction or a plastic chip and dip set in the shape of  platypus your mother received as a wedding gift.  Perhaps your family isn’t blessed with the cherished objects or those that might even become a running joke generation after generation You don’t have to fight through the spider webs in your dad’s cellar trying to find something worth eventually passing along to your children, grandchildren and so on through the future generations.  Rather, initiate your own family tradition today by collecting Italian Charms for your children. 

These charms, personally assembled by you into an Italian charm bracelet are much sturdier than fragile old china and can become a much more interesting conversation piece.  Rather, the great thing about Italian Charms is that they create a dynamic tradition:  each generation can add new links to the charm bracelet to reflect their own life and interests, which keeps the tradition significant, meaningful, and alive. 

So how do you begin?  Read on for three easy steps to follow on your way towards a new valuable family tradition:

1) Begin by purchasing a starter bracelet.

You can start your tradition inexpensively with starter bracelets.  Starter bracelets are often simple, 14 link bracelets with links that are easy to link and unlink.  Since the starter bracelets are made of a series of plain, individual charms, each carefully selected charm that you add will become a point of contrast and interest in the changing, overall design.  This is a valuable way of going about creating an Italian Charm collection because you want to be patient and collect your charms over many years, not all at once.

2) Purchase personal charms over time as they correspond to events in your children’s lives. 

On the occasion of your children’s births, purchase charms with their birthstones, their names, or the year or place of their birth.  From then on, notice what the children enjoy, their favorite toys or, as they grow older, the sports or hobbies.  Choose an Italian charm that represents each of those interests, accomplishments and milestones.

3) Give the charm bracelets to your children. 

This may be the hardest step!  After years of collecting and caring for the Italian Charms, you might grown somewhat attached to them.  But for the tradition to continue and grow, you must pass the bracelets on.  Select an occasion that is momentous, a transitional moment in the life of the bracelet’s recipient.  Find a time just before a wedding or after a graduation celebration when you can have some quality, unrushed time together.  Explain to them the significance of each of the charms, and how and why you selected them as you did.  Demonstrate how and where they might add on to their charm bracelets to keep the tradition alive, and how, one day, you hope that they will pass their charm bracelets on to their children (after having added charms that reflect the important events in their own children’s lives, of course).

Don’t search the attic or cellar for something that you hope might have some meaning to future generations.  Instead create something that will inherently serve that purpose of providing a continuing family tradition.

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Posted by diamondjim on Tuesday, 23 June, 2009 @ 2:39 am

I may be a morning person, but my morning routine takes forever! Why? I can’t decide what to wear. I have no trouble hopping out of bed early…but I can never get to work on time–all because I spend precious morning minutes pondering the perfect outfit. And it’s not even the big issues—like which top or what pants to wear—that take up all my time. I don’t even hassle over picking out shoes: no, it’s the accessories that always get me. I hold my mother responsible for my morning troubles. She was a perfect accessorizer—a real natural! For some reason her great skills were not passed on to me. Fortunately, I discovered the ideal accessory—it goes with every outfit!—the Italian Charm bracelet. This little accessory has rescued me from fashion oblivion countless times. And, lately, I’ve even begun making it to work on time! Italian charms meet all my criteria (and even several of my mother’s) for the perfect accessory: they match any outfit; they are unique (every bracelet is different!); and they attract attention (especially on all-important date nights).

You haven’t heard? Italian charm bracelets are a hot new fad; sleek metal bracelets consisting of individual charms you have selected yourself, Italian charms are a great way to express yourself while being fashionable at the same time. It’s hard to get more stylish than that! Due to the great success of Italian charms, they have quickly become an indispensable part of not only my morning routine, but also my pre-date prep.

The best thing about Italian charms is that they’re removable and interchangeable, which means that they can both compliment the perfect wardrobe and express your personality. Charms come in all styles—from . You can choose to put your Italian Charm bracelet together with letters, to spell your name, or with images, to tell the story of who you are and what you like to do. For everyday use, you might prefer to wear fun, personal charms that express who you are. There are countless charms to choose from to fit your personality: charms that reflect your favorite sports and hobbies, charms that indicate your favorite travels or artists; you can even have Italian Charms made with photos of yourself or your friends! And, on those special occasions when you have to dress to impress, you can unlink a few of your personal charms and replace them with some more elegant ones such as flowers, classic paintings, or just sophisticated designs. And all the charms come in a stunning silver color, so you don’t have to worry over color combinations—these charms match any outfit you choose.

Italian Charms have been growing in international popularity in recent months. So your accessorizing will show that lucky guy that you are caught up with the latest fashion trends. Not only that, but, as Italian Charms are from (where else?!) Italy, you can finally say, “Well everyone in Milan is doing it!”

What makes an Italian charm bracelet really unique and inexhaustibly accessorizable is their interchangeability. You can select and connect different charms to go with your outfit, your mood, or your date. Is your man an aspiring artist? Choose some famous paintings for your charm bracelet tonight. He can’t get enough of Elvis? Include some “Elvis Lives” charms on your bracelet. Or, better yet, fill your charm bracelet with charms that best express you and your interests—after all, if he isn’t interested in getting to know you he’s probably not worth your time!

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Posted by diamondjim on Friday, 19 June, 2009 @ 11:07 am

Let me start at the beginning. Things had not been going well for me recently. It was nothing serious, it’s just that I had a little tension in my life. I hadn’t been sleeping well. On this night, I couldn’t seem to get to sleep. Everytime I closed my eyes, a hundred things started racing through my head. I finally decided to just get up, move to the den and watch TV for a while. I finally fell asleep on the sofa and must have slept like a baby. When I awakened, it was 7:30–an hour past my wake-up time. I could vaguely hear my clock radio upstairs in my bedroom. I had to get ready for work and get there fast!

I jumped off the couch, took a short shower, threw on the clothing that I had fortunately put out the night before, grabbed what I needed and sprinted out the door. Unfortunately, the night before I had to park my car almost a full block way. I took a quick look at my watch and realized that I was only going to be about thirty minutes late. I had managed to make up for some of my missing time already. I felt a little more relaxed until…I got to my car and realized that my keys were not in my purse. I remembered that those keys were now resting comfortably inside my locked townhouse. My house key was safely on that same keychain! I was not a happy woman.

Coincidentally, my next-door neighbor was just coming home from his night-shift job, parking in an open curb space across the street. As he got out of his car, with a fast-food paper bag containing his breakfast and a cup of coffee in his hand, I all but tackled him as I ran across the street to tell him my problem. I know he felt sorry for me because he immediately helped me into the passenger side of his vehicle, exited his prime parking space and went on to drive me to my office. Not only did he get me to work on time, but he insisted I eat the breakfast sandwich he had purchased, assuring me that he could stop by the drive-thru again for another one on his return back home.

I’m going to nominate him for the “Neighbor of the Year Award.” I wanted to say thank you to him in some other way, while I wait for someone to invent the award. I chose to give him an Italian charm Key Chain as a little thank you token.

Italian Charms are interchangeable links and come in a wide assortment of alternatives: sports team charms, NASCAR charms, and patriotic charms to name a few. These attractive links are stylish for both females AND males. I chose a Italian charm key chain with links representing a couple of his favorite sports teams, because he is a big fan of Boston area teams. He couldn’t have been more pleased with it! Giving my neighbor an Italian charm key chain was a perfect thank-you gift for such a thoughtful man.

Incidentally, my “Knight in Shining Armor” also picked me up at the end of my work day and arranged for a locksmith to meet me at my home upon our arrival. Guess what the first key was that my neighbor placed on his new Italian charm key chain I gave him…..a duplicate key to my front door.

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