Piggy Bank News» Gifts http://www.piggybanknews.com Keep in touch with your News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Feminine Butterfly Jewelry for Any Season http://www.piggybanknews.com/feminine-butterfly-jewelry-for-any-season/ http://www.piggybanknews.com/feminine-butterfly-jewelry-for-any-season/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.piggybanknews.com/?p=35 I miss the butterflies! Summer is over, and those gentle insects have long migrated or finished their life cycles. But I still wear my butterfly necklaces from The Magic Zoo. I have one of every single design they make. Yes, all the colored ones and the silver and gold as well. Doesn’t that get expensive? The way I see it, if you find a designer you really like, you should collect every thing of theirs you can, especially if you can afford to. You never know when someone might retire or sell their business! Besides, I look at all my jewelry as a kind of investment; if not monetarily, then as something to leave my granddaughters one day.

Now they’re only six and eight years old, but already they love to wear jewelry. One of them is crazy about dogs, but the eight year old is a blossoming little cat lady, and she loves to try on my cat-themed jewelry. “Grandma, can I put on your silver cat necklace?” This is the first thing she asks me when she sees me. But I don’t mind. She is so gentle with it, and I love to see how she lights up as soon as she puts it on! I guess I better start collecting some dog jewelry for the little one next!

]]> http://www.piggybanknews.com/feminine-butterfly-jewelry-for-any-season/feed/ 0 What a Pretty Pair – Sterling Silver Dragonfly Earrings! http://www.piggybanknews.com/what-a-pretty-pair-sterling-silver-dragonfly-earrings/ http://www.piggybanknews.com/what-a-pretty-pair-sterling-silver-dragonfly-earrings/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 21:36:53 +0000 admin http://www.piggybanknews.com/what-a-pretty-pair-sterling-silver-dragonfly-earrings/ How many pairs of unique sterling silver dragonfly earrings can one woman own? Or for that matter, how many a dragonfly pendant can she have? If you ask me, there aren’t enough in the world to actually saturate my jewelry box (or should I say jewelry closet). I’ve been collecting silver dragonfly jewelry for over 30 years, and I still find some that I can’t seem to live without. My husband thinks I’m a little over- the- top with my collecting, so I constantly have to remind him that I do not like diamonds, and I prefer silver over gold jewelry.

Having said all that, I have to admit another thing. Not only do I collect dragonfly earrings, but all kinds of other sterling silver earrings. I mostly like handmade sterling silver earrings that have something interesting, pretty and whimsical about them. I like the kind that have the French wires much more than the silver stud earrings, which for some strange reason seem to make my ear lobes itch after wearing them for more than a couple hours.

I imagine I’ll be ordering earrings when I’m 90 years old and living in a nursing home!

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