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#TipTuesday Earring Hygiene
Keeping your earrings clean is an important step in your personal hygiene routine and it is easy to overlook. If you had your ears pierced at a shop the technician probably sold you a bottle of ear care solution with the instructions to “keep your ears clean so they heal right.” Ear care solution is…
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On this July 4, 2019…
Freedom from oppression is worth fighting for. Fight the good fight. Wishing you and yours an awesome holiday!
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In The Loop #9, July Newsletter
Top blog posts, and coin pendants, + New in July with Pendant and Ring!
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A History of US Currency – Part III
During the 20th century, the volume and variety of US coins in circulation expanded. Mints began adding presidential busts to coins and, after the Great Depression, the demand for coins in circulation rose along with the population. The Progressive-era In 1909 Lincoln was the first former President to grace a US coin. The mint began…
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Not So Secret Societies and Their Symbols
Secret Societies maintain their secrecy through obfuscation but if you know where to look, you can spot members by their jewelry. Three well-known and not-so-secret societies are easy to spot with their custom rings… Knights Templar The Knights Templar Order of Chivalry was founded in Jerusalem in 1119. They have a long and interesting past…
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A History of US Currency – Part II
Before the civil war, the American states minted many copper coins and the nascent federal government minted few coins. One of these coins was the Continental Dollar first minted in pewter, then copper. Continental Dollars are slightly larger than Eisenhower dollars with a diameter of 41mm. The reverse features a chain of states, each one…
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#tiptuesday – How to repair a broken post earring at work.
It happens. Jewelry breaks, and usually at an inopportune time, like when you are at work. But it’s okay. You can fix your earring and make it through the rest of the day looking as polished and put together as ever. Here is a step-by-step tutorial to quickly fix a broken post earring. What you…
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A History of US Currency – Part I
In 1660, the Massachusetts Bay colony began using a paper currency substitute. These promissory notes were not legal tender, but letters of intent to pay legal tender in the same way a cheque is an intention to pay. The people who traded with these official Massachusettes Colony I.O.U.’s were almost breaking the law laid down…
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Do minimalists wear jewelry?
If you’ve ever been curious about minimalism, now is the perfect time to check it out. Going minimalist is a personal decision and there are as many different versions of minimalism as there are people. In a nutshell, minimalism is making do with the least amount of stuff that you are comfortable with. The key…
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When Jewelry Is More than Decoration
When jewelry is embedded with emotion and memory it becomes more than a piece of metal and stone, or gears and ticking, or bauble and chain. Charles and I were watching the new CBS television show “Blood and Treasure” The Secret of Macho Grande and we shared an ah-ha moment when art dealer Simon Hardwick…
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Almost Summer! Newsletter #8
Hello friends! We are happy to see you! Welcome to the eighth Pendant and Ring newsletter; you are now In The Loop. With summer starting this month we hope you can find some time to travel and share your pictures with us on Instagram @mypendantandring. We love seeing your pictures!! May was a good month…
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Fashionable Pins – A History
When I set out to write this post I didn’t understand the scope of pin history. It starts in the Neolithic period with bone pins like this one… Photo Credit Although anthropologists are not sure why people made these bone pins, or what the marks on the pin indicate, we are sure they are pins.…
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Pendant and Ring Customer Service
Customer service is the backbone of any successful business. Your happiness is our highest priority. If you are unhappy with your purchase, unhappy with our items, or unhappy with our shipping presentation, then our business won’t last very long. Customer service is a priority here at Pendant and Ring. We want you to know we…
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Anne Bonny, Corsair At Large
Anne Bonny was a famous corsair of Irish birth. She moved to the English Colonies in North America when she was ten years old, then to the pirate port of Nassau after marriage, and spent her adult life plundering the Spanish controlled waters of the Caribbean sea. As an infamous and most-wanted individual Bonny spent…
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Caring for your Jewelry *Summer Edition*
Summer brings vacations, water sports, sunscreen, camping, bug spray, and a host of summer specific chemicals in contact with your skin and jewelry. Caring for your jewelry during the summer can mean taking an extra few minutes to ensure the longevity of your favorite pieces. Bare shoulders practically beg for big earrings. Whether you prefer…
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Shell Money to Shell Jewelry
Historical evidence of worldwide use of shells as currency exists on every continent. Although there is debate about the economic use of beads as currency, the use of shell money is undeniable. Shells are part of a commodity based monetary system, wherein the currency has intrinsic value and is not representative of other value. Today,…
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Surprise Mom with a Mother’s Day History This Weekend
Gentle Reminder! Nudge, Nudge! Three days until May 12, 2019; Mother’s Day! Let the countdown begin! Long before jewelry was the gift to give, the matronly aspects of women as mother’s of community were publicly celebrated on many different days throughout the Ancient Greek year. Today in the US, Mother’s Day is a single moveable…
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4 Ways Money Moves
The story of human migration predates the use of money. Hunter gatherers crossed continents with nothing more than what they could carry. It took thousands of generations, but eventually humans walked across all the land bridges, sailed all the seas and covered the Earth. Shortly after the world was wrapped in humankind, large-scale agriculture usurped…
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Lucky Newsletter #7
𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚙! First, we would like to start out with a BIG thank you to everyone who came out to visit us in April. It was a pleasure to put so many names and faces together! We also want to say thank you to those of you who reached out to us on…
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Stainless Steel Jewelry FAQs
Whenever we go to a jewelry show or arts festival we hear numerous questions about stainless steel jewelry. These are the top three questions we hear; asked and answered. Is stainless steel jewelry any good? Yes, stainless steel is a good material for jewelry but keep in mind that design and production quality varies from…
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What is Hypoallergenic Jewelry?
Hypoallergenic jewelry does not cause a reaction in most people. As an umbrella term “hypoallergenic jewelry” covers a number of different jewelry products. Any jewelry item made of only one type of metal is hypoallergenic. Jewelry made of these metals are hypoallergenic: titanium platinum stainless steel copper In reference to these metals, hypoallergenic indicates an…
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