How Do Brides Choose Their Wedding Ring

Many brides struggle with how to tell their husband what type of engagement ring that they want, and many men find it challenging to find a ring that will represent his true feelings for her.  A recent survey initiated from  from The Knot magazine found how brides and grooms are currently selecting their rings.

A recent survey from The Knot magazine found that 37% of brides point their future husband to the exact wedding ring that they want.

Surveys in the same article found that the largest percentage of brides, 50%, pointed to styles that they wanted while out shopping with their husband to be.

Twelve percent of the brides left pictures of ring styles in various places to be found around their house.

Nine percent of future husbands solicited assistance from the bride’s friends or her family members to help their find the perfect ring.

Ten Two Three Estate Jewelry finds that brides email details of their dream antique engagement ring to their groom or their friends.  Gaining in popularity is pinning information to the Bride’s Wedding Pinterest Board.

RADIANT ORCHID IS PANTONE’S COLOR FOR 2014

Radiant Orchid has arrived.  The Pantone Color Institute has determined that Radiant Orchid will be the color of the year for 2014.  The color will be seen in men’s and women’s fashions throughout 2014. 

Radiant Orchid is a blend of purple, fucshia and has strong pink undertones.  Leatrice Eiseman, Pantone’s Executive Director, claims that the color will spark the imagination and encourage creativity and originality.  Pantone determines each year’s color by reviewing art collections, entertainment and socio-economic conditions.

To get a head start on the incoming 2014 color trend, look for gemstone jewelry featuring bold pink to purple sapphires, colorful rubellite tourmaline and pretty orchid color spinel.

In 2014 an increasing return of yellow gold jewelry will be seen.  Mixing white gold, yellow gold, platinum and even silver jewelry is predicted to grow in popularity.

A few suggested shopping items:  Vintage Rubellite Tourmaline Earrings, Vintage Sapphire Earrings or an Estate Pink Sapphire Ring.  

Embrace the Pantone color of the year.  See if your creative energy is sparked.  See if you can become more original in 2014. Enjoy!

Emerald Green - Pantone Color fo the Year 2013

Are you still curious as to why everyone is putting away their costume jewelry and suddenly starting to wear bright green emerald jewelry and other emerald green gemstones? Pantone has determined that emerald green is the “Pantone color of 2013”.  Pantone describes emerald green as being “lively, radiant and lush.”  Per Pantone Emerald Green is a “color of elegance and beauty that enhances our sense of well-being, balance and harmony.”

Pantone is identified as the world renowned color trendsetters.  Their choice in color eventually becomes a trend that moves into our daily lives.  After a color is identified as color of the year it suddenly becomes the trend for jewelry, fashion, paint and home products.

Pantone is owned by X-Rite, Inc.  Pantone is known as the authority on color. Pantone is known to be the starter of color trends that cross all lines of color design -  beginning with designers.  After the designer uses the color in their fashion shows, it is then picked up by retail store buyers and then moves the final end user – the customer.

Join the fun.  Enjoy this lively group and accessorize your outfit with bright green.  Find what it is like to wear jewelry that delivers well being.  Give in and buy an estate emerald ring. Or to continue with another fashion trend, find Art Deco Emerald Jewelry.  For an alternative for the 2013 trend, try a large color banded green malachite yellow gold ring.  

Gatsby's Art Deco Jewelry

The roar for 1920s Art Deco Jewelry is being heard from today’s fashion savvy shoppers. This popular jewelry trend for 2013 is being fueled by the May 2013 release of The Great Gatsby, based upon F. Scott Fitzgerald’s popular book of the same name.

This current jewelry trend is based on jewelry from the exciting and glamorous roaring 1920s. Jewelry from the 1920s is now referred to as Art Deco Jewelry, though at the time it was called Modern Jewelry. Though this style of jewelry is currently gaining in popularity, this jewelry style never fully leaves the fashion world.

The film’s jewelry is based on jewelry designs from the Tiffany and Company's jewelry archives.

Daisy Buchanan, the films female lead, is the perfect model for the scrumptious jewelry she wears. Her jewelry symbolizes the glamorous times and the life of the privileged class of the 1920s. Her jewelry speaks to the departure from Edwardian Jewelry. Her jewelry is a symbol of the rebellious attitude of the early to mid-1920s.

Daisy Buchanan shines as she wears gorgeous diamond headdresses and long, twisted strands of cultured pearls. And who can forget her huge, white on white, signature Daisy Diamond Ring. As a symbol of her marriage, she wears a large diamond in a beautiful Tiffany setting. Her short blond hair allows her to display her long, colorful Art Deco Ear Pendants. The short sleeves of her 1920s dress allows for rich, four strand pearl bracelets to be seen adorning each wrist. Diamond pendants suspended from each bracelet add even more radiance.

The magnificent pieces of jewelry worn by Daisy Buchanan should not stop today's shopper from owning original period pieces from the 1920s. Copies called “art deco styled” or “Deco inspired” jewelry are often more expensive than fabulous original jewelry items from the 1920s. A quick search for Estate Art Deco Jewelry should uncover some gorgeous finds.

Find something special for yourself, look for a 1920s Art Deco Ring for your personal collection.

Ten Two Three Estate Jewelry specializes in Antique Old Diamond Filigree Wedding Rings. Ten Two Three Estate Jewelry ships within the United States, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and Australia. For questions please contact: Info@TenTwoThree.com