Jeff A Hardy asked:

The New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) 2009, is scheduled during August 15- 19 at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The novice and innovative handicrafts manufacturers have a great opportunity to showcase their eco-friendly materials and fine craftsmanship at NYIGF’s “Handmade”. Other highlights of the juried craft division include an increased number of jewelry resources and more wearable textiles.

According to Dorothy Belshaw, NYIGF director and GLM senior vice president. “Handmade buyers can see how these talented artists excel in using sustainable materials not only to create new products, but also to further develop existing lines.” A Canadian-based artist designs wooden puzzles and puppets using wood from well-managed forests, organic cottons, and non-toxic ink. A Collection from Austin, TX, includes museum-quality wall art featuring plant pressings of tropical orchids, leaves, sea plants and wildflowers. A jewelry company from Kansas City, MO, developed its line from found objects such as street signs and license plates, combined with sterling silver and copper.

Apart from handicrafts, talented jewelry designers have the opportunity to present innovative designs using unexpected materials. For example, a South Korean fashion jewelery company, has recently introduced a series of jewelry fashioned from rubber gloves. Cufflinks and belt buckles made from colorful fused glass, wooden jewelry, metal, painted and batik jewelry, customized and one-of-a-kind pieces of scarves, shawls, sarongs, and pillowcases, unique hand-quilted coats and jackets made from vintage dowry quilts from India are all included among many other innovative fashion accessories to be showcased.

The “Handmade in the USA” designation will also be utilized at the Fair as a buyer’s aid to source American-made craft. Some 30,000 attendees from all 50 states and around the world are expected at NYIGF, the nation’s premier gift, home and lifestyle marketplace. For more information and registration, visit NYIGF website.

Jeff A Hardy asked:


Artists love anything that represents beauty. In fact all of us love beauty but artists can appreciate beauty in unique manners. They’ll appreciate any abstract art or antiques in the perfect way just as intended by the maker of that art. But Art lovers too live in this contemporary world only. They have to interact with people who might be loving and understanding art. It might so happen that whom the artists happen to love are not so much of art lovers. When it comes to giving gifts to our loved ones, who else then artists can choose the perfect beautiful gift. However, sometimes, you might have to pick up gifts that follow contemporary trends. With Valentines day approaching fast, it will be good to review what all gifts can you offer. And what else is more liked by anyone than fashion jewelery!

Heart shaped jewelery is always the perfect gift for any woman on Valentine’s Day. Any heart shaped jewelery – rings, pendants, earrings- anything hearty will do. Just pay attention to the quality of design and workmanship of the piece. Dangles too are a good choice. You can choose cupid dangles to make it a valentine’s special. Whether contemporary or vintage, will be decided by the taste of the receiver. If you don’t have any idea about that, just peep once into her jewelery box and you’ll sure get to know. Vintage jewelery, in fact, is very popular these days. Charms and charm bracelets are hot favorites too. Lovely heart pin and romantic brooch are classy too. Now thinking- whether silver, platinum, or yellow gold? Once again look into her jewelery box!

And for those ladies who are thinking all the night long, what’s the perfect valentines gift for her man then remember cuff links are the perfect and ‘never out of fashion’ gift for him. You can even choose from among bar clip or a silver pendant necklace. If he is a guy who loves trendy items then a leather & silver cuff bangle bracelet will also be a good valentine’s day gift. If you want to make your gift very very personal then you can present him an engraved ring with both of your names shining in the inner part of the ring.

Any gift that comes from heart is a lovable gift anyway. So, just follow your heart and select that special gift for the special someone!

watches123 asked:


1, the latest fashion styles deliberately focus on ideas appearance. The exhibition will feature the latest fashion watch styles in exterior design, the major manufacturers are given a very bold and creative attempts, and some vendors are required to meet a specific fashion, in particular the introduction of a very user-friendly, personalized features of design, which for this year’s new products to add unlimited new ideas from a higher realm of the creative to meet the fashion.

2, this year’s new products are very focused watch manufacturing process technology and technology-intensive new materials combined with ingenious and bold refreshing change to the new watch. In particular the style of simple and composite material manufactured by a variety of watches to become the mainstream of the international market in 2009, while the traditional men’s 18K gold watch, bi-metal high-end luxury brand watches, more than material, as well as the top female classical luxury of high-grade diamond embedded in close Watches have also been popular, it will also be the world’s high-end watch market in 2009 a major hot spot.

3, this year the most popular fashion jewelery new devaluation red spinel, garnet classic cutting process will be the future trends in the carvings on the stones will also be increasingly popular, engraved with striped agate or with There will also be cameo rings become fashionable.

Fourth, this year the latest fashion watch mostly adopt the material of ceramics and enamel parts. Watch this show for the production of new materials are also used in the participating merchants and the audience’s visual focal point. Whether Germany Glashütte watch, or just getting started in the top left-Wei Sha watch watches were introduced this year new watch on the use of a ceramic enamel material with accessories.

The application of enamel material has also become a major part of this exhibition. Used in the past, most enamel jewelry, and with the watch on the rare. Today, international brands Lists Apart from continuing the widespread use of a large number of red gold, platinum, a variety of alloys, but also extensive use of enamel material. The application of enamel material not only watch the value of their own has been a qualitative leap in class, but also to shape the face and dial watches has been a new interpretation of the connotation.

5, the Fair is the new shape is designed to continue to watch the popular large-size, who belong to the latest popular style watches that year will be missed large-size models, and were placed in a very visible and important position. Compared with the previous exhibition, this year this trend increased rather than decreased; the vast majority of these large-sized watch size varies between 44mm-60mm, and were powered by a lightweight titanium as a material.

6, silicon materials, this exhibition is still high-end watch one of the common use of new materials. Chairman of the Committee the current exhibitors Jacques Chaine told reporters that any watch manufacturers are eager to mechanical watch movements use less oil as possible, even without lubrication, while the silicon designers can help achieve this purpose. Since 2005 Patek Philippe launched the first silicon escapement wheel, the making watch and clock industry to produce watches with silicon core parts. Watch industry in the timber on a breakthrough in industrial development for the silicon found a new direction. Duchaine told reporters that the introduction of the modern watch industry a new high-tech composite materials, double-metal materials, semiconductor silicon material and the new ceramic materials, showing the development of international watch industry direction and market trends, but also indicates that with the close watch and clock industry related industries will be driven the rise, and usher in a new development opportunity.

Rakesh asked:


Walk into any college and you’ll find girls, sometimes-even boys, wearing different variety of them. It could be anything like colorful pendants, bracelets or danglers, you’ll see them all.

Fashion jewelery or custom jewelery is nothing but Junk jewelery Junk jewelery has always been the part of people from office goers to college goers. Besides being conscious about the clothes college gores wear, they also have a great eye for accessories.

Ask any students as to what’s new in their wardrobe and the immediate reply would be  -Junk jewelery. Junk jewelery are more fashionable than any other jewelery. They are available in all possible shapes, sizes and colors .It is also light weight and much more affordable then gold or diamonds and could be worn in any occasions.

It’s a kind of stuff that appeals most everywhere and gives the right kind of balance to the outfit right from Kurtas to Churidars. It has gained more popularity in Mumbai and them come down to the south. Such jewelery has a tremendous preference all over the world like in USA, Australia, UK.

It gives a new definition to ones looks and transforms ones personality.

Gold is no more in craze, junk jewelery is preferred by all and it also much more affordable than gold jewelery.

Junk jewelery is available in various kinds:

Wood: Jewelery made out of wood gives the most natural look ever. These jewelery are usually polished to give a little bit of shine to it , or sometimes they are left rough to retain its natural look ever.

Beads: Bead jewelery is usually the combination of different sizes and shapes of beads. The only thing taken care here is the right combination.

Some of the other material used for making jewelery are glass, clay , paper, ceramic . Junk jewelery is also available for hair like clips, hair pins , bands .

Junk jewelery is found in ramp shows of designers from Manish Malhotra to Rocky.