Rebecca Zemans Jewelry Blog — mixed metals
Eight Years at One Of A Kind and My Gift To You!
It has been such an exciting year! As this holiday season approaches, I'm overwhelmed by gratitude for your continuous support. This December 3rd - 6th will mark my eighth and final One of a Kind Show at the Merchandise Mart. Thanks to you, my company has evolved and grown to focus on collaborations to create wonderful custom fine jewelry designs and selling favorites from my jewelry collections all over the country. To show my appreciation, we're doing a huge holiday sale online and at the show, with items up to 65% off! Click here for two complimentary tickets to the...
Citrine - Stone of the Month
Citrine is the birthstone for the month of November. The name derives from the Latin citrina meaning "yellow" and is also the origin of the word "citron". The stone can range in color from a pale yellow to brown. A member of the Quartz family, citrine is closely related to amethyst, sometimes the two are even found together in the same crystal, called ametrine. Citrine, as well as other stones within the Quartz family, has a 7 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness. Citrine jewelry can be brittle for everyday wear, however these stones bring beautiful color and are safe...
Elyssa's Mission Extraordinary You Event
I am proud to announce our partnership with Elyssa's Mission, a community-based organization founded to provide resources and education in teen suicide prevention. The organization provides hands-on support to area public and private schools as well as community groups in order to educate students, staff and parents on how to recognize and assist those teens most at-risk. Elyssa's Mission is hosting its annual event Extraordinary You on November 4th from 5-9pm at The Kennilworth Club. I will be at this fundraising event with my handcrafted jewelry, proceeds from all sales benefit Elyssa's Mission in saving young lives.. Tickets...
Metals - Palladium
Welcome to our ongoing series exploring the different types of metals we work with! Palladium is a metal we are seeing more requests for in additional to traditional metals, so we wanted to educate our customers about some of the great characteristics of palladium. Palladium is a silvery-white metal with similar properties to platinum, however it is the least dense of the platinum group metals, making it a more affordable metal option than platinum. It is named after the Pallas asteroid which was discovered around the same time as the metal, at the turn of the 19th century. Over half...
Before & After - Bits and Pieces
We hope everyone has been having an excellent summer! The studio has been busy working with couples to create special wedding bands all season long, as well as custom tailored anniversary and birthday presents. Our favorite projects always seem to involve heriloom materials and the transformation which takes place in using something old to create something new. Our most recent heirloom redesign was for a client's wedding band using elements of a ring from her Oma. Our client works with her hands and needed a durable wedding band that suits her lifestyle, yet wanted to incorporate materials from family heirloom...