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The Million Dollar Diamond Wedding Cake

February 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Diamond Wedding Cake

Now this really takes the cake! Delicious Cakes and Dallas Gold and Silver Exchange collaborated in making the world’s most expensive wedding cake, a 1,200 carat, $1 million diamond wedding cake to be exact. Owner of Delicious Cakes, Butch Stivers, was quoted as saying: “We wanted to do something different this year… we do the Dallas Bridal Show so many years…” He explained that the economy, being as bad as it currently is, prompted them to make something a little more special, and a little more glamorous “…we wanted to do something that the new brides-to-be could see and dream about and get their minds off everything else that’s going on.”

This stunning and expensive confection is an impressive nine tiers, and is decorated with sparkling silvery icing, glittering diamonds and intense blue sapphires. The precious gemstones were carefully arranged on the cake’s sides, in twisting, climbing vine and scroll patterns, which resemble intricately worked diamond jewelry.

This glamorous diamond wedding cake was made to star in the annual Dallas Bridal Show. While on display, the expensive cake was placed under a heavily armed guard, which made sure that the onlookers look but not touch. And yes! In case you were wondering, the wedding cake is for sale! The diamond cake’s price is a whopping $1.3 million. The cake was designed to be edible (after you remove the diamond and precious gemstone embellishments of course). Apparently, this fabulous dessert weighs approximately a hundered and sixty pounds, serves over 300 people, which comes to more than $3,000 for a single slice of cake!

The diamond wedding cake is just the latest in a long line of diamond encrusted, over-the-top bridal accessories. The diamond and precious gemstone encrusted confection is joined by the 150 carat, diamond wedding dress, which was fashioned by world-renowned jeweler Martin Katz along with designer Renee Strauss. The dress comes equipped with a delicate lace veil, set with sparkly rhinestones which match the gorgeous, creamy satin, diamond adorned dress. This amazing dress was valued at an astounding $ 12 million, which makes it the world’s most expensive wedding dress. The dress has yet to be sold.

Obviously, these pricy articles were not meant for the everyday consumer, or for a bride on a budget. They were designed as novelty, fantasy items, spectacular yet unattainable. Diamond bridal tiaras, diamond brooches, earrings, necklaces and bracelets are a little more feasible, and definitely more affordable, as bridal accessories. Nowadays, a bride doesn’t have to have an overblown budget in order to afford a little bling on her wedding day. Diamond bridal jewelry can now be rented out for the special occasion. A bride need only put down a deposit, which is just a slight percentage of the diamond encrusted item’s actual retail price, and she’ll get the diamond jewelry of her dreams. And don’t worry, the rented pieces are insured against possible loss, theft or damage. So, you can look like the royalty that you are on your wedding day without having to pay impossible prices.

 

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Pet Jewelry Fad is Upping the Madness

December 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Pets today get the treatment that many human beings would feel lucky to get. They no longer have to settle for a bi- annual visit to the vet. Today there are special pet hair salons, pet shrinks, pet life coaches, even pet astrologers. To keep pets wearing the latest fashion, there are countless special clothing shops for cats and dogs, often selling designer attire for our furry friends. Today there is even expensive jewelry made especially for pets – and lots of it.

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Pet Jewelry

Of course, most people can’t afford this luxury, but those who can have a huge selection of pet jewelry stores at their disposal. And surprisingly, they are not only accessible to the Hollywood elite. Many pet jewelry shops are online shops. All you need is a credit card and you can have your Labrador bling blinging like the queen of England – quite literally. Many luxury pet jewelry shops sell fancy tiaras. A famous Thai designer named Riwin Jirapolsek designed a diamond tiara for his dog worth 4.2 million dollars, which featured over 100 karats of diamonds.

And he’s not the only one to go crazy with his pet’s adornment. Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are perhaps the most well known pet owners to pamper their dogs with ravishing accessories set with the finest and most expensive gemstones. Paris Hilton even included a pet collar in her own jewelry line.

And we ain’t just talking collars. Pet jewelry today includes a vast array of products such as ruby and diamond harnesses, diamond leashes, golden ID dog purses, emerald pet charms, and the list goes on.

One might ask oneself why anyone would ever need such products. I certainly am. What pet owner would actually think his or her pet is benefiting from carrying around terribly heavy diamond and gemstone jewelry. Couldn’t the money spent on diamond collars and crystal harnesses be put to better use? Is there even clientele for such pet jewelry items? Well, surprisingly, or not so surprisingly – yes there is. And it is a vastly growing niche in the jewelry industry. Many pet owners care a lot about their pets’ appearance. The pet has become another means of presenting and flaunting one’s status. If your kitty has a diamond and ruby collar, it says something about your status. But it says some other things about you too.

Several animal rights activists have voiced their objection to the whole “pet jewelry” idea. “Don’t drag your pet into your silly vanity parades. If you want to romp about wearing a 2.5 pound diamond tiara on your head – go right ahead. But don’t use your terrier for that purpose. That’s not what he or she is there for.”

Well, perhaps the folks who choose to adorn their pets with these exorbitant accessories figure they’ll just schedule an appointment with the pet shrink if their pets should show signs of discontentment with their owners’ new jewelry gifts.

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Man Drops Diamond Engagement Ring from Hot Air Balloon

November 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Hot Air Balloon Diamond Engagement Ring

You’d think a person would be careful enough with a precious diamond ring not to drop it from a hot air balloon – especially in the midst of a wedding proposal! But that is exactly what happened to Ohioan James Ng.

Seven days ago, Ng had all the pieces in place for the perfect proposal. He had organized a surprise hot air balloon ride with his girlfriend, Sonya Bostic, to make the moment memorable and romantic.

At about 500 feet above West Brach State Park, the 26 year old church pastor decided to make his move. Ng reached for his camera case where he had hidden the box holding the one-carat diamond engagement ring. But as he pulled out the case, he watched in horror when it clumsily slipped out of his hands and toppled down into the woods below.

According to Ng, the case seemed to have just popped over the edge. It hit a tree, fluttered around and spun all the way down. The proposal plans were destroyed and the diamond engagement ring was seemingly lost forever.

Ng couldn’t believe it. After crying out ” Oh no, what’s the name of this lake? What’s the name of this lake?!” Sonya Bostic caught on. She immediately knew that her engagement ring had been lost. So Ng went on with the wedding proposal, dropped down on one knee in all of his desperation, and Bostic said yes. If Ng set out to organize a memorable proposal, he’d done that and more.

Once the newly engaged couple landed, they immediately started researching the West Branch State Park. They spoke with the balloon company, and tried to get a sense of where the case might have dropped. It was all very methodical and organized. After using Google Maps to recreate the route of the balloon and sitting for hours with friends to plot possible flight paths, Ng went on foot to search for the lost camera case holding the precious diamond engagement ring. He broke down his search into grids and scoured the ground for a full week.

In the meantime, Ng tried to find a way to make the loss of the diamond engagement ring up to his new fiancé. He tied a twist-tie around her finger before going to Wal-Mart to buy a nine dollar temporary replacement ring. I guess if that’s the best he could do, then it has to be considered romantic, right? * Well, after seven days of searching the woods, Ng and a friend spotted the camera bag in dense brush. Amazingly, of all the items that had been in the camera case – camera, film, lenses and all, the only thing that remained in the case was the small box with the diamond engagement ring. Everything else had spilled out during the turbulent fall. Ng is sure that it was a miracle from God.

Yes, miraculously, Ng recovered a whole year’s worth of savings in that diamond ring, and was able to propose more gracefully. He got back down on his knee, put the diamond engagement ring on her finger, and it fit perfectly.

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Trick, Treat or Diamond Ring?

November 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Diamond Engagement Ring

Apparently there are better reasons to go trick or treating on Halloween than Almond Joys and Mars Bars. This Halloween, at least four people across the American continent have reported that their diamond engagement rings or wedding rings slipped off their fingers while handing out candy, and most likely ended up in some unsuspecting kid’s trick or treat bag! It appears that handing out diamond rings on Halloween is a more common phenomenon than you’d think.

If you live in Ohio, Washington State or Alberta, Canada, you should definitely take another look through your kids’ trick or treat sack to make sure they don’t accidentally chip their teeth on a very valuable surprise treat.

Parents used to be paranoid that their kids would end up with something gruesome among their candy stash like a syringe or a razor blade, but apparently what trick or treaters should really be on the lookout for when sifting through their hoard of goodies are diamond rings! A little less grisly, to say the least.

One woman in Terrace Park, Ohio, woke up the day after Halloween to discover that her three diamond anniversary ring was missing from her finger. She told reporters that she had just had her ring enlarged, and it must have slipped right off when she was tossing handfuls of candy into trick or treaters’ pillow cases and plastic orange pumpkins. Now she just hopes that someone finds her diamond anniversary ring and has the good grace to return it to her.

Another man in Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada also set out an alert to local parents to comb through their kids’ candy buckets, after discovering that his wedding band went missing on Halloween night. Apparently he was wearing his wedding ring on his pinky finger temporarily, after injuring his ring finger, and it must have slipped right off into someone’s trick or treat bag alongside the chocolate bars and lollypops he was shoveling out to the neighborhood kids. The man said he’d been married for 35 years and the wedding ring had a lot of sentimental value. He, too, is still hoping the wedding band will turn up.

A woman in Camas in southwest Washington also thought she gave an extra treat in the form of her two carat diamond engagement ring and alerted the neighborhood, but luckily she find the diamond ring underneath a plant by her front door.

The last story is actually a reverse case – a college student in Minnesota was surprised to find a gold ring set with a large amethyst surrounded by diamond flecks. This socially aware 21 year old student set out on All Hallow’s Eve with a group of her classmates to collect aluminum cans and spare change to donate to Habitat for Humanity. She managed to collect $330 in coins and cans – plus one amethyst and gold ring! She’s still not sure if the amethyst ring was a donation or an accident.

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Demanding a Diamond or Flipping the Bird?

September 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment

A recent billboard advertising campaign for diamond engagement rings by J. Foster Jewelers has been making drivers do a double take. The advertisement shows a young woman, holding up her engagement ring finger to show that, you guessed it, there’s no diamond engagement ring. At first glance though, it looks more like she’s flipping the bird. The clever ad sure gets drivers’ attention, though a few viewers chose to be offended by the amusingly provocative billboard.

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Diamond Billboard

The ad takes a new approach to diamond advertising, which for decades has tended to be a more serious affair. Who can forget the years of television adverts that show silhouetted figures in evening gowns and tuxes against a soundtrack of classical music, to convince us the diamonds were the ultimate in elegance and prestige. White diamonds sparkling against black backgrounds, elegant fonts, and formal attire were once the ingredients of diamond advertising, but evidently – no longer. Apparently DeBeers already laid enough groundwork since its “Diamonds are Forever” advertising campaign debuted in 1938, to convince the world that diamonds are the exclusive gemstone that can express eternal love and devotion. Now that everyone is convinced, diamond advertising can take a lighter, more entertaining tone.

Representatives from the jewelry store told reporters that some of the advertisement’s audiences were incensed by the billboard, but on the whole, they got far more positive than negative responses. And as everyone knows, causing a stir with negative publicity sometimes does more to get your name out there.

J. Foster Jewelers is an Ohio-based jewelry store, which devotes a good deal of attention to concocting entertaining and witty advertising campaigns that flirt with being provocative to really reel in consumer attention.

Other television adverts by the jewelry store can be seen on youtube – and they certainly get their fair share of views. Nothing like a blond in lingerie to grab viewers attention, especially when she finds the diamond engagement ring her boyfriend was apparently planning to propose with. When it gets stuck on her finger – things go haywire…

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Golden Boy: Saudi Tycoon Orders Gold Sex Toy for $50,000

August 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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Ruby

You can’t put a price tag on the “family jewels”, but a Saudi businessman came close this month when he ordered a solid gold penis enlarger, studded with 40 diamonds plus several rubies!

Priced at $47,000, the bejeweled gold sex toy shatters records as the priciest adult novelty item ever produced. Since the import of sex toys is prohibited in Saudi Arabia, the gold and diamond penis enlarger was certified as a medical device by the US government. The order is scheduled for special delivery to Saudi Arabia this October, in an armored vehicle.

The wealthy businessman, whose identity is unknown, although he’s known to live in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ordered the “male health accessory” from the X4 Labs, a Canadian company that manufactures medical devices.

Apparently the company didn’t take the order seriously at first, but when he sent in a down payment with his order, X4 understood that he meant business. At first he asked for a gold device, then later added the request to encrust the gold with diamonds and rubies.

The businessman’s rationale for ordering a gold version of the device was that he’s got a skin allergic towards stainless steel. Normally, the men’s health accessories market for about $400.

Not proficient in gold and diamonds, the medical laboratory had to recruit the assistance of a Montreal jeweler in designing and assembling the device. The company called the order a “historical benchmark” in the industry of adult novelties, and expects that it may launch a new trend.

X4 now offers the option of custom designs to all of its clientele, because apparently there’s a market niche of people whose purse strings are loose when it comes to lavish health “accessories”.

Hey, there’s nothing wrong with indulging every now and again.

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Diamond-studded Rolex Going Once… Government Auctions Off Bling

August 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Anyone feels great wearing a diamond-studded Rolex, but would it boost the thrill even more if your new timepiece used to adorn a gangster’s wrist? Well, it could happen! The loot forfeited by the government when they lock up criminals, gangsters and drug dealers doesn’t just collect dust in a drawer at the police station.

Every four months, the US Marshals Service holds an auction in a different city, as part of its asset forfeiture program, and offers up hundreds of pieces for sale to the public at large. The quadr-annual auction was just held in Austin, Texas, on August 1, raking in a whopping $2 million to benefit victim service programs and law enforcement agencies that played a role in the arrests. Where else can the money you spend blinging yourself out actually go for a good cause?

The pieces range from dazzling to downright tacky, with the most interesting pieces rating off the charts for gaudiness. Bidding at yesterday’s Austin auction started off with the more modest pieces – engagement rings and diamond bracelets, but progresssed consistently towards the more “unusual”. The priciest ice was a white gold bracelet studded with 250 round cut diamonds, and a Joe Rodeo wristwatch with no less than 252 diamonds encircling the band, plus 20 more carats glittering in the watch face – both valued at about $35,000. The “blingier” lot included a diamond-studded golden goblet engraved with a Medusa emblem and a plastic cup insert ($10,500), and a long gold chain with a pendant reading “Paid in Full”.

About 2000 people showed up for the Texas auction, mostly diamond retailers. But even if you can’t make it out to Texas, there’s online bidding at the auction website and a lot gallery that’s worth having a look at (check out the US Marshals Service site for updates). If you missed it this time around, don’t fret – there’s another one coming up in four months. Another reason to hope the PD gets those criminals off the street in the meantime!

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