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when you see on tv when people are given them floral necklaces / hawaiian necklaces, what are they called and where can i get some from.

The Hawaiian Necklaces are called Leis (a lei).

They can often be bought at joke stores/fancy dress stores and are usually cheap.

Also can be found at Hallmarks cards and Birthdays- both card and party shops- although there they are often more deer.

Hope this helped!!!

P.S.
If your not from Britian I'm not sure they have Hallmarks or Birthdays so try my first option- joke stores, or a diffrent party shop.

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I buy my jewelry from department stores like Macy and also places like Walmart. Over time some of these jewelry tarnish. I want to clean them using tarnish remover, but how do I know if the jewelry is made out of silver, brass, steel, or whatnot? Will a tarnish remover work on most of the jewelry pieces or will it ruin some of them? Thanks.

If it is costume jewelry, it will be base metal, brass most likely and then gold plated, silver plated and rhodium plated. You can clean the silver plated stuff with a sterling silver cleaner, best a cloth. For the other stuff you can get costume jewelry cleaner or just use luke warm water with dish washing liquid. Don't let rhinestones with closed back settings get wet.

Sterling Silver you can clean with a silver cloth or other silver cleaners.

All plated costume jewelry will eventually loose the plating and the unsightly base metal will come through. Nothing you can do about that. If you want to avoid that, you will have to buy jewelry made out of solid material, solid copper, sterling or gold filled.

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I make jewellery…need ideas how to sell them…i started this work a year back…but going bad in marketing…please suggest how…?

Consider selling at craft shows. If you get in with one and make a few friends, your set. You'll then know where and when all of them are. There's another site called etsy. That's where you can set up an online store on a really great site. Then you can make flyer's and set them in colleges, laundry mats, do drawings, make baskets and include them in there's crafttown.com etc. Get your name out there anyway and every way you can. Use free advertisement sites to advertise. If you have a website then consider affilaites. Write me, I will be very happy to help you. (just click on my name)

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A dear, sweet catholic friend gave it to me. Would it be inappropriate to wear them as jewelry? I don't wish to be disrespectful by misusing her gift.
I will not become Catholic, but I do thank you for your answers and suggestions.

I do not thumbs down people who are kind enough to answer my questions.
Schmecky, comment avez-vous savent que je suis francais?

To bead or knot to bead…

Madonna (the singer not the Blessed Virgin) made it popular as jewelry in the 80's (and the Goths still seem to like the look) but it was common in Medieval or Renaissance times to wear them around the neck, pinned to your shoulder, or looped over your belt or wrist. It is acceptable to most to wear a rosary if one is doing so to show veneration, however it is not acceptable to all if one is wearing the rosary 'irreverently'. It is much like wearing a cross on a chain around your neck. You yourself have to decide why you are wearing them, where you fit in reverent/irreverent, and how your friend will view your wearing of them. The persecuted Catholics, such as those of Irish decent, are (understandably) a little more sensitive about the rosary then most.

Rosary beads are used as a prayer counting device to meditate on the mysteries. By moving your fingers along the beads as you pray you do not have to keep track of the count mentally and can concentrate on the mysteries; it is much like chanting a mantra and Eastern meditation. They are originally attributed in Christianity to St. Basil or St. Paul of Thebes (a hermit and not the Apostle Paul of Tarsus) and are also known as Chaplets or Chotkis in Eastern Christianity. The version you have though probably trace their origin back more directly to St. Dominic and the twelfth century.

I could go into detail about the prayers but I am pretty sure that is not what you are looking for.

Here is a link if you want that information though:

http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/practices/praying_rosary.htm

I hope that helps!

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its a serious relashionship

You can get her something nice at really anypoint in your relationship (just because I care about you gifts are always a big hit), but since you have only been together for less than 3 months, I wouldnt go with anything too terribly fancy. I nice petite ring, cute necklace, bracelet, or earrings are nice.

You should first find out from her family if she is allergic to any specific type of metal. Then, I would start with a nice piece of sterling silver since your relationship is so young. As the relationship progresses, you can get her something better (gold or a more precious stone) and thus more expensive jewelery. Its always better to start out smaller and work your way up.

But definately consult with her family first to make sure you get her something she will love.

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I can't wear cheap earrings as they infect my ears so I gather I am allergic to something that must be in cheap earrings.

steel, brass, copper, nickle and mixture of other cheap metals; expensive metals are silver, gold, platium… If you really allergic to cheap metals, avoid them and buy some silver or k gold earrings(Note that k gold below 14k could not be called as k gold piece due to its low gold conclusion)

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I know that black means sex and white means marry, but what do the other sex bracelets mean? Thanks

Black: sexual intercourse
Blue: blow job (alternate meaning: lap dance)
Green: cunnilingus (alternate meaning: outdoor sex, hug)
Clear: whatever you want (alternate meaning: hug)
Orange: kiss
Yellow: hug (alternate meaning: analingus)
Red: lap dance (alternate meaning: French kiss, oral sex)
Purple: anal sex (alternate meaning: holding hands, doggy style)
Silver: fisting
White: flash your t*ts (alternate meaning: gay kiss, French kiss)
Pink: flashing
Gold glitter: make out
Brown: toss my salad, i.e., analingus
Glow in the dark: using sex toys, e.g. vibrators, dildos, etc.

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my friend has a huge jewelry stand that she said she got from ikea for around 10 dollars years ago. i can't find it there. it is made especially for the long big beaded necklaces girls wear. not those itty bitty necklace stands for small nice pieces of jewelry. I can't find anything like it anywhere but is brown and kind of looks like large branches. Takes up a huge part of her bureau.

my mom just bought me this jewelry stand for christmas. i'm not really sure where she got it from, but you can try like tjmaxx or target or home goods. i think that's the kind of stand you're looking for. sorry i can't help other than saying that. haha, good luck.

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Like Claire's jewelry or some of the stuff from For Love 21/Forever 21. After some time it can change colors and get sort of rusty looking. I heard that you can paint clear nail polish on it and it won't change. Any other tips?

And then the clear nail polish starts chipping and you have little flakes with the funny rusty color slices coming off your jewelry. The chemicals in your skin cause those changes, so pretty much you just need to plan to replace things as they get bad.

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http://www.pagoda.com/Jewelry.aspx?pid=143&productCat=Earrings I’ve been trying for awhile.
top row, 2nd pair to the left.
actually it's more like the bottom row, 2nd from the left.
I didn't put them in, these are my piercing earrings. Anyway I'll go home and try lifting up, I was trying to pull out. I didn't see a latch in the mirror.

Link isn’t working.

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