by Justice Lawrence

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I think we can all agree that we have something special that we can’t live out. For some of us that special thing is jewelry. I don’t know about you, but I often wonder what’s the reason why someone wears a specific jewelry item, so I decided to ask around and see what others had to say about the jewelry they love to wear.

Starting with the first photo in the gallery, we have Deangela sporting a few necklaces, but were just focusing on the silver necklace for now. Deangela’s silver necklace was sent to her as a gift from her cousin currently deployed and in the army. In the next photo we have Jayshun wearing one of his favorite Invicta watches. Jayshun loves this watch because its made to look like a Rolex without paying Rolex money. Photo three is the lovely Jessica sporting her beautiful engagement ring.

In the second to last image we have Jocelyn wearing her grandmothers gold wedding band on a chain to keep close to heart. I tell ya, family heirlooms are just the sweetest things to me. Lastly, we have Keyonna wearing her gold heart ring. Keyonna’s ring was a surprise gift to her by her father, and she makes sure to never take off. I have a few special pieces I hope to share with you sweet gems some day myself. Do you have a special jewelry item you can’t live without? If you don’t or would like to know how to add more special jewelry items to your collection check out my post on meaningful-jewelry.

In FDOM this semester, I had the opportunity to learn good information about content creating and social media. I really enjoyed learning how to use WordPress and hope that my knowledge of it will continue to grow in the future. I’ve always wanted to be a content creator, but always shied away from ever doing anything because I had no experience. I honestly had no Idea how hard and rewarding it was to produce content . My favorite experience of this project was just being able to put myself out there.

If I could improve anything about my website I would choose to structure it differently. I’m not a big fan of having the one column for posts. I also felt I could have promoted my website better, especially since I mostly used my twitter which I barely have any following at the moment. I want to in the future promote my page on social Medias I use more like Facebook and Instagram. This experience will benefit me in the future because I will continue to use it to build a platform that will hopefully bring me to produce content on YouTube.

My most viewed week was between 2/11/2019-2/17/2019. I had 7 views and 5 visitors that week which I think impressive considering it was my first week that I uploaded anything. MY most popular post was gold plated, gold-filled and gold vermeil. It got 6 views and I feel it got the most because I promoted it on my Instagram, unlike my other posts. I was surprised honestly that I got any views in this short time of blogging because I used a brand new twitter that I didn’t have any following on.

By Justice Lawrence

Finding the perfect wedding ring can be a serious and expensive adventure. There were many times working as a jewelry consultant that a customer wanted to return their ring because they didn’t consider all the factors of what a perfect ring would be for them. Most people only think about prices when it comes time to pick out that special ring, but I can tell you that there is much more that needs to be considered. Here are a few things to remember when finding your perfect ring.

The metal type is one of the most important things to take in consideration when finding that ring because different metals require different maintenance. White gold is just yellow gold with some kind of plating like rhodium, and over time, especially if your someone who uses there hands a lot, the rhodium wears off exposing the yellow gold. Most customers with white gold rings have to get a new plating every few months and this whole process could take about 2-3 weeks before the ring is returned to the customer. If you are some one who uses there hands a lot and/or want a metal with the least amount of maintenance I recommend platinum. Platinum is more pricey than most other metals, including gold, but it last the longest and can withstand a lot before showing any wear or tear.

Yellow gold requires less maintenance, in my opinion, than white gold, but it may need a polish here and there like most metal rings need. Silver requires a lot of maintenance because it often gets misshaped and tarnishes easily. The good thing about silver is a lot of the maintenance can be done at home, unlike other metals were you would have to send it off to be worked on. The shape, cut, and clarity should be considered when purchasing a ring as well. Certain shapes and cuts easily snag clothing compared to other shapes, and I have honestly seen people come to the store to complain about this more often.