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Gold Education

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If you’re buying gold jewelry for a baby, girl or young teen, here’s a gold education with all the gold information you need!

14K yellow gold and rose gold earrings

Gold is offered in three colors. Yellow gold, White gold, and Rose gold. 14K gold is perfect for everyday wear, although it is still fine jewelry and must be cared for as such.

Pure gold is 24K gold, but it is too soft for jewelry in its purest form. It is combined with alloys (a combination of other metals) and then crafted into jewelry. The percentage of gold is measured in “karats” or “K” or “KT”. This is not to be confused with “carats” which is the weight measurement for gemstones. 14 Karat Gold (14K or 14KT) has 14 parts gold and 10 parts of an alloy. 14K is 53.8% gold. 18K is 75% pure gold.

14K Yellow gold is produced by mixing pure 24K gold with an alloy of other metals, usually silver and copper. A higher amount of copper is used for a darker yellow shade.

14K White gold is made of 24K gold with an alloy of white metals such as palladium, nickel or silver, or zinc. White gold is usually plated with rhodium (a member of the platinum family) to remove any trace of yellow gold. Our white gold jewelry for children is nickel free.

14K Rose gold has become popular over the past few years. Rose Gold is produced by combining 24k gold with an alloy of gold, copper, and silver. The amount of copper added to the alloy determines the shade of the rose gold. The more copper, the more of a pink hue the rose gold jewelry will have.

Your gold jewelry will be stamped, and that is how you know it is authentic, solid gold.

Look for the “14K” or “585” stamp on 14K gold jewelry.

Look for the “18K” or “750” stamp on 18K gold jewelry.

Sterling silver is stamped .925

You can be sure when you buy fine children’s jewelry at The Jewelry Vine that you are purchasing quality, authentic jewelry.

 

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Paper Clip Jewelry – Fashion Trend – Don’t Miss It!

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Paper Clip Jewelry is one of the hottest jewelry trends this summer. Pretty, rectangle-linked chains go with every outfit and can be worn every day or dressed up. Our pieces come in rhodium plating sterling silver. Don’t miss this popular fashion trend!

https://www.thejewelryvine.com/product/sterling-silver-micro-pave-paper-clip-earrings/

 

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Wish List

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Savvy shoppers love Wish Lists. A Wish List is a collection of items that pique your interest but you may not be ready to immediately purchase. It’s the middle ground between buying or forgetting!

To use the jewelry wish list on our site, simply click the Add to Wishlist link on the product page. You’ll find the link right under the blue ADD TO CART button. To view your Wish List, click the pink heart at the top of the site (to the right of our logo).

 

Your Wish List will give you an easy way to remind yourself of the jewelry items you are interested in as you shop, or return to shop at a later time. You can also share your wish list by emailing it using the email icon at the bottom of the Wish List page. It looks like this.

Happy Shopping!

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Party Favors and Grab Bag Gifts for Under $10 ~ Silver Stud Earrings for Girls

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12
Feb

Are you looking for totally awesome and inexpensive party favors or grab bag gift for girls? We have a unique idea for you! Take a look at our silver earrings for under $10. We have the cutest designs in stylish and trendy jewelry motifs. They’re also super-practical as most girls have pierced ears. This is a fresh new gift idea for the girl who has just about everything. And presentation? Our earrings come packaged in our adorable logo jewelry box which is a high quality plastic pink box in the shape of a flower. The look is adorable and easy for gift giving or picking out one from a grab bag. Each pair of stud earrings are .925 sterling silver, hypoallergenic, and no-tarnish. With so many styles to choose from, our girls’ earrings for grab bag gifts are cool, fun, and sure to be adored. You can buy a few of each style, or one of each…it’s all up to you. If you order 15 or more pairs, we’ll also give you the gift of a 15% discount! Please email us for a discount code before placing your order.

Click here to see the whole collection

      

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New Luxury Gift Box with The Jewelry Vine Logo

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04
Nov

We’re thrilled to present our new luxury jewelry gift box!  It’s the perfect packaging to present your jewelry gift. The jewelry box is finished in a lovely pearlized pink paper with a peach tone. The box is adorned with a gray satin ribbon imprinted with our logo/name The Jewelry Vine. Packed inside its white outer box, it is a stunning presentation and will enhance any jewelry gift you give.

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Memorial Day 2020

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Some thoughts from us to you…
Memorial Day, May 25, 2020 is especially meaningful this year. Today is an American national holiday honoring those brave souls who served and died fighting for the great liberties we all enjoy. We are privileged to live in a great nation where we have so many freedoms that allow us to live a free and meaningful life. This year, with flags across the nation flying at half-mast, we also remember those we have lost during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

This is also a day for reflection. A day to be grateful for the many things in our lives we may have taken for granted against the backdrop of our new reality. Schools have been closed; restaurants, stores, and businesses across the nation are waiting to reopen; social gatherings are limited or non-existent, and life’s celebrations or visits with loved ones have been put on hold.

Unofficially, Memorial Day marks the beginning of the summer season. We’re not sure what summer is going to look like across America this year with COVID-19. We hope all the joys and experiences of summer will come your way.

Our online boutique store remains open and we’re here for you with our beautiful collection of fine children’s jewelry. We’ve been helping grandparents send graduation gifts from afar because this year there are no graduation ceremonies. We’re helping everyone send birthday gifts to young girls because currently there are no birthday parties. We’ve been here for all those new baby gifts to welcome little ones into the world and congratulate their parents on their little one’s arrival. We are still offering free shipping on orders over $50. We are praying that you and your families stay well and we are thankful for the opportunity to service you.

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Children’s Jewelry is a special gift from the Tooth Fairy!

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An amazing thing about girl’s jewelry is it makes a perfect gift to celebrate any occasion. One of our customers recently gave her daughter a few silver rings from The Tooth Fairy to celebrate the loss of another tooth. The Tooth Fairy left them under her pillow one night, with this darling message. We thought it was so original and cute, that we just had to repost it:

Dear Elina,
Congratulations on losing another tooth. It’s a gem! I have been waiting and waiting–just like you! I am so full of joy that I did a few extra twirls in the air as I flew to your house from The Enameled Palace. Enjoy! Don’t eat too many sweets because they aren’t good for your teeth. You are sweet enough already! I look forward to next time.
Tooth Fairy

Too cute, right?

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Help Australian Wildlife Harmed in Bush Fires with your purchase of Animal Earrings or Animal Jewelry

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Australian Koala Bear and her baby

We love animals and it pains us that Australian wildlife has been devastated from the bush fires. Millions of animals have died and others are in desperate need of care and healing. With your purchase of any animal theme jewelry, we will be donating a portion of the sale to animal rescue and recovery efforts in Australia.

We searched through our animal inspired jewelry and found a pair of sterling silver koala bear earrings and kangaroo earrings styles to add to our collection of fine children’s jewelry. Stand in solidarity with furry friends who need our help!

Australian Koala Bear Earrings and Kangaroo Earrings for Girls

Check out our collection: kid’s animal themed jewelry!
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Toddler Girl Jewelry

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Toddler girl jewelry is just precious. Our first pick for your toddler, if she has pierced ears, is our selection of screw back earrings for kids or even small hoop earrings. We have loads of classic and trendy earring styles for toddlers in both gold and silver. Bracelets and bangles are our second pick in toddler jewelry. We love our personalized bracelets which are custom made with her name and your choice of colors. Our guard and hinge bangles are super popular for this age group as well since they don’t slip off the wrist. Rings are our next pick as long as she only wears the ring with supervision and won’t put it in her mouth. Necklaces and lockets make truly beautiful keepsake jewelry for toddlers, and we suggest wearing necklaces daytime only, with supervision.

Since our jewelry is fine jewelry, we always recommend taking the jewelry off for swimming, or playground play or rough and tumble play. Although gift-givers may worry that toddlers are too young for fine jewelry, the truth is that it is safe if worn with care.

Grandparents, aunts, uncles, godparents, and special others in her life love to gift jewelry because it is the type of gift that can be kept as a keepsake and forges strong personal memories for her of the person gifting it. Quality jewelry can become an heirloom to be passed down to the next generation, which makes it especially meaningful in the family. We recommend the gift of fine jewelry from The Jewelry Vine for your toddler to celebrate any milestone such as birthdays, preschool graduations, dance recitals, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, and gifts for the flower girl. It’s a treasure she’ll treasure. Check out our jewelry for toddler girls.

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Best Hack for Lost Earring Backing…a pencil eraser!

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It’s back to school and this awesome trick will help her keep her earring on in a pinch, if she loses an earring back. Here’s a great lost earring back fix! Take the eraser from a pencil and used it to make a temporary backing. Stick the earring post through the eraser to make a hole, and swap out the eraser for a regular back upon arriving home after school. Who knew pencil erasers could come in handy for more than just math?! We hope this blog post helped provide you with a great earring back replacement hack.

earring with pencil eraser for backing
Using a pencil eraser for a temporary earring backing
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Caring for Silver Jewelry

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How do you take care of silver jewelry? Be kind to your sterling silver jewelry that will tarnish over time if not consistently worn and is not rhodium-plated. It tarnishes faster in air that has more pollution or is particularly warm and humid. So, store it in a small airtight bag, like a Ziploc bag, when not wearing it, and use a silver cloth to maintain its shine. If possible, remove your sterling silver jewelry when bathing or swimming. To polish it and remove tarnish, we highly recommend our special Klean Karats polishing cloth. Silver jewelry care is important. Trust us, it works wonders on your silver jewelry, and gold jewelry too!

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Beauties and the Beach ~ Jewelry when swimming

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Does pool safe jewelry exist? We know everyone wants to wear their jewelry in the pool and at the beach…especially the cute summer themed jewelry like those starfish earrings or anchor ring. But it if you really want to keep your jewelry in good condition, our motto is, “It’s summer and it’s pool time, but not for your jewelry!” Read on to find out what jewelry you can wear in the pool.

Here is the real deal about swimming and jewelry. Sterling silver jewelry can be damaged by chlorinated pool water or saltwater. The chemicals in the water can cause your jewelry to loose their luster and look dull. As for gold jewelry, all gold jewelry whether it is 10K, 14K or 18K is an made from a gold alloy since pure 24K gold is too soft to make jewelry. Chlorine is reactive with the metals in most of these alloys and can either turn the jewelry black, or cause the jewelry to loose its luster and shine.

So what do we do? Honestly, we do wear our everyday jewelry when swimming in the pool and going to the beach, and so do our children, but we realize we are doing so at our own risk. After a day in the sun, with sunscreen lathered everywhere, we give our jewelry a proper cleaning with jewelry cleaner to remove all the buildup. There are specific jewelry cleaners for each type of jewelry, so we advise reading directions carefully before immersing.

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Graduation Time ~ Jewelry Gifts for the Graduate

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Spring is here and so is graduation ~ graduation from preschool, elementary school, middle school, or high school.  Whether your sweet princess is 4 or 17, we have beautiful graduation jewelry gifts for kids to recognize her success and milestone. The Jewelry Vine has a wide selection of earrings, necklaces, and rings. Our personalized bracelets are an all time favorite, perfectly priced. Take at look at all of our jewelry to celebrate her on her special day. 

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14K Gold Filled Children’s Jewelry ~ What does Gold Filled Mean?

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What is gold filled jewelry? Gold-filled jewelry is fine jewelry, comprised of a thick, solid layer of gold pressure bonded to a base metal. It is durable and strong. Gold filled jewelry has the same valuable properties and look of 14K solid gold. It won’t tarnish, rub off, peel, or turn colors.

Girls 14K Gold Filled Heart Locket

Gold filled jewelry, like solid 14K jewelry, is part of the fine jewelry category. It has approximately 100 times more gold than gold plated jewelry. It looks and wears like solid 14K gold and has inherent worth unlike gold-plated jewelry which can quickly rub off.

14K Gold Filled Engraved Baby Bracelet

Gold filled bangle bracelets, necklaces for girls and gold filled lockets for children are a fabulous alternative to solid gold which sells for at least triple the price. Our gold filled baby bangles are best sellers. They are classic, durable, and beautiful. Know that our children’s 14K gold filled jewelry is lifetime guaranteed against any manufacturing defects, so you can purchase baby jewelry and children’s jewelry with confidence.

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Fixing a Huggie Earring that Won’t Snap Tightly Closed

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Huggie Earring with Snap Hinge Closure

Huggie earrings for girls are hoops with a snap hinge closure. Girls love them because they are fashionable and comfortable to wear. They click into place and offer that lovely small hoop look which are a nice change from stud earrings. Over time however, a huggie earring can become loose by failing to click into place as tightly as it used to. If that is the case, it’s time for an adjustment, and we’re going to teach you how to do an easy self-fix and solve the problem!

Take the earring in the open position and gently use your thumb to push up on the curved post. If you do this gently, you will ever so slightly push the curved post upwards and you will find that the earring will close again with a tighter “click.” If you find that you cannot get the earring to close, you may have pushed the curved piece up too much. Try pushing on it ever so slightly to move it downwards a bit. Then try to snap the earring closed. You can adjust the curved post down or up until you hear it click into the locking mode tightly. This small adjustment, from time to time, will keep your huggie earrings tight and working like new. We hope The Jewelry Vine was able to help you figure out how to fix a huggie earring that won’t snap tightly closed!

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Treating an Infected Ear Piercing

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Ear piercings can become infected, especially when they are new. But there is plenty you can do to prevent an ear piercing infection, and we will also tell you how to treat it should it occur.

If your child’s ear piercing is infected you will know because it will have any or all of these symptoms: pain, itching, burning, redness, swelling, tenderness, puss. What do you do for an infected ear piercing?

To treat the infected ear contact your pediatrician for advice. We recommend using the ear piercing cleaner you received when you pierced her ears, or a saline solution. Do not use alcohol or hydrogen peroxide as these will irritate the already inflamed skin and will slow down the healing process. These substances may very kill bacteria, but they also kill the fresh skin cells her body is making to heal the area. When using ear solution for pierced ears, make sure to clean both sides of her earlobe.

As for the earrings in her ear, do not remove them, unless you know they are the culprit of the infection. Replace them immediately with sterile, clean genuine gold earrings in 14K or children’s earrings in 18K. Earrings that commonly irritate ears after immediate or extended wear are usually fashion earrings as opposed to gold earrings or rhodium plated sterling silver earrings. Removing the earring may seem like the natural thing to do, but in doing so, the hole will likely close up.

To prevent infection, make sure the skin around her piercing and the earring has room to breath. That means the backing on the earring shouldn’t be too tight against her skin. Children that are prone to infected ear piercings may do better with a hoop or lever back style which allows plenty of air to flow around the piercing and the earring. We hope we were able to provide some help on what to do for an infected ear piercing and how to prevent future ones.

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Is it better to buy rhodium plated sterling silver jewelry for children as opposed to plain sterling silver?

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What is rhodium plated sterling silver? What’s so good about it? In our opinion, everything! We all know that sterling silver naturally tarnishes. For children with sensitive skin or allergies to silver, rhodium plated sterling has become the answer to getting that white gold look with a truly affordable price tag.

Girls Classic Sterling Silver Hoop Earrings

What exactly is rhodium? Rhodium is part of the platinum family and is the most expensive of all precious metals.

Let’s talk about the benefits. Firstly, rhodium makes silver jewelry really shine. It has incredible luster. It provides a true no-tarnish finish, so you no longer have to worry about your silver jewelry oxidizing and turning black. It’s silvery-white, hard, doesn’t corrode or scratch easily. It is simply the perfect plating to put over silver jewelry. And for the big one…it is hypoallergenic which means there shouldn’t be any irritation when wearing it. It extends the life of the sterling silver jewelry making it a total pleasure to wear.

And in the children’s jewelry world, this means she gets the look of white gold or platinum for a fraction of the price. Most children’s jewelry manufacturers are now rhodium plating all of their sterling silver jewelry. It is the trend in silver jewelry for kids and it’s here to stay. We hope our blog post helped clear up any concerns you might have about rhodium plated or plain sterling silver jewelry for your children!

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Butterfly Rings for Children ~ BFly Rings

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Spring is right around the corner! Life begins anew and butterflies flutter through the air. We proudly sell Sterling Silver BFly rings which feature a patented gem-cut stone in 12 vibrant colors – one for each birthstone month. Look no further if you would like a quality, well-priced butterfly children’s ring in a size 1, 2, 3, or 4. (Sorry, no half-sizes). These butterfly rings for children are adorable and shout “Spring.” These are forever popular, always well received. And the Bfly collection comes with matching butterfly necklaces, butterfly earrings, and butterfly bracelets if you would like to make a jewelry set. Each ring is packaged in an adorable BFly gift box. Surprise her for her birthday, for graduation, or just to say, “I love you!” with our adorable butterfly rings for children.

  • BFLY RINGS
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Unicorn Jewelry for Girls ~ Unicorn Earrings and Necklaces

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Kids of all ages absolutely love our unicorn jewelry for girls. The unicorn is a beautiful mythical creature ~ typically a white, silver, or golden horse with a single, straight horn projecting from its forehead. Unicorns are associated with innocence and magic and are often featured characters in children’s books and fantasy fiction.

Dangle Unicorn Earrings

Unicorn jewelry is oh, so popular. We have a limited selection of quality unicorn earrings and necklaces for young girls in both silver and gold.

14K Gold Unicorn Pendant Necklace

Our most popular unicorn earring is offered in your choice of 14K yellow white gold with screw on backs, and 14K yellow gold with regular posts and push on backs.

14K Unicorn Earrings
14k White Gold Unicorn Earrings with Screw Backs
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How to Figure Out a Child’s Bracelet Size

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Let us help you figure out how to determine your children’s bracelet size, so that when you buy a baby bracelet or children’s bracelet it will fit the first time!

To begin, know that there are two types of children’s bracelets: the bangle and the chain or link bracelet. A regular children’s bracelet is formed from chain links, and uses a clasp to secure it on the wrist. The bangle bracelet is slipped on and off the child’s wrist and is often oval in shape but can be perfectly round as well. Most of our bangles have a guard and hinge closure, which means they open up to put on, and then the inner guard slides into the bangle to lock and secure into place (picture a pocket door). This type of child bangle is more secure. It opens up wide to put on and then needs to be opened again to take off. The Jewelry Vine has an extensive collection of gold and silver bracelets and bangles .

Baby Bangles and Children’s Bangles

HOW TO FIGURE OUT A CHILD’S BRACELET SIZE:

  1. Use a flexible measuring tape or piece of string or ribbon, and gently wrap it around the child’s wrist, just below the wrist-bone, in the same place where you would place a watch.
  2. Take note of the measurement if using a measuring tape, or cut the string to the proper length. Then lay the string out straight and measure it using a ruler.
  3. Add ½” to the measurement to obtain the proper bracelet size.

Sizing for the bangle and the chain bracelet are slightly different. Here is a general sizing guide:

Girl’s Silver Cinderella Charm Bracelet
SIZE CHART FOR BRACELETS (TO BE USED AS A GENERAL GUIDE)
AGEBRACELET SIZE
 Newborn – 6 months 4” – 4 ½”
 6 -12 months 4 ½” – 5”
 1 – 4 years 5″ – 5 ½”
 4 – 7 years 5 ½” – 6″
 7 – 10 years 6” –  6 ¼”
Teen 6 ½” – 7”+
SIZE CHART FOR BANGLES (to be used as a general guide)
AGESIZEBANGLE SIZE
 Baby  XS 4 ½” circumference
 2 – 6 years  S 5 ¼” circumference
 6 – 8 years  M 5 3/4″ circumference
 8+ years  L 6 ¼” + circumference