Turtle Jewelry

Sterling Silver Turtle Jewelry

The turtle has held a place in mans heart for a long time. Turtles have been pets and cartoons characters and the subject of childrens books. Turtle jewelry made from sterling silver is a very engaging and attractive. Sterling silver turtle necklaces and sterling silver charms and pendants.

The turtle has symbolism such as the sure and steady message this creature brings to our lives.  It is also represents a powerful totem for protection by its withdrawing into it's shell is an amazing self-defense mechanism. The turtle has few predators, which gives it an innocent energy. This also increases its lifespan, and so holds the symbolic meaning for longevity in many cultures. The Turtle necklace charm is a great representation of the turtle symbolism.

Sterling silver Turtle jewelry is a great fashion statement as well as a nice symbolic statement.

Sterling Silver Horse Necklace

STERLING SILVER HORSE NECKLACE

Sterling silver Horse jewelry is a wonderful genre of specialty jewelry. Celebrating the grand role of the horse in our history and our life today. Celebrate your love for horses with horse jewelry.

Whether you love the Morgan horse, the Arabians horses, Clydesdale horse, Thoroughbred horses, Mustangs, Stallion, American Quarter horse, Appaloosa, American Paint Horse. All of these types of horses and many more are represented by the sterling silver horse necklace listed for sale on the Horse Necklace.

With the horse pendants that are for sale at SilverANIMALS.com you can make whatever type of horse necklace you want. 

Humanity would not be where it is today if it were not for the horse. The horse gave mobility to mankind. it gave man power in war, horses gave men the ability to farm better and set up greater commerce. It was on the back of the horse that humanity moved forward.

The horse pendants can represent a great number of purebred and thoroughbred horses. The range of horses that can be represented by these horse pendants and horse necklaces in sterling silver giving a broad range of horse jewelry as opposed to a very small collection of horse jewelry in other precious metals.

STERLING SILVER CELTIC IRISH JEWELRY

STERLING SILVER CELTIC IRISH JEWELRY

Sterling silver Celtic and Irish jewelry are the most popular of all sterling silver specialty jewelry. Speciality jewelry is jewelry that primarily use charms and pendants to depict a theme like Christian jewelry or Irish jewelry or Animal jewelry etc.

Trinity Knot Necklace

Under the genre of a certain specialty jewelry like Celtic and Irish jewelry you have Celtic knot jewelry, Irish jewelry, silver Celtic jewelry, Irish cross necklaces, Irish Claddagh jewelry or mens Celtic jewelry. Or under Christian jewelry you would have Christian necklaces, Religious jewelry, Cross jewelry and so forth.

The focus on this jewelry blog is Celtic knot jewelry and Irish Jewelry. These two genres could be separate or related. It's a matter of opinion because many world wide consider them one in the same thing but in America we sometimes separate them into two genres. But in truth their history overlaps and the designs over lap.

We will start with sterling silver Celtic jewelry, then we will review sterling silver Irish Jewelry and then lastly we see the convergence of the two.

 

Sterling Silver Celtic Jewelry

Under Celtic jewelry you have mens Celtic jewelry, womens Celtic jewelry, Celtic jewelry, Celtic knot jewelry, Celtic knot jewelry rings, earrings, toe rings etc. Because Celtic jewelry is so closely connected to try and make a difference between Mens Celtic Jewelry and Womens Celtic Jewelry is almost just an advertisement gimmick except there is one notable difference between the two. That is size. Typically mens Celtic jewelry will be bigger than woman's Celtic knot jewelry. But even that is subjective. Typically it's a matter of taste.

Trinity Necklace

Sterling silver Celtic knot jewelry is a broad genre of Celtic jewelry. The Celtic knot part of Celtic jewelry is denoted by the presence of Celtic knots. There is a smaller category of Celtic jewelry that doesn't have as much of the Celtic knot or in some cases no knots at all but rather Celtic weaves and other Celtic elements. Some future Celtic jewelry blog will cover that aspect.

Sterling Silver Irish Jewelry

Irish jewelry is a derivative of Celtic jewelry. The history of the Celtic evolves into the history of the Irish people, the Scottish people and the English people as well as a few other UK islands.

Of all the United Kingdom countries, Ireland has the closest ties to the Celtic peoples and that closeness is reflected in Irish jewelry.

One of the beautiful aspect of Irish jewelry is that one segment of Irish jewelry reflect the Irish heritage and culture like the Irish dancers and the traditional three and four leaf clovers and shamrocks.

Four Leaf Clover Necklace

Claddagh Necklace

These are just a few examples of Irish jewelry necklaces that demonstrate some of the Irish culture. These symbols the four leaf clover necklace and the Irish Claddagh necklace are very popular.

Irish Celtic Jewelry

How does Irish jewelry and Celtic jewelry come together to make Irish Celtic jewelry? Or how does it come about that the terms Celtic jewelry and Irish jewelry are interchangeable terms?

Part of the answer comes under the "Sterling Silver Irish Jewelry" section of this Celtic Jewelry blog. The other part is a literal mix of symbols as shown below:

This pair of Celtic and Irish Claddagh dangle Earrings is a combination If the Irish Claddagh jewelry symbol and the Celtic weave knot symbol. This is an ultra rich symbolic pair of  Celtic Irish Claddagh Earrings.

This  Grand Irish Claddagh pendant is another great example of mixing Irish jewelry symbols with Celtic jewelry symbols. You have the claddagh in the middle of the round pendant and as a border around the Irish Claddagh you have a Celtic knot weave.

Cross Jewelry

STERLING SILVER CROSS JEWELRY

Crosses are almost as old as the circle as far as ancient shapes. How crosses became instruments of torture and death I didn't care to research. But that is really why the cross symbol came into vogue for Christians.

Cross Necklace

The cross was used on Jesus Christ. After about 200 years or more the cross started to be used as a Christian symbol. It was slow going at first becasue of the sysmbolism of torture and death that it represented. Some used a Crucifix which is a cross with a depiction of Jesus on the cross. The other cross is empty to represent the resurrection.

Mens Cross Necklace

Whatever the symbolism the crosses have for you they can be worn as a Cross necklace in many different ways. The have cross necklaces for me and for women. They have cross necklaces in various styles representing their culture and associated symbols.

Crosses

Their are cross necklaces for women and the last decade or two the mens cross necklace has come into popularity.  The cross necklaces for men are very important to Christian men and are a perfect gift for Christmas or Easter. Birthday of Fathers Day or any day of the week.

Dog Tag Cross Necklaces For Men

My dear Mom used to buy us "love gifts". These were gifts randomly given to show love and celebrate the moments of love. The Cross necklaces for men are perfect "love gift" to give the Christian man in your life.

Animal Jewelry Under The Sea

STERLING SILVER ANIMAL JEWELRY UNDER THE SEA

There are countless animals who live under the sea and many of them are celebrated in the form of animal jewelry. Let's take a look at some of the under water animals memorialized forever with sterling silver animal jewelry.

Sterling Silver Seahorse Necklace

Sea Horse Totem: Protecting the young and those weaker than themselves. Seahorses can also be a bridge between the Spirit Water World and the Living World.

Sterling Silver Seahorse Earrings

Penguin Necklace

Penguin Symbolism

Sacrifice. Self-discipline. Self-maintenance. Aesthetic Appearance. Water Mastery. Air Mastery. Uncommon Grace. Dreams.  Determination.

Silver Dolphin Jewelry Necklace Charms

Sea Life and Ocean Jewelry reflects so many under water animals from dolphins to whales to starfish to sea shells and the list is almost endless just as the sea life.

Starfish Pendant Necklace

Sand Dollar Necklace

Seashell Jewelry

This blog looks like a sterling silver aquarium with all the sea life and ocean life memorialized in solid sterling silver.

 

Cross Necklace

CROSS NECKLACE

There are over two billion Christians on earth and the universal symbol of most of them is the symbol of the cross. There are many Christian symbols in the 2000 years of Christian history. The way the Christian crosses have been worn most of the time is by way of the cross necklace. Cross necklaces are the most popular piece of jewelry in the silver Religious jewelry genre or the Christian jewelry category.

It may not be a stretch to even suggest that the cross necklace is the most popular type of necklace of all time. The sterling silver cross necklace has been worn since around 300 to 400 a.d. when the cross became a Christian symbol. Before crosses became the Christian defacto symbol the Christian fish  was a big Christian symbol.

When they stopped using the Cross as a method of death and torture the Christians reflected on it as the symbol of Christ or Christianity. Some wore a cross with the Savior still on it and others preferred to have an empty cross which was more of sign of the ressurection. Either way the crosses in thier various styles and Christian cultures.

The cross necklaces were first made from carved wood or binded wood hung by a strip of leather or cord of some kind. Fast forward about 1500 years and the crosses used by Christians developed into many symbolic styles as different Christian cultures added their symbols and elements to it.

One such example is known as the Crusader crosses. These crusader cross necklaces were developed in medieval times and were used by knights and general aristocracy and in heraldry. Others call the crusader cross necklace a fleur de lis cross necklace. Either way they make a great example of cultural affect on the design of the cross and adding symbolism to an already symbolic cross necklace.

Now days the cross necklace is most popular in sterling silver. There are gold, titanium and stainless steel cross necklaces but the most popular by a country mile are sterling silver cross necklaces.

The sterling silver cross necklace is more reflective than any other cross necklace made from any other precious metal. If you compared a cross necklace made from sterling silver cross necklace to the same one made in white gold, the sterling silver cross necklace is more affordable, brighter, more reflective  and better looking.

Crosses make fine religious jewelry. The Celtic crosses of the last 500 or 600 years make for very fine example of cultural influences in the relm of religious jewelry. These Celtic crosses make for fine cross rings, cross earrings and cross necklaces

The sterling silver cross necklace is many things to many people all around the world. There are also many American  cross necklaces to add to the collection like the Church cross, so named becasue many churches are built in the shape of a cross. Look at this cross necklace.

Sterling Silver Religious Jewelry

STERLING SILVER RELIGIOUS JEWELRY

The jewelry religious people wear will depend on what religion they are. At HandCraftedCollectibles.com (HCC) They have both Christian jewelry and religious jewelry. They sell not only religious jewelry but they sell jewelry that is Christian friendly as well like friendship jewelry, affirmation jewelry to name a few.

The jewelry religious people wear can range from Buddha, Hindu and Jewsih jewelry to Christian jewelry. HCC sells only in America so their focus is on Christian jewelry.

One of the categories of Religious jewelry that is sold at HandCraftedCollectibles is Cross necklaces for women. It is a page dedicated to silver cross necklaces for women.

The Celtic Cross Pendant is a knockout fashion wise when looking for something with extra symbolism and more flare. You can easily combine fashion and spirituality with the Celtic cross pendant making Celtic cross pendant necklaces.

Silver Religious jewelry is popular and a good seller even during tough economic times. People don't have as much money after meeting all their bills so when they are buy themselves jewelry they want something with inspiration and meaning such as sterling silver religious jewelry.

Jewelry For Mom

Mothers Jewelry

Moms, mothers and wives are always deserving of a heart felt show of appreciation with jewelry for mom. Getting jewelry for mom has never been as unique or special as the Mothers jewelry available at HandCraftedCollectibles.com (HCC), home of the largest sterling silver religious jewelry collection in the world.

HCC has a Mothers Jewelry section dedication to providing mothers and wives perfect gifts for Mothers day, Christmas, Easter, birthdays or any other day of the week.

These sterling silver mommy jewelry charms hang together on a sterling silver necklace creating the Mom pendant necklace the really speaks to the heart and soul of you Mom or Mother or Wife.

Tell your Mom just how awesome she is with this Mom pendant necklace.

The affirmation mom charm, mommy charms, mom pendant and Mother pendant used in these Mommy jewelry necklaces are inscribed with motivating, positive words to describe your feelings about your mom.

This I love you Mother necklace is one of the Mommy jewelry feature necklaces but there are many more Mom necklaces in the Mom jewelry collection that you need to see to believe.

The mommy jewelry collection provides this attractive "Love Mom Forever" necklace.

Celtic Jewelry

WHY IS WEARING CELTIC JEWELRY SO POPULAR?

Celtic jewelry is amazingly popular. Attempting to answer why Celtic jewelry is so popular will be difficult and probably impossible to answer the question completely. Who can say what makes people tick? But we can supply some good general ideas as what makes Celtic knot jewelry so popular.

The first reason why sterling silver Celtic jewelry is so popular is because the Celtic knot style is highly geometric. Think about it. People wear heart necklaces, circle necklaces, square pendant necklaces etc. Silver Celtic jewelry is very geometric and that appeals to many people.

Then you add some symbolism to the geometric shapes and you have even more interest in Celtic jewelry. There is a type of Celtic knot jewelry that is called the Celtic trinity knot style of Celtic jewelry. The Trinity knot jewelry is a Celtic knot in the shape of three corners, usually rounded. Each corner represents a member of the Holy Trinity. Silver Celtic Trinity knot jewelry is as much Christian jewelry as Celtic.

Celtic knot jewelry has many styles and types of Celtic knots ranging from authentic Celtic shapes found in the study of ancient Celts.

The Celtic pendant shown in the above picture is an authentic Celtic knot style.

The following Celtic knot pendant is a great Celtic style but it is not authentic. The interweaving, geometric styles of the Celtic knot allow silversmiths the option of creating anything with the basic Celtic knot or weave and call it Celtic.

That may seem like a unethical thing to do but in reality it is not a big deal except for the purists who really study the Celtic culture. Because the Celts didn't have a written language very few authentic Celtic knots are understood as to their meaning. Researchers have found that certain Celtic symbols have had one meaning in one time period and a few hundred years later the meaning is altogether different.

 

Due to lack of accurate definitions of Celtic symbols what does it hurt to have some very attractive sterling silver Celtic jewelry pieces be made up by jewelry artisans.

There is a style of sterling silver Celtic jewelry that perhaps may be the most popular of all Celtic jewelry and that is Celtic cross jewelry. In the Celtic cross jewelry subcategory, there are Celtic cross charms, Celtic cross pendants, Celtic cross necklaces and more. Celtic cross jewelry is simply Celtic jewelry where the focal point is a cross with a ring or circle around the intersection. Almost always there is more Celtic symbolism included in the design including Irish Celtic jewelry symbols. For example check out the picture below.

Consider this legand about Celtic Crosses

Legend has it that Saint Patrick introduced the symbol of the crosses to the pagan Celts. They meet with some resistance and eventually a compromise was reached where the Celts added a Celtic Knot to the center of the traditional crosses. This lead to the creation of Celtic Crosses and the Celtic Cross necklace has become extremely popular as a non denominational symbol of Christian faith. The Christians definitely helped the symbol of the Celtic Cross become mainstream. The "Celtic cross" was used as a grave marker before St. Patrick and the other Christians came to Ireland. So this "legand" must be taken as just that, a legand.

The Irish Celtic jewelry means two things: It is a combination of Irish and Celtic symbols creating a piece of jewelry, it is also a term applied to any type of Irish jewelry or Celtic jewelry.

What do the two pictures above and below have in common? The both have distinct Celtic elements in them and they both have disctince Irish Jewelry elements in them. These are a good example of the first definition of Irish Celtic Jewelry.

Silver Irish Claddagh Rings

Celtic Knot Silver Jewelry Symbol

The Celtic Knot is also know as the endless knot or eternity knot, due to the fact that the majority of Celtic knot designs have no beginning and no end. Some refer to it as the eternity or infinity symbol. Further these Celtic "endless" knots remind us of the endless nature of our spirit. It also calls to mind the cycles of birth, death and rebirth. Our spirits have no beginning and no end and life is just a portion of the life cycle. 

 

 So these Celtic knot silver jewelry pieces are popular for a bunch or reasons but this Celtic knot jewelry blog gives us some ideas as to the popularity of the amazing genre of sterling silver Celtic jewelry.

Mothers Jewelry

Mothers Jewelry

What do you get your Mother for Mothers Day? What do you get your wife for a special present? How do you show that Mom in your life how you feel?

Buy her a mothers necklace from a very unique collection of Mom jewelry. The Mom jewelry necklaces are unique in that they are made from affirmation word charms. These mother necklaces speak to you and will speak to the wonderful woman in your life.

This jewelry speaks of the Mommy to the Mom to the Mother in your life. The Mommy jewelry is a way to let those feelings speak to her through the necklace.

Celtic Cross Jewelry Pendants and Charms

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Silver Irish Claddagh Engagement and Wedding Ring

Engagement Rings

There are many types of Wedding and Engagement rings. Some of the most popular engagement rings are traditional diamond engagement rings like the kind of engagement rings Royal Design provides: Engagement rings by Royal Design, a wonderful source of diamond rings and jewelry offers engagement rings, diamond bracelet, diamond studs, pendants, earrings, wedding bands and benchmark rings in Atlanta (USA).

Other types of engagement rings are popular based on culture or symbolism. Both are the case with silver Irish Claddagh Engagement and Wedding Rings.

Cheerleading Jewelry and Cheer Necklaces

Cheerleading is a sport as much as it is a bunch of boys and girls who jump around the sidelines getting the crowd worked up. Cheering is a dedicated sport the desrves the same respect as any other sport. They work out and practice as hard as the athaletes they cheer for.

Cheerleaders deserve the best  Cheerleading uniforms and jewelry. For Cheerleading jewelry and silver cheer necklaces click here Cheer Necklaces and Cheerleading Jewelry.

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