I’ve loved amethysts and in particular amethyst rings, ever since I was a little girl and my grandmother brought me back an enormous multi-carat deep purple rock from her exoctic far eastern travels.

As 2009 draws to a close, I look back on the year and think of all the hours I have ’spent’ with my Delamina women. Many evenings after long days at work, and many weekends indoors, spent at my computer, seeking out women that I wanted to celebrate. Driven to find them, wanting to know [...]

Okay, I know I’m cynical, but I just can’t stomach the “Women of the world, raise your right hand” malarkey. For one thing - how many cultures ‘of the world’ wear the wedding ring on the right hand? For another - why the heck do we need a group of ad-men to tell us to buy ourselves diamonds? Hey mister - I don’t need YOUR permission!

The pink ribbon is an icon we all recognize and immediately understand. It comes in all shapes and sizes, in plastic and metals, in various shades and textures. We wear it proudly to show our support in fighting an invisible enemy that impacts our friends, mothers and daughters.

Then, “You can be anything you want to be. Lawyer, doctor, rocket scientist.” As we got a little bit older and we idolized you a little less, we started to concentrate on how to make your clothes, how to take you apart and put you back together. We played with you and your friends, emulated relationships with you and Ken. We watched you go off to work and make your way in the world, with your convertibles and your houses. We engulfed you in a society in which women and men were free to relate to each other as human beings of dignity and worth. Free Love Barbie.

And who better to emulate than the lady that has grown from total wild child to become the definition of grace on the Red Carpet? All eyes are on Angelina Jolie and her absolutely fabulous emerald earrings. Lovely and long, glowing with sparkle. Take a note, and find these elegant baubles from Epsilon on Delamina. Step into the limelight with these spectacular rubellite and diamond earrings… you will be the star of any event when you’re wearing these!

As my youngest child finishes her last weeks of high school and prepares to move across the country for college, I feel a wide range of emotions.