Three Magic Words: 20% Off Wholesale

We jewelry and fashion hounds know there are sample sales and there are sample sales. Sometimes you find what you're looking for only to realize the discounted price is more than you'd pay off the rack or the 'huge' selection they promise is wittled down to the gauche and the gaudy.

But JewelClub is a happy shining place of constant sample sale hope. With new product added constantly and prices as high as 80% off retail, the 'digger' in all of us can give our sample sale shovels a rest. Permanently.

Here is just a glimpse of the monthly specials they run - a dozen icy jewels at 20% off the JewelClub discounted price until the end of the month. Aquamarines, sapphires, turquoise and more are featured at prices you have to see to believe.



And they throw in free shipping on ALL orders - so you can shop from the warmth of your own home and just wait for the spoils to arrive.

Click here for the Winter Blues Special or here to visit the JewelClub treasure chest full of all fine jewelry categories, use the access code INSIDER and start curing those winter blues with sample sale stash at prices that will warm your heart.

Teardrops on Trend

If the Awards Season red carpet is any indication, teardrop-shaped jewelry is a big trend for 2010. From the AMAs to the Golden Globes, Hollywood divas and the stylists who stalk them are choosing the teardrop earring, in particular, to make a statement.

Teardrop-cut stones are a great way to get a big look for less, and Jewelry.com's retail partner, Sears, has several great styles I found that fit both the fashion bill and your budget.

These sterling silver, CZ show-stoppers are priced to bring tears to your eyes at only $59.99. Perfect for formal wear or even jazzing up the proverbial little black dress.

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Courtney Cox caused jaws to drop with her black sapphire teardrop Golden Globe earrings, and these smokey topaz/brown diamond danglers give the same look for a lot less.

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And how cool is this teardrop necklace made from Champagne crystals and marcasite? Even cooler? The price - at only $89.99. Way to go, Sears!

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And don't forget to click 'I Want to Pay Less' on every product page for additional discounts available only to Jewelry.com members.

There's no more tears, jewelry hounds, with options like these!

Jersey Shore: A Jewelry Primer

Guidos and Guidettes? Get out your notepads. I've just returned from an anthropological field study of the phenomenon known as Jersey Shore, and the resulting primer will set yous guys up for a wonderland of Seaside-inspired jewelry couture.

Jersey Shore Jewelry Tip #1 - Gold Chains:

It goes without saying, right? Gold chains rule The Shore style for guys, and the bigger the better. The show's cast has a penchant for the cross pendant - but it's clear there is an open door policy for anything weighing more than a Keystone Light.

Jersey Shore Jewlery Tip #2 - Studded Leather

Nothing sets off the 'chiseled ab under Ed Hardy T-shirt and back tats' look quite like the ubiquitious leather studded guy cuff. Cross and skull styles preferred.

Jersey Shore Jewelry Tip #3 - Double Diamond Stud Earrings

What better way to set off the gel than with oversized ice on both ears. A guy-only JS jewelry look, the double stud is a great way to transition from 20-something life as a hot-tub hookup king to 30-something adulthood as a car salesman - or bar back.

Jersey Shore Jewelry Tip #4 - Gold Hoops

While it's not an ideal choice for your weekend dance floor cat fight, the women of Jersey Shore like to adorn the ears with the giant gold hoop earring to set off the well-disguised hair extension. And if you can pair them with an unseemly underarm sweat stain - all the better.

Jersey Shore Jewelry Tip #5 - Nose and Belly Rings

Females who shun skin baring, hip hugging, cleavage spilling frocks in exchange for the covered up look of a Quaker are few and far between 'down the shore'. Enter the belly ring (for blinging up the bikini - a Shore staple), and the surprisingly tasteful sparkle of a nose ring - the perfect way to soften the blow of an unwelcome frat boy punch.

For more Jersey Shore fashionista news, check out today's Los Angeles Times article about the MTV phenomenon. And now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go rock the beats, perfect my Jell-O shot recipe and fine tune my 'hippo charge'.

Peace.