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A new year, a new me!  We often start a new year with energy, optimism and ideas about how we'd like to improve ourselves & our lives.  Hence, our tendency to make new year's resolutions.  These pledges towards betterment have existed in our society for thousands of years (possibly as far back as 4000 years ago!).  Ironically, we've really stuck to the habit of making resolutions, just not sticking to the resolutions themselves.  Research shows that a mere 16% of people are able to adhere to their resolutions and most people give up in 1-6 weeks.   Why do we find...

The Ultimate Holiday Jewellery Gift Guide.  Featuring selections $100 & under, $250 & under & splurge-worthy pieces.  Or shop her style.  Is she understated, minimalist or creative?  Is she sentimental, a dreamer or a timeless classic?  Can't decide?  Shop our selection of bestselling jewellery pieces that are sure to delight.  Really can't decide?  Shop our digital gift cards.  Give her the gift of choosing her gift herself!

 A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO GOLD Gold has enchanted humanity for all of our existence, perhaps because it is a celestial metal, having been delivered to earth withinin meteorites.  It is the first found metal, present on every continent and used in most every culture and is the source of myths and legends, secular and non-secular.  Pieces of gold jewellery have been found dating as far back as 4600-4200BC., including such far ranging areas as Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, China, India, Greece, Rome and Egypt.  Egyptians standardized gold as the first currency and medium for international trade.  The discovery of gold has influenced...

MOON MAGIC The moon has always captivated us.  The moon has always influenced us:  with its never changing face, circling us with a constancy that literally stabilizes us, its force controls the tides and ties us to a 29.5 day cycle of fertility. The moon and its phases have forever inspired spirituality, art, music, poetry and our dreams. MOON PHASES & MEANING The moon has a day side (the side receiving sunlight) and a night side (the side facing away from the sun).  Since the sun is always illuminating half of the moon, how much of the illuminated side we see...