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Today is blogday 2009. What it´s all about?

BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On that day Bloggers will recommend other blogs to their blog visitors.
With the goal in mind, on this day every blogger will post a recommendation of 5 new blogs. This way, all blog readers will find themselves leaping around and discovering new, previously unknown blogs.

What will happen on BlogDay?

one long moment on August 31st, bloggers from all over the world will post recommendations of 5 new Blogs, preferably Blogs that are different from their own culture, point of view and attitude. On this day, blog readers will find themselves leaping around and discovering new, unknown Blogs, celebrating the discovery of new people and new bloggers. (more…)

That more and more men are purchasing jewelry now is not a secret anymore, as we already said in this blog entry, where we talked about men buying diamond jewelry. But not only diamond jewelry is gaining popularity but also “regular” jewelry, like stainless steel or wood jewelry. And as you can read here, wearing jewelry has a long history, starting with priests and kings to jewelry for everyone. The necklace seems to be the favorite among the men jewelry, followed by rings and bracelets. However the blog suggests silver and platinum jewelry, but  this blog and our earlier entries say otherwise. On the statement, that wooden jewelry creates a natural look, I think we can agree on.

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Our care tip of today surely can be used for many closings of jewelry like  bracelets and necklaces. In this special case however, I want to stress that the closings of YuKoN and DyKoN should be cleaned on a regular basis. Otherwise, problems with the clearance could occur, as in the case of this costumer, who asked for help:

Dear Sirs and Madams,

I bought bracelet (natural rubber with stainless steel closing), which I was wearing during my vacation without taking it off. Too bad that I can´t open it now. And since I´m not planning on wearing it all my life, but don´t want to cut it on the other hand, I´m asking you for further steps to solve my problem.

Our care tip:

When wearing your jewelry for a long period, small pieces of soap, skin or cremes, saltwater and dirt can get in the closing, preventing it from opening or closing. To solve this problem we recommend to open the YuKoN or DyKoN closing taking it off and clean it under warm or hot water on a regular basis.

It was beautiful and  sunny day which my husband, my daughter Jana and me used to make a trip to Cologne. Jana – who recently became the author of the spanish TeNo Blog – finally wanted to visit a TeNo store, plus there was the run of colors which also is a big event and worthwhile. So we started with a little shopping spree at the Rheincenter and showed Jana the TeNo store.

The shop assistants welcomed us friendly as always and were happy, even if they couldn´t be at the run of colors. But someone has to hold the position. ;-)

Then we set out for the Tanzbrunnen. We took the advice of store chef Adriane Friedrich, and left our car at Weiden and the train to the city, because not only was there the run of colors that day but also the gamescom. Finding a parking space would have been impossible.  In the commuter train i received a SMS from Jürgen, who said that they are at the Tanzbrunnen and that we have to go across the bridge. If  he didn´t send me that message, we would have searched for along time on the big area. I thought we just have to follow the TeNo commercials – TeNo was sponsor of the run of colors – but then we could have gone in every direction, since TeNo was everywhere. Even outside of the area – people, people, people and each of them with TeNo bags. :-)

Thanks to the SMS we found the TeNo group right away in tat the center of the Tanzbrunnen:

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TeNo congratulates Haley & Frank on their wedding. Their wedding was on 12. of july but it´s never to late to grand best wishes.  A lot of weddings include inviting a lot of people and buy lots and lots of food and decoration. In this case however, it was a secret wedding, only with bride and groom. They chose the New York´s City Hall, which in my mind has a great ambiance, as you can see on the pictures they posted. It was raining that day, but a big, colorful umbrella did it´s job.

Also in their choice of wedding rings they proofed their good taste. Frank a ring from TeNo, and also Haley´s ring looks very nice.  I´m not quite sure which ring he has but I think it might be this one:

Besides the great wedding post daily wedding inspiration offers links like “100 Layer cake” and everything you need to plan a wedding, or even how to make every Valentine´s Day special. In fact, you can find a post about almost each topic, problem and of course lots of inspiration.:-) Enough reasons to welcome Snipped&ink in our blogroll.:-)

We admit that we thought getting positive comments for a good cause would be faster and easier. But we won´t stop trying. :-) And still, our goal is to get 1.250 comments for the good of the Stand Up Initiative of our charity. Originally we thought that until the 31. of july we could get 1.2500 comments easy, but so far we only count a total of 252 people taking part. So PLEASE – there is a lot of work until the 31. of december. And there is one thing left: only post your Think Positive comments here. Of course it doesn’t matter to do so in English.

Ok – let’s start again with the blog splinters of the last time:

If you wear those shoes, you needn’t any jewelry. ;-)

Modern jeweller suspends publication. One of those postings who are hard to write and hard to read. Good luck to the whole team.

Most romantic ways to say I love you.

Love and famous romantic love quotes

Style tips from Topmans Top Gun – he forgot the jewelry ;-)

Half full or half empty? TeNo will also always decide that the glass is half full. Of course. And we invite all other optimists to leave their positive thoughts. Klick here.

Sometimes we receive emails from our costumers with different questions about the care of their TeNo jewelry and watches. We´ve been thinking about posting these questions in our blog and this way make them available to our blogreaders as well. But sometimes it takes a while from an idea to the realization. ;-) And today we will start with a question about taking care of pearls, which we received during the holidays:

Dear  Sir or Madam,

A few weeks ago, I got a great jewelry set from you as a gift with beautiful grey – blue pearls. I like them so much that I want to keep them for a long time. Do I have to take special care and grease them?

Thank you for your response

Our  tips for taking care of your pearls:

Try to avoid the contact with dish- or saltwater as well as any chemicals like chlorine. Also avoid hairspray perfume and any cosmetic products since they can harm the natural shine of your pearls. So only put on your pearl jewelry when done putting makeup on. We recommend to clean your pearls on a regular basis with a soft tissue. Any kinds of fat, even natural skinfat and sweat can change the natural color of the pearls on the surface. So never clean your jewelry with cremes and fats. Pearls – and other kinds of jewelry should never be stored in wet or moist places

In this case Pink Panther isn´t the cult cartoon character, but a gang who robbed over 120 jewelry stores all across the world, from Monaco to Tokyo, capturing about 120 million €. The name was coined after they hid a diamond ring in a can of facial creme, like in an old Pink Panther movie. One of their most famous heist was in Dubai  on April the 15, 2007. They robbed a store in the mall, capturing more than 11 million €.

By now, Pink Panther is known for their professionalism. However, more and more gang members are being captured, so hopefully there won´t be any major robberies anymore. And especially I hope they won´t rob TeNo jewelry. ;-)