Watching “The Vampire Diaries” was a strange experience for Heidi Kingman. The Layton woman wasn’t shocked or surprised by the fact that character Abby Bennett Wilson used a potion to put her daughter to sleep.
The thing that sent a chill up Kingman’s spine was that the witch-turned-vampire was wearing a pair of familiar earrings.
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Spring turns my thoughts to nature, rebirth and new promises.
I’ve had an affinity for and curiosity about birds since childhood. One spring, a robin built its nest right outside my bedroom window, and I was able to watch the entire spectacle of a nurturing, sometimes-tough-love mother bird encouraging her babies to leave the nest —...
LOS ANGELES — Fashion jewelry design is in the midst of a renaissance the likes of which we haven’t seen since the 1980s. And Alexis Bittar blazed the trail. In the last two decades, the New York-based jewelry designer has gone from selling his signature colorful, hand-carved Lucite pieces on the streets of SoHo to bejeweling leading ladies in...
LOS ANGELES — It comes by Brink’s truck and is hand-delivered by security guards. It is served up on silver platters and in lighted glass vitrines at chi-chi cocktail parties. The finest jewelry in the world is in Hollywood during the weeks leading up to the Golden Globes and Oscars. Because no matter how valuable a diamond may be, a photo of a...
NEW YORK — Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry collection fetched a record-setting $115 million — including more than $11.8 million for a pearl necklace and more than $8.8 million for a diamond ring given to her by Richard Burton — at an auction of gems and other memorabilia amassed by the late actress.
The 33.19-carat diamond ring given to...
