{"id":377,"date":"2018-03-01T02:50:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T08:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/?p=377"},"modified":"2022-07-08T15:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T20:44:53","slug":"not-st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/not-st-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Only For St. Patrick\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celtic Inspired Classic Irish jewelry designs such as the Claddagh, the shamrock, and the Celtic Knot, are growing more and more popular every year with people of all backgrounds.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-381 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-1-103x300.jpg\" alt=\"Celtic Wedding Band\" width=\"103\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-1-103x300.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-1-351x1024.jpg 351w, https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-1.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 103px) 100vw, 103px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-379 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-2-115x300.jpg\" alt=\"Claddagh ring\" width=\"115\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-2-115x300.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-2-391x1024.jpg 391w, https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-2.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 115px) 100vw, 115px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Claddagh Jewelry was named for the ancient village of Claddagh, just outside Galway City. In the early 16<sup>th<\/sup> century, a young goldsmith named Richard Joyce designed and made the first Claddagh ring, combining a heart for love, a crown for loyalty, and two hands for friendship. Now known throughout the world as a symbol of love, Claddagh jewelry is available in 14K gold rings, pendants, earrings, charms, pins, and bangle bracelets.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic Knot wedding bands come in many beautiful styles and feature an openwork eternity figure with no beginning and no end, which makes it an ideal concept for wedding rings. Today\u2019s Celtic Knots are popular in earrings and pendants as well.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-378 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-3-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"Black Titanium &amp; SS Edward Mirell Celtic ring\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-3-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-3-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Irish-3.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The notion that earrings should come in a matching set is old school. Mismatched earrings are sparking a trend. The look stems from the broader fashion world of mismatched prints and colors. You can create this asymmetrical look by using different sizes, shapes, non-matching colored gemstones or create your own pairing by mixing up single earrings.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-380 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/March-Birthstone-300x31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/March-Birthstone-300x31.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/March-Birthstone-768x78.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/March-Birthstone-1024x104.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>March Birthstones<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aquamarine<\/strong> in Latin means water of the sea. It was once referred to as \u201cthe sailor\u2019s stone\u201d and thought to provide safe voyages if tossed in the ocean as a gift to Poseidon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bloodstone<\/strong> is usually dark green in color with red spots due to the iron oxide deposition. The stone is thought to have intense healing powers, primarily for blood disorders, but it was also used for making seals and amulets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celtic Inspired Classic Irish jewelry designs such as the Claddagh, the shamrock, and the Celtic Knot, are growing more and more popular every year with people of all backgrounds. Claddagh Jewelry was named for the ancient village of Claddagh, just outside Galway City. In the early 16th century, a young goldsmith named Richard Joyce designed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-houston-jewelry-blog-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstonjewelry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}