Ann’s CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Jewelry promotion was such a great success that we are continuing it through the month of May!  Buy any CRISLU jewelry and get these earrings FREE as your gift with purchase (while supplies last).  For more about Ann’s CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Jewelry, see our posts here or click on the CRISLU category, right.

CRISLU Aquamarine Stud Earrings, $60 Value

All week long we’ve discussed the attributes of CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Jewelry and how it compares to real diamonds in quality and setting.  We’ve learned about the raw material, that it’s cut just like diamonds, mounted in fine-jewelry settings, and can look like gemstones in gorgeous color.   So let’s end the week on an up note:

Saturday is a great day to buy CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Jewelry at Ann’s Fine Gifts, because when you do, you get FREE earrings!  Yes!  FREE!  EARRINGS!  Does it get any better?

Here’s what they look like:

CRISLU Aquamarine Stud Earrings, $60 Value

All yours!  Your gift-with-purchase of CRISLU at Ann’s Fine Gifts!   Keep them for yourself or give them as a gift to someone else.    Come to Ann’s this Saturday and try on the CRISLU Jewelry!  CRISLU Rep. Craig Clovis will be on hand to help you make your selection and tell you just how MARVELOUS you look! 

See you Saturday at Ann’s!

This week’s posts have been all about the lovely CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Jewelry that Ann’s features. 

Today’s subject:  “Jewelry Style in Texas” and “Why Ann’s CRISLU CZ Jewelry Is Your Ace in the Hole.”

“LOTS OF IT” defines Texas style when you’re talking about jewelry.  Texas gals wear all their jewelry as often as possible.  You can afford to wear LOTS of Ann’s CRISLU!    Compare the price per carat weight of CRISLU Cubic Zirconia jewelry to that of diamonds, then go ahead and mix in some CZs with your real stuff.  No one will know the difference!

Who cares if it’s real or not?  The question is, are they BLINDED by the DAZZLE that is YOUR NEW JEWELRY?  And if they don’t notice, you’re not wearing enough of it.

Another thing about Ann’s jewelry:  you’ll have fun buying it!  Ann’s is a beautiful store, with chocolate and coffee to sample, and owners Ann and Bill are on the floor to work with you all the time.    (How fun is it to buy jewelry from one of those morgues at the mall???)   If you need a gift, you’ll have a great time selecting it, knowing that everyone loves a gift from Ann’s.

So come in and see our CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Jewelry, high quality jewelry that happens to be NOT diamonds!    (And if Texas Style doesn’t suit you, we’ll be happy to help you select a a little less bling.)

Today’s features are true to our text:  wear it all together and call yourself a TRUE TEXAN!

Teardrop Pendant Necklace

Teardrop Earrings

Teardrop "Diamond" Ring

"Diamond" Bracelets

Be sure to visit us tomorrow to see the FREE EARRINGS you will get when you buy your CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Jewelry at Ann’s on SATURDAY, April 17!

We’re talking this week about CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Jewelry at Ann’s.   What color would you like your “diamonds” to be?

A wonderful benefit of cubic zirconia is that it can be formed in any color!  Colored CZs look like real gemstones:  canary diamonds, sapphires, topaz and more.

CRISLU makes high quality cubic zirconia jewelry, and Ann has personally chosen every piece in her store.  Buy yourself a sparkly treasure and wear it with the confidence that no one will know it’s not a real diamond or gemstone.   And when you see how much money you’re saving, your CRISLU cubic zirconia jewelry from Ann’s will be that much sweeter.

Here are some examples of CRISLU colored stones made in cubic zirconia.    Come to Ann’s and try them on!

Canary "diamond" flanked by clear stones mounted in a sterling silver ring with a platinum finish.

"Amethyst" pendant in Sterling Silver necklace with Platinum finish

Ring, above, is 6.0 cttw., $137.

Today’s featured CZs are set in vermeil, which is sterling silver coated with 18K gold, then given a platinum finish (prevents tarnishing).  They look like gold jewelry settings with diamonds mounted in them.  Except they’re not. 

How is cubic zirconia made in the first place? 

Cubic Zirconia is a synthetic stone formed by melting zirconium oxide and yttrium oxide at almost 5000 degrees fahrenheit to create flawless crystals of exceptional clarity and brilliance.  Cubic zirconia stones replicate the physical characteristics of a diamond more closely than any other gem material, for  a fraction of the cost of real diamonds.  Trained jewelers need a loupe to tell cubic zirconia stones from diamonds. 

Here are some examples of Ann’s CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Jewelry set in gold vermeil:

Ann's CRISLU "gold" and "diamond" ring

Ann's CRISLU "gold" and "diamond" earrings

Ann's CRISLU "gold" and "diamond" pendant necklace

The pendant, above, is 1.35 cttw, $66.  Perfect for a graduation gift! 

Tomorrow:  colored stones!

Did you know that the only difference between manufactured Cubic Zirconia and mined, natural diamonds is the raw stone?  CZs are manufactured; diamonds are mined.  How the raw material is cut, then set, determines the brilliance and quality of the jewelry.   

Why is this on our minds this morning?  Because Ann’s carries the best cubic zirconia jewelry made, and we’re getting ready for CZ Saturday, April 17, 2010, where we will give away a pair of CRISLU earrings with every CRISLU purchase at Ann’s that day!  So visit us this week and learn why CZs are your new BFF.

CRISLU began making world-quality cubic zirconia jewelry in 1961.   Each CRISLU stone is hand-polished and hand-set into fine-jewelry quality settings of platinum finished sterling silver by a master jeweler.  CRISLU stones are fully faceted and cut to the exact specifications required for fine diamonds.   Every CRISLU cubic zirconia stone has the same color, clarity, and cut of the highest quality diamond jewelry.  Only a jeweler would know it’s not a mined, natural diamond!

CZs are compared to diamonds by “carat weight” or cttw:

CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Ring, $131

CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Necklace, $324

CRISLU Cubic Zirconia Earrings, $66 to $85 (depending on size)

The earrings pictured are 3 cttw, $83.

More tomorrow….