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In Mochishop's Christmas Guide to Jewellery (part 1) we gave you some ideas for Christmas shopping to save you some of the precious time - and good health - that is lost running about the shops in the freezing cold looking for presents.

Mochishop's jewellery caters for both men and women, so there will definitely be something within our shop that you can buy for your loved-one, friend or... yourself.

We have ready-made jewellery gift sets [jewelry gift sets] with matching bracelets & necklaces or matching earrings & necklaces.  Our latest designs are two jasper necklace & bracelet sets which are extremely exclusive.  The first is made from red jasper, also known as poppy jasper and the second from green jasper, or Kambaba jasper.

These are really beautiful, handcrafted gemstone items. What is more is that they are extremely rare.  For this reason alone it is enough to make them the perfect Christmas present.

With regards to other ready-made sets that we have why not try our tribal necklace and bracelet?  This set is unisex and will be suitable for any man or woman who enjoys the outdoors or has an interest in ethnic or exotic jewelry, customs and culture.

But what about combining jewellery that isn't part of a set?  Easy, we'll give you our suggestions.

For a classic gift for her, try comibining any silver necklace with a silver bracelet. Throw in a pair of pearl and silver earrings and you have a quickly assembled, ready-made highly complimentary set.

In terms of matching colours, coral jewellery [coral jewelry] and turquoise jewellery [turquoise jewelry] always compliment one another.  The contrast of bright blue turquoise and fiery, red coral is a success.

Or how about mixing and matching from our colourful quartz jewellery [quartz jewelry] series?  As quartz subsumes many different colours (purple amethyst, yellow citrine), try some fun combinations.  For example, try an orange quartz bracelet, lemon quartz bracelet and purple quartz bracelet altogether.  Wear whichever colour suits your mood.

For guys, then why not go for any silver curb chain, match it with a silver necklace and throw in a pair of mens earrings? Simple.

And remember, once you have found the gift you are looking for, purchase a Mochishop gift box or gift bag for perfect presentation.

We hope you have found our Christmas guides useful and that we have given you plenty of ideas for gifts. We will look forward to receiving your orders and posting them out to you in time for the festive season.

It's that time of year again when Christmas is almost upon us and we wrack our brains for the ideal Christmas gifts for our friends and loved-ones.  More often than not, buying Christmas gifts is stressful rather than pleasurable.  There is the incessant pressure to find something perfect within a finite period of time. Not only that, there is - for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere - the chilly winter to contend with.  Who really wants to go into town when it's freezing and they've already got a cold?

The good news is that with Mochishop, you're pretty much guaranteed to find a suitable item of jewellery [jewelry] - whether your buying men's jewellery [men's jewelry] or women's jewellery [women's jewelry], for your friends or family - or yourself.  Best of all, as Mochishop is on-line, you can sit there in your comfy warm seating browsing all the jewellery [jewelry] and accessories in our store and just wait for them to arrive.  You can even pour yourself a warm mug of cocoa while you are browsing, sparing little thought for all those unfortunate people tiring themselves in town still unable to find that perfect present.

So what do we have?  Well, if your buying a gift for the special lady in your life, you can't go wrong with our gemstone heart jewellery [gemstone heart jewelry].  Our heart pendants are handcrafted into hearts using a variety of gemstones.  If she likes pink go for our rose quartz necklace; if she likes blue try our turquoise necklace; or if she likes black then we have an onyx necklace.

If you're buying for a lady with classic taste, then we have a simple, elegant 925 Sterling silver heart necklace from our silver jewellery [silver jewelry] range.

Buying for a guy?  For those outdoors, adventurous types of guys we have an excellent range of tribal jewellery [tribal jewelry], including our speciality leather bracelets, ox bone necklaces and silver rings.

Is he into curb chains?  Then we have curb chain necklaces and and bracelets in many different styles. You'll definitely find one that he likes.

If you just want something seasonal to wear on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing day, then check out our customised red and green magnetic bracelet, snowflake necklace or the tree of gems pendant.

We hope we've given you plenty of ideas in part one of our Christmas Guide To Jewellery.  In part two we'll be giving suggestions about which Mochishop jewellery you can combine into gift sets.  That's right, you can just let us do the matching for you...

Mochishop has released a new range of retro geometric jewellery [jewelry].  Geometric jewellery [jewellery] has its roots in geometric abstractionism, an artistic extension of cubism which comes under the avant-garde umbrella.  Within this artistic discipline, there was an exploration of simple geometric forms and color, often dispensing with representations of the real world.  A well-known artist of this era was, Piet Mondrian, viewed the world as being composed of simple lines, shapes and colour and made his art according to this view.

In the world of style and fashion, the art of geometry found a popular outlet in the art deco period of the 1920s and '30s.  Everything from jewellery [jewelry] to household objects incorporated the ideals of art deco - elegant, simple, modern.

At Mochishop, we have created our range of geometric jewellery [jewelry] inspired by the simplicity of shape and color.  Our geometric range is made from cubes, spheres and uniform block colours.

As the art deco period followed The Great War, the post-war economic struggle meant that jewellery [jewelry] was no longer valued in terms of expense.  Gemstones were often excluded from post-war, art deco jewellery [jewelry].  As the emphasis moved away from luxury, it began to focus on purely the appearance of the jewellery [jewelry].

This is another element we have incorporated into our Geometric jewellery [jewelry]: affordability.  With our latest range we have perfectly captured the essence of geometric, art deco jewellery [jewelry] and present you with our simple, stylish, modern and affordable geometric bracelets.  This is your opportunity to buy jewelry (jewellery) made in the spirit of 1920s and '30s - the glamorous decades.

Generally when looking for new clothes we have a good idea of how to buy clothes that will suit us: The two most important guidelines are (i) does it have good fit and (ii) does the color match my skin tone? When we applying these guidelines to clothes shopping we can be confident that we will walk out of a shop with a suitable item of clothing.

But how do we buy jewelry (jewellery)? Are there any rules for buying jewelry (jewellery)? How do we know which jewelry (jewellery) will look good on us?

Part 1 - How to Wear Necklaces

The two factors which influence your choice of necklace are neck and breasts. As with clothing, we need to ask ourselves does it fit? Is the necklace in proportion with our necks and chests? This is far more important that just choosing an item of jewelry (jewellery) that is fashionable. In fact, Mochishop would prefer to buck the trend and advise you never to buy any item of jewelry (jewellery) solely because of its current en vogue status. Fashion for fashion's sake can have hideous or laughable results.

Loosely speaking, if your neck is long then you can wear chokers or long, draping necklaces. If you have a shorter neck then you need a necklace which is roughly midway between choker and long, draping necklace. A chocker on a short neck will draw attention to the shortness of the neck, whereas a choker on a swan-like neck will draw attention to your asset.

The Lenox globe is one of the oldest representations of the planet, dating back to the 16th Century. A cartographical quirk of the globe was to mark unknown territory with HC SVNT DRACONES. Translated from the Latin: Here Be Dragon.

Such is the enigma of the mythical dragon that it is a fitting representative of unknown, mysterious territories. This is true for a majority of cultures, from Western to Jewish to Asian, of whom this powerful, urgent beast is a part of their literatures and folklores.

In recognition of the universal appeal of the dragon, we at Mochishop have chosen this favoured mythical creature as the ambassador of our jewelry (jewellery), devoting an entire range to Mochishop dragon jewelry (jewellery).

We have focused, in particular, on the Oriental dragon and its depiction. This is because, in Chinese legend, the dragon is a benevolent creature and has become connoted with protective qualities as well as powerful ones.  That is, the Oriental dragon acts as a guardian to protect the ones you love.

From materials as diverse as jade and leather and silver, we have fashioned the image of the dragon into our jewelry (jewellery). Our silver bracelets feature fantastic, ornate dragon panoramas, our leather wristbands bear prints and emblems of the dragon and our jade necklaces are engraved with dragons.

Our dragon jewelry (dragon jewellery) displays the irresistible force of the dragon.  For jewelry (jewellery) that evokes the mysterious power of the dragon, click here to view and buy Mochishop's dragon jewelery range.