faberge jewelry: January 2011

...in other words,

It's yours (hearts)		Always with you (lockets)
Je t'aime (pendants)		Shine forever (earrings)
Marry me (engagement rings)		You & Me (toi et moi rings)

Antiqualy yours,
The Adin team
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I love vintage Valentines! I have a few old ones that I have found in flea markets from time to time. Valentine's Day was one of my favorite times of the year when I was a kid. My mom would help us (my sis, brother, and I) make valentine boxes for collecting Valentines at school.

Last week I received the Vintage Valentines book shown above. To fulfill my "craving" for some vintage valentine images, I ordered it without ever seeing it (just published this month). It is wonderful! There are 48 pages (including a CD-ROM of all the images) packed with over 200 full-color valentines, postcards, valentine die cuts, etc. All of the images are drawn from authentic valentines of the early 20th century. If you are interested, I got my copy from Amazon, but you can probably find it elsewhere.

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Instant Antique Earrings in handy blister pack

Instant Antique Earrings
in handy blister pack

The complete antique earrings collection of Adin Antique Jewelry, Antwerp, Belgium

(Click the picture to see all our antique earrings jewelry)

ANTWERP, January 23 - Along with instant chicken soup, instant coffee, instant oven cleaners, instant pain relief, it was only a matter of time before instant antique earrings made their international debut. Researchers at "The Adin™ Research Center for Relationship Welfare" came out with this brand new invention in a handy blister pack.

According to Adin's Chief researcher Elkan Wijnberg, non-clinical testing show promising results and although still in testing phase, "Adin™ Instant Antique Earrings" will be launched in the near future. Till then, antique earrings have to be bought per pair at www.adin.be.

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Antiqualy yours,
The Adin team
www.adin.be

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Discovery of love vitamin !

Discovery of love vitamin
in
The Adin Research Center for Relationship Welfare

The complete original Retro jewelry collection of Adin Antique Jewelry, Antwerp, Belgium

(Click either picture to see all our Retro jewelry)

ANTWERP, January 16 (Reuters) - Recent studies in "The Adin Research Center for Relationship Welfare" have shown that the non-nutrient Retro Style Jewelry (RSJ) -- long viewed as a nonessential -- has now been established as the first new vitamin discovered since a long time. The new vitamin can positively affect relationship dips and is named vitAdin. According to Adin's Chief researcher Elkan Wijnberg, a regular dose will benefit relationships.

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Retro style jewelry - The Retro style was strongly influenced by its predecessor: the Art Deco style. Using the same type and language of geometrical shapes but with bolder heavier lines, shapes and stones. Typical for the Retro style is its imitation of three dimensional folds of fabric with the ribbon bow as its most popular motif, often highlighted in the center with a calibré cut ruby or sapphire knot (mostly lab-produced stones were used) and diamonds in various cuts as white accents.

That gold regained its popularity during the Retro period was due to the fact that platinum was not available to the goldsmiths and jewellers since this was being used for the war effort. This was the main reason that during the Retro period different colors of gold became popular - yellow gold was combined with rose gold and green gold in striking combinations. In France goldsmiths worked with no less then 27 shades of colors of gold!

The most popular gemstones seen in the Retro style are aquamarine, citrine, topaz, large cabochon-cut rubies and sapphires (including star stones), golden beryl, peridots and tourmaline. Not uncommonly, gems used were exceptionally large in order to reflect the scale of the jewelry.

Antiqualy yours,
The Adin team
www.adin.be

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If you like pictures of vintage valentines, you will like this postcard book I found at Amazon.com. It contains 30 oversized postcards, published by Darling & Company. The images are adorable! I know I will end up cutting them up and using them on tags, banners, etc. The postcards are 4.75" X 7".

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Valentine Goodies

I had a "happy package" when I got home today. It was my order from Chris and Sharon of Red Lead Paper Works in St. Louis and was filled with Valentine goodies! I had ordered some Valentine and Easter collage sheets and some rubber stamps. My stamps were in a separate bag tied with pretty pink bow--how cool is that! Can't wait to play with those Valentines!

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Recipes d'Amour: How to make her Queen of the Day

Recipes d'Amour:
How to make her Queen of the Day

French gold Victorian Shamrock locket with three leaf clover in ruby

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La nouvelle cuisine d'Adin
proudly presents:
Adin's Epiphany Present Pie

One of the customs for the 6th of January (also called “Epiphany” or “Twelfth Night”) is to bake a cake and hide something in it. The one who gets the piece of the pie with the hidden object can call himself King or Queen for that Day.

This folkloric practice was already used by the old Romans as a ritual at the Festival of Saturn. It was a time of celebration, visits to friends, and gift-giving, particularly of wax candles, and earthenware figurines.

Depending on the place one is in, the hidden object can be a bean (England), almond (Belgium), a little porcelain doll (France), and obviously a piece of antique jewelry when having been in The Garden of Adin.

Ingredients for a 6 - 8 portions pie:
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- 200 grams butter at room temperature -
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- 200 grams almond powder -
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- 200 grams sugar -
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- 4 eggs -
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- 7 tablespoons self raising flower -
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- 100 grams dark chocolate -
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- 1 piece of antique jewelry -
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Method:
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Stir up the butter, almond powder and sugar
till smooth and creamy.
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Add the eggs one by one.
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Add 6 spoons of flower with a wooden spoon.
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Divide the dough in two.
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Melt the chocolate (2 minutes in microwave).
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Stir the melted chocolate in one half of the dough.
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Butter the cake tin (diameter ± 26 cm or 10 inch)
and disperse with the remaining flower.
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Randomly scoop the dough without the chocolate
into the cake tin.
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Add the chocolate dough.
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Shovel the two from bottom to top
without really mixing the two colors.
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Add the antique piece of jewelry (if heath-resistant)
and smoothen the top.
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If the piece of antique jewelry is not heath-resistant
than hide it in pie when pie is cooled off after baking.
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Bake the pie within 35 to 45 min.
in a prewarmed oven at 170°C (or 340° F).
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The pie is ready when a knife (or knitting needle)
that you insert is dry when taken out.
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Serve:
Best secretly mark the part of the pie with the jewel.
So you are sure to give your loved one the right piece.

Preparation time:
ca. 15 minutes

Baking time:
35 - 45 minutes

Grade of difficulty:
medium to easy

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 piece
Amount Per Serving
Calories more than enough	Calories from Fat 190
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 34g	35%
Saturated Fat 28g	30%
Trans Fat
Cholesterol 15mg	6%
Sodium 150mg	6%
Total Carbohydrate 40g	15%
Dietary Fiber 2g	8%
Sugars 21g
Protein 2g
Vitamin A	0%
Vitamin C	0%
Calcium	4%
Antique Jewelry	100%
Aesthetics	100%
Good Taste	100%
Romantics	100%
* Percent Daily Values are based on an average diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your antique jewelry needs.
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Antiqualy yours,
The Adin team
www.adin.be

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Happy New Year!

I am the New Year.

I am an unspoiled page in your book of time.

I am your next chance at the art of living.

I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned

about life during the last twelve months.

All that you sought and didn't find is hidden in me,

waiting for you to search it out with more determination.

All the good that you tried for and didn't achieve,

is mine to grant when you have fewer conflicting desires.

All that you dreamed but didn't dare to do;

All that you hoped but did not will;

All the faith that you claimed, but did not have . . .

These slumber lightly, waiting to be awakened

by the touch of a strong purpose.

I am your opportunity to renew your allegiance

to Him who said, "Behold, I make all things new."

I am the new year.

~ author unknown

Image by Dover Publications

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...in other words,

Product Share . . . .

Instant Antique Earrings in handy blister pack

Discovery of love vitamin !

Product Share . . .

Valentine Goodies

Recipes d'Amour: How to make her Queen of the Day

Happy New Year!