San Diego Comic Con is next week and it's time for us to let you know the reasons you need to stop by and see us at Booth #530.
1. To celebrate our 6th year attending Comic Con, during Preview Night (Wednesday the 21st) all customers will receive 30% off their entire purchase (excludes items already on sale). This is a chance to receive the lowest prices on our jewelry for the entire year. Sterling Silver One Ring will be marked down from $89.00 to $62.30. Sterling Silver Miskatonic University Class Rings will be marked down from $109.00 to $76.30. These are the absolute lowest prices on our jewelry that can be found anywhere! It's an amazing opportunity to save a lot of money.
2. Two brand new Officially Licensed Wheel of Time pieces will be making their debut at Comic Con. We can't say what yet, as we are still waiting on the official go from Harriet, but it's that part of the fun? Stop by and have the mystery revealed. I promise you won't be sorry.
3. Our annual Comic Con drawing will be happening again. This year you can enter to win either a Sterling Silver One Ring of Power TM, a Sterling Silver Lan's TM Ring or a Sterling Silver Vald Dracula's Order of the Dragon Necklace.
4. As always, Comic Con and the other conventions we attend provide you with the opportunity to see new pieces in person and to avoid paying shipping cost.
5. The Badali Jewelry Crew live and in person. Who can resist that? In all seriousness, we absolutely love meeting and chatting with our customers. Please feel free to stop by if all you want to to is say hi. Loria, Janelle, Paul and Katelyn will all be in attendance at this years Comic Con.
We hope to see all your smiling faces at booth #530 July 21st - 25th. If you happen to have any questions about what we will be bring, the sale or where we are located please feel free to contact us.
This month’s Jewelry Background Post is the officially Licensed Elantris Aon Omi ™ Pendant. The Elantiris Aon™ line is the first licensed line we were granted by Brandon Sanderson. At the end of this entry there will be a special coupon code good for 20% off both the Enamled Aon Omi™ Pendant and the Un-Enameled Aon Omi™ Pendant.
Loria, our office manager, was a member of a local Salt Lake City Boarders Book Club back in 2007 when she was first introduced to the extremely talented Brandon Sanderson. The club decided to read a local authors work and end up picking Elantris. Immediately Loria was taken by with the book and its characters. Located at the back of the book she found a glossary of the Aon™ symbols with their meaning and she loved their beautiful designs. When the book club next met Brandon came to discuss the book with the group. After the discussion was over Loria approached Brandon and told him of our company and asked him if he would ever consider licensing the Aon’s™ to be made as jewelry. Brandon liked the idea very much. Loria passed Elantris on to everyone at the shop and we all quickly became huge Brandon Sanderson fans. Soon after the Elantris Jewelry line was born.
Aons™ are the magical symbols used by Elantrians to perform AonDor™, the magic of the Aons™. Each symbol has a specific meaning and power. Aons™ are also used as the root of many words in the language system of Elantris. Most Aons™ are present in other Aons™.
A complex Aon (referring to Omi) with strong symmetry, the Aon has often been used as an example of balance, and even perfection. The great AonDor scholar Enelan of the fourth century called it "The most perfect of Aons, fully incorporating the base of Aon Aon and spinning it into a complex icon that is artful and complicated, yet somehow basically simple at the same time."
(From Brandon Sanderson’s Blog, Entry: Aon Omi Detail Explanation
Omi is a symbol of Love and Benevolence. As part of their wedding ceremony Sarene™ and Raoden™, the heroin and hero, exchange stone pendants with the Omi symbol engraved on them.
They performed the ceremony, exchanging Korathi pendants that bore Aon Omi and pledging their lives and deaths to one another. The pendant he gave to Sarene had been delicately carved from pure Jade by Taan himself, then overlaid with bands of gold to matcher her hair. Sarene’s own gift was less extravagant, but equally fitting. Somewhere she had found a heavy black stone that polished up as if it were metal and its reflective darkness complimented Raoden’s silvery skin.
For more in depth information on the history and meaning of the Omi please use the following link to Brandon Sanderson’s blog: http://www.brandonsanderson.com/blog/630/ELANTRIS-Jewelry!
Each Aon™ pendant was created using a combination of techniques. In order to get the exact shape of the Aon™ we had the symbols photo etched onto plates. From there we took each plate textured it using bur tools and cleaned each up by hand. Finally we added the jump ring and molded each pendant.
We chose to offer the pendants with gem colored enamel to symbolize the stones used to make Korathi™ pendants. When a color is ordered we hand mix the color, each specially formalized by our wonderful enamel artist Ryan Cazier. Once mixed, the enamel is applied by hand and heat treated to give it a durable, glossy surface.
Finally we the part of this post you have been waiting for, the discount coupon code! The code is: BLG7OMI and will be good until 8/8/2010. Enter the coupon code during the check out process online or mention the code with any phone order.
I hope you have enjoyed this Jewelry Background Post. Please feel free to make any suggestions of pieces you would like to learn more about in future months.
"Elantris", "Aon", "Raoden", "Sarene", "Korathi", "AonDor", "Aha", "Ashe", "Daa", "Edo", "Ehe", "Ene", "Eon", "Ien", "Mai", "Omi", "Rao", and "Shao", are trademarks of Dragonsteel Entertainment Inc. c/o JABberwocky Literary Agency. All Rights Reserved.
Top of the month to you! Here is the first of our monthly Birthstone Illuminations.
July's traditional Birthstone is Ruby. Rubies range in color from shades of pink to magenta to deep red. The word Ruby comes from the Latin "ruber," meaning red.It is the red variety of the mineral Corundum, which is the second hardest natural mineral known to mankind. Any other color of Corundum is considered a Sapphire. Star Rubies are formed by oriented rutile crystal inclusions which cause a six-rayed-star light effect (called asterism). Rubies can be found all over the world but the best gemstones are found in Thailand, India, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, North Carolina in the U.S., Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Tanzania, Kampuchea, and perhaps most notably, Burma (Myanmar).
It is believed that a Ruby's glow comes from an internal unquenchable flame. Because of this, Rubies are a symbol of eternal love. When worn, a Ruby is thought to convey invulnerability, or protection, good health, it banishes sadness and negative thoughts, produces joy, strengthens will power and confidence.
The element associated with Rubies is of course Fire.Ancient tribes used the gem as bullets for blowguns, and it was said that a pot of water would boil instantly if a Ruby was tossed into it.
A Ruby is a perfect gift for a love one or yourself.
Gemstone Heart Necklace Thealternative Birthstone for July is Carnelian. Carnelian is part of the agate family. It ranges in color from light brownish-red to deep transparent red. The color is due to Iron Oxide in the crystal matrix. Most Carnelian is heat or die treated to make its natural color richer.
