Archive for the ‘Mardon Happenings’ Category
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
Our new Raincross piece for this year is the beautiful Heritage Raincross pendant, a brilliantly enameled version of the well-loved Raincross brand orange crate label. We were a little late in getting it into production, but fortunately, the new piece was an immediate hit—we pre-sold all of our opening order with orders for more to [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Heritage Raincross, Marine
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Every year for Christmas, we jewelers put our best foot forward, looking to make special pieces that will find their way into Santa’s sleigh. This year, I was able to find some spare hours to make these three special rings that feature one of the world’s most unique gemstones, the American Fire Agate. This 21.20 [...]
Tags: fire agate, Fire Agate Studio, One Track Mine
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Saturday, November 19th, 2011
The latest addition to our Famous Raincross Collection of fine jewelry is simply stunning! We think our fine silver pendant wonderfully captures the unique style and bright colors of the orange crate art from the heyday of California citrus. Riverside was founded as a citrus colony in the late 1800′s, prospering to the point [...]
Tags: CAD/CAM, citrus colony, enamel, Magick, orange crate labels, Viszu
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
We want to thank our loyal friends and fans who once again voted Mardon the Best Jeweler in Riverside for the third year in a row! Read about it in the annual Press Enterprise Reader’s Choice supplement in today’s paper. We truly appreciate your support! As a small (but mighty) business, we need all the [...]
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Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Once a year Mardon has a clearance sale with a difference. This year it is October 6-15. Nowadays many retail businesses have constant “sales”– a new sale each week has become the norm. To our way of thinking, it’s obvious that if everything is always “on sale”, that means the original “price” was not real.
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Monday, August 1st, 2011
Just a reminder that the annual Press Enterprise Reader’s Choice voting ends this coming Friday, August 5.
Tags: PE Readers Choice
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Saturday, July 30th, 2011
We always love the stories that go along with our jewelry, especially the ones about the special engagement or wedding rings of our customers. I just received this picture via email from a client in London, England, showing the magnificent ruby his bride is now wearing.
Tags: Burma ruby, colored gem engagement ring, Engagement Ring, pigeon's blood red, pigeon's blood ruby, Princess Kate
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Friday, July 8th, 2011
If you wish to vote online for your local favorite businesses (ahem!), follow this link and take the survey– very quick and easy! You don’t have to fill in all the spaces, just the ones you care about. Voting ENDS August 5.
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
It’s that time of the year again when you can vote for your favorite community businesses and services– the Riverside Press Enterprise will be publishing ballots for it’s annual Reader’s Choice on Sundays and Wednesdays.
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
The Mardon team created this very special ring just in time to celebrate the 86th birthday of Harold Swanson, my father-in-law. Like many of his generation, he left high school as soon as he was of age and enlisted in the military to fight WWII. As a Navy sailor, he trained for submarine service, but [...]
Tags: CAD jewelry design, custom WWII ring, The Lucky Ship, USS Wilkes, WWII
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