When we started creating Celtic jewelry, silver was under $6 per ounce. Today it peaked at almost $19 per ounce!

That's nice for silver speculators, but it's not that great for those of us in the silver jewelry business, and here's why.

Silver doesn't have the perceived value that Gold has. Some people wear our silver Celtic pendants, Celtic earrings and such because they like the color better than gold, or because they can afford many more styles, but it's not for the investment.

As silver prices go up, our costs to produce go up, yet we can't really justify raising our prices to match. Put that together with a bad economy and it's squeezing many who produce Celtic jewelry (and other styles) out of business.

We're hanging in there thanks to our loyal customers, and because we've managed to get up in the search rankings for Celtic jewelry, Celtic pendants, Celtic earrings, as well as other non jewelry related terms such as the meaning of triquetra.

Hopefully, the economy will rebound because I doubt if silver will ever get back under $10.

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Another year of selling our Celtic jewelry at shows and on our ever evolving web site has passed, and we'd like to thank everyone who crossed our path in person or online. 

This year saw us do fewer Celtic jewelry shows due to the economy, and the higher costs of traveling in our 20' RV. We also changed our web site in 2009, from a hosted solution to our new Joomla based site. We now have the flexibility to server you better.

We have plans to continue to broaden our offerings in 2010. We will be adding more styles, and we're looking into some very nice, high quality Titanium Celtic rings, and other unusual Celtic jewelry.

You may have seen our newest offerings, the Gold & Silver designer jewelry from a talented producer out of Canada. These designs sold out as fast as we could get them in the run up to the holidays. We expect they will be popular Celtic jewelry styles for Valentine's Day, and for those special birthdays, and other occasions where you need really original Celtic pendants, Celtic earrings and Celtic Necklaces.

We will be sending out our deep discount coupons soon for Valentines Day specials on Celtic jewelry so keep an eye out.

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We continue to search the world for the most unique Celtic jewelry designs to add to our collection, and we have a few new additions that definitely fit the bill.

These are in limited supply between now and Christmas, so if one strikes your fancy, scoop it up right away to avoid disappointment.

First we have our Convertible Celtic Pendant / Necklace, which can go from pendant to necklace in seconds. In a brilliant design, it is held together as a pendant by two tiny magnets embedded in the silver where the ends meet.

Gently pull it apart and open it up and it becomes a stunning necklace.

The style pictured above has five diamonds, and the one at the left has three, but both are sure to please the appreciator and collector of fine Celtic jewelry.

We will present our Silver with 24K Gold gilded pendants and earrings in the next blog post.

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