Trader Lou on December 31st, 2008

Garnet, the Birthstone of January
by Lee Dobbins
For those who are born in the month of January, they should be familiar to their birthstone, which is garnet. It is a wonderful stone with great properties and a variety of uses. It is recognized as the birthstone for January and is used as a gem for jewelry, [...]

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Trader Lou on December 31st, 2008

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Trader Lou on December 30th, 2008

Although diamonds are a girl’s best friend and the most precious in the world, that doesn’t necessarily mean it will always make the perfect gift. Sometimes, you have to look a little lower on the Mohs scale to discover the best gift you can give to your loved ones. Sometimes, you need to make a [...]

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Trader Lou on December 27th, 2008

Larimar is a blue pectolite, and a result of vulcanic activity, which ocurred many million years ago on the island of la “La Hispañola”. Its crystallization took place when the volcanic lava was cooling off as columns in the tubular “chimneys”, in which these pectolites, andesites, basalts and other minerals formed.
The pectolite, formerly denominated [...]

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Trader Lou on December 21st, 2008

We’re finishing off the last orders before Christmas break. From everyone here at Trader Lou, we wish you a very Merry Christmas
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Trader Lou on December 21st, 2008

Designers create fashion which they think you will like. Advertising agencies and Fashion Magazines are only instruments to stimulate your imagination, but the bottom line depends upon your judgment on how you interpret those media messages to your particular need.
Knowing your body needs can help you make the right fashion choices. Be careful, however, [...]

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Colors have a demonstrable psychological effect. So, our automatic reaction to colors is so strong. The sight of red means warning and white mean simplicity and respective of title. Military uniforms are intentionally colored to give statement and impose authority. Colors are used in many ways to assert recognition because they are fairly easy to [...]

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