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What's New at Carina
Carina is pleased to announce that we now have in stock the three new Landmark Beads: a San Francisco cable car, an Easter Island statue, and the New York Empire State Building. Our next Winter 2007 designs include Chicago's Sears Tower, Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock, Lisbon's Belem Tower, and Copenhagen's Little Mermaid Statue.
Wholesale purchases welcome from retailers holding valid resale licenses. Call 1 415 753 2274 for the wholesale Landmark Beads order form.
Handpainted Martini Glasses from Lolita Check out our new handpainted oversize martini glasses in three themes: Shopoholic, Chocolatini, and Parisienne. These are 7-1/2 inch martini glasses handpainted with bright themes, and presented in darling round gift boxes. The surprise is a martini recipe on the martini glass bottom! Search "Lolita martini" to view them all.
Disney Gold and Silver Beads Available at Carina! Carina is pleased to present the officially-licensed Disney silver and gold beads for our Disney-crazy customers. These are very collectible! New beads: Cheshire cat, Dopey, Cinderella's dangle glass slipper, Disney spacer. Search "Disney Beads" to view these darling beads, which are compatible with most popular bead lines. They mix best with bead lines that are not oxidized. Silver and Gold Bead Lines on Sale: Chamilia, Biagi and Pasha
Check out bargains on our silver and gold bead lines that are compatible with chains for the major bead lines are now available for all our "add-a-bead happy" customers. Click on the "Silver & Gold Beads" button to view them all. These "add-a-bead" silver and gold bead lines are the fun gift for 2006. Give your loved ones a chain, two locks, and a bead or two to get them started, then add beads at every occasion thereafter! Just like charms, the bead jewelry you create is incredibly personal and tells your unique story. We have dozens of beads from Chamilia, Biagi and Pasha, with stunning Murano glass beads from Chamilia. The Chamilia Murano glass beads are compatible with all the popular bead brands, including Pandora, Biagi, Pasha, and Bling. Troll News: 20% Off During Clearance Sale! To our valued Trollbead clients: Carina is closing out this bead line. As a result, save 20% on ALL remaining Troll stock while supplies last! Pandora Beads Are History To our valued Pandora clients: Carina has closed out this bead line. If you wish to buy Pandora beads, we recommend you go to www.pandora-beads.com which is a recommended Pandora gold retailer.
Han Jewel Brings the Art of Ancient Chinese Knotting to Carina Carina is pleased to be the first boutique to debut Han Jewel's unique Chinese knotted bracelets, featuring carved Chinese jade, jade beads, intricate Chinese knotting on cotton cord. They are ancient yet contemporary. Click on the new "Han Jewel" button to view these fascinating bracelets and be sure to view the detailed product description to read about the symbolism of each element of the bracelet.
Carina is pleased to introduce Hitomi Jacobs, a long time Marin fashion and jewelry design artist. Our San Francisco retail shop has been selling her semi-precious jewelry sets like mad for the last six months. In fact, it has been selling so fast, we can hardly keep her jewelry long enough to take photos for the website. We have found that her high quality gems, her intricate knotting work, and contemporary designs combine to make her work extraordinarily unique. Click on the "Hitomi" product button to view it. Carina is pleased to carry a new Quebec jewelry designer, Sonia Ferland of Osmose Jewelry. We will be loading her beautiful pewter and gold plated designer jewelry later this month. It is contemporary, gorgeous and wonderfully priced. Also new in the store, designer jewelry from Jan Michaels, Magic Creations Swarovski and Swarovski pearl jewelry, and intricate beads from Michael Chaille. Bargain Hunter? We've Got Authentic Italian Charms as Low as $2! Go to our Homepage, then click on the "Sale" and "Clearance" Italian charm links. They are loaded with five thousand authentic Italian charms on sale for as low as $2. The Carina Kids Asian-made line are now only $1 each. Our Big Size Italian charms are now $10 each. We are clearing out old stock for new stock. At Carina, you have a great selection -- and great prices. Be sure to look at the Promotions page for ways to earn free Italian charms. Buy five Italian charms (excludes custom or photo Italian charms) and get the lowest cost one free. Earn a free Italian charm base bracelet when you buy three Italian charms worth $30. You must request the promotion with a code so be sure to read the offer details on the Promotions page!
Photo Italian Charms Are Perfect Gifts Photo Italian charms are the ultimate gift for your mom, grandma, or best friend! Go to our homepage and then click on Photo Charms to either submit your photo online or to mail in your photo. If you mail in the photo, we suggest you put it between two pieces of cardboard and for safety send it via expedited mail such as US Postal Service Priority Mail. Currently, processing is taking about 7-12 days. Turn your Italian charm bracelet into a photo album of your loved ones -- the kids, your hubby, the grandkids, pet, best friend, or a favorite trip photo! CarinaCharms can make your photos into an Italian photo charm that is sure to become a treasured piece of jewelry. Our high quality Photo Charm provider guarantees its photo charms for life. Beware of low quality photo charm providers. Our photo charms have the photo set in a gold frame, with a durable clear coat over the photo, and a golden portrait background. Local San Francisco customers should bring in their photos and view actual samples to see how impressive they are. Others may email us digital photos in .jpg format, or mail us actual photos (the photos are returned). The best results come from sharp, clear photos of the face(s) of a single person, couple or pet. Color or black and white photos can be made into charms. Studio portraits or school photos of a single person's face or a couple work the best. $38 for medium size (9 mm.) photo charms and $42 for big size (13 mm.) photo charms. Our price includes Economy shipping (First Class mail). To order, go to the Homepage and click on Photo Charms. New photo charm provider: We have a new photo Italian charm provider who does photo charms and color custom charms for $20 each in about 7 days. There is no frame on the photo charm. Ask about this option by phone.
New arrivals: Gold with Brown Enamel Crucifix necklace (SKU VC4401) and Simple Silver Cross Necklace (VC4245). Carina now offers over 48 pieces of the high quality Vatican Collection Jewelry, featuring antique reproductions of priceless jewelry based on jewels, architecture and art taken from the Vatican Library in Rome. The Vatican Library was founded in 1450 by Pope John V. Documenting photographs were taken of frescos, mosaics, ceilings, woodworked columns, furniture and manuscripts, to serve as guides in creating a beautiful Vatican Collection jewelry including rosary beads, bracelets, necklaces, bookmarks, crosses, key fobs, treasure boxes, and brooch pins. The Vatican Jewels replicas arrive in a handsome dark green gift box with the Vatican Library seal imprinted in gold. Each piece is embossed with the Vatican seal. The collection is hand-made and hand-painted with the highest quality materials and workmanship, including 14 karat triple gold-plated metal, sterling silver, Swarovski crystals, genuine pearls and semi-precious stones. To view, click on the "Vatican Jewelry" button on the Homepage. This jewelry makes wonderful gifts for a communion, confirmation, or other important religious event. The Vatican Collection jewelry also make unique gifts for grandmother, mom or auntie at birthday, Easter or holiday time. The men like the key fobs and bookmarks.
Darling Vespa-licensed mugs are here from Cavallini & Company. These ceramic mugs feature retro Vespa art. They are very popular in the San Francisco shop for lovers of these wonderful Italian scooters.. Cavallini & Co., a San Francisco importer of genuine Italian paper goods and other gift items, is a wonderful gift resource. Our Cavallini collection includes richly-illustrated, limited edition Italian playing cards, Italian tarot cards, Italian thank you cards, Italian vintage advertisement kitchen magnet sets, Italian address books, and Italian paper journals. Choose "Cavallini" to view these high quality items.
Take a peek at our cool Bombay Duck gift line from the United Kingdom. Search "Bombay Duck" to view its sassy and fun gift line. We love the pink leather heart gifts for our gal friends, the charming "Shoe Fund", "Handbag Fund", "Chocolate Fund", and "Girls Night Out" money boxes, the hilarious Decision Dice, and Wish Tokens (choose from "Love" or "Friendship"). They are charmingly packaged for gift giving.
Carina is pleased to present the Basic Spirit line of products. We feature three pewter coffee scoops in whimsical designs (Java Lover, Coffee King and Coffee Queen), and a line of darling lead-free pewter baby spoons ("Little Prince," "Little Princess", "Baby's Rule", and more). We also carry two lovely pewter trivets to protect your table from hot food items. Search "Basic Spirit" or click on the Basic Spirit button on the Homepage to view the items.
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Pictured above is our Fall 2006 Landmark Beads: The Great Wall of China, Britain's Stonehenge, the Texas Alamo, the German Brandenburg Gate, and a Hawaiian hula girl. The eight Spring 2006 Landmark Beads include the St. Louis Arch, the White House, Welcome to Las Vegas sign, Hollywood sign, a Dutch windmill, the World Trade Center, Torii Japanese gate, and the Philadelphia Liberty Bell. Please click on the Landmark Bead link on the right column under "Browse This Site" to view them all. Build your life travel bracelet!
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