by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Blog, Jewelry Topics
Metals & Production – Jewelry Pricing Part II Continued from part I – what creates value in a piece of jewelry? Getting a basic understanding of what a maker looks at when figuring out a price will help you determine what you’re buying, and also...
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Blog, Jewelry Topics
Am I getting ripped off? When buying jewelry what affects jewelry pricing? Where is the value and why would one gold ring be $30 and another $300? Unfortunately, this is not a simple answer as there are many aspects to a piece of jewelry that can affect the value and...
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Blog, Jewelry Topics
Introducing the new line from ‘Alohi Kai, the Ahi Yellowfin collection! Spring is giving way to summer, and its finally time to unveil part of what we’ve been working on. I’d been really pining for some deep blue diving, which always turns my mind to...
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Blog, Fishing Hooks, Tutorials
It’s nearing that time of year when the gift purchasing frenzy starts. Some will be big gifts, some smaller, none any less important. Our main motivation behind our affordable Barbless Circle Hook Wrap Bracelet was to raise awareness about fishing practices, and...
by shera mercer | Blog, Slow Living
(This is part III in our series on living slow. Catch up on part I and part II) Meaning in what we wear. We seem to have evolved into a society that puts a lot of emphasis on material goods. Clothing and fashion is often a symbol of the ‘haves’ and the...
by shera mercer | Blog, Slow Living
(This is part II in our series on living slow. Catch up on part I) Slow Fashion – another way? Slow Movements began with Slow Food as a reaction to fast food in 1986 Italy and has been growing ever since. Slow Food became so popular that it spawned a series of...
by shera mercer | Blog, Slow Living
(This is part I in our series on living slow) Slowing down. Living slow. Its been in the social consciousness for a while now. Slow food, slow cities, slow parenting. There have been festivals, magazines, blogs, and entire social movements dedicated to slowing down....
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Blog, Jewelry Topics, Marine Life, marinelife
The New Zoanthid Capsule Collection Diving the North Shore is tragically, but necessarily seasonal on Oahu. Truth be told, any wet dive is a great dive to us, but the diversity of marine life that the North Shore brings is so refreshing each spring, we really look...
by shera mercer | Blog, Conservation, Divers life, Marine Life, marinelife
I suspect many of you are like me in that the ocean has at least a bit of a hold on you.. Be it jumping in for a scuba dive, paddling around in the shallows or simply gazing on all that deep sapphire water, the ocean has a connection to and a magnetism for many of us....
by shera mercer | Alohi Kai Jewelry, Blog, Jewelry Topics
What is fashion jewelry, or art jewelry? Are they different from ‘arts and crafts jewelry’? What’s the difference between “modern” and “contemporary”? And what distinguishes them from each other’? All these questions...
