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Clearwater jewelry maker transforms found items into wearable works of art

Jewelry maker Lauralie Bradford has spent years using whatever materials she could find to create new products for her Clearwater-based business The Genesis.

“I would be thrifting. I would be going outside looking for materials,” Bradford said. “I’ve always really believed in trying to use what’s around me and the nature and recycling because there’s so much beauty in this world, and we can actually preserve it and cherish it if we do different things with it that are kind of unexpected. “

She also uses plants and

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Drake Used His New Video to Reveal Himself As the Proud Owner of Pharrell’s Iconic Jewelry

Pharrell shocked fans last September when he announced plans to sell exclusive items from his closet, including several Jacob & Co. chains, Audemars Piguet watches, and crystal-covered Stan Smith sneakers, via his new boutique action service, Joopiter. Given the Neptunes and NERD co-founder’s outsized influence on the intersection of hip-hop and style cultures in the early to mid-2000s, several of these pieces have taken on iconic status. The only thing crazier than the idea of ​​Skateboard P not owning some of his own artifacts anymore was the idea of ​​someone else coming up on them. And now the lucky auction

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Dallas thieves stole millions in jewelry by busting up walls

Thieves in the Dallas area pulled off a heist this weekend that saw millions of dollars worth of valuables lifted from a local jewelry store. The burglars relied on a remarkably simple move to break into the store, according to one of the managers of the business.

American Jewelers is located in the Town East Mall in Mesquite, a suburb about 20 minutes east of Dallas. The store saw massive losses after the alleged burglars broke into the store and lifted a huge portion of its inventory.

The heist happened sometime between when the store closed on Friday and when

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NYC thieves in Park Ave. jewelry store smash and grab

An online robbery crew that raided a high-end Park Ave. Jewelry stores early Saturday snatched pricey jewelry and watches likely worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, police said.

The three smash-and-grab thieves busted their way through the glass front and side doors of Cellini Jewelers near E. 56th St. in Midtown at about 3:30 am The store is two blocks from Trump Tower and four blocks from the Museum of Modern Art.

The three smash and grab thieves busted their way through the glass front and side doors of Cellini Jewelers near E. 56th St.  at about 3:30 am
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Victim robbed of more than $500,000 worth of jewelry in Garden Grove


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Police are investigating a robbery that occurred in Garden Grove on Thursday, which resulted in more than $500,000 worth of jewelry being stolen.

According to a press release, the incident occurred at around 12:40 pm as victims were transporting the jewelry along the 22 Freeway, having just exited via the Magnolia Avenue offramp. As they stopped at the red light at the end of the ramp, a silver van stopped directly in front of them, at which point three suspects exited the vehicle.

The suspects smashed the rear windows of the victim’s car and took

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Violent Rexdale jewelry store robbery caught on camera, $750,000 worth of goods stolen

Toronto police have released surveillance video of a violent robbery at a Rexdale jewelry store this past spring where the suspects allegedly made off with $750,000 worth of stolen goods.

It happened on May 4 in the area of ​​Finch Avenue West and Highway 27 at approximately 12:50 pm, according to the timestamp on the video released Friday.

In a news release, investigators said four men who had their identities concealed with masks and construction vests attended the unidentified store and waited for an employee to open the door.

When an employee did open the door, all four men rushed