Walt Disney World has helped a Massachusetts couple find three precious platinum and diamond wedding rings which they accidentally threw away in a trash.

While cleaning up their villa as they prepared to leave the park late last week, Paul Campanale dumped a cardboard bowl, not knowing the container inside it held his wife Karen’s diamond engagement ring, wedding and five-year-anniversary rings.

Park employees warned the couple from Worcester, Mass., that recovering the jewelry was all but impossible. So on Friday, the Campanales and their two children loaded onto a Magical Express bus and headed to the airport.

Back at the Wilderness Lodge resort, executive housekeeper Drew Weaver realized that trash from the Campanales’ villa hadn’t reached the industrial-size compactor yet. He and seven other volunteers donned protective clothing, emptied a parking lot bin and waded through bag after bag of rubbish to find the sparkling rings. And they did.

Paul Campanale, 37, a chemist, received the good news on his mobile phone and Weaver met the family to deliver the rings. Karen Campanale, 35, a teacher, said she was stunned by the find.

“That’s not the first time we’ve searched through a trash — oh, no,” Weaver said. “We don’t always find things. Many times we come up empty. But we were lucky this time.”

Newly married beautiful pop star Beyonce Knowles proudly showed off her diamond wedding ring while attending a concert. The Crazy In Love singer - who tied the knot with Jay-Z recently - sported a huge diamond wedding ring on her ring finger as she watched her new husband perform at Atlanta’s Phillips Arena. During the concert - which also featured Mary J Blige - Beyonce and good friend Usher leapt to their feet when Jay-Z sang his hit PSA. She was thoroughly enjoying his performance. Earlier in the day, Beyonce - who is rumored to be pregnant with the couple’s first child - wore a black leather ensemble which included black fingerless gloves, covering up any possible diamond wedding ring she may have been wearing.

On Monday night, Jay-Z was spotted partying without his new wife. He refused to comment on his recent nuptials. When asked about his wedding with Beyonce, he said: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Beyonce’s sister, Solange also remained coy when she was quizzed about last week’s marriage ceremony.

When asked if Beyonce enjoyed being married with Jay-Z, Solange replied: “I have no idea!” Although Solange attended the wedding ceremony, when asked what the day was like, she said: “What night are you talking about? Friday? I really don’t know.” Let’s hope the glittering diamond engagement ring and diamond wedding ring bonds them well.

Robin Denise Price and Bradley Garrett Hislop happily announced their engagement and plans for an August 2, 2008 wedding at Academy of Our Lady of Peace in San Diego.

Robin is the daughter of Roger and Virginia Price of San Diego. She graduated from Academy of Lady of Peace in San Diego and earned a B.A. Degree from Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree. Robin teaches at St. Anthony School in El Segundo, CA.

Bradley is the son of Ms. Georgeanne Hislop of Stockton and Jeffrey and Laura Hislop of Stockton. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Stockton and earned a B.A. Degree from Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. Bradley is currently working as a manager for McCormick and Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant in downtown Los Angeles.

Bradley stunned Robin with a precious engagement ring and the diamond in the ring is an heirloom from his late great-grandmother Bertha Hislop. This diamond is one of the most glittering loose diamonds. Bradley and Robin plan to start their new married life together in Redondo Beach, CA. Robin is expecting a glittering diamond wedding ring from her sweetheart. It is true without diamond engagement rings and diamond wedding rings, all engagement and marriage ceremonies will lose shine.

A JAZZ band helped Ron, a former church organist and his wife Jean Downs, aged 85 and 84 respectively, celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary at Saddington Nursing Home on Wednesday last week. And to mark this great occasion, their daughter Belinda Cox, of Gartree, arranged for Melton-based band Happy Jazz to play a set.

Mr. and Mrs. Downs met at a milking machine factory in Ealing shortly after the Second World War, during which Mr. Downs had served in India with the mechanical engineers.

They got married at St John’s Church in Ealing in 1948. The couple went on to have four children – Patricia, Theresa, Christopher and Belinda. They lived most of their time in Buckinghamshire, Kent and Camber Sands, in East Sussex, last year they moved to Gartree to live near their daughter’s house.

Their diamond wedding anniversary day was a special moment for the children. The whole place was bursting with Joy. Indeed such moments are precious. A beautiful diamond anniversary ring can brilliantly complement such memorable occasion.

It’s shocking! A thief easily ran away with a precious diamond ring from a jewelry store. Joel Robinson, owner of Carroll’s Jewelers in the Doylestown Shopping Center, said the man who walked off with a $47,000 diamond engagement ring from his store actually spent two hours looking at rings before he found the opportunity to swipe the gem while the clerk was busy in other work.

“We’ve had such things in the past where thieves had swiped something out of a salesperson’s hand, where it was obvious and they ran,” Robinson said.

“But in this case, the intention was to buy, but he ran away with diamond engagement ring while the sales person wasn’t looking,” Robinson said.

According to Robinson, the surveillance video clearly shows the man holding the ring in his hand and quickly covering it with his fingers when he had the opportunity to run.

“Within a couple of minutes he was out of the door in a flash,” said Robinson. The man said that he had to get his checkbook and left. The salesperson didn’t realize he had taken anything until a few minutes later, when putting everything away.

Robinson said he believes the man specifically chose the most expensive diamond engagement ring in the case, one of the highest-priced items in the store. He didn’t choose other diamond jewelries such as diamond rings, diamond wedding rings or diamond anniversary rings.

Lara Bingle was overjoyed when Dashing Australian Cricketer Michael Clarke proposed her with a $200,000 diamond engagement ring in the full moon night at one of their favorite spot in New York
Test Cricketer Michael Clarke gave his model girlfriend Lara Bingle a $200,000, 4.7 carat glittering diamond ring to seal their engagement in New York.

However, they don’t have plans for wedding for at least a year and children aren’t in their plans for now. “We’re enjoying our engagement one day at a time, and right now we’re not thinking about children,” Clarke, who turns 27 tomorrow, told the New Idea magazine.

Clarke proposed to Bingle at the Rockefeller Centre iceskating rink after a horse and carriage ride through Central Park.

“Surprisingly, there was nobody around when I proposed her and it was a full moon night,” Clarke said.
“I pulled the ring box out of my pocket, opened it, bent down on one knee and asked Lara: ‘Will you marry me?”’ Bingle, 20, had excitedly accepted.

“There were tears running down my face, I was over the moon,” she said.

“I started leaping up and down, checking out my ring,” said Lara

The Cricketing world will have to wait at least one year to see their wedding. We hope Clarke will gift her bride a precious diamond wedding ring on their wedding day. Needless to say, star couples are making diamond engagement rings and diamond wedding rings famous all over the world.

De Beers Diamond Jewellers recently opened its flagship Tokyo store in Japan’s luxury shopping Ginza district. The grand opening featured a 296.56 carat yellow rough diamond, worth ¥220 million ($2.2 million) which was put on display, according to AFP.

The store, designed by famous French architect Christophe Carpente, will retail De Beers’ diamond and diamond jewelry collections, as well as high-end watches and bridal goods. Diamond lovers in Tokyo are surely going to love the sparkling treat.

De Beers Diamond Jewellers is a joint venture between the De Beers Group and luxury goods firm Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH).

In its financial report for the year 2007, De Beers pointed that eight new stores were opened in the U.S., Japan, Dubai and Korea, brining the total to 23 stores worldwide. This year too, De Beers is planning to open jewelry stores in the U.S., Hong Kong, Russia and the Middle East.

As the year nears its conclusion, the hottest news on the jewelry front is that we may see warm tones in jewelry designs in 2008. According to jewelry news from the National Jeweler Network, 2008 will be all about the gem-intensive, bold styles.

The latest emerging jewelry trend is the appearance of a new sleek, futuristic look or jewelry with that “high tech” look. You’ll see pairings of black onyx and smokey quartz with bold, metallic bead accents, sometimes interspersed with faceted Swarvoski crystals and bold, dichroic glass. Beads are often assymetrical and multifaceted which increases the high tech shine of this ultracontemporary look. You’ll see sculpted resin jewelry components interspersed with metallics, giving a sleek, modern, updated look.

The inspiration is the “Grace Kelly” look; the “less is more” notion. Women will wear less fine jewelry, but what they will wear will be large, impressive and classic.

Unique is fabulous, as always, so be on the lookout for something different. Even men will veer away from their sporadic diamond comfort zone and they’ll be joining in on the large colored stone trend in bracelets and rings.

Even though black is strong for the 2007 holidays season, colors are warming up with shades of red, pumpkin, and deep mustard yellow making a statement.. These shades can be seen intermixed with the blacks, grays, and whites for a unique holiday look. Among them, shades of pumpkin, gray and chocolate brown will once again be a wise choice for fashion conscious consumers.

On a final note to the upcoming fall winter 2007-2008, Jewelry Color Trends - remember that -some of the traditional favorites will be returning. And it is quite simple that smoky quartz, simulated chocolate and/or champagne diamonds will be in style and on trend!