Diamond Diva Dish

Would the allure of diamonds and gold inspire you to take your culinary creations to new heights? To spend time in the kitchen producing something befitting to the pot in which it was cooked?

If you are coupled with the type of man for whom romantic gestures are a foreign notion, the type who, when your anniversary, birthday, the holiday season or Valentine’s Day rolls around, insists on gifting you with a blender, vacuum cleaner or other small household appliance as opposed to the diamond anniversary band , diamond bracelet , diamond stud earrings or a lovely and symbolic Diamond Circle of Love Necklace, then take heart – behavior, even of this type, can be modified!

Tell your partner that in lieu of any of the above mentioned and likely broadly hinted for items, you’ll resign yourself to an item of the domestic variety – a saucepan studded with in excess of 200 diamonds, and embellished with gold handles and a gold logo totaling almost one kilogram of solid yellow gold.

Made by Fissler, the German company renowned for its quality cookware, you can stir your pot in style while admiring the accompanying rootwood jewelry box and certification as to the exclusivity and quality of your new culinary acquisition. Available via special order from (where else?) Harrod’s in London. With a price exceeding $205,000 USD, don’t you think your partner would agree that a piece of jewelry would have been a better idea? Maybe an extreme example, but perhaps a great way to get your message across!

While you’re working on this “recipe for success”, be sure to enter the sweepstakes via Diamond Harmony. This months prize is a Diamond Journey Pendant!

Are you having a bad hair day? Are your tresses making waves contrary to the couture you’re trying to achieve? Curtail those curls with a limited edition diamond studded hair straightener! Made of 18K white and yellow gold, and studded with six Dutch Crown Rose Cut diamonds, it’s a beauty tool with bling that comes nestled in an Italian leather pouch. The slimline design makes it easy to take along on your travels.

It may look like a mere trinket, but don’t forget, it is utilitarian, too! For the Diamond Diva who has everything, pick this one up at Selfridges on Oxford Street in London for $19,600.00 USD.

Via Gadget Candy

Further to all things diamond stud(ded), don’t miss out on your chance to enter the sweepstakes draw for a pair of Diamond Stud Earrings via Diamond Harmony!

They say “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. Sage advice, indeed, but think of the benefits to one’s emotional well-being to be able to compute using this gold-plated MacBook Pro with a diamond encrusted (2 carat total weight in diamonds — H/I in color and SI1-2 in clarity) Apple logo!

The MacBook Pro comes with a one-year warranty on the hardware, plating, and custom painted keyboard/track pad. The exterior finish is polished 24kt and the interior is satin 24kt gold. Among it’s attributes, this pomme with polish is thin (one inch) and light in weight (the 17” version weighs in at only 6.8 pounds).

If you’d like to take a byte out of this one, it’s available for purchase online via Power Max for $8,999.00

They say that “talk is cheap”, but such is not the case with Amosu’s N95 diamond-encrusted Nokia. Constructed of 18K white gold and dotted with 3.3 carats of dazzling diamonds, it is fully customizable, comes with a year’s worth of concierge service, and will be produced in a limited edition of 10. With a price tag of $24,475, you’ll literally be “putting your money where your mouth is”! If this particular model doesn’t grab you, check out the Motokrzr – at $36,780.00, and 5.34 carats of diamond, it’s sure to render you a sparkling conversationalist!

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To mark the 10th anniversary of the IXUS camera, Canon has produced 10 diamond embellished cameras – of the 10, one is The Super Diamond IXUS . Encrusted with 380 diamonds, it has a price tag of $50,000.00. This, along with the nine others, called the ‘his and hers’ diamond IXUS at $7,000.00, will be auctioned off on eBay the proceeds of which will be donated to the Red Cross.

The IXUS range has some impressive specs, and although I’m not the Diva of Digital Photography, I think performance, streamlined design, and a little diamond bling on the lens bezel would suit my needs nicely!

And for those who are proponents of Image Is Everything, you may want to grab one of these bling cams!

Perhaps like myself, you’ve been watching the US Open tennis action with rapt attention. Imagine if you saw the players serving and volleying, chipping and charging, with a diamond studded tennis ball!

Such a ball exists, but it’s not destined for the court. Comprised of 4300 diamonds and 24 carat gold, it was made by the Wimbledon Jewelry Brand. The lucky recipients of the bling balls, valued at $85,000.00 , will be this years winners of the Wimbledon men’s and women’s singles championships. What an advantage!

The Wimbledon Brand is to be developed and marketed by Gitanjali Gems, with endorsement by the very exotic Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta.

In addition to these tennis balls, the company has produced bracelets and pendants — a sports range called Sporterati. Crafted for the championship, the items are gold and have diamonds set in black transparent polymer. The target market is young sports enthusiasts.

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Interestingly, the earliest known hourglasses date back to the 14th century, and were used as timers by workers in metal factories to indicate when the optimum amount of heat had been applied to achieve the intended result.

Through the years, hourglasses have been used on board ships to measure nautical speed, in kitchens to time the boiling of one’s eggs, and to time sermons in the church (referred to in the context of 16th C England, as the pulpit hourglass).

This once utilitarian as opposed to aesthetically pleasing timepiece, simply crafted of glass exterior, and grains of sand within, has evolved not in function or basic form, but in craftsmanship and incorporation of materials that have elevated it’s lowly predecessor to new flights of time and of fancy.

You’ll have the time of your life as you measure the passage of moments with the cascade of 2000 sparkling diamonds, further illuminated by the backlight effect of an accompanying stand.

This diminutive DeBeers “Starburst Diamonds 2000″ hourglass measures 5 7/8” x 2 ¾” in diameter, is 24k gold plate, and contains 35 cts TW of diamonds suspended within. The mesmerizing effect can be yours for a mere $25,000.00 via David Orgell One might say it’s the perfect hourglass “figure”!

Perhaps the range of iPod Shuffle fashion colors is not doing it for you. You’re tired of the plain, the mundane, you crave glitz and glam! Heat up your credit card and dance to the tune of a $40,000.00 diamond (430 of them, including on the earbuds!) and gold version of the iPod Shuffle!

The simplest of the iPod family is dressed to kill, but, it’s all about image and doesn’t deliver beyond it’s overt bling to overcome the limited capacity $79.00 item within.

This little diamond embellished number shuffles on the heels of it’s predecessor, the precious metal iPod Shuffle – crafted from 18 carat gold, this uber shiny Shuffle, more reasonably priced at a mere $20,000.00, is packaged in a wooden box fashioned in the shape of a piano. As an added bonus, the purchaser can avail him or herself of customer service on a 24/7 basis, should (perish the thought) any problems arise (and, if so, a replacement will be promptly dispatched).

Music has always been the soundtrack to my life – I’m rarely without it. I’ve run the gamut of MP3 players, and ultimately the criterion of functionality takes precedence over flash. The latter seems to be the consensus with regard to these items, so one wonders if the ratio of supply will exceed the demand.

What will the iPod Shuffle Alchemists come up with next?

Your tea will be only as good as the water with which you brew it. Filtered, or spring water are always superior to tap water.

Wait until the water is near boiling, then pour a little into a teapot and swirl it around. This warms the pot so that it is at an optimum temperature for holding the tea. Empty the pot.

To the warmed teapot add one tea bag in the pot for each cup – preferably, a diamond-studded tea bag!

When the water in the kettle has reached a rolling boil, pour it in the pot and allow the tea to steep for three to five minutes.

PG Tips tea from the UK is among my favorite, and I loved their collaboration with Boodles Jewelers to create the world’s most expensive tea bag in celebration of PG Tips 75th birthday! Containing the perennially popular PG Tips blend of tea within, the exterior of the tea bag is embellished with 280 sparkling diamonds to render it the most decadent “cuppa”, and bringing the notion of “high tea” to new heights!

With a price tag in excess of $15,000.00, this diamond-studded delight was auctioned off at a fundraiser for children’s charities in the UK. I wonder if it is sitting pretty in a cabinet, sparkling among delicate porcelain tea pots, or was it used to brew the perfect pot of chari-tea?

Behold the world’s most expensive mouse – fabricated of 18 carat white gold and embellished with 59 brilliant cut diamonds, in either a random/scattered pattern, or a flower motif, this pricy peripheral takes the “eek out of geek” and replaces it with pure chic!

As each is custom made to order, you can surf in the style of your own choosing — should you prefer red or yellow gold, trimmed in black or white, a statement of ownership with your initials in diamonds, or a design completely of your own creation, the price tag of $24,180.00 will afford you just that! Via Fabstuff.