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Visit the ďŹ nest “Fine Jewelry Storeâ€? in South Texas, this is Denny Bales Diamonds.
Denny Bales and his great staff have won “Best of the Bestâ€? Fine Jewelry Store for the past seventeen years in a row. No other jeweler in Corpus Christi has ever enjoyed this honor. Now Denny and staff have opened (without question) the ďŹ nest jewelry store ever on the fast growing southside of Corpus Christi. Denny Bales Diamonds is a diamond specialty store with its primary focus on diamond jewelry...diamond engagement rings, bridal sets, wedding rings, anniversary rings, diamond earrings, diamond bracelets, diamond necklaces and loose diamonds. Denny enjoys carrying items that are unique (one of a kind) with the focus on quality and price. We offer a tremendous selection in all diamond categories and we would challenge anyone to beat our styling, quality, and price. We all have one thing in common when we’re shopping for something for that special birthday, anniversary or looking for a “Just because I love our gift - We’d all love something very unique (one of a kind if possible), we appreciate ďŹ ne quality and we’d love to get a “Great Buyâ€?...That’s called a shopping experience at Denny Bales Diamonds!! We have several really great buys in our store and we’re more than happy to point them out
to you once we understand the direction you’re heading - If you’re shopping for a great deal on a diamond. We’re the best at ďŹ nding spectacular buying opportunities on diamonds of one carat and greater. One of the better investments you can make in our current economy is a diamond for those interested in talking investments we’re ready to assist you.
In addition to our tremendous collection of diamond merchandise, we’ve carried over the very popular Pandora Collection. We feature our store within a store with more than a $200,000.00 selection of Pandora in South Texas. Services Offered Our Jeweler of 30 years joined us at our new location for expert jewelry repair and custom design. Salvador is a master jeweler and can repair or create anything and everything. All work is done on the premises. Most all new sales are sized and delivered the same day. Our master watchmaker of the past ten years has joined us at our new location. Merced is a certiďŹ ed Rolex technician and is positively
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the best in the business. Rolex recommends that you have your Rolex serviced every two to ďŹ ve years. All Rolex servicing is completed on the premises. We will be setting up an Estate Jewelry Showcase. If you have estate jewelry you would like to sell - We’re happy to assist you in ďŹ nding the right buyer. We’re particularly interested in diamonds of one carat and greater. We do appraisals on most all diamond jewelry and loose diamonds. Our staff will be the friendliest folks you’ve ever been around. We offer professional assistance, but we want you to have a comfortable shopping and buying experience, so feel free to come in and say hello. If you need help, we’ll be there for you, but if you simply want to look we’ll leave you alone to check out all the unique merchandise. We’re located in Diamond Plaza at 7009 South Staples in Suite 101. For those who may not be familiar with this new area come south on Staples from S.P.I.D. We’re between Saratoga and Yorktown just before Lipes on the right hand side of Staples coming from South Padre Island Drive. Come by and say hello to Denny, Zeke, Jamie, Anna, Heather, Paul, Merced, Salvador, and Joan. (Don’t forget about Admiral and Captain) Bring this offer in to receive your special discount on any item from our storewide selection.
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We look forward to continuing to serve the Coastal Bend area by promoting local businesses and encouraging the community to shop and buy local. Our goal is to continue to create innovative ideas to drive traffic to your business, such as Coupon Queen on facebook, our new web-site launching this month and more to come! As an added value, each month, ON! Magazine will host a Community Social at a respective business, usually our feature business of the month. The socials will provide a great opportunity for you, our valued customers, to visit a local business and personally meet the owners. We invite you to join us at Denny Bales Diamonds on Friday, July 27th for ON! Magazine’s first Community Social. As valued customers, we welcome you to come by Denny Bales Diamonds to meet Denny and his staff and visit their new Southside location. Refreshments served all day beginning at 10:00am and from 5pm – 8pm, enjoy beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and live acoustic entertainment in the Courtyard. ON! Magazine Community Social
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Home Sweet Home Finding Your Home Style Suggestion #3 – Know your style. Is your “must stay” furniture bold or safe, simple or complex, large or small, thick or dainty? When you walk into that warm fuzzy room is there a contemporary shiny glass coffee table with an old fashioned brown striped tweed coach, probably not. Know what your style is so that when you’re out shopping around to find pieces to add to your collection you add something that adds to the fuzz not a sticker burr that will add to the fuzz but irritate you until you remove it. Suggestion #4 – Go through your notebook. Pick a color that will accentuate your “must keep items” and that works well with your home. Make sure you will be able to take that color and move it through the entire house, or those rooms that will be within the style. It doesn’t have to be a themed room, i.e. beach or cabin. It can be a color theme. Go to the paint store or the hardware store and find the one color you like the most. Often times the color will be on a palette that has other
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colors that will work well with it. Stick to the suggestions. The reason they have them together is because they work. You don’t have to use them all, nor do they have to be on the wall. You can use the other colors in pillows, rugs, pictures, mats. Take several strips, tape one in your book and put the other in your pocket. It’s O.K. to have from 3-5 colors you chose to work with. Every time you are ready to buy something, pull out the strip to see if the color is within the range of colors to match your color theme. Suggestion #5 – Start small and cheap. A gallon of paint will go a long way to changing your look for very little money. The gallon of paint can go on one wall and a repurposed end table; one bathroom wall or a shelf. Search garage sales, clearance purchases, dumpster diving. Don’t forget just because it’s cheap doesn’t mean you want it, it has to fit the style you’ve chosen to embrace and you are trying to create. Suggestion #6 – Work your room. Once you have your
room style set and you are happy with what you have created don’t over clutter. If you see something and you want to buy it go through the list 1. Do I need it or just want it? 2. Will it fit within my color scheme? 3. Is it going to add clutter or will it have a purpose? 4. Did the room I am styling my room after have a lot of clutter? 5. If you have kids, will it be something they will be able to use or will they hate it because it is that off limits item? 6. If I’m going to add something new am I willing to get rid of something? Don’t just buy because you can and you like it. Suggestions #7 – Don’t buy things because they are the new craze. Not a coffee drinker, then don’t buy that red coffee pot because it will look nice displayed on the counter, or it’s on clearance. You can buy it if you want it, just make sure it’s purpose will make your life easier.
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