Morgan won a chocolate diamond ring from 'Parks Jewelers' with her e mail entry into the contest. Here is Morgan's entry:

This project was a labor of love to raise breast cancer awareness. In addition to CHRISTUS St. Michael Associates, we involved the Mayors of Texarkana, Arkansas, and Texas, the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure Texarkana, Arkansas High School, Texas High School, Liberty Eylau High School, Pleasant Grove High School, and most importantly, local breast cancer survivors.

In 2002 a spectacular 581ct. Rough diamond was found in the Amazon River in Brazil. It took more than 2 years for the greatest diamond cutters in Antwerp to orientate then polish the diamond, creating this magnificent 230.17ct. pear shaped diamond, the largest pear cut in the world. In 2007 it was purchased by Steve Winn and mounted in a ridiculously amazing Cartier

You buy diamonds or diamond jewelry either for yourself or for your loved ones and usually your decision of buying a diamond is based on some emotions. Buying a diamond or diamond jewelry is certainly an expensive purchase and it's advisable to get some knowledge about diamonds and their characteristics.

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Everyone knows that diamonds are among the most precious items on earth. But not everyone realizes the journey from a rough stone to a beautiful faceted gem is very long and difficult.

The diamond is the hardest known substance in the world. They've been a source of fascination for centuries. Kings and Queens have prized them, wars have been fought over them. Today, Diamonds have become ‘The Symbol of Love’ through out the world.

Enter the drawing to win two one-day passes to Splash Kingdom. Passes are good for the 2011 season and can be used at Splash in Shreveport, Louisiana or Canton, Texas. The first entry is free. If you would like to get more chances you can just by using yo

Mudbug Madness was a few weeks ago in Shreveport. I love to shop the vendor booths, eat crawfish of course and listen to zydeco music. This year I decided to get into the crawfish eating contest too. It just happened to be scheduled for the same day we were planning to go to the festival so why not. There were only 15 seats in the contest so we had to beat feet to get there on time.