Category: Diamond

• Diamond Halo Ring Spinel

  Custom Red Burmese Spinel Halo Ring

  I’ve been incredibly busy, to say the least! I actually took my first day off in three weeks renovating/decorating/etc the other day to exclusively work on jewelry stuff. I had been sorely missing it and really had a stack of things to get back on – gemstone photography, rough jewelry…

  March 28, 2016
• Blue custom Diamond Gem Blast Gemstone jewelry design Precision Cutting Spinel Violet

  Custom Three Stone

  One of the many reasons I love spinels so much is that they have so much personality. One minute they may look one color, the next minute, they could look another color. So of course when I had a client reach out and ask if I would set her violet-blue…

  January 25, 2016
• Antique Diamond engagement jewelry design Loose Stones Spinel Tourmaline wedding

  10 Facts About Me

  Here is a collection of 10 fast facts you probably don’t know, and couldn’t guess about me: I typically do not wear any jewelry. Yeah, I know. My engagement ring is a Stuller setting. I have never posted it to Instagram, and I don’t know that I ever will. I’m originally…

  November 16, 2015
• Diamond engagement wedding

  Gender Inequality and the Jewelry Trade

  I’ve been writing this post and it’s companion piece over a period of time. If you’ve read through my about me post you know that I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology, but what I haven’t mentioned is that my minor was sociology, and in both my major and minor,…

  August 3, 2015
• Diamond engagement

  Tabloids and Jewelry

  Unless you live under a rock, you have heard that The Bachelorette (Kaitlyn Bristowe) was proposed to and accepted her proposal last night (from Shawn Booth). Congratulations to the happy couple – I hope that you beat the odds! I’m going to go on a mini rant for a minute:…

  July 28, 2015
• Diamond engagement Uncategorized wedding

  Gender Inequality and Jewelry Marketing

  I’ve been writing this post over a long period of time. If you’ve read through my about me post you know that I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology, but what I haven’t mentioned is that my minor was sociology. In both my major and minor, I concentrated in classes…

  May 18, 2015
• Diamond Gem Blast jewelry jewelry design Ring

  Gem Blast: Fancy Yellow Diamond

  Once upon a time I really wanted a trillion shaped engagement ring. That was back when I was a teenager if I remember correctly. I ended up with a round brilliant that I basically picked out for myself, so obviously teenage dreams of a trillion didn’t exactly happen. But since…

  April 27, 2015
• Diamond Gem Blast jewelry design Loose Stones Necklace Project Ring

  Gem Blast: Fancy Pinkish Brown Diamond

  I remember years ago reading Pricescope.com and watching as a poster went searching for a brownish-pinkish-orangeish diamond – she told the jeweler that she was searching for “bandaid colored”. And that’s exactly what I thought of when I laid eyes on this diamond. This diamond is .58cts, so not exactly…

  April 16, 2015
• Antique Art Deco Diamond jewelry design Jewels by Grace Loose Stones Precision Cutting Uncategorized

  Diamond Rose Cuts

  Since diamond is the birthstone for April, I’ll stick with writing about them for the most part this month. It really helps that I’ve been playing with them a lot lately in a variety of forms. So today I want to talk about a rarer form that diamonds take on:…

  April 13, 2015
• Antique Diamond Estate Ring

  A Month of Diamonds

  I am an April baby. And…I don’t like diamonds. But, because it’s my birthstone and because of the social importance imparted on us and the significance of diamonds, they have still managed to play a influential part in my life. When I was thirteen, my mom gifted me with the tiniest diamond…

  April 6, 2015
• Diamond jewelry design Uncategorized

  Simple Diamond Necklace Design

  For now, this seems as though this idea will just remain a concept rather than an actual item, seeing as how the diamond it was designed for was recently sold off. I don’t typically like to post completed sketches, but this one is so simple, I don’t think its anything…

  February 23, 2015
• Art Deco Band Bracelet Diamond Earrings Emerald Gemstone Gray jewelry jewelry design Necklace Ring Sapphire

  Oscar Jewelry

  It’s that time! Oscar fever! I don’t really pay much attention to Hollywood award ceremonies. Except for the red carpet. I swear, it’s the only reason these ceremonies exist in the public eye. Evening gown designers, shoe designers, makeup artists, stylists, hair stylists, I get tired just thinking about how…

  February 16, 2015