Category: engagement

• custom engagement jewelry design Precision Cutting Spinel

  Engaged: 3 Stone Spinel

  Sometimes the best projects are the most terrifying. Warning – this post is picture heavy! A while back I had a new client come to me and she said, “I don’t know what I want, but really like the Accolade band, and a few other settings. Can you design my…

  September 19, 2016
• Culinary engagement jewelry design My Jewelry Line Uncategorized

  What’s in a Name?

  What’s in a name? I get a lot of questions about why I name jewelry what I do, so I thought I should explain a bit more as to how I came to the defining theme in the names of my collection. Vivant – Vivacious I feel like so many…

  February 15, 2016
• Elle Collection Emerald engagement Gemstone jewelry jewelry design Mayer & Watt My Jewelry Line Sapphire Spinel Tourmaline

  Miscellaneous Updates

  Just a quick update this week, New Years is coming up soon (where did this year go?), and getting my new office/studio together is taking up way more time than I planned on. My wonderful Angie Crabtree “Elle” print was finally framed, and it’s waiting for it’s new spot to be…

  December 28, 2015
• engagement Evaluation Loose Stones Mayer & Watt Precision Cutting Precision Gemstones Sapphire

  Personal Shopping: Lavender Sapphire

  Well this week has been crazy. We have had some insane weather here in the Pacific Northwest, including snow, rain (enough for Seattle schools to close, if you can imagine that amount of rain), 70+mph winds, freezing fog, and then record high temperatures.  Yes, it was in the 50s this…

  December 14, 2015
• Elle Collection engagement Gemstone jewelry design

  Engagement Season

  It’s getting to be that time of year where everyone spends a lot of time with family and friends, going from party to party and opening lots of wonderful presents. It’s also that fateful time of year when people want to get engaged. I’m not sure what it is, but…

  November 30, 2015
• 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
• engagement jewelry jewelry design purple Ring Sapphire

  David Klass Solitaire Setting Completed

  So, back in September, I posted a Gem Blast with a purple sapphire I had picked up at a gem store on a trip back home. It was sold to me as a 2.40ct Untreated Color Shifting Sapphire. It does tend to look more blue in daylight, and more purple…

  March 23, 2015