Category: Halo

• 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
• Elle Collection Gray Halo My Jewelry Line Uncategorized

  The Aurore Setting Design Process

  The Aurore is special to me in a lot of ways, but especially because it was designed specifically for a stone that I had loved for a long time, but it’s many issues prevented me from setting it. By now, I think that if you have taken a look at…

  October 19, 2015
• Elle Collection Halo jewelry jewelry design My Jewelry Line

  Overthinking

  I have one particular client-friend who will tell you just how much I overthink pieces. She has listened to me, more than once, go on and on and on about how much time I put into designs, and how ridiculous all of the thought I put in before I even…

  October 12, 2015
• AGTA Gemstone Halo JCK Loose Stones

  Viva Las Vegas! JCK 2015 Part 2!

  Part 2. Or day 2. This is by far the most photo intensive post in this trilogy. Friday Naturally, after not getting to sleep until 3am, we slept in a bit, though that was not the plan. The plan was to get to JCK ASAP and start trawling through gemstones…

  June 11, 2015
• Garnet Gem Blast Gemstone Halo Loose Stones

  Gem Blast: Merelani Mint

  Since things are starting to get a bit crazy around these parts, I’m going to take it easy for a post! This little stone is a Merelani Mint Garnet, so named for the Merelani Hills area of Tanzania, where some of the most awesome green garnets come from. The trade…

  December 19, 2014
• Antique Art Deco Halo Project Ring Tourmaline

  Design: New York City Inspired Ring

  I figured that it’s the day after Thanksgiving, I might as well post a project that has been in the works for years, because after all of this time, it’s gotten to be pretty special and has some sentimental meaning for me. And my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, so why…

  November 28, 2014
• Antique Diamond Estate Garnet Halo Loose Stones Project Ring Spinel

  Jewelry Design

  While I have taken many art classes, some centered around edible mediums, I would never consider myself to be a trained artist. I have a dear friend who is an artist, and she makes amazing pieces, typically paintings, that I only wish I could do. I am not a natural…

  September 9, 2014
• Gem Blast Halo Loose Stones Ring Spinel

  Gem Blast: Lavender Asscher Spinel

  WordPress seems to like to distort pictures in the upload a bit, doesn’t it? This is a 1.6ct and 6.2mm lavender asscher cut spinel, from the lovely Mr. Peter Torraca of Torraca Gemcutting. The setting was by Coast Diamonds, but it’s no longer set in that ring, and will be…

  September 5, 2014
• Bracelet Diamond Earrings Emerald Gemstone Halo Lang Antique & Estate Jewelry Necklace Ring Ruby Sapphire

  Feature: Lang Antique & Estate Jewelry Outside

  So, we took a trip to San Francisco, and I specially put aside a Saturday afternoon for going to Lang Antique & Estate Jewelry with a very good friend of mine who is looking for an engagement ring for her friend, and keeping an eye out for her own boyfriend. When…

  September 2, 2014
• Gemstone Halo Project Ring Sapphire

  Color Shift Sapphire Harry Winston Inspired Halo

  A while back, I had a friend ask me for help finding a blue sapphire ring as a wedding gift for her from a family member. She didn’t have any working knowledge of gemstones so she recruited my guidance. Unfortunately, after we had already gotten started, her family member changed…

  August 15, 2014