Tag: diamond
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An Engagement Ring for B & S
I heard first seen and fallen in love with the creations by The Gemstone Project in 2016, while looking for unique pieces for my personal jewellery collection. I really enjoyed that even my casual questioning and interest was met with positivity and genuine responses. As an Etsy favourite, when one…
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Engagement: Alli & Doug
I’m still not really sure how Alli and Doug found me, but they did and I’m absolutely delighted that they did. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a part in this gorgeous ring, which would have been terrible. Back in the Fall of 2016, Alli and Doug reached out and asked…
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The Résilient in Photographs
I’m doing a photo heavy and commentary light post because I have too much on my to do list, but I still wanted to share the beauty of this ring with you, and I haven’t been able to put a blog out about it yet. The center stone is a…
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The Rose Cut
I have a serious crush on rose cuts. But if you’ve been following any of my media for any period of time, you’ll have noticed this. There are rose cuts in two of my necklace designs, with the Ingenue being primarily based around the rose cut, they feature prominently in…
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Updates and an Announcement
I feel like it’s been a while since I blogged. And there are a lot of good reasons for that. But I’ll get to that in a bit. I recently nabbed a trio of gray spinel asschers. I’m thinking about making a three stone with them, if they match well enough…
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Holiday Gift Guide
I figured I’d do something a little bit different this year since I have several jewelry items in the etsy shop, and they all need good homes! First, a note about items in my etsy shop. I actually started my etsy shop when a friend who lives overseas asked me…
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Gem Blast: Holiday Edition
It has been a crazy week, with a family birthday plus Thanksgiving and then ten completed projects when I was expecting 5, plus a bunch of gems. I have more on the way, and with the holidays gearing up, things are just bound to get crazier! So this week, I’m…
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Hand Forging vs. CAD and Cast
I feel like the topic of different ways to manufacture jewelry has been coming up more and more lately in email conversations with clients, so I figured I’d write a little bit about it. *Please note, I’m not going to discuss die struck jewelry in this post! I think it’s…
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Proportions & Balance
I started writing this blog a year ago. The reason I haven’t completed the entry until now is because it’s incredibly difficult to put something that comes as instinct into words. I cannot talk about exclusively proportions while leaving out the rest of the elements that could create conflict even…
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Incoming Gemstones
Whoa! Gemstones ahoy! I got a couple of packages from a couple of collectors looking to consign items, and there are some really awesome gems, and a couple of finished jewelry pieces. Some of the stand outs include: 40+ carats of green garnets: tsavorite, demantoid, mint, including melee! 2+ carat…
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Evaluating a Neon Pink Red Mahenge Spinel
This week’s blog is an evaluation of a 3.21ct Mahenge spinel that I did for a client recently. The stone was brought in from Mayer & Watt, a wholesale dealer where the advertised MSRP is $5,256/carat. The following is a direct copy and paste of my email. Color: It is…
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