Tag: diamond
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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:…
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Gem Blast: A Variety
So, I’ve been super busy. I currently have two ring setting prototypes heading towards production, and a necklace prototype I’m looking towards production on (trying to get the ring setting collection out first!), and about a dozen and a half other designs in my head/in the sketchbook that want to…
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Art of Any Medium
Sometimes you lose your drive and your inspiration. I’ve been so stressed out with everything, moving and selling our house that I’ve just been blah in every aspect of my life, except for sleeping. Yesterday my husband and daughter went to work and gave me some peace and quiet. I told…
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AGL Lab Testing
I have had a lot of questions about untreated gems in my brief stint on etsy. One thing I would really like to discuss is getting gems tested. I prefer to get gems tested by AGL, and I am going to talk about an experience with getting a gem evaluated…
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Viva Las Vegas! JCK 2015 Part 3!
So. It’s the final day. I would have loved to stay in Vegas longer, but my daughter was already having a hard time with me being gone. I’d had a packed schedule for three days and wasn’t able to talk to her as much as I (or she) would have…
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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…
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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…
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David Klass Contest Band Part 2
There may be some irony that the post on the week of my birthday is not on diamonds, but sapphires. Back in October 2014 I posted an entry about a band I had entered into a contest that David Klass was having. You can read that blog post here. I…
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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…
The Gemstone Project 