LEARN HOW TO GET FREE RING SIZINGS
Ring sizings are not cheap. With the price of gold and platinum today, getting your lady’s ring or gent’s ring sized could cost you a small fortune. Expensive ring sizings: Ring sizings used to be [Read More…]
Jewelry
IS YOUR JEWELRY APPRAISAL VALUE TOO HIGH?
Jewelry appraisals are a confusing thing. Say for example you bought a diamond engagement ring that retailed for $9,000, and you paid $5,000 for it. $4,000 more? The appraisal that the jeweler gives you states [Read More…]
WHAT’S THE BEST TIE CHAIN IN THE WORLD?
I wear a tie every single day. But the thing I hate about wearing ties, is that they’re always getting caught on things. They get caught in the jewelry cases, the sonic cleaner, the buffer… [Read More…]
SHOULD YOU BUY STUDS, HOOPS, DROPS, OR DANGLES?
Women and men are always up in the air when it comes to buying earrings. Trying to decide which pair of diamond earrings to purchase first is the big question. Hoops? Studs? Dangles? Drops? Where [Read More…]
SHOULD YOU BUY YOUR BABY JEWELRY?
Parents are always so proud of their little bundles of joy. They bring their cute little critters into the jewelry store to adorn them with trinkets of gold and diamonds. But there are some things [Read More…]
MOUNTINGS THAT MAKE YOUR DIAMOND LOOK SMALL
There are so many types of mountings out there: Semi-mountings that have diamonds running down the sides Pave-set diamonds with intricate bead work Wide polished bands Halo mountings Tension set rings Countless more… But did [Read More…]
DON’T BUY LADIES COCKTAIL RINGS
You know what a cocktail ring is, don’t you ladies? It’s a gaudy eye-sore! It’s a ring that has tons and tons of small diamonds in it, held in by billions of gaudy beads or [Read More…]
PICKING THE RIGHT MOUNTING FOR YOUR DIAMOND SHAPE
Many people spend weeks and months choosing the perfect diamond. They scrutinize over all sorts of details: shape, cut, color, clarity and carat weight. They fret over certification and girdle thickness. They sweat over percentages [Read More…]
WHY YOUR PRONGS KEEP BREAKING
We had a customer come into the store complaining about a broken prong on her diamond engagement ring. “It broke again!” She had the ring for only 8 months and already had 3 of the [Read More…]
WHAT ARE NUDE DIAMONDS?
Nude? What? It’s true, there’s actually a new line of diamonds on the market called “Nude Diamonds“. (Just be careful when you Google that…) Created by the LeVian company, these diamonds have reinvented the jewelry [Read More…]
ADDICTED TO JEWELRY, DIAMONDS & GOLD
I have customers that come into the store every single week to buy new jewelry. No lie. (You know who you are.) These ladies (I’ve never seen a man with jewelry addiction, but that’s not [Read More…]
WHEN DO YOUR PRONGS NEED TO BE RETIPPED?
Are your prongs worn and broken? Do you even know where to look? Do you even know what a prong is? A lot of people don’t. And that’s where the problem starts. Retipping? Retipping, or [Read More…]