Tips For Caring For Your Engagement Ring
Whether diamonds are your best friend or you covet another precious stone entirely, few pieces of jewelry rival your engagement ring for affection. It's more than just a ring. It's the moment your partner asked you to marry them. It's a symbol of your devotion, love, and commitment – so [...]
The Tradition Of Wedding Rings
When did rings become a symbol of marriage, and how has it changed? When in love, put a ring on it! From the gift of the engagement ring to the exchange of wedding bands, rings and their symbolism have become so ingrained in contemporary culture that it's easy to take [...]
Ring Traditions Around The World
Learn about the tradition of engagement rings and how they differ around the world The tradition of adorning a bride’s finger with a sparkly symbol of love may feel like a given, but did you know that this custom can vary greatly worldwide? While the Western tradition of a diamond [...]
5 Engagement Ring Trends That Will Be Big in 2023
There are few pieces of jewelry more enduring than an engagement ring, but trends continue to come and go. The most important thing for any bridal jewelry set is for it to be unique to the bride and groom… but it still doesn’t hurt to know what’s trending! There’s never [...]
Trending: Yellow Gold Is Back
Yellow gold engagement rings are trending, here’s what you should know. Trends are always cyclical, and jewelry is no exception. While many may have thought the hey-days of yellow gold were over, the last few years have proven it’s anything but! Yellow gold is making a comeback in a big [...]
5 Things to Know when Buying an Engagement Ring
Shopping for an engagement ring? Congratulations! This is one of the most exciting purchases in your life, at one of the happiest times in your life. That being said, we know all too well how overwhelming and even stressful engagement ring shopping can be too. Which is why, here at [...]
Everything You Need to Know About Platinum Jewelry
“What’s your favorite metal for jewelry?” This is a question we are often asked. Often. Which is a bit like asking a mom to pick her favorite child… Platinum. It’s platinum. (Just don’t tell gold or silver.) All silliness aside (we definitely don’t love one child more than another!), platinum [...]
The History of the Diamond Engagement Ring
Perhaps you’re only interested in the history of one diamond engagement ring: your own. A history that is steeped in a thousand moments, big and small, all of which have come together as one, all-consuming romantic love story. A story which ended with a sparkling ring on your finger which, [...]
Did you Knows about Jewelry and Jewelry Design
Fascinating Facts About Jewelry Fact: the giving and receiving of jewelry is an undisputed harbinger of joy. Fact: there are few among us that can withstand the sparkling allure of gold, diamonds, platinum, and pearls. Fact: there is much to love about jewelry, and few are those who do not [...]
How to Create the Jewelry Collection of Your Dreams
If you’re the kind of person who feels completely naked if you leave the house without jewelry, it’s very likely that you (a) already have a stellar jewelry collection; (b) have started putting together a selection of favorites that will turn into a jewelry collection; or (c) would dearly love [...]
7 Fun Facts About Gemstones
It is probably enough – more than enough, if we’re being honest – for you to know that gemstones are sparkly and pretty, and all but guaranteed to put a correspondingly pretty sparkle in the eye of the wearer. The colours, the shapes, the shine and shimmer; gemstones are a [...]
How to Make a Gift of Jewelry Meaningful
There is much to be said for the power of sparkle. Not every gift of jewelry needs to be meaningful – sometimes the sparkle says it all, bringing joy in and of itself. Other times, however, call for your jewelry gift to say something more than “look at me”. A [...]
Most Common Engagement Ring Myths
Getting engaged is one of life’s great joys. It’s a moment in time which allows us all to believe in love ever after, a future brighter because someone else is in it, a purity of feeling where love does, indeed, conquer all. Or it should be, anyway. Unfortunately, like all [...]
Top 6 Secrets to Buying a Woman Jewelry She’ll Love
‘Tis the season for gift giving, and gift-givers the world over find themselves wanting to wow the one they love with just the right gift. Oftentimes, their first port of call is a jewelry store or designer. Because what says ‘I love you, I value you’ more than a carefully [...]
Top Trends in Engagement Rings for 2022
Like everything else, ring trends come and ring trends go. One thing, however, stays constant: an engagement ring given from the heart, is guaranteed to put as much sparkle in her eyes as on her finger! You really can’t go too wrong if you stick with diamonds and devotion. That [...]
Great Gifts – Ready to Ship Custom Jewelry
The season of gift giving is almost upon us… Of course, some people have long since made their list, checked it twice, and finished up their holiday gift shopping. No, really. Those people really do exist! Not us, though. Nope, we live for the drama of last-minute gift buying. Some [...]
How to Buy Diamonds
If you thought buying a diamond was as simple as setting a budget, choosing something sparkly in a size as big as you can afford, then taking the prize home to your love, gasps of delight guaranteed, think again! Buying a diamond is way more than “have money, will spend [...]
The most popular diamond cuts
That iconic small square box – you know the one – holds so much more than just your hopes and dreams for a future of forever-love. Yes, of course, that is the most important of its contents, but let’s be honest… the diamond that lies within is what seals the [...]
How to spot the difference between a well-cut and poorly-cut diamond
Cut is the single most important of the 4Cs when it comes to buying diamonds. Yes, it’s delightful to see a monster-carat sparkler twinkling at the world from your ring finger. The thing is though: if the cut is poor, it won’t sparkle, no matter how big the carat, how [...]
Birthstones: A Gem for Every Month
One particularly bleary morning, not so long ago, a friend laughingly told me that she thinks her birthstone is a coffee bean. (I didn’t question her: she was three cups in and getting perkier by the sip!) It’s such a fun sentiment (and really did ring true in her case) [...]
