How to Prevent Ring Damage due to Clapping, Fangirl.

Oct 29, 2017 | Jewelry Care

After Sunday’s Oscars, media snipes targeted Nicole Kidman’s clapping style. I suspect Nicole knows something the snarkers don’t: enthusiastic clapping can seriously damage fine rings. Let me tell you how to protect your rings while expressing your enthusiasm during...

Pietra Ring

Oct 20, 2017 | Once Upon A Jewel

I learned geological field work in the rugged backcountry of San Diego. Large bodies of molten rocks crystallized beneath the earth’s surface, later forming mountain chains along the state’s notorious faults. The rocks I roamed were sliced by series of “cracks,”...

BYOJ: Bring Your Own Jewelry!

Oct 18, 2017 | Designing Eye

The years go by, and we find our jewelry box filled with unworn bits and pieces gathered over the years. Whether beloved jewels passed down from family or gifts and purchases made for our younger selves, they no longer suit the present day us. I can help you transform...

The Mother of a Guide to Selecting Wedding Jewelry

Oct 3, 2017 | Jewelry Styling

   A child’s wedding is a landmark event. Among the details of planning a wedding, focusing on the bride and the habit of putting themselves last, many mothers don’t fully appreciate that the jewelry they wear at the wedding will become even more full of...

Custom Jewelry Created from your Life Story

Sep 15, 2017 | Designing Eye, The Inner Jewel

Stories give us life. Hard-wired into our being, we don’t just love stories, but need them. Telling our stories, and listening to others’, shines a light on our life path that can also help our loved ones know us more completely or find their way over life’s sometimes...

Collecting Around…

Jun 25, 2017 | Designing Eye, Once Upon A Jewel

Designing is about solving problems, albeit in a graceful, useful way. Drawing pretty pieces of jewelry is just part of the show which also involves engineering, comfort and function usually with a budget in place. In my second year of college, I wrote an essay on...

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