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Some of you may have heard the term “Conflict Diamond” or “Blood Diamond”, as in the 2006 movie with Leonardo DiCaprio. Conflict diamonds are diamonds that are illegally mined and sold to finance wars or other insurgencies…
Shawn Warren is a talented jewelry designer from New York. If you don’t know about her yet, you should definitely pay attention to her name. Her jewelry is the secret weapon of celebrities…
I had the pleasure of meeting Irene Neuwirth at a recent trunk show at Mario’s in Seattle, WA. A couple of things struck me at the event. First of all…
I love estate and vintage jewelry. Not in a crazy, pile-it-on, Rhinestone-Rosie sort of way. More like the occasional platinum-deco sort of way…
I just did a post about buying a diamond online, but buying a diamond in person from a physical jewelry store needs its own set of rules. These tips could apply to buying any piece of jewelry…
I had a conversation with a friend recently about brooches, otherwise known as pins. With all the cardigans lately, and Michelle Obama putting them back on the radar recently…
While reviewing a couple of sites for selling jewelry (see my post here), I ran across a statement on the I Do Now I Don’t.com site that got me thinking. In the founder’s story…
I still get a lot of questions from people about how to sell their jewelry. I recently wrote a post about it, outlining some channels you can use, and steps to make it as painless as possible. I have since discovered a couple…
This week, I met a friend at a local jewelry repair shop to have a diamond set into her ring. She lost her original diamond out of her engagement ring, and ordered a new diamond online. She needed to have the diamond checked…
Last week, I helped a friend search for a diamond. Unfortunately, she lost her diamond from the setting, due to prongs breaking on her ring (fairly common, see my recent post about…
