How Much is Your Diamond Actually Worth (Beyond the Emotional Value)?
A diamond is typically one of the more expensive purchases a person will make in their lifetime. In this article I explore mainly the value of diamond itself. However, I talk enough about rings as well that you can pretty much interchange the…
IGI vs GIA vs AGS: Our Diamond Grading Laboratory Guidebook
When you start off on your diamond shopping adventure, you’ll often hear jewelry retailers talking about gemological laboratories (namely the Gemological Institute of America and the International Gemological Institute, among others) like…
30 Best Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas for Your Wife – Make Her Day Special!
As wives, we will be the first to admit that we can be pretty tricky to buy gifts for.
Sometimes we are masters of dropping hints. Other times we expect you to just know what we want because, after a decade of marriage, you should have…
Red Diamonds: A Quick Guide to the Gem Collector’s Holy Grail
Throughout history, the human eye has always been drawn to the color red — from bonfires and scarlet autumn leaves to rubies, fire trucks, and Elizabeth Taylor’s classic red lips. It is in one of the most deeply ingrained colors in our…
18 Wedding Shower Invitation Ideas for the Best. Couple. Ever.
Couples shower, Jack and Jill shower, his and hers shower. No matter what you want to call your impending wedding shower, there are only two things it needs to do:
It's got to pay tribute to the happy couple
It's got to be fun
Easy…
Learn All About Akoya Pearls: A Symbol of Elegance and Timelessness
When you think of a classic strand of pearls, what comes to mind?
A soft, cream-colored necklace of perfectly matched beads that glow with an inner light, strung one after the other in subtly graduated sizes and finished with a rosy blush?…
A Quick Buying Guide to Lab Created Diamonds: Cut Through the Confusion
If you’ve been spending some time in jewelry stores doing your pre-splurge reconnaissance (which you should), you may have come across the term synthetic diamonds. Also called lab diamonds, lab grown diamonds, or man-made diamonds, these…
A Quick Guide to the Jewelry Appraisal Process
Getting your jewelry professionally appraised is one of those things that most people are sort of vaguely aware they should be doing but don’t, like putting on sunscreen before you leave the house or eating kale. Why bother getting an evaluation…
How Much is Your Diamond Actually Worth (Beyond the Emotional Value)?
A diamond is typically one of the more expensive purchases a person will make in their lifetime. In this article I explore mainly the value of diamond itself. However, I talk enough about rings as well that you can pretty much interchange the…
IGI vs GIA vs AGS: Our Diamond Grading Laboratory Guidebook
When you start off on your diamond shopping adventure, you’ll often hear jewelry retailers talking about gemological laboratories (namely the Gemological Institute of America and the International Gemological Institute, among others) like…
30 Best Wedding Anniversary Gift Ideas for Your Wife – Make Her Day Special!
As wives, we will be the first to admit that we can be pretty tricky to buy gifts for.
Sometimes we are masters of dropping hints. Other times we expect you to just know what we want because, after a decade of marriage, you should have…
Red Diamonds: A Quick Guide to the Gem Collector’s Holy Grail
Throughout history, the human eye has always been drawn to the color red — from bonfires and scarlet autumn leaves to rubies, fire trucks, and Elizabeth Taylor’s classic red lips. It is in one of the most deeply ingrained colors in our…
18 Wedding Shower Invitation Ideas for the Best. Couple. Ever.
Couples shower, Jack and Jill shower, his and hers shower. No matter what you want to call your impending wedding shower, there are only two things it needs to do:
It's got to pay tribute to the happy couple
It's got to be fun
Easy…
Learn All About Akoya Pearls: A Symbol of Elegance and Timelessness
When you think of a classic strand of pearls, what comes to mind?
A soft, cream-colored necklace of perfectly matched beads that glow with an inner light, strung one after the other in subtly graduated sizes and finished with a rosy blush?…
A Quick Buying Guide to Lab Created Diamonds: Cut Through the Confusion
If you’ve been spending some time in jewelry stores doing your pre-splurge reconnaissance (which you should), you may have come across the term synthetic diamonds. Also called lab diamonds, lab grown diamonds, or man-made diamonds, these…
A Quick Guide to the Jewelry Appraisal Process
Getting your jewelry professionally appraised is one of those things that most people are sort of vaguely aware they should be doing but don’t, like putting on sunscreen before you leave the house or eating kale. Why bother getting an evaluation…
