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Commissioned Pieces – GIA Cushion cut diamond drop earrings

29.06.2011


cushion cut diamond drop earrings

Custom made cushion cut diamond earrings as a wedding gift. GIA 1.00ct cushion cut each ear. This pair is made in NYC, all diamonds are set under microscope.

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Commissioned Pieces – Vivid Green Jade Ring Makeover

26.05.2011


Oval Jade Designer ring

This client wanted to make the old simple yellow gold jade ring from her mom into a more in style ring to wear on the right hand. After the remake, it becomes a classic heirloom piece. It’ll never go wrong to set anything with diamonds!   I also appraised it for her and after examining it, [...]

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Commissioned Pieces – Blue Sapphire Ring Setting

18.05.2011


Blue sapphires in the ring

It’s a ring makeover. We decided to put blue sapphires into the ring setting to make it a little different from everyone else’s. Simple, elegant and unique!

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Commissioned Pieces – Yellow Sapphire Engagement Ring

26.04.2011


Yellow sapphire princess cut

Nice couple. He has already proposed so they are actually picking the ring together. She wants a yellow stone, she knows that she doesn’t want a diamond but not sure what else to get. After some explaining and understanding more about a few gemstones such as citriz, topaz, etc, we narrow it down to yellow sapphire. [...]

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Commissioned Pieces – Matching Wedding Bands

12.04.2011


Cushion cut wedding rings

Look familiar? The client who bought cushion cut diamond from me in the previous post came back to get a matching wedding band. Face up it doesnt even look like there are two rings. I had to keep the engagement ring for 2 weeks in order to make a perfectly matched wedding band. I am very [...]

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Commissioned Pieces – Pearl ring makeover

09.04.2011


Pearl ring Vancouver

This client has a very nice big pearl in an outdated yellow gold setting. We unset the pearl from its old setting (forgot to take the picture of the old ring….darn it!) and set it into her old diamond ring after we removed the center diamond. This pearl ring looks new and is ready to be [...]

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Commissioned Pieces – New mommy gift

05.04.2011


GIA certified diamond studs

Half carat GIA certified diamond each ear for a new mommy. Pretty straight forward, client has a budget in mind and I do what I can to find the biggest and best quality for him. Both diamonds are laser inscribed in the girdle GIA certificate number. It can be seen under a jeweller‘s loupe or [...]

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Commissioned Pieces – GIA Solitaire Engagement Ring

28.03.2011


1ct GIA diamonds

Client and I selected these final two diamonds, between F/VVS2 and E/VS1. You can’t see anything with naked eyes when the clarity is higher than SI1 so Vs1 and VVS2 doesn’t really make a big difference other than the price. However, this E/VS1 diamond received excellent in cut grade, polish and symmetry and therefore made it [...]

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Commissioned Pieces – GIA certified 3.01cttw diamond studs

21.03.2011


certified loose diamonds Vancouver

Anniversary gift, 1.50ct GIA each ear, both very good cut,  in 18K white gold. It’s very important to have diamond studs that sparkle. Perfect match from every angle.   BEAUTIFUL diamond studs!! Every girl should have a pair…..they go with everything!!

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Commissioned Pieces – Custom made GIA 3 stone ring

26.01.2011


custom made 3 stone diamond ring

Super nice client. We had a simple consultation, talked about him, her and diamonds. He likes 3 stone ring so we played around different combinations for a bit and decided to settle on one and half carat center stone and under half carat stones to match. After looking thru a few stones he picked this [...]

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