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Endless Possibilities of Bonn Bon Charms

05.03.2012


Bonn Bon necklace vertical

Bonn Bon charms is versatile! Picture is worth 1000 words so let me show you. I asked my assistant Puraz to play model for me! So, in the picture we started with 4 charms but you can really do whatever you want, 3, or 7 or 8! We sort of went with the color blue [...]

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Custom Made Halo GIA Emerald Cut Wedding Rings Set & Tungsten Ring

02.03.2012


custom made emerald cut rings set

I was commissioned to make this halo style emerald cut engagement ring and wedding band set. The emerald cut diamond is a beautiful GIA certified diamond with  ideal length to width ratio. The wedding band consists of straight baguette and round brilliant cut diamonds. This set may not be a typical wedding rings set but [...]

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Hot trend – Layer necklace look

28.02.2012


Jewelry trend - layer necklace look

Each year the fashion trends are changing and the fashion conscious who would like to keep up with the current trends like to do it in style. If you want to be the one who knows in and out of fashion and be stylish, you can keep up with the latest fashion by regularly keeping [...]

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In memory of my dearest TT

16.02.2012


Bonn Bons charms

I looked at many charm brands before I opened a jewellery store in Yaletown www.secretsapphire.ca. I decided to bring in Bonn Bons into Vancouver after comparing it to many more well known charm brands. Reason being is that it’s very well priced, great value, it’s all precious and semi-precious stones and hand made in sterling silver. I [...]

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Designers I like….Margo Morrison

10.02.2012


Margo Morrison necklace Vancouver

When I decided to open a store, I started travelling more to different jewellery conferences and sourced unique jewelry designers that Vancouver hasn’t seen. First designer that caught my eye was Margo Morrison. Margo cleverly uses a lot of different precious and semi-precious gemstones in all her jewellry. Her design is so simple but yet [...]

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Keep writing the blog…….

09.02.2012


Yaletown Engagement Rings

Ya everybody I decided to keep writing blogs for this website. I still make a lot of custom design rings and make my own jewellery, I should share it here rather than my store website www.secretsapphire.ca. So, the store has been opened for 2 months and old clients of mine are all very supportive. Thanks [...]

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Beautiful and Elegant Pink/White Coral

19.04.2011


Vancouver pink coral jewellery

Pink coral exist in the deepest levels of the ocean. Colors can be faint , or spotted pink. Due to water pressures, when the corals are taken from such deepness, some cetain lines will naturally form on the surface.   White coral can be found on the eastern oceanic region of Taiwan, naturally pure white [...]

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Coral at a glance

23.02.2011


Coral jewelry

Coral gemstones have been regarded as an unique mysterious gemstone that is not only beautiful but also precious. Since the quantity of coral gemstones continues to decrease, the desire of possessing coral has never been stronger. In the past 20 years, the price of coral gemstones has multiplied by more than 34 times. Last year [...]

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Treated Stones are getting larger

14.12.2010


Treated diamond

The largest was an 18.12-ct. diamond that received an F color grade from GIA. The treatment was detected by observing a “tiny hexagonal graphite inclusion surrounded by a tension fracture,” and confirmed by spectroscopic analysis. The e-brief concludes that it is somewhat unusual to see such large stones, since HPHT annealing can sometimes damage a [...]

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Clean jewellery by yourself

16.09.2010


You don’t have to go to a jeweller to get your jewellery professionally cleaned all the time. Of course it’s great to have your jewellery professionally cleaned for you but we all get lazy from time to time. Follow the instructions below and your jewellery will look sparkly and new all the time! Make sure [...]

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