The Road from Angst to Joy: Engagement Ring Design Made Easy

Does the thought of designing your own engagement ring fill you with angst? I get it ~ it’s something I hear a lot. As the lead designer and owner of Diamonds Forever, I have spent the last 18 years refining the design process to make it enjoyable. Often there is some anxiety before custom designing […]


TIMELESS GENIUS

Jewelry design is influenced by many things and world events is one of them. When the stock market crashed in 1929 during the Art Deco period, some jewelry designers got very clever so they could respond to the luxury budget-conscious market. Yes, there is such a thing. Convertible jewelry was the answer that allowed a […]


THE ROARING TWENTIES: OUR FLING WITH BLING

As the fashion icon Coco Chanel said, “The Roaring Twenties were all about becoming someone.” Who that was ~ well, that was up to you. And only you.