Jewelry Alterations & Repair

we offer a comprehensive repair department.  we size and repair rings, earrings, chains, necklaces and bracelets.  we string pearls and beads.  if it is broken and a treasure of yours we can probably fix it for you.

sometimes jewelry is covered by your home owner’s or renter’s insurance for loss, mysterious disappearance or damage. we have been approved by most of the national insurance companies to quote and manage these occurrences. we are not insurance experts, though, so ask your agent about specific coverages.

can you fix this!?

all jobs are given a cost estimate and a time estimate because the only surprises we like are good ones!


we can and have repaired fine jewelry, costume jewelry and jewelry your kindergartner made for mothers day!


Before + After: ring's ruby and the diamond tiers have a much lower profile
Ring top profile: retains similar vintage design of nana's ring
After side view: lowered ring setting is more practical for wear
Before + After: ring's ruby and the diamond tiers have a much lower profile

adjustment: vintage ring set too high for practical wear

 She has young children so rings set are simply impractical. Now the ring still looks familiar the top but viewed from the side, its a new design.

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Post earrings have stars and guilloché blue sky
Star earrings - second pair for grandaughter
Before alteration: vintage cufflinks he bought from estate
Post earrings have stars and guilloché blue sky

Star post earrings made from vintage cufflinks

Star earrings made from vintage cufflinks. One pair for his lovely wife and the other for his granddaughter who wants to study the stars when she grows up.

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After: repaired rings with matched baguette diamonds
Before: rings with with missing straight cut diamond baguettes
After: wedding set and engagement ring ready to wear for years to come
Before: engagement ring with missing baguette diamond and torn on the underside
After: repaired engagement ring with matched baguette diamonds
After: repaired rings with matched baguette diamonds

Wedding set repair – straight cut diamond baguette match

She loves the wedding set “as is” so I found a match for the missing straight cut diamond baguettes , repaired the mountings, and shored everything up for continued years of wear/

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Mom's engagement ring changed to emerald stack ring (finished)
Original engagement setting (vertical set bezel)
Gold bezel in white gold ring brings out the stone color (back)
Design drawing - changed bezel aspect from vertical to horizontal
Mom's engagement ring changed to emerald stack ring (finished)

Altered engagement ring expresses mom’s burst of pride

Moms white gold ring for daughter with emerald in a yellow gold bezel to enhance the color and to protect the stone. + I love designing with mixed metals

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Fixed: dragonfly on brooch now has two antennae
Before: broken antanna - silver dragonfly in need of repair
Back of brooch - signed by @leecharleynavajojewelry
Fixed: dragonfly on brooch now has two antennae

Turquoise dragonfly brooch repair

The challenge of any repair is not to cause further damage. Her turquoise brooch’s dragonfly has a new antenna.

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BEFORE and AFTER - six diamonds of varied size in her band #magnificent
Profile of ring - now with SIX diamonds
Parts for ring alteration and design drawing
vintage-inspired multi-prong settings next to ring BEFORE alteration
BEFORE and AFTER - six diamonds of varied size in her band #magnificent

Mrs. got rocks – version 2.0

From four diamonds to six by adding stones she found in her jewelry box. All SIX stones are slightly different in size and these settings beautifully camouflage that fact.

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The garnet diamond bracelet she remembers nana wearing
Garnet post earrings made from nana's bracelet
Garnet earrings and bracelet
The garnet diamond bracelet she remembers nana wearing

nana’s garnet bracelet resize was enough for earrings

She came in with a bracelet she remembers nana wearing. The resize left a few links that we turned into earrings for a matching set.

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