she does not wear a lot of jewelry but appreciates it and has some beautiful pieces, including a beautiful ruby and diamond pendant her husband had made to commemorate their two daughters. she wanted a piece to wear daily, not too frilly and nothing to catch. as a member of the “manure and mascara set,” she is around horses regularly so barn-wear is important!

but what to do when you cannot stand to have anything around your neck? when sometimes even your hair is too much to feel on your neck? we decided to repurpose the pendant into a simple band design ring.  the stones kiss each other set in bezels.

14k yellow gold mothers ring with one brilliant cut diamond and one genuine ruby.

location: Canton, CT

she lost her original oval brilliant cut diamond in her engagement ring. luckily the ring was insured.

what to do? what to do? what to do?! do not panic! here is how we handle getting jewelry fixed and ready to wear with insurance monies. of course to insure ones engagement ring or any jewelry, you would have had an appraisal to determine the value prior to getting the correct insurance policy coverage.

be patient… it’s a process…
you call the insurance agent to report the damaged or lost jewelry

the agent sends the information about the claim with the appraisal to an insurance adjustor

you call the insurance agent to report the damaged or lost jewelry

the agent sends the information about the claim with the appraisal to an insurance adjustor

the adjustor contacts a jeweler (me) to quote how much to “get the insured whole again” (yep, that is a  legal insurance term!)

i quote based upon the information contained in the appraisal on which your policy was based. my job is to get you whole again, to find the correct diamonds and to estimate the cost of the repairs for insurance approval.

you  can then decide to use the company’s jeweler or you own. well, you can tell them you want to use your own jeweler (me) but the insurance company may have a service they use and does not allow the choice. (i also get insurance work through insurance adjustor recommendations; some agents are aware of great reputation for repair services.)

i, the jeweler performs the work – does the magic. for this ring the center diamond was missing, but the mounting also has four round brilliant cut diamonds, two on either side of the center stone, that had to be accounted for.

you are thrilled to get your ring back!

at the end for payment, i bill the company directly or the you pay the jeweler at time of pick up because if the insurance company sends the check to the you.

the repaired platinum classic engagement ring pictured had round brilliant cut diamonds set in shared prongs. the new oval brilliant cut diamond is in a six-prong center set.  the client was a lovely person, who had a lovely original diamond. although it was sadly lost, i was able to find her an equally beautiful stone – smiles all around.

location: Avon, CT

it began as a traditional sapphire and diamond necklace, never hung well on her and was a bit dated. it was time to take it apart and make something to wear!

1one side of the chain became a bracelet using the original necklace clasp.

2we reset sapphires and diamonds into a slide-style pendant to wear on a different chain, with a little wabi sabi in the stone placements.

3the left over gold chain helped pay for the re do!

lots of sparkle.

endless circle of sapphires and diamonds pendant and 14k yellow gold bracelet

Location: Granby, CT

don’t worry, her finger is fine! she tore her wedding ring set during a nasty encounter with a fireplace. the ring got skewed where her diamond was set into the crown.

wedding sets were very popular in the 1980’s. the wedding band is a wrap style with the marquise cut diamonds and it fits over the engagement ring.

this couple has been married for 30+ years so we needed to

• supply and assemble a new center crown
• set the diamond
• repair the tear… yes gold can and does tear with enough force
• reshape the wedding band wrap
• solder the wedding and engagement “set” rings together

her comment when she picked it up? “wow it looks like new!”

i love what i do

location: Canton, CT

she lost her original engagement ring and this solitaire ring is the replacement. from the top, it looks like a traditional solitaire engagement ring, but the under-gallery (not visible except from the side of the ring) is quite beautifully scrolled.

the diamond in this new classic ring is not new but is part of a continuing story for the family. the stone was from her dad, now gone; he had given the diamond to her stepmother for a domed ring she had made for herself. when dad passed, stepmom gave it to daughter to use in this ring, keeping it in the family with all the memories and tales to come.

i love what i do.

location: Granby, CT

it began with a call (a bit frantic) to the insurance agent, who sent it over to the adjuster, who sent it over to me for quoting and subsequently replacing the lost diamond in her well-loved ring.

yes, we had to replace the crown. amazingly, gold does wear out!

she chose the diamond from a selection i provided. the result is a new, yet familiar, well-loved ring and a new customer/friend!

location: West Hartford, CT

it began with three stones from both sides of the soon-to-be family… his grandma, her grandma and his mother. she really wanted to use all three stones but did not want a line of diamonds.

i carefully listened to what they both were saying, and when i pulled out this model it was love at first sight. with slight modifications and setting the three diamonds in bezels… voila! an unusual engagement ring using all three family diamonds.

i was thrilled that they found me on line and then came into the shop, but the most rewarding part of this process was being trusted with their treasured family diamonds.

location: West Haven, CT

a reset of a family diamond to pass onto the current generation. we simply reset the diamond from grandma’s engagement ring into a 14k white gold basket setting and combined it with a 14k yellow gold adjustable chain necklace.

the original design idea was to use all of the stones and the mountings but in the end, once again, less is more – which is more in style of the recipient.

love love love the heart tag accent. i never tire of this.

location: Norwalk, CT to Long Island NY

he positively beams when he talks of his intended. i offered suggestions and guidance but he did the actual choosing. she has an etsy shop so i was able to get an idea of her style.

14k white gold engagement ring with a pear-shaped center diamond and six round diamonds on the shoulders.

referred from a fabulous group of guys. how wonderful is this? i predict a long happy marriage!

location: Coventry, CT and somewhere in Maine!

there once was a three-layer undulating ring custom made with a very wide sparkly diamond band. she discovered that the ring band was too wide for her finger, so three layers was changed to a two-layer wave ring. now what does one do with the extra band that had been removed from the triple wavy pave ring? we put a new wall on it and sized for her daughter!

14k white gold undulating ring with one 14k yellow gold wave accent band. the pave set diamonds are various sizes from family members.

location: Simsbury, CT and West Hollywood, CA