Why Pay To Have Your Ring Sized When You Could Just Pay $800 For A New TV?

We always urge people to make sure their rings are sized properly. Its a common mistake to get rings too loose. When the winter months roll around your finger will shrink and your ring can come flying off.

Case in point, this article from tech blog Gizmodo.

"... According to Gizmodo reader Brian, the photo above was taken just a few moments after he accidentally flung his wedding band at a television while trying to play a Kinect game for the first time."

"...the lesson to learn from Brian's misfortune is that you should always get your rings sized properly..."

Please contact us if you have any questios about sizing your rings or any other jewelry repair.

Do You Bleed Red or Blue?

Big game coming up, the rivalry won't be the same after this year. If you bleed red or blue, come in to see us and pick up some free mardi gras beads (shaped like footballs of course) in the appropriate color. While you are here, we will clean your rings for free as well as check your prongs for wear.

I've Got Bad News...

...but we'll get to the bad news in a bit.

This platinum ring was made using diamonds and a sapphire that was previously in another ring. We cut out all the old stones and came up with a nicer layout. The sapphire was re-polished to make it look like new and set in this custom-made platinum mounting.

And now for the bad news. When the ring was delivered the client told us she had some bad news for us. Because of the overall experience workign with us, she's a customer for life. We love it everytime we hear that type of "bad news".

Labor Day closing

Have a great, safe holiday weekend. We are going to enjoy it by being closed tomorrow and Monday.

Geek Jewelry

I came across this collection of Geek Jewelry on Mashable this morning and it made me think, what fun geeky ideas would you like to have made?

I'd love to hear your ideas, even if it's just for fun. You can comment here, on our Facebook page, or on our Twitter account. You could also email me your ideas.

Here is the link to the collection

And Now A Public Service Announcement

We had an interesting thing happen yesterday that I wanted to pass along. We had a woman come in who was 7 months pregnant and couldn't get her ring off of her finger. It wasn't uncomfortable, but her doctor had warned her that the hospital wouldn't admit her if she couldn't get the ring off.

Normally in this case we can just cut the ring off and its not a huge deal, but this time was different. She had a Platinum eternity band with two rows of diamonds. Because the diamonds were set edge to edge, there was no place that we could cut through.

She came back in the shop, sat at my bench and had to hold her hand there while I cut out 4 diamonds, so we had somewhere to cut through. As if I wasn't nervous enough, before we started, she informed me she was a concert pianist so her fingers were kind of important. (GULP!)

Thanks to our pneumatic handheld gravers and our microscope we were able to get the diamonds out without spilling a single drop of blood. We also were able to remove the ring in a manner that repairing it won't be a huge deal. (ER residents, firefighters or EMT's won't be so careful...I've seen their work)

The moral of the story: Ladies, BE VERY CAREFUL WEARING YOUR RINGS DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOUR PREGNANCY

There's Nothing Mellow About This Fancy Yellow

Got a case of the Monday blues? Maybe a look at this fancy yellow diamond can perk you up.

This head turner features a natural, fancy colored yellow marquise diamond weighing in at just below 4.00 ct. It is set in a custom platinum mounting that is holding about 1.25ct of round diamonds.