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It’s all very well having a million dollar diamond engagement ring but, quite frankly, have you ever seen one on a celebrity that actually sits nicely?!… I exaggerate slightly, but in the main, those real monster rings simply don’t sit well. Gorgeous stones and all they certainly are. Quite simple designs too in many cases.…

Ok, nearly… I mean natural… Four out of seven, but hey, who’s counting?.. That’s if we compare to the exact rainbow colours, but, if we were to replace orange with pink, that would make five and if we replace indigo with brown, that’s six, then black instead of violet and there you have it. Seven…

As mentioned last month, here is the second in a set of monthly blogs that are a shameless brag about how lovely some of our pieces are! This first March one is a channel set eternity ring… Called Chloe. She was mentioned in the ‘eternity ring as engagement ring’ post In Feb. Well, quite so,…

Thank you Lisa Stansfield. Yes, a very cool song and funnily enough, it’s what most diamonds in our jewellery would say to us if they could. Were you aware, especially if you live in Europe, that the diamonds in your engagement ring to be or other jewellery have been in at least three other countries…

As before with the earrings, I will work on the assumption that you already have a classic single diamond pendant, like the ones here. And now it’s time to go to the next step. Or, you may want to go straight for a multi diamond drop necklace! Either way, I’ll remind you why this is…

Following on from the idea of designing your very own engagement ring, there are a few ways that you can start a project like that….the most important one being, what shape of diamond most appeals to you? The classic brilliant (round) The neat princess (square) The fancy Marquise (pointed oval)   Then there is a…

Yes, who hasn’t heard that one… and indeed, a diamond can be ‘forever’, provided you don’t hit it at just the right point which makes the stone cleave! But this is not about the science of the stone but its marketing history (marketing in italics). You may not even realise that there really is an…

Why not? …. Here are at least five reasons why it could be the nicest creative project you ever undertake… One – what nicer way to choose which engagement ring you want than by picking out lots of different design elements that you really like and then trying to find a way (with the help…

Welcome to our new mini series where I explain quite blatantly how gorgeous a certain piece of our jewellery is and why you want it! First off, one of our new pieces, the Cateline diamond engagement ring. It is both stunning and yet immensely wearable. As you can see, yes, it does have diamonds on…

Did you know… Your diamond really is from the ‘centre of the Earth’? Well, pretty much! Around 150km down ..at roughly 1000c degrees… Throw in enough pressure to pop your ears ten times over (details below), and hey presto, good old carbon changes into that lovely sparkly thing sitting in your engagement ring! So, the…