Journal

NATURAL GREY SAPPHIRES

I wanted to share these spectacular grey sapphires with you. Exceptional quality cutting by our amazing cutter in Sri Lanka. Its unusual grey colour, uncommon use and difficult to find nature in fi...

ALTERNATIVE SAPPHIRE ENGAGEMENT RING

By the time you are reading this blog, you have already chosen that a sapphire engagement ring is what you will choose to treasure as a token of love. Alternative engagement rings have been a topic...

Q & A WITH A GEMMOLOGIST

I have put together this Q & A based on the questions I get asked frequently. Mostly by my friends (including some clients who have now become friends). They love to grill me. They are the best...

HOW TO CHOOSE A NATURAL SAPPHIRE

. A question that I get asked frequently: how do you choose the “right” natural sapphire. Clearly there is no right or wrong sapphire. . The shortest and the easiest answer is if you fall in love w...

7 FACTS ABOUT GEMSTONE CUTTING YOU DIDN’T KNOW AND THE PROCESS OF GEM CUTTING

Well, this is something I have been meaning to blog about for a while and I think it is about time that I get around to it!    Following is how our natural sapphires are processed.   STEP 1 - ROUGH...

TWILIGHT ROMANCE | NEW SAPPHIRES

. I apologise for not writing a blog sooner. I have returned from Sri Lanka with a section of spectacular natural sapphires, some of which have already been snapped up. . We are still in the proces...

HOW TO PROPOSE WITHOUT AN ENGAGEMENT RING

Here are a few ways of how to propose without an engagement ring. Today’s ultra confident women loves to be on top of the decision making chain and it is no different when it comes to choosing her ...

TRENDING LIGHT BLUE SAPPHIRES

In the past few months we had a number of requests for lighter blue sapphires, specially for engagement rings. Jewellery galleries and jewellery artists we work closely with also second this. It is...

OSCARS 2015 | 87TH ACADEMY AWARDS

. What a gleaming red carpet it was at the Academy Awards! We were mesmerized by the simplicity of the jewellery used by our poised, confident actresses. . Here are some jewels that caught our eye....

HEART SHAPE DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING - LADY GAGA

What was the most thrilling celebrity engagement news last Valentine's Day? . Lady Gaga got engaged to Taylor Kinney! . It was a custom designed heart shaped diamond, rumoured to be worth over half...