Finding the perfect ring to get engaged with can be more than a little nerve wracking. Taking someone’s entire personality and putting it into one ring is beyond a challenge. Right off the bat, CustomMade customer Justin knew that the average diamond ring wasn’t what he was looking for. He wanted something that was special [...]
Posted by Pedro
in Concepts & Buyer Guides,
For Customers on July 6, 2012
What is architectural jewelry? In the CustomMade jewelry galleries, you can find jewelry designs informed by architectural principles, pieces intended to represent structures (whether abstractly or realistically, wholly or in part), and works constructed from materials more commonly associated with buildings than wedding rings. Whatever your take on this fascinating genre, you can find CustomMade [...]
Posted by Pedro
in Concepts & Buyer Guides,
For Customers on June 8, 2012
If you’re hypersensitive to gold (or just to its price), have you considered stainless steel jewelry for your next custom jewelry project? Both stainless steel and surgical grade stainless steel are relatively inexpensive and hypoallergenic metals for custom jewelry design and offer exceptional strength as well as scratch and tarnish resistance. You can find CustomMade [...]
Posted by Pedro
in For Makers,
The Pro Shop on October 10, 2011
All that glitters is not gold.
Indeed. Especially if gold jewelry acquired wholesale by merchants must then be retail priced so high for any hope of a return that customers are unwilling to purchase the pieces.
In a recent Los Angeles Times article, “Jewelers slammed by high gold prices,” Tiffany Hsu examines an unintended consequence [...]
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