How to Size Your Finger for a Ring Learning how to size your finger for a ring is not difficult and can be a huge benefit when shopping for jewelry online. With a few steps you can easily gather the data needed to get your finger sized. Most people’s fingers swell later in the day from foods they’ve eaten, changes in the weather (especially hot weather), as well as many other reasons. For this, I suggest that any ring sizing be done in the morning before lunch time. Don’t size your fingers in the evening. If sizing anytime after lunch,

Custom Design Jewelry A common question I’m often asked is, “do you make custom design jewelry?” The short answer is, “yes, I do.” Now let’s get into the details. Making custom jewelry was one area I focused most of my attention at the start of my business. Over the years it has changed. I started designing, and making my own jewelry collections some years ago. Nowadays, my time is mostly focused on my own work. However, during certain times of the year I will accept orders for custom jewelry. So, If you have an idea that you’d love to have

July Birthstone – Ruby Red Gemstone Here we are right smack in the middle of summer! It’s July and half of the year is gone. Nevertheless, exciting times are upon us! As the season changes we will soon be thinking about gift giving ideas.   Since we’re in July, we will focus on birthdays for now. However, this information is useful for most gift giving occasions. That being said, let’s dive into July’s birthstone. The birthstone for the month of July is ruby. The ruby is a semi-precious stone and is revered for it’s gorgeous blood-red color. It is one of

Custom Jewelry Order – Behind The Scenes 6 Part Video Series Have you ever wondered what’s needed to place a custom jewelry order, and what goes on behind the scenes? Ever wondered why someone would want to place a custom order in the first place when they can easily go to the store and buy jewelry that’s already made, and inexpensive? These are some of the questions that will be answered in this Custom Jewelry Order, 6 part series. I will share my thought process and the decisions I made based on what my client wanted. You will also learn

Behind The Scenes With Jackie Cleveland While behind the scenes with Jackie Cleveland, you can get a real sense of her processes. She’s moved by bringing beauty into the world and expresses her vision through various mediums such as oil painting on canvas, and handmade mixed media art cards. Jackie’s a master at color and explains her signature use of the palette knife in her paintings. This is one of the ways she brings vibrant colors to life with texture. The emotion and movement in her work make it’s viewer literally want to touch what is seen.  Jackie’s love for color and creativity lend

Can you repair jewelry? Oh my goodness! I get asked this question all the time. It happens all too often when someone finds out that I make jewelry. The first thing that comes out of their mouth is, “ So, I have this ring,” and I’m thinking to myself, “oh no! Here it comes!…” and they say, “It’s too small and I want to wear it on this finger. Can you size it for me?” This is such a popular question so I’d like to clear up this misunderstanding straight away. Repairing jewelry is a whole other ball game compared to