I usually use a professional service to do most of my photo processing for when I need something that looks great. I especially need it for when I need a piece ...

Have you looked into what store owners are looking for in a relationship? Liz Tucker, owner of Poppy in Columbia, Missouri is the store owner who taught me ...

In an industry where that are no easy answers, and often no simple or straight forward answers, choosing reused diamonds is one of the easier choices I can ...

Recently I got added to an email list by a climate organization and I was incensed. It seemed, even to me, like it might be a petty annoyance, but thinking ...

Solid gold, gold fill, gold plate, gold vermeil, karat gold - what exactly do these terms mean? And why use one over the other? Solid Gold This means that a ...

The Kimberley Process is Broken When a Summer of 2021 meeting of the Kimberley Process (KP) turned contentious, I found hope. Read More

Platinum is less expensive than gold, so what gives? This is a question that I get a lot. And I get it - you can clearly see if you check metal prices online ...

My Favorite Bench Pin It's been awhile since I've talked more specifically about jewelry skills and tools. And it's been awhile since I've talked to you about ...

As a member of the jewelry industry I reserve the right to critique it and be annoyed by it even when I’m participating in it. That annoyance drives me to seek ...

This system for sourcing diamonds that we are currently working in is unfair. Sometimes in order to fix a problem, it helps to acknowledge that the problem ...