Thai Basil Daiquiri Perhaps today’s Thirsty Thursday cocktails are carrying over from Tuesday’s trip to Thailand? Or maybe it’s just because we’re obsessed with this deep, rich tourmaline stone set in white gold with diamonds! The only thing we love more than a vintage cocktail ring is one that matches the cocktail we’re sipping on,…
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Vintage Engagement Rings Under $2000 Happy Wedding Wednesday, readers! Today’s edition of Engagement Ring Eye Candy combines two of our most popular posts – budget beauties and vintage engagement rings. We love a good vintage (or vintage inspired) diamond engagement ring, so today we multiplied our love by six (but divided our budget) to bring…
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Seaman Schepps Bracelet Feature Friday is Fashion Friday and TGIF! We’re featuring one of our favorite pieces from the showroom fashioned two ways for whatever your weekend holds. This week’s featured item is an amazing vintage Seaman Schepps bracelet set with rubies, emeralds, sapphires and diamonds, with the gemstones carved into leaves. It’s very “tutti…
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Sell Jewelry Boca Raton Our bags are packed & we’re getting ready to jet off to Vegas for our first round of summer shows! Before we kick off our time at the Las Vegas Antique Jewelery & Watch Show, we’re hoping to do a little sightseeing. The shops at Caesar’s, the Bellagio, and Circus Circus…
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Gold Art Deco Choker Feature Friday is Fashion Friday and TGIF! We’re featuring one of our favorite pieces from the showroom fashioned two ways for whatever your weekend holds. Today’s featured piece is an amazing estate Art Deco choker set in 18kt yellow gold and studded with the sparkliest diamonds you can imagine. 7.85 carats…
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Diamond Jubilee Crown As England celebrates Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, some of the globes most prominent designers do as well. Amongst them is De Beers, who has designed a commemorative Talisman crown for HRH. The crown, wrought in yellow gold and sapphire blue velvet, boasts 974 diamonds – 797 of which are polished. The rough…
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Diamond Color Grades This web series will focus intently on diamond characteristics, those famous four C’s. Each week, we’ll share an in depth video discussing Clarity, Cut, Color, and Carat and how these factors are determined, and how they affect the price of a diamond. This week, we’re discussing Diamond Color Grades. Diamond color grades…
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Mint Julep Margarita No matter how you’re spending your day today, you can’t claim that you’re without an excuse to celebrate! Today’s celebration of Cinco de Mayo is a perfect time to break out your best guacamole recipe, while the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby is the ideal excuse to don your most fabulous…
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Diamond Carat Defined Due to technical difficulties, the diamond series will continue into May – thank you for your patience, and we hope you enjoy learning about the 4c’s of diamond grading! This month’s web series will focus intently on diamond characteristics, those famous four C’s. Each week, we’ll share an in depth video discussing…
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Kentucky Derby, Cinco De Mayo Today’s Feature Friday/Fashion Friday This or That is a special Cinco de Derby edition! One of May’s most fabulous events falls on the same day as its most festival holiday tomorrow, so it’s the perfect time to celebrate. Today’s quandary begs the question: This or that for these emerald and…
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Clarity Enhanced Diamonds Today we pose a philosophical question to our readers: Is the customer always right? At Raymond Lee Jewelers, we’re of the mind that yes, yes they are. However, a recent incident that left a bad taste in a customer’s mouth forced us to ask the question again, and our VP Lee wondered…
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What makes Australian diamonds different from other diamonds? Find out what the difference is here. Read on. In the market today, there are diamonds and there are Australian diamonds. If you’re wondering what the difference is between these two kinds of gemstones, it lies basically on the quality. Since you’ll be spending hundreds if not…
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Red Velvet Cake Martini Dear readers, cocktail hour is quickly approaching, and we’re well prepared! Today’s cocktails are an incomparable pairing of sweet treats. Our recent trip to Chicago brought an onslaught of stunning gemstone and diamond deco settings; they were all begging to be set with gorgeous diamond center stones ant we were happy…
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The World’s First Facebook Ring Experiment The brainchild of contemporary jewellery designer Andrew Geoghegan, this unique experiment allows ‘likers’ of his Facebook page to vote on fundamental design choices to help create the world’s first Facebook ring. Here’s Andrew explaining the experiment (with the help of his rather cute dog Wilbur): Award winning designer, Andrew…
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