Jewelry is given for a number of reasons, such as birthdays, anniversaries, and milestones. The common denominator in all these gifts is love. You give because you love. Here are 5 gifts that define love, both literally and figuratively.
Love Jewelry #1: Cupid's Arrow Ring
As the god of love, affection, and attraction, who wouldn't want to be struck by Cupid's arrow? Especially, when given by someone you love. This gorgeous arrow ring wraps around the finger with sparkling diamonds. It's modern in its design and timeless in its meaning.
Love Jewelry #2: Simple Gold Wedding Bands
A simple gold wedding ring symbolizes the eternity of love. Just like love, it has no beginning and no end, and will continue forever. Therefore, giving a symbolic ring such as a simple gold band is a profound statement of love.
Love Jewelry #3: Heart Necklaces
A heart is the most recognizable symbol of love. Be it a small gemstone heart pendant or a large diamond heart necklace, the meaning is obvious.
Love Jewelry #4: A Bouquet To Last A Lifetime
Why give a bouquet that will last a few days, when you can give a bouquet to last a lifetime? These beautiful 14kt rose gold bands with green gold leaves can be worn as fashion rings or wedding bands (who doesn't love rose gold wedding bands?). Both the roses and leafs are struck separately, hand assembled by a team of expert jewelers, die struck to create a finished band, and then hand engraved to bring out the details. These rings are truly a labor of love, ideal for the one you love.
Love Jewelry #5: Gemstones Are For Love
Gemstones are a great way to personalize jewelry. Here are just a few ways you can use gem jewelry to show your partner how much you love them:
Comment below with your ideas on how to give 'Love'.
Trend Alert: Rose Gold Engagement Rings
Today, countless brides are bringing their visions of rose gold engagement rings to life. It's a trend that looks amazing in everything, from vintage engagements rings to timeless classic solitaire engagement ring settings. Either in all pink gold or a mixed metal combination with yellow, white, or green gold. You simply can't go wrong.
"How do I begin to find the perfect rose gold engagement ring?" 
Simple, find a ring you love and order it in rose gold. It's really just that easy. So, let your creativity guide you, mix and match your metals, and turn any engagement ring setting from our collection of designs into your perfect ring. Here are some before and after examples rose gold engagement rings:
Jewelry holds a special place in our hearts. Simultaneously, it is valuable, sentimental, and beautiful. Therefore, it's inevitable that it would play a major role in some of the most popular movies in our country's history. Here are 5 movies that had iconic jewelry moments.
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Jewelry Movie Moments: Pretty Woman
Who can forget the playful way Edward, played by Richard Gere, snapped the case on Vivian, played by Julia Roberts, and her exuberant laughter that followed. Then, the equally iconic scene when Vivian stands in front of the mirror wearing one of the most iconic diamond and gem necklaces in movie history. It's a Cinderella story with a true princess moment.
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Jewelry Movie Moments: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
When Lorelei Lee, played by Marilyn Monroe, stepped out in that hot pink dress singing "Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend" the only thing more gleaming than her beauty were the diamonds draped around her.
Jewelry Movie Moments: Titanic
If it were not for the fictional halo style blue heart diamond necklace, called "The Heart of The Ocean," James Cameron's Titanic would not have had all it's romantic plot twists and turns. That one necklace demonstrated Cal's superficial love for Rose, Jack's demise, the world's obsession with the riches of the Titanic, and in the very end, how we knew that the elderly lady was indeed Rose.
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Jewelry Movie Moments: Lord of The Rings
One ring to rule all rings! Now this is a movie about jewelry and how if simple wedding bands were forged in Mordor, how much trouble we would all be in. The entire trilogy was based on Frodo, played by Elijah Wood, and his epic quest to destroy a simple looking gold band.
Jewelry Movie Moments: Goonies
When a group of local kids are about to loose their neighborhood they ban together on journey for pirate's treasure to save their town. After escaping from 'bad guys', surviving booby traps, and dodging skeletons they find themselves in a see of gold, tiaras, precious stones, and lots of gem jewelry. In the end it's a small bag of gemstones that save the day. Can you image those stones set in Jabel ring settings?
At first glance, it's hard to top the blinding gleam of red-carpet-worthy celebrity engagement rings. It can be overwhelming when ring envy kicks in and you see a massive fancy cut diamond classic solitaire or one of those beautiful romantic rose gold engagement rings (and lots of halo engagement rings in between). However, there is always a way for you to get the same look without the price tag. You just need to be willing to design your own ring, borrowing inspiration from the rings you admire the most!
To get started you need to look at what makes the ring(s) you love stand out. Then it's a simple matter of dissecting the ring's center stone, setting, and ring shank (the band portion of the ring) to find your recipe for perfection. Here are some of today's most popular celebrity engagement rings and our thoughts on how you can make their ring your own!
Celebrity Engagement Ring #1: Alison Brie's Engagement Ring Setting
To recreate Alison's stunning engagement ring from Dave Franco, we suggest one of David Connolly's or Jabel's halo engagement rings. From clean lines diamond encrusted works of art, there is a halo ring just waiting for you!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #2: Audrina Patridge's Engagement Ring Setting
Audrin'a classic solitaire from Corey Bohan is perfect! It is timeless, elegant, and romantic. We recommend a die struck classic Jabel solitaire like this one featuring a six prong setting.
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If it's the shape of the cushion cut diamond and the soft color of Anna's ring from Skylar Astin, then consider a gemstone cushion cut ring. You can get the size and color you desire without the red carpet price tag.
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Celebrity Engagement Rings #4: BC Jean's Engagement Ring Setting
Dancing With The Star's Mark Ballas proposed with this beautiful modified three stone ring. The diamond band in the ring we suggest adds an extra sparkle to Jabel's collection of three stone engagement rings ring, just like it does in BC's ring.
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Celebrity Engagement Rings #5: Blake Lively's Engagement Ring Setting
Ryan Reynold's made jewelry headlines with this beautiful pink engagement ring, however not enough credit was given for his exceptional taste in selecting the mounting. What really defines this ring are it's clean simplistic lines. In a world filled with halo mountings this stands apart. We love the similar clean setting in this Jabel engagement ring, just image in it rose gold with an oval set diamond...swoon! Rose gold engagement rings are gorgeous.
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Celebrity Engagement Rings #6: Cameron Diaz's Engagement Ring
Unique engagement rings, like the ring Benji Madden gave Cameron Diaz remind us that there is always a chance to do your own thing when getting engaged. This Jabel band is a fun playful diamond ring and could double as both an engagement ring and wedding band.
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Celebrity Engagement Rings #7: Ciara's Engagement Ring
When Russell Wilson picked out Ciara's engagement ring he went for big and bold. This Jabel die struck engagement ring setting has similar clean lines with tapered baguette diamond sides to draw your eye to the center stone.
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Celebrity Engagement Rings #8: Drew Barrymore's Engagement Ring
Aside from the massive cushion/radiant center stone, the diamond embellished pinched shoulders are eye catching in the engagement ring that Will Kopelman gave Drew Barrymore. We love this Jabel engagement ring setting with similar pinched shoulders and channel set diamonds that can be custom order with a rectangular center stone.
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Celebrity Engagement Rings #9: Dianna Agron's Engagement Ring
Winston Marshall went for a bold look when he proposed to Dianna with this yellow gold classic solitaire. A great alternative is Jabel's full bezel diamond solitaire engagement ring in yellow gold. The bezel setting will surround the diamond in precious metal as it does in Dianna's ring.
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Celebrity Engagement Rings #10: Eva Longoria's Engagement Ring
L.O.V.E. Jose Antonio Baston's choice of a ruby engagement ring. A wonderful suggestion is this beautiful ruby and diamond ring from David Connolly.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #11: Maria Menounos' Engagement Ring
Kevin Ungargo picked the perfect one of our favorite halo engagement rings for Maria. The ring's delicate band is perfectly complimented by it's striking round center. A similar halo engagement ring is made by David Connolly.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #12: Mary Kate Olsen's Engagement Ring
Another great example of unique engagement rings! Oliver Sarkozy's cocktail style sapphire and diamond ring shows there is room for out-of-the-box engagement rings. We love these unique vintage style engagement rings from Jabel featuring gemstones and diamonds.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #13: Emmy Rossum's Engagement Ring
Sam Esmail proposed with this classic tapered baguette engagement ring. The Jabel mounting pictured here has the same slimming tapered baguette side and a four prong brilliant round center.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #14: FKA Twig's Engagement Ring
Robert Patterson took the path less traveled by selecting on of the most beautiful rings we have seen in a while, it certainly hit the mark with unique engagement rings. The cocktail style and variable diamond sizes are reminiscent of Jabel's remount collection. We think that this diamond ring is just perfect to recreate the look!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #15: Grace Gealey's Engagement Ring
Trie Beyers went for a fairy tale look when he selected this cushion silhouette halo engagement ring. We love this David Connolly engagement ring setting because the silhouette of the head resembles a cushion, but it actually takes a brilliant round which will be more cost efficient. However, if you have your heart set on a cushion, this ring can accommodate that too!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #16: Hillary Swank's Engagement Ring
It was a stunning emerald cut emerald ring that Rubin Torres gave Hillary. Our designer David Connolly has a passion for emeralds and with his team's help we can surely find your bride-to-be an emerald ring she will be thrilled to say 'yes' to!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #17: Iggy Azalea's Engagement Ring
This fancy yellow diamond engagement ring given to Iggy by Nick Young is a show stopper. But, don't overlook the beautiful setting it is in, a halo mounting with side diamonds and a diamond embellished shank. Jabel offers a similar illusion cushion halo setting. A fancy colored round diamond would be a show stopper in this ring too!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #18: Jaimie Alexander's Engagement Ring
When Peter Facinelli proposed to Jaimie with this cushion style halo engagement ring she said 'yes!' Fear not, we have a wonderful halo engagement ring with an illusion cushion head that will gives brilliant round diamonds the cushion look (without the price tag). However, if you have your heart set on a cushion diamond, this ring can accommodate that too!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #19: Jessica Biel's Engagement Ring
When Justin Timberlake proposed with this stunning halo engagement ring the style world was on fire because of it's brilliant use of colored stone where traditionally would have been diamonds. Jabel's halo setting with side diamonds would look equally as lovely with sapphire shoulders. For gemology buffs, try placing natural Alexandrites in the shoulders to really impress her!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #20: Heidi Rhoades' Engagement Ring
Cameron Diaz isn't the only one in Hollywood bucking the traditional ring trend, Jillian Michaels opted for a jaw dropping eternity diamond band for Heidi. Eternity bands are a beautiful symbol for the eternity of love. If you think the love of your life would prefer one, we can make them in any shape, size, or carat weight you want...and if you don't see it just ask, we can do it!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #21: Jodie Sweetin's Engagement Ring
In a delightful twist, compared to most halo engagement rings, this split shank setting and radiant cut diamond is beautiful (Good Job Justin Hodak)! David Connolly has a split shank setting in his collection that can accommodate any center stone you like!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #22: Julianne Hough's Engagement Ring
Brook Laich made headlines with this stunning classic oval engagement ring for Julianne. However, when you break the ring down, this is an easily obtainable style. It is a classic diamond band with a center stone, simple and beautiful. All you need to do is order a David Connolly mounting like the one pictured here (wedding band shown with it), and have it set with an oval diamond.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #23: Julia Stiles' Engagement Ring
Preston J. Cook selected a modern solitaire for Julia with this full bezel classic solitaire engagement ring. What's more, he had it set in yellow gold which was a wonderful addition. Jabel offers a lovely collection of solitaire engagement rings, including the bezel diamond ring featured here!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #24: Kate Middleton's Engagement Ring
This is truly the ring to rule all rings! This ring is so famous that until recent years, all similar rings were called Princess Di style rings rather than halo rings. Plus, Kate's ring fueled a love of gemstone and sapphire engagement rings. We have a series of similar rings, including the Jabel style featured here with alternating diamond sizes in the halo.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #25: Katherine Boyd's Engagement Ring
This gorgeous ring given by Josh Brolin to Katherine looks like a treasure straight off the Goonie's set! Fear not, if you don't have a treasure chest of your own, look no further than our designer David Connolly for his brilliant halo engagement ring.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #26: Lady Gaga's Engagement Ring
Taylor Kinney may not be the only groom to select a heart shaped diamonds (look at the engagement ring Jake Roche gave Jesy Nelson and Nicki Minaj's ring too), but he did break from the pack and choose a classic solitaire setting for his heart shaped fancy cut diamond. Rather than shopping for extravagant halo engagement rings, he kept it clean and simple with the full investment in the center stone. To get this look yourself, find a great classic solitaire setting and dedicated your full budget to an amazing center stone. However, if your going to invest in a high end diamond, make sure you secure it in a die struck setting. Check out these Jabel die struck classic solitaire settings that can accommodate any shape or size diamond.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #27: Kelly Clarkson's Engagement Ring
The diamond embellished cushion style setting Brandon Blackstock gave Kelly is lovely and the yellow diamond is amazing! Why not start with this illusion cushion setting from David Connolly, add in a punch of color through fancy diamonds or gemstones and you have an equally beautiful show stopping ring!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #28: Mariah Carey's Engagement Ring
James Packer went classic, big, and bold on the ring he gave Mariah! The hallmark of this classic engagement ring is the silhouette and tapered baguette sides. Our Jabel collection includes a variety of die struck baguette engagement rings and they look just as beautiful with a brilliant round, princess, or cushion cut diamond as they do with an emerald cut.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #29: Mila Kunis' Engagement Ring
Good job Ahston Kutcher with Mila's timeless and absolutely perfect classic solitaire. Note, the extra prongs on the setting (very smart). The larger the circumference of the stone the more area that needs to be griped for protection. Therefore if you are selecting a big solitaire, make sure the setting has six prong like this one from Jabel. Bonus, Jabel is also die struck so it will provide extra protection for your stone.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #30: Misty Copeland's Engagement Ring
Olu Eva's selected a cushion top halo engagement ring for Misty. We love our cushion top halo engagement rings too! This illusion setting gives the feeling of a cushion center stone while holding a round which can save your a small fortune. However, if have your heart set on a cushion engagement ring, this ring can accommodate that too!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #31: Morgan Stewart's Engagement Ring
Co-star Brendan Fitzpatrick joined an elite number of gentlemen who choose a chic oval diamond engagement ring and it looks beautiful on Morgan's finger. However, what is equally beautiful is the eternity band the stone rests on. Eternity bands are symbolic of the endlessness of love. Wouldn't this Jabel eternity engagement ring look great with an oval diamond? Yes!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #32: Nastia Liukin's Engagement Ring
This Olympian had one wonderful surprise when Matt Lombari proposed with this cushion style halo engagement ring. Much like our ring from the David Connolly collection, it is sure to make your bride-to-be feel like a winner!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #33: Nicki Minaj's Engagement Ring
Meek Mill's engagement ring for Nicki is a hybrid of several engagement ring trends we have seen: heart engagement rings, colored diamond engagement rings, and halo engagement rings. That's a lot of sparkle! And, a really big budget. If you love this ring and want to get it yourself, you need to identify your favorite part of it. What makes that ring standout? What struck you most about the ring the first time you saw it? A double halo engagement ring like the David Connolly ring featured here set with a fancy colored diamond might just do the trick!
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #34: Nikki Reed's Engagement Ring
Ian Somerhalder chose a unique and romantic version of a halo style engagement ring setting for Nikki Reed. Unique engagement rings and vintage style engagement rings like this are reminiscent of floral engagement rings. We love this similar ring in our Jabel collection. Both rings are unique, vintage, and capture the beauty of colored gold.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #35: Paulina Slagter
Ryan Phillippe chose a lovely split shank diamond engagement ring when proposed to Paulina. Split shank rings add an element of drama to an engagement ring setting, much like this David Connolly's design.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #36: Portia De Rossi's Engagement Ring
I can't help but get up and dance when I see the ring Ellen DeGeneres selected for Portia! Seriously, what a great mix of tradition with the timelessness romance of vintage engagement rings. While not an exact match, the organic quality of this Jabel mounting, along with it's vintage notes, is a wonderful ring setting anyone looking for a ring like the one Ellen selected. Here are some other vintage style engagement rings in our collection.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #37: Reese Witherspoon's Engagement Ring
Jim Toth chose a delicate diamond band and a MAJOR fancy cut diamond for Reese's engagement ring setting. If you want something similar I would suggest Jabel's classic diamond band mounting pictured above and pairing it with a fancy diamond setting. Jabel has heads for rounds, hearts, pear shapes, emerald cuts, cushion, oval and princess cuts. Select the elements you want and design your own engagement ring.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #38: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's Engagement Ring
Jason Statham selected a lovely high set diamond mounting for Rosie with decorative prongs and diamond embellished shoulders. Similarly, Jabel's engagement ring which features fishtail prongs and high diamond shoulders. Lovely!
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Image: People Magazine and Richard Shotwell/AP (left), People and Instagram (middle)
Celebrity Engagement Ring #39: Sasha Clement's Engagement Ring
It was a fairy tale engagement for Sasha when Corbin Bleu proposed in front of Cinderella's castle in Disney World's Magic Kingdom with this stunning ring! Jabel's common prong diamond mounting set with a round center stone will give you an equally lovely princess-worthy ring.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #40: Scarlett Johansson's Engagement Ring
Romain Dauriac proposed to Scarlett with this vintage engagement ring. Wow! However, if you are not a trained jeweler or gemologist sometimes vintage jewelry can become quite the nightmare with worn prongs, cracked or weakened shanks, and compromised strength. What we recommend is selecting a ring from Jabel's Vintage Engagement Ring collection. The best part about these rings is they are made using the same dies that were used 25, 50, 75, even 100 years ago. The ring pictured above was debuted in 1925! Therefore you can actually get a vintage piece with the strength and integrity of a new ring. All the look, romance, and magic with piece of mind.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #41: Sofia Vergara's Engagement Ring
It was a bold cushion halo engagement ring that Joe Manganiello selected for Sofia. Note the delicate band and how well it contrasts with the large center stone. This ring is reminiscent of David Connolly's halo style engagement ring featured in our collection. However, our ring can accommodate either a cushion or round center stone which will help reduce the cost of the ring.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #42: Teresa Palmer's Engagement Ring
Mark Webber proposed to Teresa Palmer with this socially conscience engagement ring featuring an oval cut rose quartz set in rose gold with ethically sourced diamonds. We choose to pair her ring with Jabel's eternity engagement ring, the simple band mimics that of Teresa's and, for those of you who love pink gold engagement rings, this ring can be customized to any of a number of gold colors (yellow or pink gold engagement rings). It is also worth noting that at Bella's we only sell jewelry that is produced with diamonds that are conflict free and adhere to the Kimberly Process.
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #43: Victoria Beckham's Engagement Ring
David and Victoria Beckham are style icons: classic, refined, and elegant. It's no doubt that he would select an estate style engagement ring for her. The simple clean lines of the diamond shank and the striking retro pair shape stone are superb. It reminds me of a Jabel setting, simple, refined, and looks good with any fancy cut diamond (yes, this ring can be set with a pair shape center stone).
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Celebrity Engagement Ring #44: Beyoncé's Engagement Ring
No engagement ring blog would be complete without taking a moment to discuss the engagement ring Jay-Z gave Beyoncé. It's stunning. Aside from the jaw dropping 18 carat emerald cut diamond, he kept it simple by having it set in a simple split shank ring. If you want the same timeless setting, try a David Connolly setting such as this one which can accommodate most any shape or size diamond.
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Hand engraved jewelry is a work of art!
It's exciting to find something truly unique in the jewelry world. Even more exciting is to find true heirloom quality jewelry. So, imagine our delight as we get to tell you all about jewelry and engagement ring settings that have been hand engraved by a team of expert craftsmen and artist.
So, how do you hand engrave engagement ring settings, wedding bands, and other pieces of fine jewelry? Here is a step by step guide to show you how these artists work:
Hand Engraved Jewelry: Step 1
Die Struck Engagement Ring Settings and Jewelry
Hand engraved jewelry is not something that every craftsmen of fine jewelry should attempt. In order for the engraving to survive the daily wear and tear of it's owner it must begin with the right jewelry, die struck jewelry. Engraving on cast jewelry is less desirable because the low pressure method of jewelry makes the engraving vulnerable to wear. However, the inherent strength of the die struck jewelry is ideal! Just as a painter requires a gessoed canvas, an engraver requires a incredible dense piece of metal to retain the design. Check out our this blog to see how the durability of die struck jewelry is achieved!
Hand Engraved Jewelry: Step 2
Selecting A Pattern For The Engagement Ring Settings and Jewelry
Once the piece of jewelry completes it's production, it is turned over to the hand engraver. He will carve the desired pattern in relief. While customizing a pattern is an option, many people prefer the timeless look of Jabel's signature 'Wheat' pattern with millgrained details. The pattern's vintage feel is popular with many of today's brides and gives new engagement ring settings and wedding bands an authentic antique style look.
Hand Engraved Jewelry: Step 3
Carving Engagement Ring Settings and Jewelry
Once the pattern is selected and the piece of jewelry has completed production. It is clamped into a swivel block and the craftsmen will slowly begin applying the pattern. The design is brought to life using only hand eye coordination, basic hand tools and scribers, and his experience. No templates are used in the engraving process. It is important to note, that if an error is made in the engraving process the piece of jewelry is scrapped and the die striking process must begin again.
Here are just a few examples of Jabel's hand engraved jewelry.
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