Solid Investments: An Education

Smart shoppers should work with a local jeweler, not an internet company, to buy investment pieces so when you trade up you get exactly what you paid. For example, diamond earrings...no size is right or wrong, every size is trade-able to a size up. So work with a jeweler who will take your existing diamond studs, and trade them in for what you paid, towards a bigger pair and that way your diamond earrings are always an investment.

When you are just starting to invest in jewelry begin with earrings first, then necklaces. These are the pieces that are closest to your face and they have the ability to really transform your look. Choose pearls first, then diamonds (studs for both), or hoops. Hoops do a lot for any woman, at any age. If you have a smaller face or short hair, wear small hoops. If you have long or curly hair you can get away with big hoops, which are especially playful in Summer!

Beginner Investment List:
*Pearl studs (dangle, french wire)
*Hoops (yellow, white, or diamond)
*Nice Watch
*Fashion Watch (Jellies!!)
*Long chunky necklace (30"-36")
*Pearl strands
*big, colorful cocktail ring (like amethyst or blue topaz)
*Sapphire ring
*Nice gold link bracelet
*Wide Cuff

Fashion vs. Fine Jewelry

We all have fun pieces of jewelry we buy to spice up an outfit, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, if you are thinking about when you hit your milestone years it's nice to celebrate hitting 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, etc. by having a piece you'll keep forever. It will take you back to that day when you celebrated that big birthday or anniversary, or special moment.

There are several reasons we invest in fine pieces of jewelry. We invest because it's rare, we invest because it's beautiful. We invest in fine jewelry for the same reasons we invest in fine art. But investing in jewelry is more important because you live your life in it. They are pieces to help you remember moments you never want to forget: graduation, wedding, births, birthday, anniversaries.

When you think about the rarity and purity of natural gemstones, gold, silver, platinum, and even sterling silver; you feel good wearing it! To have something on that you know is mined out of the ground-God created-gemstones are like miracles of the earth. And if life is made up of tiny miracles, why not spend it wearing tiny miracles? Look beautiful, feel beautiful, own beautiful.

~The Diamond Gal