Jewellery Journal
Insights, news and tips from the jewellery world. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get this delivered to your inbox
Placeholder Rings, the Ring Before The Ring
You knew the moment your eyes met theirs. The things in common, the jokes that made you laugh, the fireworks of...
How to Style Jewellery: Three Ways to have a Sparkling Good Time — Summer 2022 Jewellery Trends with the Blossom Collection
Summer is finally here, and the celebration list of weddings, garden parties, beach holidays, and poolside lounges...
Jewellery Trends In History – Part II
Last week, we talked about how jewellery trends from the Art Deco, Golden Hollywood, and nature-inspired Seventies,...
Jewellery Essentials – The Tennis Bracelet
The tennis bracelet combines the glamour of diamonds and the practicality of regular-wear -- not so great for...
Engagement Ring Trends To Fall In Love With For 2022
Lately, engagement rings have been doing a lot. Beyond professing future plans for marriage, engagement rings are...
Jewellery Trends In History
Jewellery history shows us what people were feeling at the time, and how those feelings dazzled — or shimmered on what...
All You Need Is Love – Celebrity Engagement Ring Roundup
All You Need Is Love - Celebrity Engagement Ring Roundup Have you seen these celebrity engagement rings? The...
Legend Has It: 4 Famously Cursed Jewels In History
Do you believe in curses? As the frightful delights of Halloween makes its way back into our homes, there’s no better...
“I Love You This Much” — 10 Famous Tokens of Love In History and Pop Culture
Love. You can feel that word. In its abundance, love lights the fires of our brightest moments, in its least, our...
Buying Bespoke Jewellery – Four Myths We Debunk
Bespoke Jewellery? When my clients tell me about their experience working with me to create bespoke jewellery they’re...
Choosing an Engagement Ring Style
Choosing an engagement ring setting can be a daunting task! To help you along the way, we’ve pulled together a few of...
Designing An Engagement Ring
There has never been a better time to design your own engagement ring. As it is the most meaningful piece of jewellery...
Bespoke Jewellery – The Ultimate Guide to Creating A Cinderella Moment
There is a Cinderella moment you get the first time you try on something that was made exclusively for you. That has...
Step By Step Guide to Bespoke Jewellery
Bespoke Jewellery Manual - A Step By Step Guide If you want help designing any bespoke piece of jewellery, click the...
Grading Gemstones – here are the 6 ‘C’s
Gemstones are graded slightly differently to diamonds. While diamonds have the well known 4 Cs (carat, cut, colour...
Why bespoke jewellery might be the perfect symbol of savouring moments
As life opens up around us – likely bringing with it new freedoms and busier social calendars – many of us will be...
Making Memories: Precious Gemstones and Bespoke Jewellery Design
Jewellery and precious gemstones have been used throughout history as mementos of sentimental moments. The astounding...
The Healing Power Of Gemstones
The healing power of gemstones is something that mankind has been aware of throughout history. Today more than ever, a...
Can A Gemstone Fit My Personality?
Gems through the ages have been used to ward off evil, cure illness, invite spiritual blessings, or just to add some...
Gemstone Pricing Guide: How Much Do Gemstones Cost?
Knowing the market price of a gemstone is an absolute must before you commit to a purchase. Failure to understand the...
Natural versus Synthetic Gems: Which One is Best to Invest?
Today's entrepreneurs are investing in gemstones more than ever. There are a number of reasons behind this trend, but...
Investing In Coloured Gemstones Even in a Volatile Market
Coloured Gems in your investment portfolio, could be a way to keep diversity as you hedge in a volatile market....
Investing in Coloured Gemstones? How to Embrace their Potential
Traditionally, jewellery is considered a personal treasure not an investment, something you get to wear that makes you...
Do’s and Don’ts of Building Your Jewellery Collection
Starting your own jewellery collection can be a fun and exciting endeavour. Getting to show off your creations and...
Creating Future Heirlooms Redesigning Jewellery From Past Treasures
One of the amazing things about jewellery is that a million years in the ground lead to a moment when gold and stone...
Gazing Into Rubies and What Makes these Fine Gems Special
There are a number of important trends happening in the jewellery industry today that you should be aware of if you...
Mesmerizing Sapphire: Fine Gems with a Sweet Blend of Style and Elegance
Sapphires have, over the last few years, continued to grow and expand in popularity. Not only are they a stunningly...
Play-Doh Ring Sizing
If you are planning to buy a ring online, or surprise someone by buying them a ring, but you're panicking that you...
Winners Revealed for Haruni Fine Gems Design Competition 2019
Following the huge success of last year's jewellery design competition, Haruni Fine Gems announced it's 2019 jewellery...
Haruni Fine Gems Design Competition 2019
After the success of last year's design competition, Haruni Fine Gems is proud to announce our second Haruni Fine...
The Advent Calendar of Coloured Gems 2018
The Advent Calendar of Coloured Gems 2018 HFG Advent Calendar Day 24...
Are There Gems that Suit Me and Gems that Don’t?
With a seemingly unending stream of fantastic colour gems coming on to the market lately and being used in magnificent...
Looking After Your Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphires generally require very little maintenance, but over time dirt does accumulate on and around the stone of any...
WILD THINGS, London June 18th -24th
It’s the year of new and exciting fine jewellery trade shows. Earlier this month we saw the first Gemgenève, which has...
The Tale of the Cocktail Ring
Something Blue. The aquamarine cocktail ring which formerly belonged to Princess Dianna, adorned the finger of Meghan...
$17 Billion Worth of Treasure Found in a Spanish Galleon
The find of a century, the stuff of dreams, a fairy tale come to life, the story of a Spanish Galleon sunk 300 years...
GemGenève Fair
GemGeneve fair was hailed as a huge success, with some already saying that it was better than it’s much beleaguered...
Heaven’s Above! Met Gala’s Dazzling Jewels
This year’s Met Gala 2018 Ball showed us scandal, olive branches and dazzling jewels. I don’t know about you but Katy...
Trend Alert – Signet Rings
Over the last few years many 70’s and 80’s styles have been making a comeback, such as chandelier earrings and animal...
46 Carat Pink Diamond Recovered from Lulo
A 46 carat gem-quality pink diamond has been unearthed at Lucapa’s Lulo mine in Angola. This is the largest gem...
Seven Gold Bars Found in a Bin
Imagine the surprise when a cleaner at South Korea's Incheon International Airport found seven gold bars in the bin,...
Upcoming Auctions
The auction season is in full on swing with more amazing pieces to keep your eyes peeled for on 15th & 16th May,...
May Birthstone – The Magnificent Emerald
The May birthstone, emerald, has a long history, favoured by royalty and loved by Cleopatra the emerald has enchanted...
Top 11 Engagement Ring Styles for Spring
With a Royal wedding in a few short weeks, romance is in the air with many couples getting engaged as they catch royal...
Sotheby’s Gets Record Price for Fancy Intense Blue Diamond
Sotheby’s New York Spring Jewellery Auction raised $34 Million, with a rare 3.47-Carat Fancy Intense Blue Diamond Ring...
Bonhams Fine Jewellery Sale Results that Will Make you Say Wow!
Hot on the heels of a magnificent auction from Bonhams New York auction last week, where Burmese rubies, Kashmir...
Practicality Getting in the Way of an Engagement Ring
Photo Credit: Credit Donkey According to the latest survey conducted on behalf of CreditDonkey.com by Google surveys,...
Head of Organised Drugs Gang Spent Nearly £500,000 on Jewellery
And they say crime never pays! Irish news is awash at the time of publishing with the alleged head of an organised...
Lucara Recovers 472 Carat Diamond, 3rd Largest Ever for Karowe
Another massive diamond has been unearthed this week at the Karowe Lucara mine, Botswana. Lucara Diamond Corp....
The Engagement Ring – A Gentleman’s Guide to Buying Bespoke
It’s not easy choosing a piece of jewellery for another person – never mind the most important piece of jewellery that...
Fred Leighton’s Personal Jewellery Collection Fetches Nearly $3m
Items from the personal collection of Fred Leighton went under the hammer at Sotheby’s New York on Tuesday - with many...
Millennials Piercing their Fingers with Diamonds
Millennials are now piercing their fingers with diamonds instead of wearing diamond engagement rings. The trend...
April Birthstone – The King of Birthstones, the Diamond
Have you ever heard, or been asked if you can wear a birthstone that represents a month that you were not born in?...
Expanding World’s Most Valuable Diamond Mine
The Jwaneng mine in Botswana, currently the world’s most valuable diamond mine is set to get even bigger after a joint...
Legendary Fred Leighton Collection to Go Under Sotheby’s Hammer
Fred Leighton full collection, including his iconic red carpet show stopping jewellery is to go on sale starting April...
Colour Trends for Spring 2018
Ultra Violet is the colour of the year with sunny yellow playing the supporting roll. Pantone released their forecast...
Queen Victoria’s Jewels on Display at Kensington Palace
A feast for the eyes, the Queen Victoria’s Jewels have gone on display at Kensington Palace on Good Friday. Who...
Christie’s New York Magnificent Jewels
April 10th – 19th Christie’s New York will hold their Magnificent Jewels Auction, which will be led by a Fancy Intense...
April Moodboard: Yellow
Which yellow is right for your customer's skin tone Looking for jewellery design inspiration around the colour...
March: Ultraviolet
March: Ultraviolet March is finally here and it means that Spring is just around the corner, bringing not only good...
