Happy Stories From our customers

Here’s a fact that will truly blow your mind:

It only takes up to 4 minutes to decide whether you like someone or not.

Wow. That upends what many of us believe: that love is nurtured and found over time. And while aspects of that are certainly true, that initial pow is either there in the first mere minutes…or its not.

Scientists theorize that in those first few minutes, our body language quickly interacts to approve of the other or not. Even our tone of voice and how quickly we speak makes an impression.

But what is that deeper draw? What causes us to feel attracted to one person versus another? We may never get to the heart of that mystery. Love is a complicated and multi-faceted process that probably has more to do with our subconscious mind than we’d like to believe.

Regardless, our daily advice?

Make the most of those first few minutes. You don’t know who you’ll connect with or when, so remind yourself to maximize initial introductions by being warm, open and making genuine eye contact. This way you may increase your odds of making four minutes a very important (but short) period of time!

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“I need more romance in my life.”

“We had a romantic dinner but the restaurant was noisy.”

“He used to be more romantic…back in the early days.”

Romance can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. But what is it at the heart, essentially?

It’s important to think outside of the box before defining it. It’s not about the act of giving flowers or an engagement ring at just the right moment. It’s beyond a mere action.

Romance is a state of mind. It’s a way you live your life and interact with your partner every day. Romance is a an extension of gratitude. When you are truly grateful for your significant other, that deep feeling of thankfulness has a ripple effect in all the ways you interact with him or her.

Romance is almost always attached to relational love but it can just as easily be transferred to other interpersonal relationships that you deeply appreciate. Think of romance as love, radiating. Well then a family member or friend (or even a stranger) can receive that kind of appreciative love.

So be romantic today. In any of your interactions. Look at others through the eyes of love. Because that is love, essentially.

We’re experimenting with Mocha gold. It has a nice brown tint and we think it will look nice with a champagne color diamond, an example to come soon. Let us know what you think.

Margie!

Oh My goodness!! Yess, Thank you so, so very much!!!! The Ring is beyond anything I’ve ever thought or dreamed of! Beautifully breathtaking, as symbolizing our love! I am blown away by how stunning it is! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this a reality and working with Nic on our ring, with your team at Schubach! You guys are amazing!

Thank you beyond words! A million times over!

Sincerely,
Victoria & Nic

Our new Scroll earrings in rose gold

So you’re a Queen, right? And you have to ball to attend. Your personal dresser peeks her head past the golden archways of your cavernous bedroom and whispers, “My lady, what will it be tonight? Your tiara or your diadem?” You breath becomes shallow (but this could be because of your overly tightened corset). “Um…” you respond. “You pick.”

It’s an awkward moment. One you could have avoided. If you had only known the difference between a tiara and a diadem. If  you had checked our blog (or the Tiaras and Trianon website), you could have known the following:

So in the end, as always, it comes down to etymology. In the beginning there were only diadems.

diadem: from the Greek diadein meaning “to bind around” and thus begins the journey from ancient verb to divine headress!

Long story short, all other terms for royal headgear, tiara, coronet, chaplet, the whole shmear, are simply subcategories or more specific descriptions of a diadem.

So there you go! You fire your dresser for not knowing better (you choose not to behead her because that’s a little gauche) and wear your favorite diadem in pride to the ball that evening, looking resplendent and utterly royal.

Elizabeth wearing the Coronation Earrings and matching necklace at the opening of the New Zealand parliament in 1963. She also wore the Kokoshnik Tiara.

Margie,

Would you be able to give me some guidance on where to go from here since I can’t seem to narrow down my search? I have tried to take a few days away from viewing rings and the problem is every ring I have looked at that is made by Schubach is ridiculously gorgeous! I can’t decide!

I love hitting second hand stores and thrift shops for costume jewelry. And every once in a while, I think to self, “Wow. This looks expensive. I bet its a score.” Well, unfortunately, much of the time I’m wrong.

So I found this tutorial to help me identify the good from the bad (and the just plain worthless).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elDjkidJUO0