Happy Stories From our customers

Gifting jewelry in a box is ingrained in us. Seriously, what commercial doesn’t include that breath-taking moment when a box containing a certain sparkly something is opened to reveal its dazzling contents.

With this holiday fast approaching, let’s look at some different ways to present jewelry. Ready to think outside the box?

Hang it from the Christmas tree. Of course this works better if its a necklace or bracelet, but its not hard to hang a dazzling pair of studs (with a little string). Why from the tree? Because its a stunning backdrop for jewelry, with fantastic lighting and sparkles surrounding your special something.

Just put it on. One of our clients put a beautiful pendant necklace on his wife while she was sleeping (a heavy sleeper apparently) so she awoke on Christmas morning wearing her gift already. Clever! 

Fake-out packaging. This is a tried, true (and fun) method to present your jewelry. Find the biggest box possible for your little gift. Or put a box inside a box inside a box. Make the recipient work a little to find his or her gift! It makes the discovery that much more rewarding.

Random spot placement. Another client of ours put an engagement ring in his wife’s favorite pair of shoes, which she planned on wearing over the holidays. A scream could be heard throughout the house the evening she dressed for a party. Now that’s a surprise.

So don’t be limited by the box! There are a ton of creative, fun ways to present jewelry that make the surprise that much more special!

Hand-engraving

We just love this time of year! Not simply because of the gift-giving and the festivity-making. Its also romantic during the holidays!

The holidays are a prime time for dropping the question. So the collection of videos we’ll be sharing these next few weeks leading up to Christmas will include the happiest, sappiest and most romantic proposals we can dig up on the wide, wide world of Le Web.

This one, Alex Johnson (Rockford, IL) showed up at the door (without any notice) at his girlfriend’s family’s in St. Louis and proposed. We wish we could see the ring!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7CABQCGROg

The red kettle of the Salvation Army has practically become synonymous with the holidays and a reminder that others are in need during this time of year. Though a recent trend shows that people aren’t just giving spare change. Some are donating expensive jewelry instead.

According to WHDH:

“A donor reached out,” said Salvation Army Director of Communications Drew Forster, “saying she wanted to donate a piece of jewelry. She was a little nervous that it was actually going to fit in the slot of our red kettle.”

The Salvation Army of Boston says that anonymous donor wanted to give a golden fish pin.

The fish features 18-karat gold and 32 diamonds.

When it was purchased nearly 20 years ago, it was valued at just under $5,000.

It stands to reason that people would donate jewelry. Many of us have expensive pieces of jewelry occupying space in a dusty jewelry box when it could go to better use.

So happy holidays and kudos to all you jewelry lovin’ charitable folks out there!

Queen Bey