Happy Stories From our customers

Hi,Beth!
We just ordered my wedding ring, I am so excited! Thank you for all your help, we really appreciate it. Just thought you should know, you made made my choice totally painless, and I am so thankful!
K (and A)

As we officially usher in our annual DIY (Dream it Yourself) Custom Design Jewelry contest, the question pops up: Why custom design a piece when I could simply buy one?

Here are 5 reasons, created from our team at Joseph Schubach Jewelers in Scottsdale, Arizona:

1. Uniqueness – Easily the top reason! You’ll have a piece that’s like no other. In a world of increasing “sameness”, a custom design piece of jewelry says distinctinctly and only you!

2. Creativity – When you create a piece of jewelry, you have the opportunity to use your imagination. The piece you create is borne out your creative wellspring. Everytime you look at it, you’ll proudly know the mastermind behind it!

3. Cost – Let’s get practical for a moment, shall we? You not only custom designing your engagment ring or wedding band, you custom design the price, by choosing the metal and the gem.

4. Heirloomability – Okay, we made that word up. But a true heirloom represents the owner and the generation. When you pass it down, you’ll know the piece represents you and your family.

5. Emotional connectivity – We have so many couples come in to our showroom who tell us exactly why they want a particular design; how each facet represents an element of their relationship. A custom design ring represents the emotion surrounding the piece. You can’t buy that from Tiffany’s!

So if you’re ready to custom design your wedding ring or engagement ring or a necklace or a pair of one-of-a-kind earrings, reach out to us! We’re more than just custom design jewelers, we’re dream makers.

We’re holding our annual custom design jewelry contest. Stop by. See our magic. Vote!

This collection of beautiful jewels as an art form is a project that Angelina Jolie and Robert Procop have been working on for the last nine months. The collection was displayed in a museum quality exhibition earlier this week for an invitation-only crowd. All proceeds benefit children in need of education at Julien’s Gallery in Beverly Hills. Take a look at these amazing pieces!

If there’s piece of jewelry of Angelina Jolie’s that you admire, remember we can recreate it for a fraction of the cost!

Please choose your favorite custom design jewelry piece for our DIY (Dream it Yourself) Jewelry contest, going on now!

We’ve received close to 30 submissions for our Dream it Yourself custom design jewelry contest this year – the most ever! And now, we need your help. Take a moment to review our handcrafted pieces, designed according to each contestant’s exact specifications. Which one catches your eye? Ask your friends and family to vote, too!

“This year, we were truly amazed by the amount of submissions. Our one-of-a-kind jewelry design contest is really catching on! And each and every piece has a story to tell. One common theme among all of the pieces? A genuine sense of play. Everyone was prepared to take some fun and unusual chances. As designers, we were more than happy to oblige!”

– Joe Schubach

When you vote, here are the some points to consider:

1. Originality – does the piece have a distinct mark of individuality to it?

2. Playfulness – does the piece have a fun, personal touch to it?

3. Overall Feeling – how does the piece make you feel? Is it evocative?

Stop by and cast your vote!

Thank you Joe and your Team for the lovely earrings – this is the first time I have seen Moissanite jewellery and I have to admit they are really sparkly and impressive.

Thanks for the great customer service and I am sure I will be in touch again soon.

Regards      Margaret

My rings are just beautiful, far exceeded my expectations.  I will continue to do business with Schuback jewelers   they provided the best product and the best customer service I have ever received from a jeweler.
—
Lynne

We recently received a question about the difference between white gold and titanium. Since we’re here to educate you so you make the smartest online jewelry decisions possible, here you go:

White Gold

White gold is an alloy of gold and some white metals such as silver and palladium. White gold can be 18kt, 14kt, 9kt or any karat.

Traditionally nickel was used in white gold, however, nickel is no longer used in most white gold made today as nickel can cause reactions with some people. We do not use nickel in our white gold

When white gold rings are new they are coated with another white metal called Rhodium. Rhodium is a metal very similar to platinum and Rhodium shares many of the properties of platinum including its white color.

The rhodium plating is used to make the white gold look more white. The natural color of white gold is actually a light grey color. The Rhodium is very white and very hard, but it does wear away eventually. To keep a white gold ring looking its best it should be re-rhodium plated approximately each 12 to 18 months. Most local jewelers are able to rhodium plate jewelry for a cost effective price.

Titanium

Titanium is a white metal, but unlike gold it is used in jewelry in almost its pure form (approximately 99% pure). Titanium is extremely long wearing. Its natural color is a gray color.

Titanium is very lightweight, so a titanium ring will feel much lighter than an 18kt gold ring and much lighter than a platinum ring.

Titanium is also 100% hypoallergenic.

Titanium also has a unique property which allows the titanium to be colored to bright colors such as blue, purple and black.

Unlike other metals (such as gold, platinum and silver) titanium is a difficult metal to work with from a jewelry perspective. Titanium is a very hard metal which wears down jewelry making tools very quickly. Titanium also cannot be soldered (joined by heat).

Soldering is used in the manufacture of the majority of traditional jewelry items. Because titanium cannot be soldered, the method of making some jewelry items is restricted when using titanium.For example titanium cannot be used to make a prong setting for an engagement ring. That is why you will see that many titanium rings have parallel bands rather than tapering bands and why you will not see titanium rings with prong settings.

(To cater for our customers wanting a titanium engagement ring, we can add a gold bezel setting to a titanium band.)

For the metal itself titanium is generally less expensive than 9kt white gold. However, because titanium is difficult to make jewelry with the labor costs of titanium can make the price of a titanium jewelry a little higher. Though white gold will still normally command a higher price than titanium.

Source: Gilletts Jewelry