Custom Made Jewelry Los Angeles

Life is what you make it and so is custom made jewelry. You may already have a full design drawn up or just an idea for what a piece might look like. Maybe you have a picture or have seen someting you like and want to get something similar to it. Well you can. All you really need is a qualified professional jeweler who makes custom jewelry pieces.

Set up a meeting and discuss what it is you have in mind. A good jeweler can help you and offer suggestions to take your idea into reality. This can be for yourself or if you are considering a gift think about how wonderful a one of a kind gift item will be for the person getting the gift.

Your idea does not have to have a 3 caret diamond to be done. Since a custom made jewelry piece is unique that alone makes it special. Say for example you had a pair of silver earrings made with a nice colored stone like turquoise, it would look great and not cost more than you could be paying at many stores when you have it custom made for you.

Custom made jewelry is what you want when you want to have one unique piece unlike any other. Have you had a picture in your mind of a pendant, ring, or charm? You could draw it out then make it if you had the time and the skills to make what you see. You may even take courses and over time learn to make jewelry just out of ideas you have. Most of us just do not have the luxury to be free from life's obligations.

Fret not; a qualified jeweler who is set up to work with you can help bring your design into reality. They can even help you if you have just a rough idea of how some piece of jewelry would look. It may be gold, silver, or platinum and be set with diamonds or rubies that you envision and it can be made.

Custom made jewelry can celebrate a special occasion and turn it into a lifelong memory. The jewelry is as unique as the event. They say you can only have one first kiss. If you have a custom engagement ring made it will add greater meaning to how special your marriage will be.

When selecting a qualified jeweler to make a custom piece for you pay attention to the reputation of the company, years in business, his training and background, and how friendly he is to work with. You want to have a good experience and get your jewelry made well and be what you really had in mind.

That is a really good question. Why bother? It costs more. It takes more time. You have to plan ahead. There are already lots of appealing pieces of jewelry around that are commercially made. So what's the big deal?

Well, first of all, are you a leader or a follower? Do you follow the fads or set the trends?

More and more these days, people want to stand out in a crowd. Everyone wants to be an individual or invisible. True, both extremes are out there. But lets look at the "I wanna be me" people. When they choose to go with custom made jewelry it is an expression of style, taste and perhaps class. The personalized jewelry is far more valuable than any amount of money you have paid for it.

When I inherited some rings from my grandmother I wanted to make them into something special but I rarely wear decorative rings and her hands were so much smaller than mine that I had to rethink the whole thing. I knew custom-made jewelry would be a treasure that I would cherish and that would honor her memory but I did not know how to go about it.

I talked to a nephew of mine who is an artist and a jeweler. He had some ideas to share. Together we discussed what was most important in this memorial accessory. It had to fit my style and yet reflect and honor my grandmother's tastes and memory too. After a while he came up with a sketch that appealed to me. And now I have a pendant style custom-made jewelry piece made with my grandmother's stones and settings. I am really careful not to wear it when I go horseback riding.

Amazonite

Believed to have a soothing and calming effect. It accomplishes this by dispelling
negative energy and allowing us to let go of sadness and grief.

Amethyst

Calms the emotions, creates clarity of thought, and assists in attaining wisdom.
Amethyst is a stone of the mind; it brings calmness and clarity, helps you to
get in touch with your intuition, feelings and values. It has long been regarded
as an aid to sobriety and useful for combating alcohol, food, and other addictions.
It eases compulsive/obsessive behavior.

Apatite

A gemstone of communication. It is believed to help stuttering and hypertension,
and helps one overcome sadness and grief. Apatite is said to aid in fighting
viruses and assists in blending the old and the new in one's life.

Aquamarine

Associated with courage and the release of anxiety and fear. It is thought to
soothe, calm and alleviate fears and to help relaxation on long journeys. Many
believe that it protects sailors at sea, and prevents seasickness. Tradition
holds that it gives insight and aids in mental clarity.

Aventurine

A stone of opportunity; believed to attract prosperity. Some advise to keep
an aventurine in your left pocket when you are buying a lottery ticket or playing
any game of chance.

Blue Topaz

Associated with courage and overcoming fears and obstacles. It is a traditional
stone for writers, scholars, artists, and intellectuals; and used for aiding
higher thinking. It is said to ease mental anguish and promote fidelity, friendship,
gentleness, and integrity.

Chalcedony

Considered a sacred stone by the Native American Indians, chalcedony nurtures
and promotes brotherhood and good will. Chalcedony is said to alleviate hostility,
irritability and melancholy.

Citrine

Said to open the mind to new thoughts and balance impatience and restlessness.
Citrine is long though to promote optimism. It also attracts abundance, and
is known as the "merchant's stone," to be placed where one conducts
business, not only to acquire positive wealth, but to maintain it. Good for
mental focus, endurance, and self-esteem.

Diamond

Believed to absorb and amplify the thoughts of its user, as well as the strengths
and weaknesses of other gems and their wearers. The ancients also used the diamond
for detoxification as it is said to protect from poisons.

Diopside

Thought to be a cathartic stone since it is believed by crystal healers to heal
trauma by bringing forth cleansing tears. Diopside is believed to foster creativity
and promote love and commitment.

Emerald

Tradition is that emerald aids fertility, improves eyesight, and gives the wearer
psychic powers. Believed to lift depression and relieve insomnia. Promotes self-knowledge,
peaceful dreams, and helps you achieve balance and patience.

Fluorite

Thought to balance and stabilize intuition. Regarded as an aid to learning and
lateral thinking. Fluorite is believed to improve the ability to concentrate.

Garnet

Regarded as the stone of passionate devotion: to your family, your friends,
yourself, and your own purpose in life. Believed to stimulate the senses, and
increase vitality and stamina. Garnet is thought to attract good luck in business
ventures.

Iolite

Said to be the stone of inner vision. Believed to assist one to live at a higher
awareness level; and useful for the elimination of debt and to increase financial
responsibility.

Jade

A stone of serenity. Thought to alleviate anxiety and fear and promote good
luck. Jade not only brings prosperity , but allows you to hold on to your money.
A traditional charm for gardeners, jade is said to ensure bountiful harvests.

Jasper

Is associated with relaxation, contentment, compassion, nurturing and consolation.
Jasper is said to relieve mental stress and help you achieve balance in your
life.

Kyanite

A calming stone, it helps to quiet the mind, dissolving emotional or spiritual
confusion. Kyanite is said to be particularly good at dissolving anger and frustration.

Lapis Lazuli

An ancient stone said to represent friendship and truth. Lapis is said to help
bring about harmony in relationships. It is a stone of wisdom and awareness.

Moonstone

Aids communication by promoting clear thinking, inspiration or receptivity;
assists in the fulfillment of one's own destiny. Long regarded as the gemstone
of psychic abilities, wish fulfillment and balancing the emotions, moonstone
is said to help in wish fulfillment, but tends to work better on things that
are needed versus things that are just wanted.

Onyx

Black onyx is said to repel negativity and deflect the negativity of others.
It is a gem thought to enhance determination and perseverance.

Opal

Regarded as a stone strongly associated with the emotions, including love, passion
and spontaneity. Opal is said to aid in visualization, imagination, dreams,
and healing.

Peridot

Thought to strengthen life, bring about prosperity, growth, and increase openness.
Peridot is also believed to help one to understand relationships, and to alleviate
depression, anger, fear, jealousy and anxiety.

Prehnite

A gem with a mystical aura, prehnite is said to be the stone of remembered dreams,
meditation and prophecy.

Rose Quartz

Known as the stone of "gentle love," rose quartz brings peace and
calm to relationships. Excellent for healing emotional wounds, removing negativity
and restoring harmony after conflict. Promotes appreciation of art, music and
the written word.

Ruby

Famous as a protection from misfortune and bad health, ruby is also used to
open the heart and promote love. Given as a gift, ruby is a symbol of friendship
and love. The ruby is also a symbol of vitality and royalty.

Rutile Quartz

Said to intensify the power of quartz crystal. Rutile quartz is thought to assist
one in getting to the root of a problem.

Sapphire

Long associated with peace and happiness, and believed to help with communication,
insight, intuition, inspiration, and prayer. The ancients believe that sapphires
would help them in predicting the future.

Smoky Quartz

Said to help convert anxiety and fear into practical logic and action. Believed
to promote balance and strength in difficult times, and to relieves doubt.

Tourmaline

Tourmaline is said to strengthen both body and spirit. It is believed to attract
inspiration, aid concentration, encourage balance and promote understanding.
It is also thought to calm nerves, sooth grief, promote balance and build self-confidence.

Turquoise

Believed to attract money, success and love, turquoise is a stone of friendship
in many cultures. Native Americans associated the colors of the turquoise stone
with the blue sky and the green earth. It is still seen by many today as being
symbolic of mankind's source in nature.

Zircon

Since the Middle Ages, zircon has been believed to aid in spiritual growth and
the promotion of wisdom. He who wears zircon, it is said, will find beauty and
peace.

Custom Made Jewelry will never go out of style! You can count on that. People have been making their own custom made jewelry for a LONG long time. If you think about it, that is how all of the original jewelry was made!

You can design your own or get some inspiration from what the celebrities are wearing. Just look around and you will get some ideas. Think about the message you want that custom made jewelry to send to the world and everyone who sees it! That is where you get your inspiration. Let your imagination go for a while. Like go to the beach and watch the birds and the waves. Can you capture the FEELING of being at the beach in a custom made pendant for your sweetest?

I bet you can. I can just thinking about it, I can almost smell the salty surf. That is what I want people to see and say when they see it for the first time. Like it says, "Here I am at the beach! Loving it". Take that feeling to the custom made jewelry guy and tell him that is what you want the pendant to look and feel like. I bet you will be happy and so will she.