Handmade Jewellery – How Expensive Is It?
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Like most women, I am a sucker for Jewellery. Costume jewellery, beaded jewellery, or shiny sparkly high-end handmade jewellery, I am not fussed.
Until my recent engagement, and a tonne of research that I did investigating everything from jewellery designers for my engagement ring and wholesale jewellery stores for my bridesmaid jewellery I was pretty clueless about the different types of jewellery and where they came from.
I have always been one to frequent the chain jewellery stores, picking up many a piece of fashion jewellery to add my growing collection. I often have visited jewellery designers galleries’ and high end jewellery stores only to have left empty handed and being too intimidated to even enquire about prices, let alone try on a piece.
When my fiancee (finally) proposed, we set out on a mission to find the perfect engagement ring. I wanted something original and one of a kind but I couldn’t afford the huge price tag and I wanted it within a short time frame. (I mean, I have to have something to show off, right?) I thought this meant I was limited to cheaper chain stores, where I would have to buy something unoriginal out of stock, but we wanted to investigate every avenue.
We called around and made several appointments with different jewellers that I had admired for awhile. And boy am I glad we did!
Making a one on one appointment with a jeweller is an exciting experience! Most jewellery designers that we met with were incredibly kind and patient with us, explaining everything from the types of stones available to the different varieties of metal I could choose.
But best of all – the price! I was pleasantly surprised that having a piece of handmade jewellery created was no more expensive than purchasing a chain-store piece out of stock, and I was able to have a ring exactly like I wanted. One of a kind!
It is so exciting to be able to have an engagement ring that I know is like no other out there. It is a far better quality that a cheap chain store ring, and it is very special to be able have worked one on one with the maker of my handmade piece.
From now on perhaps I will be frequenting handmade jewellery stores a little more often, and adding perhaps some handmade earrings to my collection!
So Are you looking for a a beautiful Handmade piece of Jewellery?
Well if you are there are many different places that you can look. I live in Melbourne, Australia and we are lucky enough to have some world class jeweller’s. So can simply go a a stroll down some of the side alley and lanes and you are bound to come across some beauties. If you are from overseas a quick google search and you should be able to have a look at some of the jeweller’s i’m talking about. Do yourself a favour and check them out – or if you have any that you can recommend to me go ahead and leave a comment for me, I would much appreciate any great new jeweller sites.
I had my Engagement Ring made by Kate Shore Jewellery and she was helpful, patient and created a masterpiece that I will treasure forever. Kate Shore Jewellery creates the Best Handmade Jewellery Melbourne has to offer