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Green Sapphire Rings Engagement
Green Sapphires in engagement rings are increasing in popularity by leaps and bounds. They have picked up a lot of attention in recent years and often look quite stunning as an engagement ring, especially the shades of teal, mint, and forest green that Sapphires are...
Sapphire: The September Birthstone
Sapphire is the birthstone for September. Along with Rubies, Sapphires were the gem of choice in engagement and betrothal rings prior to the 1900s. Today, they are our best selling gemstone and are commonly associated with royalty. We make fabulous sapphire pieces:...
What is Rhodium Plating: White Gold Process
Jewelry Repairs Near Me: Soldering Jewelry, Other Common Jobs
Jewelry Repairs Near Me • Soldering Jewelry Requests for Jewelry Repairs are a common occurrence in the Jewelry Industry. Common occurrences include broken chains, repairs to cracks that have appeared in rings, and many others. At Federal Way Custom Jewelers located...
Resizing Rings Near Me – How It’s Done
Re-sizing Rings - How It's Done The most common repair service requested at Federal Way Custom Jewelers is the resizing of clients' rings; whether too big or too small, gold or platinum or silver, plain band or 2 carat diamond ring, resizing is a service that is often...
Customized Jewelry – Necklace, Rings, Bracelets, Earrings
Customized Jewelry - Necklaces • Rings • Bracelets • Earrings Why not Stamp Your Uniqueness on some of your jewelry. You have saved to buy the very best you can afford, so why not customize your jewelry to show off your tastes, colors, and style? At Federal Way Custom...
Customizing Jewelry • Personalized Jewelry • Custom Made Jewelry
Customizing Jewelry • Personalized Jewelry • Custom Made Jewelry Customizing Jewelry to fit your own tastes is hard enough. Customizing a piece of jewelry for someone else (especially without their knowledge) is another matter entirely. A loved one’s taste in jewelry...
How to Choose the Right Custom Jeweler
How to Choose the Right Custom Jeweler - Reputable Jewelers Online Choosing the right custom jeweler isn’t something you do on a whim. Think of it as the start of a new relationship and, like in most relationships, you should choose wisely. How can you really know you...
Jewelry Fashion – The Five Most Popular Trends of 2021
Jewelry Fashion - The Five Most Popular Trends of 2021 Like clothes, trends in jewelry fashion come and go. During quarantine, accessorizing with jewelry became an easy and popular way to dress up or stand out even if you were still walking around in your pajamas…...
Personalized Jewelry – For Her, Jewelry Box, Fine Jewelry
Personalized Jewelry • Personalized Jewelry Box • Fine Jewelry Personalizing If you are someone that likes to personalize your jewelry, but don't have much idea on what to do and how to do it, stick around, as this page will give you lots of ideas and hopefully,...
Custom Jewelry • Customer Jewelers Near Me
Custom Jewelry • Everything You Need To Know. Custom Jewelry is fast becoming very popular in the Jewelry Industry. Customizing can be applied to both brand new and pre-owned jewelry. At Federal Way Custom Jewelers, work with you to design and create perfect jewelry...
Buying Diamonds • Diamond Quality Chart • Diamond Carat • 4Cs
Federal Way Custom Jewelers has served the Seattle-Tacoma Metro and Puget Sound area for over 70 years. Our showroom features incredible one of a kind pieces made in house, brilliant loose stones, and staff whose expertise is unparalleled.
Tourmaline Stone • Tourmaline Properties • Tourmaline Jewelry
Tourmaline Stone • Tourmaline Properties • Tourmaline Jewelry A tourmaline is a semi-precious gemstone that comes in more colors and color combination than any other gemstone. Due to the wide range of colors, tourmalines are often mistaken for many other gemstones. It...
What Are Sapphires • Sapphire Gemstones • Sapphire Colors
What Are Sapphires • Sapphire Gemstones • Sapphire Colors What are sapphires: Sapphires are a colored gemstone family for two key reasons: 1) they come in every color of the rainbow and 2) sapphires are hard and tough enough to be worn on a daily basis - second only...
Moissanite Jewelery • Engagement Rings and Gemstones
We are proud to be a preferred retailer of created Moissanite from Charles and Colvard. We think it is the best diamond substitute available so read below to learn more! Moissanite Jewelery • Engagement Rings and Gemstones Moissanite is a beautiful gemstone. It's...
Opal Stones • Black Opals • Fire Opals •
Opal Stones • Black Opals • Fire Opals Opals have captured the fascination of gem lovers since antiquity. The oldest known items featuring opals were found in ancient Mayan and Middle Eastern jewelry thousands of years old. In the middle ages opals found in central...
Red Garnets • Garnet Rings • Garnet Meaning
Red Garnets • Garnet Rings • Garnet Meaning The garnet family of gemstones is one of the most underrated in the gem world. For the last century jewelers stocked red garnets heavily as the January birthstone, and then forgot about them for the rest of the year. This...
Emerald Stones • Aquamarine Gemstone • Morganite
Emerald Stones • Aquamarine Gemstone • Morganite The Emerald is a derivative of the Beryl Mineral Family of Gemstones. Along with Aquamarine and Morganite they are classed as "precious stones. The above photo, courtesy of the Gemological Institute of America, shows...
Alexandrite Stone • Chrysoberyl • Birthstone • Properties
The chrysoberyl (pronounced kris-o-bear-al) gemstone family is one of the most underrated in the jewelry world. Many people have heard of the “phenomenal” members of the Chrysoberyl family, like Alexandrite or Cat’s Eye, but these are just two members of a very...
The Paraiba Tourmaline Debate
Paraiba Tourmaline - Tourmaline Meaning What is a Tourmaline? Tourmaline is classified as a semi-precious stone, and can be found in a wide variety of colors. It is a mineral that has been compounded with elements such as aluminum, sodium, lithium, et al. So what is...
Imperial Topaz Ring (Bicolor) Necklaces, Earrings
Imperial Topaz Ring (Bicolor) What is an Imperial Topaz Bicolor Ring? The Imperial Topaz Bicolor ring is exactly what you thought it might be: a Topaz with Two Colors and not one. But what makes this Topaz unique is that when expertly cut, it has distinct two color...
Creepy Crawly Jewelry
Ever since I was a little boy I have been fascinated with things that crawl through the dirt. While I liked to catch snakes and lizards- and I have the scars to prove it- nothing captured my fascination like a rare moth or beetle I had never seen before. I certainly...
Victorian Jewelry • Victorian Jewelry Box • History
Victorian Jewelry • Victorian Jewelry Box • History The History of Victorian Jewelry can be as far ranging as you care to make it, and by Victorian, we mean jewelry that was worn during the reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1837-1901). Victorian Jewelry Boxes...
Alexandrite Stone Ring Necklace
Alexandrite Stone Ring Necklace What is Alexandrite? Alexandrite is a gemstone of the chrysoberyl family. Alexandrite is bluish green in daylight and red by night. Alexandrite gemstone is purplish red in incandescent light. It is rated very hard on the hardness scale...
Art Deco Jewelry • Art Deco Rings
Art Deco Jewelry • Art Deco Rings The Art Deco movement in jewelry was known for its bold designs and innovations. This Art Deco Period was in between the World War 1 and World War 2 - 1922 to 1938 in Europe. One of the most talked about jewelry pieces of that era...
Morganite Stone • Meaning • Gemstone
Morganite Stone • Meaning • Gemstone What Is Morganite Stone? Morganite is a pink semi-precious stone belonging to the beryl mineral family. Available in many of colors including pink, rose, peach, purple and salmon, the pink and rose-colored stones are the most...
Recycled Jewelry • Redesigned Jewelry Pearl Ring
Recycled Jewelry • Redesigned Jewelry Pearl Ring What is recycled jewelry? Instead of keeping a broken chain or necklace in your collection doing nothing for several years, the gold or silver can be reused to create a new piece of jewelry. In other words, your old...
Imperial Topaz Jewelry • Ring • Earrings
Imperial Topaz Jewelry • Ring • Earrings What is Imperial Topaz? In general, topaz means a yellow gem. The terms “imperial” and “precious” topaz are often used to distinguish between true topaz and the quartz look-alikes. The Imperial Topaz is recognized as being a...
Ruby Gemstone • Meaning • Elusive
Ruby Gemstone • Meaning • Elusive Rubies Ruby Gemstone: A fine, gem-quality ruby is second to none in the gemstone world. Rubies have the hardness and durability of a sapphire, the inner glow of an emerald, the rarity of a fine diamond (or more) and possess the rarest...
Jewelry Laser Welding – Prongs
Jewelry Laser Welding - Prongs Repairs What Are Jewelry Prongs and What Is the Prong Setting? The prong setting or claw setting, is the main area in a ring that is required to hold the stone(s) in place. It usually has four to six metal prongs that extend up from the...
