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- Category: All About Pearls
- Bails vs. Enhancers, From Functional to Fabulous
- Versatile Clasp Challenge! The Story of an Unworn Diamond Clasp Set Free
- Choosing Pearls: Five Things You Need to Consider
- French Wire Finish for Your Pearls; It’s Stronger and Prettier
- The Pitfalls of Pearl Restringing – What Might Happen After You Restring Your Pearls
- Changing a Mabe Pearl Ring to a Pendant – Annabelle’s Story
- Why Pearl Ring Sizing Costs More
- Revitalizing Your Jewelry – Costume Pearls – Sarah’s Story
- Category: All About Rings
- Category: Antique Jewelry
- Category: Antique or Inherited Jewelry
- Inherited Jewelry – What to Do With Your Inherited Jewelry?
- Pawn Shop vs. Jeweler for Your Engagement Diamond
- Vintage Diamond Eternity Band – A Ring Sizing Story
- Grandma’s Vintage Diamonds vs. New Diamonds, How to Design With Them
- Rose Cut, Old European and Old Mine Cut Diamonds for Your E-Ring
- All About Diamond Cut, Technicalities and Common Sense in Diamond Shopping
- Inherited Rings – Use, Re-Purpose or Re-Design? Vikki’s Story
- Inherited Jewelry, Debra’s Story featured on Dr. Oz
- Re-Engraving a Boring Old Tiny Band Ring, Or How Re-Engraving Saved This Ring
- Wedding Bands Makeover – Loving Your Jewelry Back to Life
- Charm Bracelets vs Charm Necklaces
- Amazing Antique Diamond Ring Restoration,Carole’s Story
- Restoring Antique Rings with Antique Diamonds for Engagement Rings
- Gold Plating Jewelry Explained – How Plating Renews Your Old Jewelry
- Inherited Jewelry, From Unworn to Cherished, Debra’s Story
- Revitalized Antique Diamond Ring From Great Grandma – Marnie’s Story
- Grandma Diamonds, Butterflies and Champagne – Aaron and Tina’s Story
- Inherited Jewelry – Telling Jewelry Stories – Karen’s Story
- Designing with Antique Diamonds: Kelly and James’ Story
- Category: Book
- Category: Bracelets
- Category: Choosing a Jeweler
- Category: Client Stories
- Antique Ring Restoration Story – Filigree Hearts Re-Made
- My Wedding Rings in Edible Magazine for Two Beautiful Women
- Purple Heart Ring for Larry – A Creation Story
- Wildly Custom Ring – An Orchid Ring for Robin Story
- A Creative Bride-to-Be Designs the Engagement Ring of Her Dreams
- Three Generations Brought Together By Jewelry – An Engagement Ring Story
- Rainbow Moonstone Ring – The Gift of True Love
- Give a Jewelry Gift With Detail – The Tale of the Isle of Iona Cross
- Wax Sculpting a Dream Pendant for Virginia
- Tamar’s Aquamarine Gets a New Home
- The Unworn Pendant that Needed A Bail Out
- One Watch Makes Two Pendants and a Bracelet
- Lovin my Bangin Clients – Base Jumping and Death Metal
- Dream Ring From Across Time and Distance
- Men vs Loose Wedding Rings and a Facebook Feel Good Story
- Tight Ring Removal in the Woods – A Camp Tuolumne Story
- Design Your Wedding Ring – Aaron’s Story
- Peace,Hiking,Looking Your Best…and Jewelry
- Romanced by the Gem – Impulse Buy Leads to Fabulous Ring
- Donna’s Dogs and Diamonds Rings
- The Fifteen Reasons Men Don’t Buy Jewelry for Women
- Miracles, God, and Lost Jewelry
- Family Crest Jewelry Projects for Sons and Daughters
- Category: Custom Design
- Why Not Re-Use Your Old Gold?
- Jewelry Design Series – Breaking Down Homework for Your Design Idea
- “Pierced Through,” a Design Element. Is it Right For You?
- White Gold vs Platinum For Wedding Rings – What’s the Difference?
- Thin Engagement Rings or Thick Engagement Rings: What Looks Best?
- Changing the Texture of Your Ring – Video
- Engraved Rings – Five Things You Need to Know
- Black Rhodium Plating, Adding that “Pop” to your Jewelry!
- Why is Rose Gold Plating Funky? Could it be the Copper?
- What is Your Jewelry Personality? Part two – Metal, Width and Height
- Is a Halo Ring the Right Ring For Your Engagement Design?
- What’s Your Jewelry Personality? Tesla or Beyonce? Part 1
- Jewelry Bids – a Necessary Step to Your Custom Project
- Choosing Your Unique Ring Style – Eight Elements to Consider
- Should You Use Palladium for Your Engagement Ring?
- Ring CADs Can Look Ugly – Ring Design and Your CAD
- CAD and CAM, A Jeweler’s Workshop on a Computer Screen
- Rose Gold, the Blushing Gold, For Your Engagement Ring
- 14kt vs 18kt Gold For Your Wedding Ring
- Old vs New: Changing an Out-dated Opal Ring Into a Fabulous Opal Bracelet
- How to Use Pinterest to Design Your Engagement Ring
- A Sterling Silver Custom Necklace, Molten and Laser Engraved, – A Beloved Project
- How To Copy Engagement Ring Pictures From Google Images
- How to Use Stipple Finish in Jewelry Design – With a Video
- Four Prongs vs Six Prongs, How Best to Protect and Set Your Engagement Diamond
- Gothic Jewelry Style For Getting Married Darkly
- Rebel Jewelry Design, The Architect’s Ring
- Wear it Don’t Warehouse it! Redesign Your Unworn Jewelry
- Milgrain Engraving Explained – Could This be Your Killer Design Detail?
- Wax Carving Explained in Jewelry Design-The Three Types of Wax Model Making for Jewelry
- Fire Agates Fascinating Allure – Two Jewelry Projects in Yellow Gold
- The Sixteen Steps to Your Custom Jewelry Design
- Renewal of Vows Rings – Why You Need New Rings
- Lord Google You’re the God-Father! It’s a Ring!
- MJSA EXPO: Why Should Jewelry Designers Subcontract Their Work?
- Homeless and Much Loved Square Gems Get an Amazing New Home
- How Google Images Can Help You Design Your Wedding Ring
- Category: Custom Jewelry Design
- Category: Dear Calla
- Dear Calla, My Tungsten Ring Laser Engraving Came Off
- Dear Calla, Husband “Fixed” My Necklace
- How to Wear Vintage Rings and Modern Rings Together
- Dear Calla, My Brother Wants to Make my Wedding Ring
- Dear Calla, Why Can’t I (a Man) Wear an Engagement Ring?
- Dear Calla – Feeling Screwed by my Screwbacks
- Dear Calla – Is There a Right Way to Wear a Wedding Set?
- Dear Calla – Are Gold Casting Grains Gluten Free?
- Dear Calla – Single Re-tip Sticks Up
- Dear Calla – Birthday Ring Turned Torture Device
- Dear Calla – Just Get a New Wedding Band?
- Dear Calla – Looking for Something to Compliment my Pearl
- Dear Calla – Wedding Band for a Bumped-Out Engagement Ring
- Dear Calla – Engraving on the Shank of a Vintage Ring
- Dear Calla – Silver Ring with Oxidation
- Dear Calla – How do I get my ring off? Then do I keep it?
- Dear Calla – Sizing Engraved Ring
- Dear Calla – Pinched Finger and Split Ring Blues
- Dear Calla – Tarnished Pearls and Gold Spacers
- Dear Calla – Edgy Wedding Rings Please
- Dear Calla: Twisted and Sad Ring and Big Knuckles
- Dear Calla – Picky Princess Who Won’t Settle
- Dear Calla – Inherited Grandpa’s Ring
- Dear Calla – Is My Scratched Tanzanite Ring Salvageable?
- Dear Calla – Pookers and the Mini Cooper sized Diamond Dilemma
- Category: Diamonds
- All About Diamond Carats, Choosing Engagement Diamonds by Weight
- Inspirations for Baguette Diamonds and Designs
- White Sapphires vs Diamonds for Wedding and Engagement Rings
- A One Carat Diamond on a Size 2 or a Size 10 Finger – MySparkly.com Review
- Diamond Shape – Engagement Choices and Your Hand
- Spready Table, Old Mine, and Ideal Cut Diamonds – Parts of a Diamond
- How to Avoid Diamond Switching
- What is the Mohs scale? Gemstone Hardness vs Durability
- What to do With Divorce Diamonds?
- Diamond Shape vs Cut, Square Diamonds
- Good Diamonds vs. Bad Diamonds, Emphasis on Cut
- Diamonds vs. Forbidden Wedding Ring Gemstones
- CZ vs Diamond for Your Engagement Ring
- Crazy Uses for Diamonds, Have You Seen These?
- Canadian Diamonds: A Conscious Girl’s Best Friend?
- When Engagement Diamond Dreams, Hit Budget Bumps. Options,Ideas and Alternatives
- Shopping for Diamond Clarity, How Perfect Does it Have to Be?
- Choosing Diamond Color, How to Shop Right for Diamond Color
- Are Diamonds a Girl’s Best Friend?
- Little Diamonds Get a Terrific New Life
- Category: Earrings
- Ear Lobe Droop; Are Your Earrings Pointing toward the Pavement?
- Torn Ear Lobe Solutions, Monster Backs, Disc Backs and More
- Wear it Don’t Warehouse it, Rhonda’s Coin Earrings Re-do
- Confessions From a Jewelry Designer: Do You Suffer From Droopy Dangly Earrings?
- Celebrity Earrings, Reviews; How it Applies to You
- How to Choose the Perfect Earrings For You
- You Deserve Fine, Not Fake Clip-on Earrings
- Jewelry Talking; Do You Know What it’s Saying?
- New Groovy Earring Tool for Clip-On Earring Wearers
- Category: Education
- Gold Jewelry Alloys, What’s in Yellow and White Gold?
- Die Struck vs Cast Jewelry Which is Best for Engagement?
- Gold Electroplating vs PVD Coating
- Calculating the Cost of Gold Jewelry, Is There a Rule of Thumb?
- Rubies are Red, Sapphires are Blue (and Green, Purple, Orange, Yellow, Black and Pink, too!)
- 4 Dangerous and Stupid Ways to Clean Jewelry
- Spinel: Now the Prettiest August Birthstone
- Why Is Gold More Expensive Than Silver?
- Black Gold — Fact vs. Fiction
- How To Send Ring Pictures to Your Jeweler Effectively
- Diamond Appraisals from Legit to Toilet Paper – Part 2
- Diamond Appraisals from Legit to Toilet Paper Part 1
- Friendship Rings
- Nickel Allergy and Your White Metal Choices
- How To Protect Yourself When Purchasing Gemstones Online
- What to Look For in a Good Jeweler; Knowledge, Skills, and Likeability
- Insuring Your Jewelry: To Insure or Not to Insure
- Ring Sizing Explained – What do You Pay More For and Why?
- How To Buy Jewelry For Women, From One Guy to Another
- Loupes, Loops, and Lupes – How to Use a Jeweler’s Loupe
- Why Women Love Jewelry…from Men
- Your Summertime Jewelry Care List
- Carats, Karats, & Carrots
- Category: Engagement Rings
- Wedding Jewelry vs. Occasional Jewelry: Four Pillars of a Daily Wear Ring
- Wedding Rings vs Engagement Rings – What’s the Difference? 5 Stupid Questions
- Harry and Meghan, The Royal Engagement Ring
- Is Engagement Ring Piercing For You?
- Blue Sapphire Engagement Ring Ideas
- Engagement Ring Styles: The Eight Most Popular Trends
- A Real Jeweler vs a Jewelry Counter Clerk for Your Engagement Ring
- Platinum and White Gold vs Silver for Your Engagement Ring
- White Topaz vs Diamond for Your Engagement Ring
- Why Platinum Rings Turn Dull so Fast, And What to do About it!
- What About Moissanite for Your Engagement Ring?
- Online Wedding Ring Costs vs. Custom Made Wedding Ring Costs
- Wedding Ring Buyer Beware, Seven Things to do to Protect Yourself
- Lorrie’s Custom Designed Ring Goes National
- Mangagement Rings, Men Your Time Has Come to Look Engaged
- Kim Kardashian’s Ring, Does She Keep it?
- No Engagement – What Does the Guy Do With the Engagement Ring?
- Why Your Fiance Should Be Part of Her Engagement Ring Design Process
- Broken Engagements – Who Keeps the Ring?
- Solving an Internet Wedding Ring Disaster, Before and After
- Your Right Hand Ring – It’s All About You!
- My Small Diamond is Just Too Small, But I Want to Use it!
- Category: Engraving
- Category: Gemstones
- Category: Inherited jewelry
- Category: Jewelry Care
- Category: Jewelry Product Reviews
- Category: Jewelry Repair
- Category: Jewels of Wisdom
- Category: Necklaces
- Category: Opinion
- Dogs in Jewelry – Jewelers Decorate Their Dogs
- Teeth Jewelry, From Ancient Dentistry to Hip-Hop Accessory
- Cindy Edelstein and the Super Rad Award She Helped InStore to Win
- Jewelers and Their Tattoos
- Fire and Flood, My Stormy Jeweler Life – Part 2
- Fire and Flood, My Stormy Jeweler Life – Part 1
- Titanium, Tungsten, Gold and Platinum – Pros and Cons
- The Danger of Gloves and Rings – Three Stories
- Zombie Rings: How to Tell A Good Ring From a Bad Ring
- Three Jewelers Who Make me Love Being a Jeweler
- Is Your Jewelry Box a Minefield of Unworn Jewelry?
- Fine Jewelry vs Costume Jewelry
- Costume Jewelry Ring into the Real Thing and Why You Should
- Kim Kardashian’s New Ring For Her New Marriage
- National Hispanic Heritage Month and Hispanic Jewelers
- How to Buy Jewelry For Girls
- Your Jewelry and Airport Security: Do You Wear the Good Gold Stuff?
- Fix Your Jewelry!
- Don’t Buy Titanium or Tungsten Wedding Bands
- Wear it Don’t Warehouse it: One Inherited Ring Redesign Makes a New Jewelry Wardrobe
- Thank You from Your Santa Barbara Jeweler – Social Media Jeweler
- The Power of Introduction – Helping Someone Else Improves Your Networking Experience
- Diamonds in the Daytime? Yes Please!
- Category: Pearls
- Category: Personal Jeweler
- Category: Plating
- Category: Problem-solving
- Inlay Ring Repair in Ring vs. Garbage Disposal Story
- Six Actions You Can Take With Your Chipped Diamonds
- Chain Clasps From Hell
- ForeverFit, Arthritis Sufferers and Unfit Wedding Rings
- Spinning Vintage Ring Fixed with a CLIQ Hinge Shank
- Shoulders, Angel Wings and Square Shanks – Big Knuckle Ring Design Hacks
- Telephone Friendly Earrings: Top Four Styles for Your Comfort
- Superfit Hinging Shanks for Large Knuckled People-Review
- Sawing off Rings, Did Your Knuckles Grow When You Weren’t Looking?
- Re-Tipped Prongs and Porosity on Your Engagement Ring
- Clever Ways to Organize Your Jewelry Box – Pam’s Story
- The Case of the Missing Diamond — Carrie’s Story of a Ring Replication
- NPR Quotes Calla Gold on Titanium Ring Removal!
- How to Figure Out Your Knuckle to Finger Differential for Rings
- How to Untangle Gold Chains-Directions and Videos!
- Flexible Rings, Shaking Hands and Public Speaking
- How Laser Ring Welding Fixes Fragile and Unfixable Rings
- Wedding Rings You Don’t Love and How to Change Them
- Big Knuckles and Spinning Rings? Try the Butterfly Spring!
- Broke-Down Wedding Ring – Wedding Ring Problem Solving
- Category: Re-Design
- Category: Removed
- How to Choose a Jeweler – 16 Questions to Ask Yourself
- Pantone Color of the Year, 2015: Marsala
- Colored Gemstones, Social Media and the Tucson Gem Show
- Calla Gold Wins Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award
- Radiant Orchid – Pantone’s 2014 Color of the Year
- Funnily Becoming a Jeweler; Barbara’s Story
- It’s June – The Month of Pearls
- “Image, Self-Confidence and Success” a Santa Barbara Event on Personal Style
- Pantone Color of the Year 2013: Emerald Green
- Simply the Best Wedding Showcase in Santa Barbara
- The Gift of Diamonds and Mae West
- Jewelry Accessorizing Hotly with Wardrobe Wisdom
- Can You Keep Diamonds From Your Ex-Boyfriends?
- How to Buy a Wedding Ring for the One You Love
- Vacation Diamond Mining In America?
- Category: Removed on new site
- Lego Marriage Proposal
- Grossest Wedding Jewelry Trend Ever!
- A Lynda Weinman Necklace – A Design is Born
- What’s Up With the Soaring Price of Gold?
- Elizabeth Taylor – What Record Setting Jewelry Sale Means to Many Jewelers
- Jewelry Design For the Challenge of it – How I Entered a Jewelry Design Challenge
- Cannes Jewelry Extravaganza,Where the Beautiful Wear the Gorgeous
- “Custom-er Service” MetalSmith Benchtalk Interview – The Cliff Notes Version
- Brass Knuckles? No Grass Knuckles; Temporary Green Jewelry
- Jewelry You Can Sink Your Teeth Into
- Good Things Come to Those Who Dream – Carroll’s Emerald Ring
- You’re Not a Jewelry Packrat, You’re a Jewelry Collector!
- MJSA EXPO – I’m so There. Will You be Too?
- Rock Star Metalsmiths Ignite My Life!
- Linda’s Fabulous Alexandrite Ring Story
- Category: Repairs
- Re-Shanking Your Rings; What, Why and When?
- Jewelry Repairs – Life Extension for Your Jewelry
- Ring Disasters, Part 4 – Re-Tipping vs. a New Head
- All About Enamel Jewelry
- Fixing Bent Rings and Cracked Rings
- Broken Ring Prongs and Worn Goodyear Tires, They Don’t Last Forever
- Abducted by Aliens and Now Loves Opals, hmmmm….All About Inlay Repair
- Ring Disasters, Part 5 – When Re-Tipping is Your Only Option
- Ring Disasters, Part 3 – Ring Prong Re-Tipping Pro’s and Cons
- Ring Disasters, Part 2 – Re-Tipping Your Ring Prongs, Defining a Common Ring Repair
- Ring Shank Tragedy – Lame Horses and Thin Rings
- Category: Review
- Category: Revitalizing Jewelry
- Category: Rings
- Category: Santa Barbara Jewelry Design
- Category: Sizing
- Sizing Rings with Inlay- Extreme Sizing with Inlaid Onyx
- Can Someone Size my Eternity Band?
- How Much to Size my Opal Ring?
- How Much to Have my Enamel Ring Sized?
- The Cost of Sizing a Ring: Extreme Sizing
- How Much Does it Cost to Size my Eternity Band Ring?
- How Much to Size my Ring? – With Matte Finish and Oxidation
- Ring Sizing Cost with Milgrain Edging and Carved in Designs
- The Cost of Sizing a Ring Smaller
- The Cost of Sizing a Ring Larger
- Ring Removal – How to Remove a Ring That is Stuck on Your Finger
- How Much Does it Cost to Size My Ring? Platinum and White Gold
- How Much Does it Cost to Size My Ring? Gold and Silver
- How to Figure Out Your Finger Size, Especially You Guys!
- Guys, And Lost Wedding Rings, Stop the Madness
- Ring Sizing, Weight Gain and Weight Loss
- Solving Spinning Stacking Ring Problem with Speed Bumps
- Ring Spin or Ring Flop…One Possible Solution – Speed Bumps
- Category: Solutions to Jewelry Problems
- Category: Stringing
- Category: Theme Jewelry
- Vagina Necklaces – From Sexy to Lucky Charm
- Hi-Tech Jewelry, The Evolution of Jewelry
- Dog Jewelry, Decorations and Armor
- Space Jewelry for Heavenly Jewelry Lovers – Eclipse Jewelry
- Playing 9 Holes of Golf With These 9 Golf Jewelry Items
- Hello Kitty Jewelry and a Tesla Hello Kitty Edition, Right?
- Search Your Feelings… You’re in Love With This Star Wars Jewelry!
- The Magical Jewelry Kingdom of Disney
- I’m a Jeweler, not a Doctor! Check Out this Star Trek Jewelry!
- Doctor Who, Time Travel and Jewelry
- Purity Rings: A Promise to Wait That Sparkles
- Game on With Gamer Jewelry, From Pac-Man to Legend of Zelda
- Spock Ears Inspire Out of This World Jewelry
- Category: To Be Removed
- 147-Year-Old Wedding Dress Returned Thanks to Facebook!
- Women in Media Conference – Speaking and Learning
- My New Web Page – Redesign Jewelry and Revitalizing
- Carpinteria Magazine Features Calla Gold Jewelry
- A Man’s Take on the Huge 118 Carat Diamond Sold in Hong Kong
- Jeweler Calla Gold in MJSA! A Jeweler’s Tips From the Trenches
- Titanium or Tungsten vs. Gold or Platinum Wedding Bands, Revisited
- MJSA Quotes Calla Gold in a Social Media Article!
- The University Club of Santa Barbara: A Great Choice for Your Wedding
- A Jeweler at the Women’s Festival in Santa Barbara
- Spring Jewelry Trends – Rings
- Spring Jewelry Trends 2013 With a Nod to Hollywood
- Calla Gold Jewelry Featured in Social Media Book: “8 Mandates for Social Media Marketing Success”
- Category: Wedding Rings
- Category: Wedding Rings and Bands
- Category: Your Jewelry Wardrobe
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