In this time of uncertainty and abnormal schedules, new norms, and quarantine for most of the globe, I just wanted to update you on the changes that I’ve had to make for my business at this time.

My family and I have been closely monitoring the Covid-19 developments and have decided that in-person appointments are temporarily unavailable. The safety of my family + my clients is top priority.
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Here are the specific changes I’ve decided to implement for the safety + health of my clients + my family:

Redesign + new jewelry is business as usual, expect a slower process due to other business closures

Please contact me if you’re planning on purchasing jewelry for a loved one during this time! Although the world seems to be at a standstill, high school seniors and college seniors are still graduating, Mother’s Day is still May 10, birthdays are still happening, and people need a little sparkle in their lives now more than ever. Email me today if you’d like to chat with me about your jewelry needs.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Virtual appointments

In lieu of in-person appointments, I am happy to be scheduling virtual appointments! You can email me to set one up: emily@emilysole.com. We can chat ‘face to face’ over technology, you can show me your jewelry, or we can chat about any jewelry ideas you had in mind!

Free Delivery + pickups

To keep everyone safe and happy at this time, I’m offering free delivery or pickup of your jewelry from your front porch. I’ll drive to your home at an agreed upon time and, making sure you’re at the door, I can set your jewelry in a safe jewelry bag. I’ll step back and make sure I watch you take the jewelry or vice versa, so you know it’s in safe hands!

No repairs at this time

Due to circumstances out of my control, the jewelers I work closely with on repairs have had to close due to the Covid-19 outbreak. At this time, I cannot do any jewelry repairs.

I will be posting regularly on Instagram in order to add a little sparkle to your feeds and distract you from the current state of things with fun games, tips and tricks to make staying home more fun, and to stay in contact with this amazing online community. We’re all in this together! If you'd like to say hi, just send me an email. Let's bridge this gap between us while we are all staying within the walls of our homes.
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With all of the uncertainty happening in the world right now, let's band together as a community to make sure we come out of this stronger than before. Remember to wash your hands, stay inside, and be safe! ⠀

I see jewelry in every shape and form possible- old, new, well taken care of, sparkling clean, with globs of lotion stuck between the prongs, or plain dirty. No matter what I am working on with a client, I always make sure to clean every piece of jewelry that I work on for a client. A large portion of what I work with are engagement rings.

The first thing I do when a client brings me an engagement ring to be cleaned, resized, or maintained is to view the piece with my loupe. A loupe is essentially a small magnifying glass. It makes viewing small details of the jewelry much easier, and I don’t leave home without it!

In the above photo is my loupe along with a client’s beautiful solitaire engagement ring. In this particular case, she hadn’t worn the ring in a couple of years because it no longer fit her. She brought it in to be resized which would automatically come with a cleaning. As always I inspected the ring with my trusty loupe. I even took pictures with my phone, through the loupe so you can see what I saw! Check out how much this ring needed some love:

The client left her ring with me, I resized and cleaned it, and we set a date to get her ring back to her. That’s one of my favorite parts of working with clients. I love being able to see their faces when they’re getting their beautiful jewelry back. She was very happy with the work I was able to do to her ring, and she said it truly looked like an entirely new piece of jewelry! Take a look:

If you’d like to clean your own diamond jewelry at home, follow these simple steps:

1) grab a bowl some very warm water, a soft bristle toothbrush, dish soap, and a hand towel

2) put a small amount of dish soap into the warm water and mix it together

3) place your ring in the bowl of soapy water and leave it for 30 minutes

4) Remove ring and brush it gently with the soft bristle toothbrush

5) Rinse under warm running water, and dry with the hand towel

To keep your ring looking it’s very best, I recommend cleaning it once every week or two. For a more thorough cleaning, I recommend bringing it to a professional jewelry or Gemologist (such as myself) once or twice a year where it can be professionally cleaned and maintained. If you’d like your jewelry polished, resized, maintained after years of use, I’d love to chat with you! Click here to contact me!