Muriel Hurtis Jewelry

With mothers day and holiday season round he corner, its time to plan gifts. Planning gifts can be quiet a work, and planning a gift for your mother… I mean it’s so difficult. I know she’s my mom, I love her, but thinking of a gift every year is like reinventing the wheel every time. Ok stop being judgmental here, you are going through the same in one way or the other. Any ways, no emotional pacification here. So this time I thought of something really nice for my mom. I’ll give her, her memories. I remember my mom telling me this story of her

that dad gave her. It was the summer of 1974 when my parents met at a common friend’s wedding. My mom was wearing a red dress and looking pretty as ever. cupid stuck and the two lovers finally planned tying the knot. My got her green gemstone ring, earring, or pendant for her day and told my mom that she looked gorgeous in red. How romantic!!

Repairing your jewelry is not cheap that is for sure, sizing a ring can cost as much as $50.00 per size up or down. That is why it is always a good idea to shop around, the last thing that most of us need in these hard economic times is to worry about the cost of fixing your favorite chain, the average cost for a simply solider job on a 14kt yellow gold chain is around $25.00.

Here are a few things we can recommend you do:

1. Find a jewelry store that does in store repairs, this can help lower the price of the repair, no middle man if you will.

2. Remember that white gold cost more to repair than yellow gold.

3. Mall store’s will always charge more for a repairs.

4. Make sure you find out the turn around time on the repair before you leave it.

5. Never send your jewelry in the mail for repair.

6. Shop around for pricing, this is very helpful.

7. Try a store that is well established.

8. Stone replacement is another area that you should look around, if you are missing a small diamond on a piece of jewelry this could run from $30.00 and up depending on the size of the stone, clarity, and color. Make sure when you take your diamond jewelry back that the same color stone was used.

If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask.