Custom Design 103: The CAD Review Process
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Custom Design 103: The CAD Review Process

A very special and often unexpected part of working with Alx&Co. for your design is our extremely thorough CAD review process. This is another integral way that we are very different from most fine jewelers: our clients see their designed piece before production, with nearly every element clearly articulated in the design. This involves sharing drafts of designs with clients so that they can envision the piece its ultimate form and make edits according to their own taste. A lot of jewelers who say that they offer custom design services don’t actually engage this process with their clients because they would rather not endure what can be a multiple-iteration back-and-forth conversation of a piece, but we find that when clients have the opportunity to edit their own ideas, the pieces turns out better 100% of the time…

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Tips to Help You Get the Ring You Want (and Still Be Surprised!)

Tips to Help You Get the Ring You Want (and Still Be Surprised!)

Picture this: you’re sitting with your partner, enjoying a beautiful scenic overlook after a long hike on one of your favorite trails. The weather is perfect, and the view is stunning. You lean over to rifle through your backpack for a bottle of water, and when you look up you see your partner bent on one knee, holding open a small ring box. You are stunned: you had no idea they were planning this! You peek in the box and the ring is…

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End of Summer Homework: Planning Your Holiday Engagement
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End of Summer Homework: Planning Your Holiday Engagement

Planning a holiday engagement? Let us give you one piece of advice: you need to start your ring design process now. Depending on your circumstances, that might be a bit daunting. Maybe you have never shopped for fine jewelry before, or maybe you don’t have a firm grip on the best style for your engagement ring design. Lucky for you, we kind of specialize in this sort of thing…

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