Nikki Stark Jewellery Blog

Garnet - January's Birthstone

Garnet is in my opinion an underrated gemstone. It's most commonly dark red, although rhodolite garnets move towards pink, and there are rare green tsavorite garnets. The name comes from...

Garnet - January's Birthstone

Garnet is in my opinion an underrated gemstone. It's most commonly dark red, although rhodolite garnets move towards pink, and there are rare green tsavorite garnets. The name comes from...

An introduction to Hallmarking

If you have ever watched antiques roadshow (I'm pretty sure that is all of us who are old enough to remember when there were only 4 TV channels) you might...

An introduction to Hallmarking

If you have ever watched antiques roadshow (I'm pretty sure that is all of us who are old enough to remember when there were only 4 TV channels) you might...

Buying Wedding Rings - Part Three - Maintenance

  This list should not be considered to be exhaustive when it comes to the issues you might encounter with wedding rings, but is a few things that regularly come...

Buying Wedding Rings - Part Three - Maintenance

  This list should not be considered to be exhaustive when it comes to the issues you might encounter with wedding rings, but is a few things that regularly come...

Buying Wedding Rings - Part Two - Materials

When it comes to choosing wedding rings one of the key questions is which material to choose. If you have an engagement ring then that sometimes makes the decision for...

Buying Wedding Rings - Part Two - Materials

When it comes to choosing wedding rings one of the key questions is which material to choose. If you have an engagement ring then that sometimes makes the decision for...

Buying Wedding Rings - Part One

Over the next few weeks I’m going to publish some general information on the areas to consider when buying a wedding ring. This is primarily from my own point of...

Buying Wedding Rings - Part One

Over the next few weeks I’m going to publish some general information on the areas to consider when buying a wedding ring. This is primarily from my own point of...

JULY'S BIRTHSTONE

Oh my goodness, where has this month gone?! Just getting this blog posted in July...it's always the height of the wedding season and the creations have to come first but...

JULY'S BIRTHSTONE

Oh my goodness, where has this month gone?! Just getting this blog posted in July...it's always the height of the wedding season and the creations have to come first but...