About

Hi, Kathleen here! Over 35 years ago my husband began an apprenticeship in the jewelry industry and the field also appealed to me. He loved to create beautiful pieces with his hands. He completed courses on diamonds and colored gemstones through GIA and soon became a respected expert in the field. Soon we started our own business together in the B2B realm and our daughter Amber (the co-founder of Bling Advisor) began working in our family business. As I spent so much time in the industry, I realized that my eye for quality was perfect for custom design. I love selecting gemstones and diamonds with the team that we know the client will love and looking over renders and resin models for potential design issues. I loved the artistic element of jewelry making and seeing how happy our clients were when they received their final piece.

Over time, our B2B acquired major name brand clients that we did custom work and laser repair and restoration work for. Our B2B has even been featured several times in Stuller magazine referring to us as the “jeweler’s jeweler” because of our seasoned, expert jeweler’s ability to perform custom work and repair work that many other jewelers weren’t able to do.

After more than three decades of working in the fine jewelry industry and repairing thousands of botched jewelry repairs, we’ve seen the high markups that many jewelry stores pass on to their customers and many times on pieces that are not well made as corners were cut to make a profit. These high markups come from things like the overhead associated with brick and mortar stores and shareholder profits. Our online platform can take a $6,000-7,500 retail custom design project and accomplish it for $3,500-4,500. So, my daughter and I wanted to create Bling Advisor, an online-only company. Being an online-only company would allow us to have overhead below industry book costs and we could pass those savings onto our clients. This would mean that you would have more budget to invest in your piece of jewelry (such as a bigger center stone). Over the years we have accumulated a large number of resources and industry contacts including expert custom jewelers, casting companies, goldsmiths, gemstone dealers, and more that allow us to have custom jewelry work done for the best price. As an online-only company, we have created commissioned custom pieces for clients all over the US and Canada by working with them virtually! So, wherever you are, we’re here to help!