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The Only Limit Is Your Imagination  Studio W&H at Walters & Hogsett is the home to custom design and jewelry refurbishing. You may be asking yourself, what exactly is custom design? Custom design is the process of taking one's unworn jewelry, materials from family heirlooms, or simply a vision, and bringing it to life. The possibilities are endless when it comes to buying, collecting, and designing your own jewelry. As the conversation with our design experts begins, you’ll find out that custom design is a working process, so there’s no need to know exactly what you want right away. The...

With summer weddings, come summer anniversaries. Anniversary season primarily takes place from May to September when the majority of weddings occur. Even if “we’re not doing gifts this year” has come up in conversation, when does anyone truly follow through with it? Surprising one another is exciting. With the opportunity to express your story through jewelry, gifting a piece that will remind you of your time and the memories you’ve shared together is always a win. While there are traditions on what the theme should be when gifting for certain years, jewelry never fails. Here are our best recommendations for...

Long before European colonizers set foot on the quiet beaches of what is now the United States–before settlements or muskets or even horses–gems played an important role among the various people groups of this land. Beads and other objects carved from turquoise, garnet, and coral carried great cultural significance, from commerce and beautification to medicine and shamanic divination (one myth held that turquoise was formed from joyful tears that soaked into the earth after successful rain dances). It is no surprise that this vast land of 3.7 million square miles, with its richly diverse geography–from snow-capped mountains to cragged deserts...

Unsurprisingly, most people don’t know much about the gemstone supply chain, nor have they thought much about where gemstones come from. The reality is that gemstones come from all over the world; from the farthest reaches of Africa to the mountains of Montana. So, where do our gemstones come from, and how does a fiery red ruby make it from Mogok, Myanmar all the way to Walters & Hogsett Jewelers in Boulder, CO? Enter Kimberly Collins. Kim is a dealer of colored gemstones who travels the globe in search of the perfect gemstones with the perfect color. Unlike many gemstone...

Since the dawn of time, mankind has been infatuated with the treasures found deep in the earth. Whether blood-red rubies or sapphires that evoke the ocean depths, human history is ripe with stories–from shipwrecks to ancient kingdoms to tales of supernatural powers–that reveal an almost gravitational pull towards these colorful objects. In this technicolor modern age, where Industrialism has made purple cars and orange plastic commonplace, it is hard for us to imagine the excitement of gazing upon a dazzling green emerald over a backdrop of mostly monochromatic, earthen tones. Regardless, Nature is an artist without rival, and there are...