Renew, Reuse, Recreate Your Jewelry
by Carson Lee, Sales Associate

IPhrases like “I never dreamed my grandmother’s diamonds could look so incredible!” or, “My ring hasn’t looked this amazing for 30 years!” is what makes my work so completely rewarding. My passion in the jewelry industry is in creating, whether it is making a ring wearable again by a simple repair, or creating a piece of fine jewelry that is a “one of a kind” custom design.

The jewelry industry is unique because of all the ways a person can recycle! First, a simple repair and professional cleaning is often all it takes to make an old item look like it just came from the showcase. Another way to recycle your jewelry is to trade up! Not only do you maximize the value of your original jewelry, but you get to enjoy the beauty of an item that you have always wanted. Finally, the most fun method of recycling is to create a brand new item with our custom design department, using your original diamonds and gemstones.
The sentimental value of a piece of jewelry will always outweigh its monetary value. But sentiment usually requires time to accumulate. Imagine inheriting and wearing a beautiful platinum and diamond pendant that your mother wore daily for as far back as you can remember. The sentimental value of that piece came over time and now has an inseparable association with your mother. Now imagine that same pendant is one that your father helped design and had made especially for your mother, and there isn’t another one like it in the world. It has sentimental value to your family from the moment that it’s presented to your mother because it’s such a unique expression of your father’s love.

A custom made, absolutely unique piece of jewelry leaves our store with sentimental value already built in! One of my favorite examples is a story of a young man preparing to propose to his girlfriend. He inherited a beautiful European cut diamond from his grandmother and two smaller diamonds from his favorite aunt. We worked together to create a custom ring that he had designed himself.
He was able to perpetuate the sentiment of his heirloom diamonds and enhance them with a unique design that was all his own.

Jewelry repair is another great way to recycle. Whether it is a ring that needs to be resized or a bracelet with a loose clasp, it is seldom that I meet anyone who doesn’t own a piece of jewelry that needs some work to make it wearable again. All too often beautiful jewelry gets tucked away in a drawer for years because the owner doesn’t realize that it could be repaired at a minimal cost. Don’t let this happen to you!

Never underestimate the value of your jewelry. The best way to maximize the value of jewelry that you don’t wear anymore is to recycle by trading up! Leo Hamel Fine Jewelers is able to give you 10% to 15% more for your jewelry if you trade-in rather than sell. Knowing you are able to trade in your jewelry
may even affect what you buy. For example, did you know that if you buy a Hearts on Fire™ laser inscribed diamond that it will never lose value? We will always buy back any Hearts on Fire™ diamond at full price towards an upgrade to a larger Hearts on Fire™ diamond.

Leo Hamel Fine Jewelers has been committed to helping recycle jewelry for the last 28 years through repair, custom design and trades-ins. Come see what we can do for your old jewelry!

Renew, Reuse, Recreate Your Jewelry by Carson Lee, Sales Associate

Renew, Reuse, Recreate Your Jewelry
by Carson Lee, Sales Associate