Original Eve Blog

I am Eve: Gemologist. Designer. Relationship Anthropologist. For several years, I have made engagement rings and seen couples approach...

Tourmaline Family: Tourmaline Color: Multiple Mohs Hardness: 7 – 7.5 October Babies, you love your opals, but you also have a second...

Opal Family: Opal Color: Multiple; Translucent to Opaque Mohs Hardness: 5.5 – 6.5 Happy Opal Birthstone, October Babies!! The Romans gave...

We decided to get a drink at a trailer park themed dive bar. In folding chairs over frozen margaritas, one of my best friends of the past...

Sapphire Family: Corundum Color: Violetish blue to blue to slightly greenish blue (But also: "Fancy Colored Sapphires" are ALL of the...

Spinel Color: ALL of the Colors. ALL of them. Mohs Hardness: 8 (WHAT?! That's really hard!) I think it is fairly safe to say that Spinel...

Peridot Family: Olivine Color: Yellowish-Green Mohs Hardness: 6.5 – 7 Ok, so August is almost over, as is summer, but it's never too late...

July Birthstone: Ruby Corundum Mohs: 9 With a luscious red hue, rubies, the birthstone of July, are the ultimate symbol of love and lust....

It's still June, so that means: It's still Pearl Time! There are thousands of varieties of mollusks in the world, but only 20 varieties...

It is Week 3 of the month with the best birthstone, Pearl. With every pearl being created by an individual organism, affected by various...

It’s still pearl month and I am basking in the luster of my favorite organic gemstone (Shhh, don’t tell my middle name, Amber, that...

Ugg boots, North Face fleeces, and pearl stud earrings--That was the uniform. My cowboy boots, Patagonia fleece, and earrings that...

Emerald Family: Beryl Color: Bluish Green - Green Mohs Hardness: 7.5 – 8 (Great for everyday wear… With care!!) Happy May! It is...

Every time I am asked to create an engagement ring, I feel an incredible flood of excitement. It is an honor and privilege to be asked to...

This past week, I had the incredible pleasure of jetting to the jewelry industry's desert oasis for the Tucson Gem Show, spending a large...