Everywhere you look today, jewelry stores are offering color. Barely twenty years ago, the mainstream jewelry store chains only offered ruby, emerald, sapphire and the occasional pearl and opal. Today, though, there is a color explosion and with it a series of settings that look like cookie-cutter images of one another. Where do you go, then, to break the chain of the commonplace and find piece of designer gemstone jewelry?

Styling Events

One of the most common ways to own a piece of designer gemstone jewelry is to attend a styling event at your local mainstream jewelry chain store. During these events, jewelers will come in and bring a selection of unset gemstones and settings to choose from. While the settings are pre-made they are not the same styles that you will see lining the cases around you. An additional bonus, is that these jewelers are only on the premises for a short period of time, so you will get your new stone set into your new piece of designer gemstone jewelry in a couple of days if not a couple of hours.

Custom Design Jewelers

Another option to finding that perfect piece of designer gemstone jewelry is to visit your local custom design jewelry store. Quite often, these stores will have a case filled with loose gemstones, but if you do not find exactly what you are looking for there, they can find it for you. This differs from the styling event, but may take a bit longer than a few days to slip that new piece of designer gemstone jewelry on for the first time.

Another difference between a custom design jewelry store and a styling event is that in a store where custom design gemstone jewelry is made the styles are not limited to those settings on hand. In fact, the customer is usually limited only by his or her own imagination, because there is usually a casting area located right in the store! What this means is that from paper to wax to polished gold, the new piece of designer gemstone jewelry never leaves the store.

So, if you want to bathe yourself in jewelry of color but are sick of the cookie-cutter designs you see everywhere, look into options for creating a piece or two of designer gemstone jewelry. This can be easily accomplished by calling your local chain to find out when their next styling event will be or simply make an appointment to visit with your local custom design jewelry store for a piece of designer gemstone jewelry that is as unique as you are.