Bespoke Stories

Robin's mom, Ronnie, was a performer, a singer and the kind of woman whose presence filled a room. Her glamorous diamond necklace was perfectly Ronnie, but it wasn't Robin. Together, we transformed all 25 diamonds into three completely new rings, carrying a piece of her mom forward in a form [...]

For more than twenty years, one client’s Asscher-cut diamond and platinum wedding band sat untouched in a safe after her marriage ended. Not because the marriage was a failure, but because she simply didn’t know what the ring could become next. Now, we’re creating her new Power Stack [...]

When I returned to the Bay Area this summer, Angi booked a Reconstruction appointment that ended up becoming my very last appointment just days before I had plans to head back East. By the time she arrived, The Ring Bar had been taken down, most of my CMD stash was boxed up, and we just [...]

What happens to your wedding jewelry when the marriage ends, but the gold, diamonds and memories are still yours? Reconstruction offers another option besides keeping it tucked away or getting rid of it completely. I’m sharing how old wedding rings can become something entirely new, [...]

Andrea came to me with an anniversary ring that already held generations of family history, beginning with a diamond her grandmother carried from Malta. Together, we transformed it into something that honors her mother, her father, her three children and the family story she now gets [...]

I wish more happily married women knew that redesigning their original wedding ring isn’t disloyal. Sometimes, it’s simply overdue! Cara and Cor have been married for well over twenty years. The kind of couple that instantly makes you smile. They are deeply connected, effortlessly funny, incredibly cool without [...]

I wish more divorced women knew that redesigning and reconstructing their original wedding bands would make them feel like a powerhouse. Lorie is one of my clients who already knows the power of reclaiming her story through jewelry, and this is her reconstruction story! The pieces that carry our histories are rarely [...]

Some clients walk through the door and you just kinda know. Carol was one of them. I caught a glimpse of her and felt it immediately. I've always had a strong intuition about people — it's something I've learned to trust completely over the years. And the moment I saw Carol, I could feel the weight she was [...]

Some jewelry stories stay with me long after the piece leaves the studio. This is where I collect some of my favorite CMD Custom and Reconstruction projects, from inherited diamonds and redesigned wedding rings to one-of-a-kind bands created completely from scratch. Every project begins [...]

When LP Giobbi asked me backstage at the Fox Theatre if I would design her and Chad’s wedding bands, I was absolutely floored. Floored in the “hold it together, Colleen” kind of way. Internally, I was doing cartwheels. If you’ve been here a while, you know that LP and I first connected through music and mutual admiration. [...]

Stephanie inherited a peridot ring her mother had worn nearly every day, a piece that had already traveled through three generations of her family. She loved what it meant, but the original setting never felt quite like her. Through CMD Reconstruction, we preserved the stone at the heart of its story and gave it an entirely [...]

What happens when jewelry you love no longer feels like you? Lee brought me a sentimental moonstone engagement ring and diamond wedding band, and together we reimagined her stones into a bold mixed-metal stack that honors what came before while feeling completely at home in her life now. [...]

Cori originally came into the CMD Shop looking for something bold and nontraditional to mark her upcoming marriage. As we played with ideas, her vision evolved into a five-ring square stack built around seven diamonds that had belonged to her mother. Mixing sterling silver, oxidized silver, yellow gold and rose gold, [...]

Becky came to me with an engagement ring that had a broken setting, a collection of loose diamonds from her original wedding stack, and the feeling that after more than twenty years, she was ready for something new. We started with one idea, changed direction completely, and ultimately built a stack [...]

I first saw LP Giobbi perform at Burning Man in 2023, and a backstage conversation not long after eventually became The Way Back Home Collection. What started with music, mutual admiration and a whole lot of ring armor grew into one of my favorite creative collaborations, and eventually something [...]