Lauren O. Jewels

"Lauren was an absolute pleasure to work with and helped me shape the perfect engagement ring for my fiancé. The entire process was wildly stress-free, and I learned so much along the way. I was recommended by a friend, and will definitely be recommending Lauren to others!"

"My then girlfriend, now fiancé and I were shopping around to put tan heirloom diamond into an engagement ring setting. We had met with 4 or 5 other jewelers in SF back when their office was in the city, and after we left the office and for the first time, we were like "wow, this is the spot". Lauren and her dad are so sweet and engaging. After deciding on a more custom setting, Lauren listened to what we wanted while also making design suggestions based off of her years of experience. The lead time wasn't long and it came back looking super amazing. They provided us with an appraisal on our way out too. Overall A++ would use them again in the future!"

"I came to Lauren with an old ring given to my fiancee by her grandmother, and very little idea of how I wanted the final engagement ring to look. Lauren sat down with me initially and patiently looked at the few Pinterest photos I had and within a few weeks she had designed a beautiful ring! The process of designing the ring could not have been better. Lauren would send 3d models of the design and allowed me to go back and forth on the little details before finally settling on the final product. Lauren even went above and beyond to source light blue sapphires which I knew my fiancee would love but were hard to track down. Once the design was final, Lauren took care of sending the old ring to the casting house and in a few more weeks I had the new ring in hand! After the engagement, my fiancee and I went to Lauren's new studio and had the ring resized for free which took about 20 mins. The overall price of the design and labor was extremely reasonable and was probably about the same I would have spent on a new ring, but now I have a beautiful custom piece with a family diamond. I will definitely be back to get my own wedding ring! Thank you so much Lauren and Terry!!"

"5 stars are not enough to give Lauren O Jewels. I initially came to Lauren on an appraising mission after finding her through the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers, and that conversation led to a discussion of how to repurpose some of these family heirlooms into jewelry I would actually wear. Specifically, an engagement ring and wedding bands. Lauren was SO thorough and provided me and my (now) fiancé with so much information, and we are so grateful. I'm certain she spent over 5 hours with us, between phone calls, emails back and forth to understand what we were looking for, and in-person (COVID-safe) appointments. Not only did she totally understand our visions, but she was transparent about pricing and helped us find ways to work with our budget. I was lucky to have a family diamond and a number of smaller diamonds from other pieces of jewelry, and she suggested that rather than designing something from scratch (especially since what I wanted was a more simple design), to find an existing setting that would fit my stones. Genius! I also had a bracelet that Lauren transformed into our wedding bands. For mine, she took special care to make sure that it would fit well and sit flush with my engagement ring, and with my fiancé's she provided lots of examples of hammered styles to help him visualize what his final product would look like. Honestly, we felt so supported and taken care of the whole time, and I am SO happy to recommend Lauren O Jewels for any of your jewelry needs. I love my ring(s) so much, and it is so meaningful that we were able to repurpose my family heirlooms to create them."

"If you’re looking to repurpose a family stone or just want something custom - save yourself some time and meet with Lauren first. We were lucky to have inherited an engagement ring from a grandparent and decided to build a new ring with the diamond that fit our personalities, but weren’t sure exactly what we wanted. After doing some research we checked out another highly rated place in San Francisco where we were told in our consultation “come back when you know what you want and we’ll build it”. Lauren’s process was distinctly different in a really great way - over the course of a couple design sessions (that were surprisingly fun) a final design emerged that we were really excited about. These sessions included sketching ideas, playing around with actual gem stones, a digital 3D modal and lastly a 3D wax print of the setting. Another thing we appreciated is that she charges a flat fee for the design work so we never felt pressured to blow our budget on up-sells."