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About Mark Johnson

Mark founded Isle of Wight jewellers Serendipity Diamonds in 2007 after a career on the polished diamonds industry. Today he works in the Serendipity showroom, helping clients with jewellery, creating handmade designs and updating their two jewellery websites SerendipityDiamonds.com and Isle-of-Wight-Jewellery.co.uk View all posts by Mark Johnson →

Diagonal Engagement Ring Settings

March 23, 2016Engagement RingsDiagonal Engagement RingsMark Johnson

Designing the Diagonal Engagement Ring Setting The discovery of a unique ring design can be the ultimate deciding factor (besides cost) to an engagement ring purchase. For this reason, part of our work at Serendipity Diamonds involves innovating new designs. We introduce exceptional new ring styles each year, blending them into our growing collection. Starting Read the full article…

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Pale Blue Sapphires vs Medium Blue Sapphires

March 22, 2016GemstonesBlue SapphiresMark Johnson

The Gatsby design, shown with a pale Cornflower blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds. Cheap vs Expensive Sapphires Buyers who are familiar with sapphires usually appreciate the enormous difference that one blue sapphire can possess compared to another. A large proportion of sapphires sold in jewellery are lower quality, commercial grade gemstones suitable for cheaper jewellery. You’ve probably seen small Read the full article…

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The Leap Year Proposal – What Does it Mean?

February 27, 2016Engagement Rings, Proposal IdeasLeap YearMark Johnson

Today’s blog is intended for those of you who are uncertain about the tradition of a leap year proposal. This year it’s a leap year—introduced to balance out the Gregorian Calendar with the Solar Year. “A leap year, where an extra day is added to the end of February every four years, is down to the solar Read the full article…