How To Customise Jewellery With Baroque

Customising jewellery is the perfect way to add that sentimental touch, make a design your own, or incorporate something personal like a birthstone or special date. Whether you’re designing a bespoke commission, or want to add a special touch to something you’ve fallen in love with in-store, incorporating these custom details creates a beautiful back-story and a piece of  jewellery that is truly one of a kind.

How to Personalise Jewellery

There are many ways to customise every design at Baroque, whether you go for a full bespoke commission or are just looking to add a little personal touch. 

Here are some of our favourite ways to customise…

Engraving

 Dates, initials, nicknames, or family crests… we have even laser-engraved Harry Potter symbols!

Gemstone choices

 If you’ve seen a design you love but are looking for a specific stone, be it a teal sapphire or salt and pepper diamond, this is where the bespoke process comes in. We search high and low to find our customers rare and unique stones, nothing is too difficult for our commission team – no stone is left unturned!

Added Extras

Small diamonds and gemstones can be added to most designs as a wonderful way to incorporate a birthstone or a precious stone that has a special meaning, or symbolises something like love or luck! Our favourite is a ‘Hidden Gem’ which is a small diamond or gemstone of your choosing, set on the inside of a ring for a custom touch that only you and the wearer will know about.

Metal finishes

 This is the most simple Bespoke Jewellery Process that can be done in a matter of minutes but makes a huge difference to a design. A matte finish instantly gives a contemporary and organic feel while a high shine polish adds that timeless sparkle. 

Remodelling & Repurposing: A Sustainable Option

While the Baroque workshop is known for its traditional craftsmanship, we also specialise in repurposing, remodelling, and heirloom commission. This means we can transform pre-loved jewellery into something shiny and new. 

Repurposing and remodeling: As time passes, styles can change.  This is where the baroque bespoke service comes in, breathing new life into those less-worn pieces and giving them a makeover – no more hiding away in a jewellery box! 

We can upcycle precious metals and create new designs, or unset your pre-loved stones and incorporate them into something new. You could have one lonely earring waiting to be transformed into a beautiful ring, or talk to us about melting down and reforming those pieces that have definitely seen better days, maybe into one of our ethereal molten rings. 

Heirloom: This process usually involves working with inherited or sentimental jewellery. We can reuse the precious materials in your special pieces, repurposing diamonds and other gemstones, or melting down and reforming metals. It’s a real honour for us to work with jewellery that holds the memory of someone passed and transform it into something to be loved for another generation.

How To Personalise Jewellery: The Process

The Bespoke Jewellery Process is slightly different depending on the item but usually has around four steps…

1: Bespoke commission consultation

This free consultation is held either in-store or via Zoom and is a chance for you to ask all of your questions about how to customise jewellery and discuss all things design. We’ll cover all sorts of things, like ‘what metal colour are you thinking of?’ or ‘what colour gemstone do you have in mind?’, which helps us to paint a picture of the piece we’ll be creating for you. Once we have gathered all the information we need, we’ll get to work on calculating quotes and thinking up design options. 

2: Design options 

This is when our team gets to work doing what we do best. We start looking into designs past and present that might be helpful for you to see – we want to give you as many visuals as possible, so that you feel confident every step of the way. We look into diamonds and gemstones that suit the design and work out the important stuff like cost and timeframe. In terms of budget, we can either start with quoting to the exact specifications agreed in your consultation, or if you have a preferred price point in mind, we can give you all the design options that will work within budget. 

3: Sourcing stones and finalising designs

This is maybe our favourite part of the process, there is nothing more exciting than showing customers all the magical stones we have sourced for them. It’s not everyday someone has laid out a spread of sapphires or diamonds for you!

Once you have chosen your perfect stone, we usually find that everything else falls into place. We can do some mock-ups in store, or if you need a little more to help you visualise, we can offer things like drawings and CAD designs.

4: Now this might seem a little bit of a jump but once the design is finalised with the customer, the team gets straight to work. We’ll let you know when your commission is due to be completed at the point of ordering, so you’ll have to sit tight for 8-10 weeks dreaming of your beautiful piece! As soon as it’s all finished and ready to collect, we’ll give you a call to book you in for a collection appointment. However, we are only ever an email away and also offer a bespoke process package if you would like to see more of the behind the scenes workshop process. 

Don’t forget to check out bespoke gallery for inspo!

We hope this has got you feeling inspired and given you a few ideas to help you get started. Creating a bespoke piece of jewellery can feel like a big step, but our friendly team is here to help every step of the way. We are open seven days a week and are always happy to chat via phone, email, or WhatsApp. Alternatively, if you are not sure going full bespoke is the thing for you, don’t worry! Because all of our jewellery is handcrafted in our in-house workshop, it has the unique quality of the maker. This means whatever you choose will be a Baroque one of a kind. You can always add a hidden gem or engraving to give it that extra special something!

Pop in and chat with the team or contact us here, we’d love to hear about your ideas and help you get customising.

Love, Team Baroque