Stephen is an AGS certified gemologist and helped us tremendously with not only finding sapphires that were the right color/size/clarity, but also evaluating them to find the highest quality stones to fit our budget. He sourced several different loose stones that fit our criteria and got them in the store to see for ourselves. My fiancée immediately fell in love with one of the sapphires (the color blue was perfect) and we were halfway there. We then worked with Jill on finding a diamond halo setting that would work with the round sapphire and also be sturdy enough to fit my fiancée’s lifestyle (teacher/runner). Jill poured through all the options with us and was very transparent with pricing. She helped us understand how different design, metal, and stone variations would all affect our costs. In the end, she found us a beautiful white gold diamond halo setting that looks absolutely stunning with the sapphire. It’s been a few months since our engagement and my fiancée is still obsessed with her ring. And I’ll admit that since I was so involved in the process, I’m minorly obsessed with it too. She gets so many compliments and we’ve been recommending Alie to everyone we know.
I should also add that we had the ring appraised by a third party jeweler for insurance purposes, and it appraised for significantly above what we paid for it. I’m honestly not surprised though. I knew as soon as I saw the finished product that they helped us create an amazing ring. I cannot recommend Stephen and Jill enough. Their knowledge, patience, expertise, and attention to detail were a saving grace during what could have been an overwhelming process. We’re looking forward to visiting them again to choose our wedding bands. If you’re considering buying a ring online or at another NH jewelry store, do yourself a favor and visit Alie Jewelers instead. They’re a family business who can work within your budget to find (or create) a ring that’s exactly what you’re looking for.
Alie Jewelers in Portsmouth came highly recommended by a family friend and it was an absolute pleasure working with them from start to finish. Stephen and Jill helped us create a stunning non-traditional engagement ring (blue sapphire with diamond halo) that was better than anything we found online or in other stores around the NH seacoast. After researching options for several months (stones, settings, metals, styles, etc.) we came to Alie knowing that we'd need to build the ring the from scratch—which felt very intimidating at the time. But Stephen and Jill were there to guide us during every step of the process.
Alie Jewelers is a US Jewelry Store based in Portsmouth, Maine. Alie Jewelers is located at 1 Market St, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA.
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