Fancy Color Created Diamonds

Special Moments In Life's Journey to Encapsulate in a DNA2Diamond

2011-12-09T13:38:00.000-08:00

Imagine a genuine diamond that is created in a laboratory from a personal source of carbon (hair or ashes) taken from people or pets. The "wow" factor that comes with a DNA₂Diamond is incredible, but the emotions that are encapsulated within each diamond are what create the priceless value to each customer.

Here are a few ways that our customers create their diamond.

Celebration (Celebration Diamonds)

Celebration diamonds are given throughout life’s journey for special occasions and events such as an engagement, wedding, anniversary, birth of a child, birthdays, graduation, and more.

Engagement /Anniversary ~ His & Her hair combined to create one diamond.
First Child/Grandchild ~ Combine family hair to create little girl's first diamond earrings.
Family ~ carbon from five generations used to create a diamond to be passed down to future generations. This story was on a show on Investigation Discovery. You could create a DNA₂Diamond with as many generations as you would like and it would turn into one of the most memorable keepsake items to be passed down for generations!

Memories (Memory Diamonds or otherwise known as Memorial Diamonds)

When a beloved person or pet passes, the sorrow is overwhelming. As surviving loved ones embark upon life’s journey toward peace and acceptance, they search for the most special way to remember those left behind.

Many people have used hair and/or ashes from a departed loved one, holding memories in a personal keepsake that last forever.

Pets

Pet owners are having a DNA₂Diamond created with a source of pure carbon taken from their pets' hair / fur or ashes. This one-of-a-kind diamond encapsulates a forever bond with their loyal friend. We also are noticing more pet owners honoring their living pets as well.

Champion dog and horse show winners create a diamond to honor their special pet.
Man's Best Friend passes and ashes are used to create a diamond in that keeps them close forever.

Created from a source of personal carbon, taken from a lock of hair of people and pets, a DNA₂Diamond is filled with what matters most: your precious memories.

Instead of commemorating these special events with pictures, plaques or trophies, a one-of-a-kind celebration diamond is the most personal way of remembering, as it actually contains the essence of life! You can create a beautiful diamond anniversary ring, diamond earrings for a newborn, a dazzling diamond pendant for graduation, diamond cuff links for his promotion, and much more.

Video: DNA₂Diamond Creation Process

Article: My #1 Choice in Luxury Gifts ~ DNA₂Diamonds

November E-newsletter Tidbits!

2011-11-14T06:49:00.000-08:00

Greetings!

Our November newsletter is out! View our e-newsletter at http://conta.cc/nov11-DNA2Diamonds-newsletter. Below are a few tidbits on what you will find inside!

Smart Holiday Season Shopper!

"Tips from DNA₂Diamonds"

The holiday season is here... What happened to fall? Well Thanksgiving is right around the corner and that means the chaos of holiday shopping begins! We have a few tips for you.

Make Your Holiday Season Sparkle with Special Offers from DNA₂Diamonds

Get a gift this holiday season that will forever capture special moments of life's journey in a diamond that can never be duplicated.

We Love our Pets!

"Our pets are more than just animals, they are our best friends and our family!"

Dog is a man's best friend, but our love for pets goes beyond dogs. People form special bonds with all types a furry little creatures; cats, hamsters, bunny rabbits, guinea pigs, etc... We love our pets, we think they are family. We want to give them the best and more!

Discover things people are doing to show their pets love (common and uncommon) in our blog entry.

Full E- Newsletter @ http://conta.cc/nov11-DNA2Diamonds-newsletter

Our Love for Pets Keep Growing, Growing, and Growing…

2011-11-01T09:35:00.000-07:00

Dog is a man’s best friend, but our love for pets goes beyond dogs. People form special bonds with all types a furry little creatures; cats, hamsters, bunny rabbits, guinea pigs, etc. Even then, pets don’t stop with our common furry four-legged friends we find in homes across the nation, even the world. Horse lovers take pride in their horses from breed, to training, to lifestyle. We even find people who love the uncommon animals such as snakes, alligators, and other wild animals.

Like every person, all animals have their own unique personality that sets them apart from the rest. Have you ever looked at an owner and their pet and just thought, “they fit together”? When the bond between owner and pet grows you can see how their personalities collide with one another.

We love our pets, we think they are family. We want to give them the best and more! One trend that is common is dressing up our pets. Even though they are covered in fur, not only do we dress them up for special occasions like Halloween or Christmas, but we dress them in rain coats and sweaters. This still may seem bizarre to some pet owners but not to most. By dressing up our furry little friends we are bringing them closer into the family. You can even bake animal friendly treats for them. Have you made your dog a cookie sheet of biscuits yet? There are pet daycares that have activities planned every day. There are pet salons and spas popping up across the nation. Ten years ago this may have been completely over the top, but today it’s a part of life. It’s become a way to bond and treat our pets as a part of our family.

Our pets do crazy things but their owners too are getting into some unconventional methods of showing their love. These unconventional methods will probably become just as common as dressing up our furry friends. They may not become common tomorrow, but in the future they will become more widely used or spoken about.

For starters, social networking sites for your pets. Yes, these do exist and they are out there and being used! Pets on social networking sites isn’t new but it still isn’t as common as taking your pet to a doggie daycare. There are dozens of popular videos featuring pets, social networks aimed exclusively toward pets and popular social networking profiles “owned” by dogs, cats, and other animals. For example; DogBarkz is an online social network that allows dogs to make friends by sniffing, communicate by barking, and be rewarded with treats the more they use the site. Those treats can be used to purchase coupons and other gifts for dogs. You can see a popular list of social networking sites at: http://webtrends.about.com/od/socialnetworks/tp/pet-social-networks.htm.

Even here at DNA₂Diamonds we have pet owners who want to keep the memory of their pets alive in a DNA₂Diamond. Over the past few months we’ve seen the interest rising. Pet owners are having DNA₂Diamonds use their pets’ ashes or hair to create a diamond so they can keep them close forever. They encapsulated a one-of-a-kind bond. Now we see more pet owners honoring their living pets as well. A woman with show dogs takes their hair and creates a DNA₂Diamond. Champion horses and a family pet, the possibilities and interest are endless. http://www.dna2diamonds.com/pet-diamonds

Is all this happening because as a society, our love for our own pets keep growing, growing, and growing? That could be the case, but more likely it is because people are creating new ways to show their love for their pets. People are looking for ways to exploit their love for an animal that has become a part of the family. These new trends may continue to spark interest in pet owners and become a common theme or “want” for their pets. What have you done for your pet? Is there any way you show your pet love that may be a little over the top or uncommon? We would love to know!

Forever capture special memories of life’s journey!

Media Contact:
Debbie Ogden
888-335-3630
dogden@dna2diamonds.com

2012 Engagement Ring Trends

2011-10-21T13:45:00.000-07:00

2012 Engagement Ring Trends

Engagement ring styles have expanded and are more dazzling than before!

Halo Settings

The halo is seen in many forms now! Interest is constantly growing for this ring with a “heavenly” symbol.

Colored Stones and Metals

Fancy colored diamonds are becoming more and more popular. From yellow to blue to red and more, people are getting their main stone a colored diamond to set themselves apart from the classic white diamond. Yellow gold is making a comeback in popularity!

Antique and Vintage Style

Designs based around the Victorian and Edwardian era are flowing popular through the market. Intricate metal work creating mesmerizing bands to increase the dazzle factor.

Twisted Bands and Intricate Settings

The newest bands are being placed in intricate settings or in a twisted band. The center stone will always be the focal point to the eye but the new bands are causing a lot more attractions!

Conflict-Free Diamonds and Recycled Gold

Many people are taking a stand and trying to avoid the “blood diamond” trade (stones that are sold to fund insurgencies or warlords.

Check an article on the 2012 engagement ring trends: http://binged.it/2012-engagement-ring-trends

Has Holiday Gift Buying Begun Already?

2011-09-14T11:41:00.000-07:00

Not for most of us. We just got through Labor Day and fall doesn’t even begin until September 23^rd! We still have Halloween and Thanksgiving to get through… And then there’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday where everyone frantically searches for the best deals and precious gift for their loved ones.

So why the random question that brings up holiday gift buying?

Well some gifts, specifically those with memories and meaning embedded in them, take more preparation to create. A DNA₂Diamond is not just another diamond found at your local jeweler. No, a DNA₂Diamond is a one-of-a-kind man-made diamond created from a source of personal carbon (hair or ashes) to capture life’s moments and keep love close to your heart forever. DNA₂Diamonds are filled with the essence of life and what matters most: your precious memories.

Should you be an “early shopper” this year? Here are a few things to ask yourself:

Are you planning on purposing this holiday season?
Does your wife feel all your children are growing up too fast and you want to get her something that will keep them close day in and day out?
Did your first child/grandchild arrive this year?
Did you want to give that special person something that they can hold onto forever?
Did a loved one recently loose a pet or family member and you want to get them a keepsake to preserve their memory forever?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, than now just might be the time to start shopping!

View Our Selection of Fancy Color Diamonds

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What have our happy customers said about us? See their comments here!

Forever capture special memories of life’s journey!

Media Contact:
Debbie Ogden
888-335-3630
dogden@dna2diamonds.com

Fall Fire Red Diamond Extravaganza

2011-09-12T06:57:00.000-07:00

Our Fall Fire Red Diamond Extravaganza!!!

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A red diamond is so rare that there are jewelers that have rarely seen a red diamond, though everyone is aware of this diamond's uniqueness and its value. Red diamonds are the rare and most exotic diamonds which means they are also the most expensive and of course the most desired.

With DNA2Diamonds' ability to create 100% real diamonds from a source of personal carbon, you can own a fancy color red diamond.

Tracing the destiny of red diamonds throughout the years it is possible to discover that these diamonds have been always chased by the most refined collectors inspite of the dramatic price increase in natural mined diamonds. However the price has remained the same with DNA2Diamonds man made fancy color red diamond.

According to predictions red diamonds will become even more rare and as a result the price for red diamonds is expected to double in the next 3-4 years.

Media Contact:
Debbie Ogden
888-335-3630
dogden@dna2diamonds.com

Both demand and prices for fancy colored diamonds are on the rise, but man-made colors are holding the line.

2011-09-09T10:26:00.000-07:00

Fancy color diamonds are a rare find deep under the earth’s crust. Some colors such as red and blue are among the most rare and therefore the most expensive. Increasingly, we see royalty, aristocrats, and celebrities wearing these unique diamonds. Mariah Carey's engagement ring was a Jacob and Co. 17-carat emerald cut diamond worth $2.5 million with a 10-carat pink center stone and 58 pink diamonds and two half moon-cut diamonds surrounding it, while Carrie Underwood had a flawless yellow diamond engagement ring by Johnathan Arndt.

Fancy colors are rapidly gaining popularity among today’s jewelry lovers. Demand for fancy color diamonds in our society is experiencing continued growth year over year. With this demand increase from 2010 – 2011 alone, prices of earth mined fancy color diamonds have been steadily increasing.

However, on a more positive note, as earth mined fancy color diamonds are increasing in price, DNA₂Diamond hasn't raised prices in three years for our real, certified man-made diamonds that are identical to earth mined diamonds.

Read an article about demand and price increases in Diamond Investing News, titled: "Colored Diamonds: Stones with Brilliant Profit Potential".

Media Contact:
Debbie Ogden
888-335-3630
dogden@dna2diamonds.com

DNA2Diamonds Announces Memorial Diamond Layaway Plan

2010-12-07T06:21:00.000-08:00

DNA2Diamonds has created a layaway plan which enables customers to make installment payments toward the purchase of a custom-created memorial diamond.

Fort Washington, PA., December 7, 2010 - DNA2Diamonds, a premier creator of lab diamonds custom created from a source of signature carbon (hair or cremated ashes), recently announced its new layaway plan. With the implementation of this new plan, customers can more easily afford the memorial diamond of their dreams.

"It's easier than ever to own a custom-created celebration or memorial diamond with our new layaway plan," said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds. "Beginning with a minimum payment of $50 per month, you decide on the amount of your installment amount and we'll freeze the price for up to one year."

DNA2Diamonds also has a no obligation policy. "If you change your mind, you can cancel at any time prior to the start of the diamond creation process," said Bischoff.

DNA2Diamonds are genuine, certified diamonds that are made by turning hair to diamonds or cremated ashes to diamonds. These personal keepsake diamonds can be created in various cuts and colors including traditional white.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, please visit DNA2Diamonds website or call 888-335-3630.

Media Contact:
Debbie Ogden
888-335-3630
dogden@dna2diamonds.com

DNA2Diamonds Announces Custom Diamond Layaway Plan

2010-12-05T06:17:00.000-08:00

DNA2Diamonds has created a layaway plan which enables customers to make installment payments toward the purchase of a custom-created diamond.

Fort Washington, PA., December 5, 2010 - DNA2Diamonds, a premier creator of lab diamonds custom created from a source of signature carbon (hair or cremated ashes), recently announced its new layaway plan. With the implementation of this new plan, customers can more easily afford the personal diamond of their dreams.

"It's easier than ever to own a custom-created celebration or memorial diamond with our new layaway plan," said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds. "Beginning with a minimum payment of $50 per month, you decide on the amount of your installment amount and we'll freeze the price for up to one year."

DNA2Diamonds also has a no obligation policy. "If you change your mind, you can cancel at any time prior to the start of the diamond creation process," said Bischoff.

DNA2Diamonds are genuine, certified diamonds that are made by turning hair to diamonds or cremated ashes to diamonds. These personal keepsake diamonds can be created in various cuts and colors including traditional white.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, please visit our website at or call 888-335-3630.

Media Contact:
Debbie Ogden
888-335-3630
dogden@dna2diamonds.com

Say I Do Forever With a Personal Diamond

2010-12-04T07:58:00.000-08:00

Showing off the engagement ring to family and friends is part of the exciting whirlwind of an engagement. As any bride can tell you, the first thing everyone wants to see once they hear you're engaged is, "the ring". Nowadays, couples tend to look for the most unique engagement ring that speaks of their eternal love for each other.

While diamonds are still a popular choice for engagement rings, many couples are now selecting laboratory grown diamonds instead of earth mined. Not only are these man made diamonds a more practical economic value, but an eco-friendly one as well.

Additionally, technology has helped in the advancement of laboratory grown diamonds in a very special way. Due to scientific discoveries, diamonds can be created using signature carbon (hair). To the delight of brides, these man made diamonds are indeed, real diamonds and are also a true representation of the couples love and commitment

With DNA2Diamonds, couples can create a diamond that is guaranteed to be the most unique, one-of-a-kind diamond available.

Here's how: DNA2Diamonds creates personal diamonds from a lock of the brides hair and one from the groom. When the locks are combined, added to a diamond seed and placed under the same high heat and temperatures it takes to form earth mined diamonds, a genuine and personal diamond is created. No two DNA2Diamonds are alike because they contain the essence of your love, together forever in that precious stone.

While a diamond engagement ring is possibly the most memorable piece of jewelry a person can own, there is no substitute for a diamond created especially for you. Creating a genuine diamond from signature carbon, a couple will have a unique story to tell when presenting the ring. More importantly, they will have an engagement diamond that truly symbolizes their new life together, forever.

A DNA2Diamond is more than just another diamond.

What Technology Can Mean to Brides

2010-12-03T07:56:00.000-08:00

Engagement rings have been part of culture since introduced by the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. When a woman was to be married, a betrothal ring symbolized the couples connection. However, the arrangement was more of a business proposition than a romantic one.

When extensive diamond deposits were discovered in Africa in the late 19th diamonds became less expensive and available to the general public for purchase. Because of the sudden increased quantity of diamonds, more brides-to-be began to receive diamond engagement rings.

In current times, diamonds are still a popular choice for engagement rings. However, many couples are now selecting laboratory grown diamonds instead of earth mined. Not only are these man made diamonds a more practical economic value, but an eco-friendly one as well.

Additionally, technology has helped in the advancement of laboratory grown diamonds in a very special way. Due to scientific discoveries, diamonds can be created using signature carbon (hair). To the delight of brides, these man made diamonds are indeed, real diamonds and are also a true representation of the couples love and commitment.

Personal diamonds are created in a laboratory setting by taking a lock of the brides hair and one from the groom. When the locks are combined, added to a diamond seed and placed under the same high heat and temperatures it takes to form earth mined diamonds, a genuine and on-of-a-kind diamond is created.

These personal, created diamonds, possess the identical chemical, optical and physical properties of earth-mined diamonds. They also will forever contain the personal carbon, that is, the essence of a couples love.

Brides and grooms looking to express their love for each other with a unique engagement ring should look further into creating a DNA2Diamonds. After all, these diamonds, are more than just another diamond, they're part of you.

Engagement Diamonds Through the Years

2010-12-02T07:54:00.000-08:00

The earliest uses of engagement rings can be attributed to not only the ancient Greeks, but also the Romans, and Egyptians. A betrothal ring symbolized a woman's connection to the man who would become her husband, although the arrangement was more of a business proposition than a romantic union.

The Greeks are credited with the initial idea to wear the ring on the fourth finger of the left hand, where the "vena amoris" or vein of love was supposed to connect to the heart.

In the late 19th century, extensive diamond deposits were discovered in Africa, effectively making diamonds less expensive and available for the general public to purchase. Because of the sudden increased quantity of diamonds, designs became more elaborate and intricate, and more brides-to-be began to receive diamond engagement rings.

In current times, diamonds are still a popular choice for engagement rings. However, many couples are now selecting laboratory grown diamonds instead of earth mined. Not only are these man made diamonds a more practical economic value, but an eco-friendly one as well.

Additionally, technology has helped in the advancement of laboratory grown diamonds in a very special way. Due to scientific discoveries, diamonds can be created using signature carbon (hair). To the delight of brides, these man made diamonds are indeed, real diamonds and are also a true representation of the couples love and commitment

These personal, created diamonds, possess the identical chemical, optical and physical properties of earth-mined diamonds. They also will forever contain the personal carbon, that is, the essence of a couples love.

Brides and grooms looking to express their love for each other with a unique engagement ring should look further into creating a DNA2Diamonds.

DNA2Diamonds.
When you want more than just another diamond.

Not Just Another Diamond

2010-12-01T07:52:00.000-08:00

Diamond Anniversary Gifts

2010-11-30T11:18:00.000-08:00

Diamonds last forever just as your love for one another. For the perfect anniversary gift, what better way to represent your love than a stone that has endured as you have? Read on for creative and romantic diamond anniversary gifts.

* Give him a watch encrusted with diamonds.
* Give him a diamond ring.
* Give her a diamond necklace and matching earnings.
* Give her a diamond heart necklace.
* Give her a diamond bracelet.
* Give him diamond cufflinks.

More unique than any other diamond, a DNA2Diamond is the most romantic way to capture life’s moments and keep love close to your heart.

Unlike earth-mined and other laboratory grown diamonds, DNA2Diamonds are truly personal, as they are created by using the unique signature carbon taken from hair. This signature carbon is added to a genuine diamond seed in our laboratory and exposed to the same process of extreme heat and pressure that happens deep below the earth’s crust.

In nature, it takes millennia to create a diamond; in our state-of-the-art laboratory, it takes just weeks to create a your personal certified diamond in a process that is environmentally-friendly and conflict-free.

At a fraction of the cost of earth-mined color diamonds, a DNA2Diamond is more beautiful, more meaningful and more precious than any diamond in the world, as it truly contains the essence of those you love.

Modern Anniversary Gifts

2010-11-29T11:12:00.000-08:00

The contemporary or modern anniversary gift list was created to reflect a more affluent and changing society. The original list focused on items that could help a couple put their house together as they started out in life. Today, people start out with more, thus the emergence of the new list. The average age of marriage is in the late 20's and with changing households (divorce, re-marriage, etc), the need for general house items has decreased. The modern list reflects these changes and includes more luxury items, such as the diamond appearing earlier on the list and three different times throughout the list.

1st Clocks
2nd China
3rd Crystal or Glass
4th Appliances
5th Silverware
6th Wood
7th Desk Sets
8th Linens or Lace
9th Leather
10th Diamond
11th Jewelry
12th Pearls
13th Textiles or Furs
14th Gold Jewelry
15th Watches
20th Platinum
25th Silver
30th Diamond
35th Jade
40th Ruby
45th Sapphire
50th Gold
55th Emerald
60th Diamond

Because of their popularity, diamonds appear on the list three times. An anniversary diamond should be special, unique and memorable.

DNA2Diamonds, when you want a diamond to be more than just another diamond.

Ways to Say I Love You

2010-11-28T10:58:00.000-08:00

Those three little words, "I Love You", hold a lot of meaning. There's more than one way to say it. Take these ways, for example:

* I adore you.
* I'm a better person because of you.
* I'm lost without you.
* The thought of you brings a smile to my face.
* Together, forever.
* We were meant to be together.
* You are my everything.
* You are my heart's desire.
* You are my life.
* You are my one and only.
* You are my one true love.
* You are the reason I'm alive.
* You had me from hello.
* You hold the key to my heart.
* You make my heart skip a beat.
* You make my world a better place.
* You mean the world to me.
* You stole my heart.
* You're a dream come true.
* You're a gem.
* You're all I want.
* You're one in a million.
* You're priceless.
* You're the best thing that ever happened to me.
* You're the diamond in the rough.
* You're the one for me.
* You're the one I've always wished for.

Tell Her You Love Her Then Show Her

Using signature carbon, DNA2Diamonds turns hair into diamonds to create unique engagement rings, wedding or anniversary diamonds and precious keepsake diamonds. A certified, one-of-a-kind DNA2Diamond contains the essence of those you love as well as your most precious memories.

Christmas Proposal Ideas

2010-11-27T10:47:00.000-08:00

1. Play Santa and be sure to tell her what Santa wants for Christmas.... for her to be your wife!
2. Give her a candy cane with a 'Will you marry me?' note attached.
3. Wrap a "Will You Marry Me" note in box after box, ending with a big box with a big bow.
4. Give her 5 wrapped boxes with a different word (will you marry me) in each box and the ring in the last box. Make sure she opens them in the correct order!
5. Spell it out on the roof (or side of your house) with Christmas lights. She'll be surprised to see your decorations this year!
6. Place strands of Christmas lights on your lawn spelling out "Will you marry me?" so that she sees it when she drives up.
7. Many cities decorate with lights for the holiday season as well as offer carriage rides through parks, the city center, etc. Take your sweetie on a carriage ride under the holiday lights on a cold night. You'll be able to snuggle together on a blanket in a romantic environment when you propose.
8. Have a step stool ready and ask her to put the star on the top of the tree. When she climbs up, have the ring on the limbs by the top for her to find. When she finds it, grab her hand and ask her to marry you.
9. Buy a personalized Christmas ornament, such as the globe ornaments that have a saying on a piece of paper resting on some festive glitter inside. Have the message in the ornament say "Will you marry me?". Wrap it up like you would any Christmas present and let your sweetie open it on Christmas day.

Unique Engagement Ring Ideas
Once you ask her to marry you, have a DNA2Diamond created from both of your hair to symbolize how you two will be together forever.

The most perfect heirloom gift -- Something you can pass on to your children. Maybe one day your daughter will wear the ring on her own wedding day, or your son will give it to his new bride.

Now, that's a unique engagement ring...

Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?

2010-11-26T10:42:00.000-08:00

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May;
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

--William Shakespeare

Romance is in the Air...
Why not share your love and your life with someone special?
Then, show her how much you love her with a DNA2Diamond.

As individually unique as the lives they mirror...

Is New Year's Eve a Good Day to Propose?

2010-11-25T10:08:00.000-08:00

Sure! It's a great time for a proposal. It's the beginning of all things new and bright. It's also a time of hope and resolution to do better than ever. Proposing on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day are wonderful ways to start the New Year. Plus -- if she says yes, you'll always remember your proposal date!

Many couples shop for a ring together. So, once the proposal is done -- it's time to shop for a ring. As one of the most important pieces of jewelry you'll ever buy, shouldn't it be sentimental too? How about one of a kind? How about one that is created just for the two of you?

DNA2Diamonds creates genuine diamonds from hair. Get a quick haircut, send the locks to DNA2Diamonds and in a couple weeks you'll receive the most priceless and precious loose diamond, cut to your specifications, and ready to be set into the setting of your choice.

Your relationship is unique. Your engagement is special. Your new life together is forever. Shouldn't your diamond be all of those things too?

For the most unique engagement ring, consider a DNA2Diamond.

What Not to Do When Proposing

2010-11-24T07:15:00.000-08:00

* Back-peddle -- say, things like, "I know you'll probably say no, but...." or "I'm probably not the first one to ask you, and you're probably going to dash my hopes, but..."

* Take her for granted. Or even appear to take her for granted.

* Say you're not ready to pick a wedding date. A proposal without a date is no good. You don't have to pick a date within the same hour you propose, but you should be prepared to pick a wedding date within the first week of the accepted proposal.

* Make a proposal contingent on something else -- like, if you can just adjust your custody schedule with your kids, I'd like to marry you. Or else, if we can agree not to see your parents, then I'd like to marry you.

What to do When Proposing

* You only plan to propose once, so make it memorable.

* Plan early and think creatively.

* Pick a location that holds a special place in your relationship.

* Be detail-oriented from the lighting to the mood.

* Remember that the first thing everyone will ask is 'How did he propose?'.

* Give her a moment to share for a lifetime.

Selecting the Ring

An engagement ring represents your love and commitment to her, but she's the one wearing it for the rest of her life, so make she she loves it! What better way then to let her select her ideal, yet unique engagement ring?

For a truly one-of-a-kind diamond that's more than a diamond -- check out DNA2Diamonds.

Fancy Colored Diamond Engagement Rings

2010-11-23T13:20:00.000-08:00

As non-conventional engagement rings are becoming the norm, technology is helping couples create the diamonds of their dreams. Read how scientific breakthroughs can have wonderful side effects, including the development of fancy colored diamond engagement rings.

Historically, a groom wishing to present his bride the diamond of her dreams, mainly concentrated on the size of the stone. In some instances, he may have had some diamond education and learn about cuts and clarity. However, more frequent than not, the diamonds being purchased were colorless white ones.

As more non-traditional couples are now selecting rings together, new trends are emerging. Couples are moving away from conventional settings, cuts and even colors. The freedom of creating their own personal diamond allows even greater possibilities of individuality.

Trends are emerging that with brides being able to provide input regarding their diamond engagement ring, they are selecting non-traditional, fancy colored diamonds more frequently. Unfortunately, the cost for these colored diamonds can rival their beauty.

Fortunately, a scientific process that has been around since the fifties can provide a couple the colored diamond of their dreams for a more affordable price. Using this methodology, not only can scientists create genuine diamonds up to two carats in size in a laboratory setting, but they can also alter the chemical composition to be able to create gems in almost any color - blue, red, cognac, yellow-green and even white.

Another interesting component of the technology is that scientists can use a personal carbon source, such as hair, in the growth process of the diamond. In nature when a diamond is created, the carbon is pulled from the earth. But, these clever scientists have found a way to really personalize these man made diamonds even further. Brides and grooms go off and get a hair cut and then send in the clippings to use in the high heat, high pressure process.

In seventy days or less, not only will these fancy colored diamonds be a symbol of a couples unique style because they will be customized according to their exact wishes of color, cut and size. But, the diamond that they will have created for them will forever contain their personal essence as well.

Who says scientists aren't romantic?

Unique Engagement Rings From Hair

2010-11-22T13:19:00.000-08:00

An engagement ring symbolizes a couples unique relationship and commitment to each other. New technology allows for the creation of the most personal and unique diamond engagement ring by using locks of hair from the bride and groom.

Many couples prefer unique engagement rings because they are considered the best representation of the couple and their new life together. Gone from the norm are the plain bands and colorless solitary settings. Brides and grooms are moving towards non-conventional settings, cuts and even colors.

In light of this evolving trend, a scientific process that has been around since the fifties is coming to the forefront. This particular process can provide a really unique way to create a diamond that could forever change engagement diamonds. Using this methodology, not only can scientists create genuine diamonds up to two carats in size in a laboratory setting, but they can also alter the chemical composition to be able to create gems in almost any color. And finally, but possibly the most unique factor is that the diamond that is the result of this process originates from hair.

To start the process, when the bride and groom each get a haircut, they can send the trimmings to a diamond creation laboratory. The sample will then placed under high temperatures and high heat, replicating the natural growth cycle of an earth mined diamond. The only difference is the source of carbon. In nature, the carbon is taken from the earth, in a man made custom diamond lab, it's taken from the personal carbon source.

These hair diamonds can be grown to the engaged couple's exact specifications of color and size. When the growth phase is complete, the diamond can be cut, polished and mounted in a setting according to the couple's wishes.

In approximately 70 days, depending on the carat size desired, the hair has been completely converted to a genuine, flawless diamond. No two will be alike because they contain the essence of a couples love, together forever in a precious stone.

With the ability to create a diamond from hair, a whole new level of personalization has opened up affording couples the most unique of engagement rings.

The History of Engagement Rings

2010-11-19T04:50:00.000-08:00

The earliest uses of engagement rings can be attributed to not only the ancient Greeks, but also the Romans, and Egyptians. Betrothal rings were meant to symbolize a woman's connection to the man who would become her husband, though the arrangement was more of a business proposition than a romantic union. Romans used iron rings to symbolize strength and permanence, and the Greeks are credited with the initial idea to wear the ring on the fourth finger of the left hand, where the "vena amoris" or vein of love was supposed to connect to the heart.

During the ninth century, Pope Nicolas I endorsed the idea of engagement rings by making a gold ring a betrothal requirement to demonstrate the groom's wealth and ability to care for a wife. In 1215, Pope Innocent III made a similar declaration though the rings could consist of different metals, including silver and iron, and the rings were meant to be worn during a longer engagement period.

The first recorded diamond engagement ring was given to Mary of Burgundy by her betrothed, Archduke Maximillian of Austria, in 1477. Few details are known about the ring itself, but diamonds were considered at the time to have magical powers relative to love, purity, and fidelity - the same characteristics they symbolize today.

In the late 19th century, extensive diamond deposits were discovered in Africa, effectively making the gems more widely available and cheaper for the general public to purchase. Because of the sudden abundance of diamonds, designs became more elaborate and intricate, and more brides-to-be began to receive diamond engagement rings.

For every couple looking for the most unique engagement ring that speaks of their eternal love for each other, there is no substitute for a personal diamond created just for them.

DNA2Diamonds can create the most unique engagement ring, from a lock of her hair and one from you. When the locks are combined, added to a diamond seed and placed under the same high heat and temperatures it takes to form earth mined diamonds, a genuine and personal diamond is created. No two DNA2Diamonds are alike because they contain the essence of your love, together forever in that precious stone.

Non-Traditional Diamond Engagement Rings

2010-11-18T04:42:00.000-08:00

Many couples prefer unique engagement rings because they are considered as the best representation of the couple and their new life together. A diamond that is as uniquely wonderful as the relationship itself, distinguishes the bride and the groom from the crowd.

As more non-traditional couples are now selecting rings together, brides are able to provide input and grooms want to be sure the ring is the diamond of her dreams. Couples are also moving away from traditional settings, colors and cuts. The freedom of creating their own personal diamond allows even greater possibilities of individuality.

Nowadays it is not difficult to find a unique engagement ring. With an infinite number of possibilities, couples can choose one according to their preference of color, size, cut and setting.

For the ultimate personalized diamond that is sure to stand out in the crowd, a company called DNA2Diamonds is sure to please. Turning hair into diamonds to create a personal diamond, the bride and grooms essence is forever captured in their priceless diamond.

Created in a laboratory setting, these genuine diamonds are real certified diamonds. Because of their unique creation method, non-traditional, fancy color diamond engagement rings are available and more affordable than their earth mined counterparts. However, the company can also create a flawless, colorless white diamond as well.

For every couple looking for the most unique engagement ring that speaks of their eternal love for each other, there is no substitute for a personal diamond created just for them.

DNA2Diamonds Announces Holiday Special

2010-11-17T10:54:00.000-08:00

DNA2Diamonds has launched its end-of-year holiday promotion in which customers are given the opportunity to purchase a custom created diamond at up to forty percent off. An additional thousand dollar jewelry setting credit offer is also available on diamonds one-half carat and larger.

Fort Washington, PA., November 17, 2010 - DNA2Diamonds, a premier creator of lab diamonds custom created from signature carbon (locks of hair or cremated ashes), has announced their holiday special. Through December 31st, 2010, DNA2Diamonds is offering up to forty percent off all of their custom-created signature carbon diamonds. As an added bonus, customers purchasing a half carat or larger personal diamond will also receive a thousand dollar credit on any DNA2Diamond setting.

"These precious and priceless diamonds are created from hair or ashes of people and pets," said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds. "They are one-of-a-kind diamonds for those who want a diamond to be more than just another diamond."

DNA2Diamonds can be created in sizes up to two carats in size. These laboratory grown diamonds are genuine, certified diamonds that are available in various cuts and colors of red, yellow-green, cognac, blue and white. Once created, these loose diamonds and can be set into an unlimited selection of jewelry settings - a ring, pendant, bracelet or earrings.

"DNA2Diamonds are an ideal way to celebrate all of life's special moments -- anniversaries, engagements, births of children, and as memorial diamonds as well," said Bischoff.

This offer is not to be combined with any other offer. To purchase a custom, signature carbon diamond, please visit DNA2Diamonds website at http://www.dna2diamonds.com or call 888-335-3630.

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Unique Engagement Rings

2010-11-17T06:40:00.000-08:00

When you're shopping for an engagement ring, be sure to keep your fiancés likes and dislikes in mind. If size is most important, then go for a biggest stone you can afford. However, if you want to show your total devotion and affection, a memorable ring may be the best choice.

DNA2Diamonds can create the most unique engagement ring, from a lock of her hair and one from you. When the locks are combined, added to a diamond seed and placed under the same high heat and temperatures it takes to form earth mined diamonds, a genuine and personal diamond is created. No two DNA2Diamonds are alike because they contain the essence of your love, together forever in that precious stone.

If your bride is of the traditional mindset, DNA2Diamonds can create a flawless and colorless diamond to be set in the ring of your choice. But, if your betrothed is more trendy -- she'll be sure to love a fancy colored diamond. The selection of colors include: cozy blue, romantic red, warm cognac, and a sunny yellow-green.

While the size of a diamond engagement ring may matter, the size is not the only thing you need to consider when you're shopping for a ring. For the most unique engagement ring, consider a DNA2Diamond.

Trendy Brides Seek Non-Traditional Fancy Colored DNA2Diamonds

2010-11-16T09:28:00.000-08:00

Because a fancy colored diamond engagement ring is as uniquely wonderful as the couples relationship itself, more brides are opting for these non-conventional diamonds.

Fort Washington, PA., November 16, 2010 - As more non-traditional couples are now selecting rings together, new trends are emerging. Couples are moving away from conventional settings, cuts and even colors. The freedom of creating their own personal diamond allows even greater possibilities of individuality.

Historically, a groom wishing to give his bride the diamond of her dreams, mainly concentrated on the size of the stone. In some instances, he may have had some diamond education and learn about cuts and clarity. However, more frequent than not, the diamonds being purchased were colorless white ones.

Now, with brides being able to provide input for their diamond engagement ring, they are selecting non-traditional, fancy colored diamonds more frequently.

"Every bride wants to be the center of attention and show off their unique style," said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds. "A DNA2Diamond fancy colored diamond does just that."

DNA2Diamonds are not just another man made diamond either. These fancy colored, loose diamonds are created using the personal carbon from hair.

When the bride and groom each get a haircut, they can send the trimmings to DNA2Diamonds laboratory. The sample is then placed under high temperatures and high heat, replicating the natural growth cycle of an earth mined diamond. The only difference is the source of carbon. In nature, the carbon is taken from the earth, in DNA2Diamonds lab, it's taken from the personal carbon source.

In approximately 70 days, depending on the size, the hair is converted to a genuine, flawless diamond. After the growth cycle, the loose diamond will be cut, polished and set into the engagement ring of their choice.

No two DNA2Diamonds are alike because they contain the essence of a couples love, together forever in a precious stone. They are available in stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac, dazzling blue and traditional white.

To purchase a personal, fancy colored diamond engagement ring, please visit DNA2Diamonds or call 888-335-3630.

The Future of Engagement Rings

2010-11-16T04:36:00.000-08:00

Diamond engagement rings symbolize a couples love and the promise of a future together that is brighter than ever. Selecting a unique representation in a customized ring representing that hope and desire is becoming more and more popular.

DNA2Diamonds can create the diamond engagement ring of a couples dreams. Allowing a couple to completely personalize the diamond, it's setting and even its creation.

Here's how:
A DNA2Diamond is different from any earth mined diamond. While they are genuine diamonds, a DNA2Diamond is created from the personal carbon of a engaged couple. By combining hair from the bride and groom with a diamond seed, a real diamond can be grown in a laboratory. Using the same high heat and temperatures it takes to form earth mined diamonds, a personal DNA2Diamond will be created in approximately 70 days.

With the ability to select what color the diamond will be, the size and the shape in which the diamond will be cut once the growth process is complete - a DNA2Diamond is the ultimate in customized diamond engagement rings.

And remember, no two DNA2Diamonds are alike because they contain the essence of your love, together forever in that precious stone.

DNA2Diamonds Creates Unique Engagement Rings from Hair

2010-11-15T09:26:00.000-08:00

Creating a diamond from the hair of a bride and groom sets the stage for not only the most personal diamond, but the most unique engagement ring as well.

Fort Washington, PA., November 15, 2010 - Many couples prefer unique engagement rings because they are considered as the best representation of the couple and their new life together. With the ability to use personal carbon (locks of hair) to create a diamond, it opens up a whole new level of personalization.

When a betrothed couples hair is combined with a diamond seed and placed under the same high heat and temperatures it takes to form earth mined diamonds, a genuine and personal diamond is created. No two DNA2Diamonds are alike because they contain the essence of the couples love, together forever in that precious stone.

"A diamond that is as uniquely wonderful as the relationship itself, distinguishes the bride and the groom from the crowd," said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds. "A DNA2Diamond is the ultimate representation of a couple and their endless love."

DNA2Diamonds created diamonds are genuine, certified diamonds that are made by turning hair to diamonds in 70 days or less. DNA2Diamonds keepsake diamonds are available in various sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats, and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac, dazzling blue and traditional white.

To purchase a personal, unique diamond engagement ring, please visit DNA2Diamonds or call 888-335-3630.

Unique Engagement Ideas

2010-11-15T04:33:00.000-08:00

The memories of your proposal will last a lifetime, making it as special as possible with a one-of-a-kind, incredibly romantic and creative marriage proposal can be a challenge. If you met on the internet, proposing online or via some sort of technology could be ideal.

Here are some ideas for more techie couples:

• Create a website asking your beloved to marry you.
• Send an eCard that will be delivered to your sweetie at work.
• Set a reminder to pop up in they're Outlook and have it be a proposal (or a wedding date suggestion!).
• Send a text message to your sweetie's cell phone asking them to marry you
• Send an email asking your sweetie to marry you.
• Set up the screen saver to be the proposal, and be there when it pops up.
• If you are on an online message board, forum, etc, ask her in a post.
• Make your proposal into a desktop picture for her to find when she turns on her computer.
• Create your proposal on your webcam and then upload it online to your own proposal website, or YouTube.

A Unique Engagement Ring -- for the high tech couple. Why not create a diamond from your hair? That's right, your hair! DNA2Diamonds can create a laboratory grown diamonds in 70 days or less using locks of hair from the bride and the groom. These genuine diamonds can be custom created in a variety of colors, cuts and sizes.

Combining the things that make you unique as a couple -- science, technology and love in your diamond makes for one of the most unique engagement rings available.

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How Man Made Diamonds are Different

2010-11-10T11:06:00.000-08:00

Be careful not to get man made diamonds confused with the well known cubic zirconium which is easily found in stores. Simulated diamonds are grown in labs but are made of alternative materials such as silicon carbide mixed with moissanite or cubic zirconium. Man made diamonds are certified diamonds with the same chemical, physical and optical qualities of natural diamonds. Only a gemmologist can distinguish a man made diamond from an earth mined stone.

DNA2Diamonds man made diamonds are created by turning hair into diamonds or ashes into diamonds. These genuine loose diamonds can create a unique engagement ring, wedding or anniversary diamond or even a precious cremation jewelry keepsake, thus forever capturing the essence of love. Or, if you have experienced a pet loss and wish to create a pet memorial diamond, a cremation diamond from ashes is an ideal way to always keep your pet with you.

Thinking About Buying a Loose Diamond?

2010-11-09T10:58:00.000-08:00

Loose man made diamonds are competitively priced in comparison to mined diamonds. Moreover, loose diamonds, created in a lab, are more favorable than mined because lab diamonds are eco-friendly. These created diamonds are developed in a science lab with minimum consumption of energy and without harming the environment. Whereas diamond mining demands water and can pollute water supplies. This can be a very serious problem in those regions where water is in deficit, for example Africa, where there are numerous mines. Moreover, the man made loose diamonds are also conflict-free.

DNA₂Diamonds turns hair into diamonds or ashes into diamonds to create a unique engagement ring, wedding or anniversary diamond or even a precious cremation jewelry keepsake, thus forever capturing the essence of love. Or, if you have experienced a pet loss and wish to create a pet memorial diamond, a cremation diamond from ashes is an ideal way to always keep your pet with you.

Creating a Diamond in a Lab

2010-11-08T10:48:00.000-08:00

Researchers learned that mined diamond gems consist of carbon, which was heated to temperature extremes and pressed under the ground thousands of years ago. Man made diamonds are created from the same carbon from which natural diamonds are formed.

To create these diamonds in a laboratory setting, the researchers place carbon sample into a machine of high pressure and high temperature. The results? Real diamond gems had been created.

To ensure their high quality, created diamond gemstones are certified by gemologists. They are proven to have same chemical composition of mined gems, are proven to have identical physical features as well: they are firm, resistant to high temperature, and wear-proof.

Fake Diamonds or Real Diamonds?

2010-11-07T10:45:00.000-08:00

Cubic zirconia and moissanite are inexpensive diamond substitutes. Why buy fake diamonds when you can have real diamonds at a great price?

A DNA2Diamond is a certified diamond with the same chemical, physical and optical qualities of a natural diamond. Only a gemmologist can distinguish a created diamond from an earth mined stone.

Why waste your money on a fake diamond when you can have a personal diamond created just for you?

What Makes Fancy Colored Diamonds?

2010-11-06T10:40:00.000-07:00

Creating a diamond in a laboratory, you can control the color of the gems by knowing your chemistry. Fancy colored diamonds from DNA2Diamonds are available in blue, red, yellow-green, and cognac. Yellow stones are produced by including more nitrogen in the procedure. Blue stones are made by putting in boron. Other inclusions are added to produce red and cognac.

Colorless Laboratory Grown Diamonds

2010-11-05T05:37:00.000-07:00

Laboratory grown diamonds are available in colorless and colored stones. What many people don't know is that a colorless lab diamond is more rare than natural colorless stones. Removing inclusions, like nitrogen, which is abundant in the environment is a complex technique. Because of this, a colorless or near colorless diamond is harder to grow. Yet, these laboratory grown diamonds are still less expensive than mined gems.

Consider a Less Expensive Created Diamond

2010-11-04T10:33:00.000-07:00

If you are looking for the most bang for your buck in fine jewelry, laboratory grown diamonds are among one of the best choices. Wise consumers, like you, can now purchase less expensive, real diamonds. Produced in a laboratory, these diamonds have high clarity and are flawless. So, why not get the bling you've been dreaming about without spending more money for a mined diamond?

DNA2Diamonds Announces New Website

2010-10-28T08:03:00.000-07:00

Fort Washington, PA., October 28, 2010 - DNA2Diamonds, a premier creator of lab diamonds custom created from personal carbon (locks of hair or cremated ashes), recently updated their websites template and navigation to include a diamond guide section and a more user friendly interface.

"Many of our customers wanted to learn more about created diamonds, loose diamonds and fancy colored diamonds," said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds. "We listened to their comments and updated our website to include more diamond information."

DNA2Diamonds created diamonds are genuine, certified diamonds that are made by turning hair to diamonds in 70 days or less. DNA2Diamonds keepsake diamonds can be created in various cuts and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac, dazzling blue and now traditional white.

These fancy colored diamonds can be created to celebrate all of life's special moments -- anniversaries, engagements, births of children, and memorial diamonds as well.
DNA2Diamonds personal carbon diamonds are available in various sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats. These precious and priceless gems and can be set into an unlimited selection of jewelry settings - a ring, pendant, bracelet or earrings.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, call DNA2Diamonds at 888-335-3630.

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DNA2Diamonds Creates White Diamond Engagement Rings

2010-10-27T08:02:00.000-07:00

Fort Washington, PA., October 27, 2010 - DNA2Diamonds, a premier creator of lab diamonds custom created from personal carbon (locks of hair), recently expanded their diamond colors to include the addition of white created diamond engagement rings.

"Traditional brides and other white diamond aficionados are already inquiring about our new white diamonds," said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds.

DNA2Diamonds created diamonds are genuine, certified diamonds that are made by turning hair to diamonds in 70 days or less. DNA2Diamonds keepsake diamonds can be created in various cuts and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac, dazzling blue and now traditional white.

These fancy colored diamonds can be created to celebrate all of life's special moments -- anniversaries, engagements, births of children, and memorial diamonds as well.

DNA2Diamonds personal carbon diamonds are available in various sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats. These precious and priceless gems and can be set into an unlimited selection of jewelry settings - a ring, pendant, bracelet or earrings.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, please visit our website at http://www.dna2diamonds.com or call DNA2Diamonds direct at 888-335-3630.

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DNA2Diamonds Announces Feature Diamond Promotion

2010-10-26T07:36:00.000-07:00

Fort Washington, PA., October 26, 2010 - DNA2Diamonds, a premier creator of genuine, custom created diamonds from personal carbon has announced it's latest feature diamond specials. This promotion, valid until November 15th, 2010, feature two different fancy colored diamonds, each at the best value ever.

“With these featured diamond promotions, DNA2Diamonds will create one-of-a-kind, signature diamonds for our customers in either blue or yellow-green in color for an incredibly low price,” said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds. "Our customers can capture a memory and receive their own half carat, certified created diamond for up to 38% off.

DNA2Diamonds creates genuine diamonds by turning hair into diamonds or ashes to diamonds in 70 days or less. These custom made, created diamonds are available in various cuts and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac, dazzling blue and traditional white.

"This is an excellent opportunity to design the diamond of your dreams and receive the best value ever," said Bischoff. "These featured diamonds are available your choice of popular cuts. Additionally, the price includes shipping and handling.”

DNA2Diamonds personal diamonds are available in sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats. These loose diamonds can be set into a variety of different jewelry settings - a ring, bracelet, earrings or a pendant.

To learn more about a diamond created from personal carbon or to view our cremation jewelry, please visit our website at http://www.dna2diamonds.com or call 888-335-3630.

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What They're Saying About DNA2Diamonds

2010-10-26T06:31:00.000-07:00

DNA2Diamonds created an incredibly beautiful diamond for me with my beloved daughter's ashes.

If you are thinking about doing this, YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!

They are wonderful people!

--Rose

What's New at DNA2Diamonds

2010-10-25T06:43:00.000-07:00

We're Listening!

Based on your comments and suggestions, we've given our website a face lift!

Be sure to check out our new look!

Layaway Now Available

We have also added a convenient layaway plan -- so it will be easier than ever to own a genuine DNA₂Diamond!

Learn more about DNA2Diamonds or call 888-335-3630.

A Heart-Warming Tribute to a Five-Generation Family Legacy

2010-10-22T06:19:00.000-07:00

"My great-grandmother died three months after my grandmother, but I was able to get a lock of her hair to combine it with my mom's hair, my daughter's hair and my hair to create a five-generation custom DNA2Diamond."

"This is the best way that I could ever imagine to pay tribute to my daughter and the women who raised me. All four of them made me who I am and I couldn't be more proud of them for doing what they did. This is a legacy that will truly last forever!"

"Thank you, DNA2Diamonds!"

--Dawn Stein

NEW Featured Diamond Promotion

2010-10-21T06:35:00.000-07:00

Take advantage of our LIMITED TIME offer and receive the BEST VALUE of the year on two of our popular selections!

Save up to 38% OFF on our BLUE and YELLOW-GREEN Diamonds ... that's our two TOP COLORS, each with our lowest price.

Our genuine blue diamond dazzles the eye as it reflects the colors of the deep ocean and sunny sky, while our genuine yellow-green diamond blends sunshine with a touch of fresh, sparkling light green.

Both diamonds are available in your choice of popular cuts.

This special offer is limited to the 1/2 carat size for each diamond.

CALL US TODAY at 888-335-3630 to receive this special pricing, which INCLUDES shipping and handling!

This special offer expires on November 15, 2010.

DNA2Diamonds Announces White Diamond

2010-10-20T06:16:00.001-07:00

We recently expanded our diamond colors to include the addition of a white created diamond. As with our color diamonds, this new white diamond is identical to earth-mined, yet different because it was created from the personal carbon (taken from hair or ashes) of you and/or those you love most -- including your pets!

Whether celebrating life's special moments such as an engagement, anniversary or birth -- or remembering those close to your heart -- our new white DNA2Diamond is for those who want a diamond to be more than just another precious gem!

If love is in your heart, let a DNA2Diamond be on your hand.

What is a Fancy Shape Diamond?

2010-09-30T04:45:00.000-07:00

Diamond Education:

The term fancy shape refers to anything other than a round brilliant. All diamonds, to a certain degree, are difficult to cut, and some very large diamonds take more time and effort to cut than smaller diamonds do. But one diamond is not harder to cut than another just because of the shape.

The more facets a diamond has, the more time it took to cut. The standard pear, oval, marquise, round and heart brilliant cuts all have 57 facets. When extra tiers of facets are cut on the stone, the stone will be graded as a "Modified" shape. For instance, GIA does not refer to princess cut diamonds as Princess Cut when they grade them. They are called "Rectangular Modified Brilliant" or "Square Modified Brilliant."

Radiant cuts, which usually contain between 70 and 90 facets, thusly, are not called radiant cuts, they are refered to as "Cut-Cornered Modified Rectangular Brilliant" or "Cut-Cornered Modified Square Brilliant."

The more facets a diamond has, the more expensive it tends to be, especially when that is coupled with a stone that has good clarity and color.

View DNA2Diamonds Red Heart Diamonds

Created from a lock of hair or cremated ashes, our fancy color cognac diamonds are personal, genuine diamonds that are perfect for any occasion - as a unique engagement ring, a special anniversary diamond or even a memorial diamond to remember a loved one or pet. They are also available in blue, red, yellow-green and white.

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Diamonds Are Indestructible

2010-09-29T04:41:00.000-07:00

Diamond Education:

The statement, "Diamonds are indestructible," is false. The fact that diamonds are a hard substance refers to their ability to withstand scratching, but that is different than toughness, which refers to the ability to withstand breaking or cleavage. Diamonds can chip, but only a diamond can scratch another diamond.

Did You Know?

In nature, it takes millennia to create a diamond; in DNA2Diamonds laboratory, it takes just a few weeks to create a DNA2Diamond that is certified to be physically, chemically and optically identical to earth-mined diamonds. And our process is environmentally-friendly and conflict-free.

While gemologically equivalent to earth-mined diamonds, our personal laboratory grown diamonds are more beautiful, more meaningful and more precious – because they contain forever the essence of those you love. They are truly the most personal diamonds in the world.

Red Diamonds - The Rarest Colored Diamonds

2010-09-28T04:35:00.000-07:00

Diamond Education:

Most of the highest-priced diamonds in the world have been fancy color diamonds. The one that leaps to mind immediately is the Hancock Red -- a 0.95-carat Fancy Purplish Red round brilliant, which sold for $880,000 in the late-1980's.

This stone held the world record for the highest price-per-carat ever paid for a diamond (about $926,000) for a number of years, and it wasn't even a very clean stone. It had some eye-visible flaws and there was a chip out of the girdle.

Purple and red are the rarest colors diamonds that occur.

The Moussaieff Red is the largest red diamond in the world.

The most common gem-quality colors diamond occurs in naturally are light and medium shades of brown and yellow.

DNA2Diamonds in the News

2010-09-27T06:31:00.000-07:00

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A boom in burial alternatives

You don’t have to end up six-feet under

Charles Chafer has a comic book mounted on his office wall in Houston, Texas — a kitschy, colourful 1941 issue of Spicy-Adventure Stories featuring a story called “Space Burial.”

In fact, Chafer, co-founder and CEO of Celestis, Inc., says he has tracked the sci-fi notion of funerals in space to at least the 1800s — long before humans were anywhere near sending themselves into orbit, dead or alive.

But in 1997, with Chafer’s help, space burial became a reality.

That year Celestis dispatched the ashes of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, along with psychologist and psychedelic drug enthusiast Timothy Leary and about 20 other people, including a few restaurant owners and a 4-year-old Japanese boy.

The remains were launched in a Pegasus rocket from an Atlantic Ocean site near the Canary Islands.

Celestis is close to announcing the date of its 10th mission, which will carry the ashes of 300 people.

The ashes, either one or seven grams per person, are placed in aluminum capsules inside a small Celestis spacecraft, which orbits Earth for anywhere from a few years to several hundred years, depending on how far into space it goes.

The Celestis spacecraft, a small cylinder or box, is a “secondary payload” on a rocket heading elsewhere — typically, to place a satellite in orbit. Rockets have stages that fall away as they head deeper into space, and the Celestis craft stays attached to the rocket’s final stage.

Eventually, solar wind and the natural degradation of the orbit pulls the spacecraft back into the Earth’s gravity. It incinerates like a meteorite the minute it reaches the Earth’s atmosphere.

“It’s kind of an ashes-to-ashes experience,” Chafer says.

Prices range from $695 to $12,500 (U.S.).

If space burial is the most bizarre thing you’ve ever heard of, stay tuned.

The posthumous options available to the regular Joe have grown in number in recent years, as people have become open to mourning in unique (and more commercial) ways.

Stephen Fleming, a psychology professor at York University, says that as society changes, death rituals are changing, too.

Society is becoming less agrarian and more urban, with people moving around more and often dying far from where they were born. Funeral homes are offering more flexibility, choice and creativity.

“We’re moving from a ritual that was largely based on religion to a ritual that is largely based on creativity or individual uniqueness,” Fleming says. At a funeral today you might see golf clubs decorating the corners of the casket, or digital photographs “flashing around.”

Cremation has grown in popularity, jumping from 42.2 per cent of Canadian deaths in 1998 to 56.4 per cent a decade later. After cremation families have many options for what to do with the ashes, including keeping them in an urn or scattering them in a meaningful place.

But there are more creative and radical alternatives.

A U.K. company called And Vinyly tops the list. For £2,000, about $3,179 (Cdn.) you can have your ashes pressed into 30 vinyl records to be shared amongst your family and friends.

The record is “literally a record of your life,” says Jason Leach, who knows a thing or two about records. He’s produced more than 50 records on his own labels, including Death to Vinyl, and founded the techno group Subhead.

As he approached 40, Leach found himself thinking about his own mortality — and the struggling record industry. Pressing human remains into vinyl records seemed as good a use for the dated technology as any.

Although his company has received a considerable amount of attention online in recent weeks, so far he’s only working with 10 people on preparing their records. Some choose music, others take more of a spoken-word approach, recording themselves speaking along with “sound photos” from places important to them.

Leach says it’s up to the client to decide how much of their remains to include in the records, because the more ashes, the poorer the sound quality.

“You’re going to hear scratches and pops and crackles, more than you normally do on vinyl,” he explains. “But I think that’s kind of part of it, I like that part of it.”

When Toronto filmmaker Connie Diletti renewed her health card recently, she signed up to be an organ donor. After staring at the “massive sheet” with all the organs and tissues to donate (Did she want to donate her eyes? Her skin?), she decided to explore the options available for her body after she’s done with it.

Diletti, 33, crossed traversed across North America and back visiting experts and entrepreneurs who spend their working lives thinking about death. In California, she visited glass makers who use human ashes to make paperweights and keepsakes.

At the University of Maryland, she learned about modern mummification, and in Clinton Township, Michigan, about cryonics, the freezing of dead bodies in the hopes that one day, with technology that doesn’t exist yet, they will be revived.

What the film couldn’t possibly divulge, Diletti says in an interview, are the odours she encountered along the way, for example the scent of mummified limbs and organs. “Most things had a smell,” she says. “Most places had a smell.”

Diletti says what you do with your body after you die is yet another choice available to people in a consumer-driven North American society — but she suspects it isn’t something people spend much time looking into.

More options are available thanks to technology and a certain 21st century openness, Diletti says. Her film, Corpus, premieres Oct. 6 on TVO, at 9 p.m.

“I feel like people are becoming more open to possibilities beyond their traditional frameworks with what and where their body would go after they die,” Diletti says. “I feel people just don’t know though, what those options are.”

Fleming, however, is a little bit skeptical.

He says that if a creative ritual is meaningful to the deceased person — if they plan it before their death, leave it in their will, and set aside money so not to burden the family — than that’s the important thing. But he worries about grieving families making these decisions for themselves.

“They are extremely reluctant to let go of that sense of connectedness, that sense of being ‘in touch’ with people,” he says.

“It’s that fervent wish that can get capitalized on.”

Other after-death alternatives

Compost yourself

A new ecological burial technique developed by a Swedish company called Promessa Organic, promession involves freeze-drying the body in liquid nitrogen, which makes the body very brittle. Vibrations turn the body into a dry powder, which is laid in a coffin made of corn starch and buried in a shallow grave.

Within six to 12 months, the coffin and its contents are turned to compost.

Promessa Organic is hoping to start offering their services in Sweden, South Korea and the U.K. next year.

Be a diamond

DNA2Diamonds, headquartered in Philadelphia, creates diamonds from DNA — either ashes or hair, from an animal or a human.

Diamonds range in price from $2,250 to $16,990 (U.S.) and come in red, blue, yellow-green, cognac or white.

The Golden Jubilee Diamond

2010-09-27T04:32:00.000-07:00

Diamond Education:

The Golden Jubilee is currently the largest faceted diamond in the world. Since 1908, Cullinan I, also known as the Great Star of Africa, had held the title, which changed following the 1985 discovery of a large brown diamond of 755.5 carats (151 g) in the prolific blue ground of the Premier mine in South Africa; the diamond would later be cut to a weight of 545.67 carats (109.13 g).

The Premier mine was also the origin of the Cullinan diamonds in 1905, as well as other notables such as the Taylor-Burton in 1966 and the Centenary in 1986.

The "Unnamed Brown", as the Golden Jubilee was first known, was considered something of an ugly duckling by most. It was given to Gabriel Tolkowsky by De Beers for the purpose of testing special tools and cutting methods which had been developed for intended use on the flawless D-colour ("colourless") Centenary. These tools and methods had never been tested before, and the "Unnamed Brown" seemed the perfect guinea pig; it would be of no great loss should something go amiss.

To the surprise of all concerned, what resulted was a yellow-brown diamond in a fire rose cushion cut, outweighing Cullinan I by 15.37 carats (3.07 g). The stone remained largely unknown to the outside world, as the Golden Jubilee's sister, the Centenary, had already been selected and promoted to herald De Beer's centennial celebrations in 1988.

The unnamed diamond had earlier been brought to Thailand by the Thai Diamond Manufacturers Association to be exhibited in the Thai Board of Investment Exhibition in Laem Chabang. There was a mile-long queue to see the diamond, which outshone all other exhibits.

While the current whereabouts of the Centenary are unknown, the Golden Jubilee is known to have been purchased from De Beers by a group led by Henry Ho of Thailand in 1995. The diamond was brought to Pope John Paul II in the Vatican to receive the papal blessing. It was also blessed by the Supreme Buddhist Patriarch and the Supreme Imam in Thailand. The Golden Jubilee Diamond (Thai: เพชรกาญจนาภิเษก) was named by King Bhumibol Adulyadej and given to him in honour of his 50th coronation anniversary. It was initially planned to mount the Golden Jubilee in the royal scepter. A subsequent plan was to have it mounted in a royal seal.

The Golden Jubilee Diamond has been exhibited at Henry Ho's 59-story Jewelry Trade Center in Bangkok, the Central Department Store in Lad Prao (Bangkok) Thailand, and internationally in Basel (Switzerland), Borsheims in Omaha, USA (owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.), and Gleims Jewelers in Palo Alto, USA. It is now located in the Royal Thai Palace as part of the crown jewels.

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Is the Hope Diamond the Largest Blue Diamond?

2010-09-24T04:26:00.001-07:00

Diamond Education:

The Hope Diamond is the most famous diamond in the world, but not anywhere near the largest. It's not even the largest blue diamond. It is, however, the largest Fancy Dark Grayish-Blue. Its not Flawless, either.

Several websites list the Hope as being a Flawless (FL) diamond. This is false - the stone was graded by GIA in 1988 as having VS1 clarity.

The largest blue diamond is a 51.84-carat blue round brilliant once handled by Harry Winston Inc. and whose current whereabouts are unknown.

The largest faceted diamond in the world, period, is the 545-carat Golden Jubilee.

The Golden Jubilee:

Princess Cut Red Diamond Video

2010-09-21T06:56:00.000-07:00

Princess Cut Red Diamonds from DNA2Diamonds

Unlike earth-mined gems and other lab grown diamonds, however, DNA2DIAMONDS are truly personal. They begin with the signature carbon from hair or the cremated remains of loved ones (including treasured animal companions). This signature carbon is added to a diamond seed in our laboratory and exposed to the same process of extreme heat and pressure that happens deep below the earth’s crust.

In nature, it takes millennia to create a diamond; in our laboratory, it takes just a few weeks to create a DNA2DIAMOND that is certified to be physically, chemically and optically identical to earth-mined diamonds. And our process is environmentally-friendly and conflict-free.

Unique Engagement Rings Now Available in White

2010-09-20T08:30:00.000-07:00

DNA2Diamonds has expanded it's fancy color diamond line with the additional of the white created diamond. Now available, the white diamond is a genuine diamond identical to earth mined yet it contains the personal carbon of you, a loved one or pet.

"Traditional brides and others are already inquiring about our new white diamonds," said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds.

DNA2Diamonds are genuine, certified diamonds created by turning hair into diamonds within 70 days or less. DNA2Diamonds can be created in various cuts and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac, dazzling blue and now traditional white.

Unlike earth-mined gems and other lab grown diamonds, DNA2Diamonds are truly personal. They begin with the signature carbon from hair. This signature carbon is added to a diamond seed in our laboratory and exposed to the same process of extreme heat and pressure that happens deep below the earth’s crust.

In nature, it takes millennia to create a diamond; in their laboratory, it takes just a few weeks to create a DNA2Diamond that is certified to be physically, chemically and optically identical to earth-mined diamonds. And the process is environmentally-friendly and conflict-free.

While gemologically equivalent to earth-mined diamonds, their personal lab grown diamonds are more beautiful, more meaningful and more precious – because they contain forever the essence of those you love. They are truly the most personal diamonds in the world.

"With the addition of our white diamond, requests for special, unique and personal diamonds have increased," said Bischoff. "Consumers seek DNA2Diamonds to celebrate all of life's special moments -- anniversaries, engagements, births of children, and memorial diamonds as well."

DNA2Diamonds are available in various sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats. These precious and priceless gems can be set into an unlimited selection of jewelry settings - a ring, pendant, bracelet or earrings.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, please visit our created diamond website or call DNA2Diamonds direct at 888-335-3630.

Red Heart Shaped Created Diamonds

2010-09-19T06:55:00.000-07:00

During Victorian times, “mourning jewelry” would be used to ease the pain of loss. A ring or pendant with a lock of hair from the deceased would be given to each family member as a keepsake. A memorial diamond from DNA2Diamonds references this tradition in contemporary fashion through a truly unique and lasting memorial; a one-of-a-kind cremation diamond created from a lock of hair or cremated remains of the deceased.

DNA2Diamonds offers this unique way to express your loss for a loved one, to allow yourself to mourn, remember and keep your loved one close. Creating a lab grown diamond in memory of your loved one not only symbolizes their life, but also enables you to watch it sparkle and shine with memories for generations to come.

Converting ashes to diamonds, a DNA2Diamonds cremation diamond or a diamond from hair samples can be of significant comfort to you during the difficult times of the mourning process and help create lasting memories into the future. All that you need to do is secure a sample of hair or cremated ashes and we will create this very special and personal keepsake.

Discover our cremation jewelry and cremation diamonds today or learn how we turn ashes into diamonds to create stunning lab grown diamonds from ashes and hair samples and create memorial diamonds to be cherished for generations to come.

Created Diamonds from DNA2Diamonds

2010-09-18T06:51:00.000-07:00

Turning ashes to diamonds, or hair to diamonds, DNA2Diamonds creates not only memorial diamonds and cremation jewelry for bereaved family members who wish to remember, honor and memorialize a loved one, but also to celebrate a wedding, birth or other special occasion. Unlike any other type of lab grown diamonds, our cremation diamonds, are as individual and unique as the lives they mirror.

DNA2Diamonds can also turn ashes into diamonds to celebrate the life or memorialize the death of a beloved pet. We can create diamonds from ashes of a pet that has passed or simply take a lock of hair if your pet is still alive. Additionally, the options of colors, cuts, sizes and settings of our laboratory grown diamonds are endless.

Discover DNA2Diamonds today and celebrate a life!

DNA2Diamonds - A Unique Pet Memorial Idea

2010-09-17T07:33:00.000-07:00

It’s human nature to form bonds with animals that positively transform our lives. Whatever their species, these constant companions are not just pets – they are family. They share your joys during good times and comfort you in times of grief and pain. Through walks in the park or just sitting by the fireside, they help you find the beauty in life’s simple pleasures and show you unconditional love.

Now, with a DNA2Diamond, you can cherish your pet’s life in the most personal way possible. Turning your pet’s hair or ashes into diamonds, DNA2Diamonds provides you with a created diamond keepsake that is a shining reminder of their unique spirit and personality. Every time you look at your DNA2Diamond, you will be reminded of the wonderful experiences you shared and your special bond of friendship.

Unlike earth-mined gems and other lab grown diamonds, however, DNA2DIAMONDS are truly personal. They begin with the signature carbon from hair or the cremated remains of loved ones (including treasured animal companions). This signature carbon is added to a diamond seed in our laboratory and exposed to the same process of extreme heat and pressure that happens deep below the earth’s crust.

In nature, it takes millennia to create a diamond; in our laboratory, it takes just a few weeks to create a DNA2DIAMOND that is certified to be physically, chemically and optically identical to earth-mined diamonds. And our process is environmentally-friendly and conflict-free.

While gemologically equivalent to earth-mined diamonds, our personal lab grown diamonds are more beautiful, more meaningful and more precious – because they contain forever the essence of your beloved pet. They are truly the most personal diamonds in the world.

You may personalize your memorial diamond further by selecting the cut (brilliant, princess, or radiant); color (red, yellow-green, blue, cognac or white); and size (0.25 carats – 2.0 carats). We also offer a vast selection of cremation jewelry and other stunning settings from which to choose.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, please visit our website at or call DNA2Diamonds direct at 888-335-3630.

DNA2Diamonds: as seen in JetSet Magazine

2010-09-17T05:23:00.000-07:00

Diamonds and Love Are Forever
DNA2Diamonds creates certified, custom diamonds from a lock of hair or cremated ashes to celebrate life, embrace love and be cherished for generations to come. Perfect for a unique anniversary gift, engagement ring or memorial to a loved one or pet that has passed away. DNA2Diamonds are as unique as the lives they mirror.

Man (and Woman's) Best Friend
Maureen was devastated after her dog, Tiger, finally succumbed to cancer. After he was cremated, she kept his ashes at her home, close by her side, just as he was to her in life. When she read an article about DNA2Diamonds, Maureen realized that this was the perfect way to capture the happy memories of Tiger and feel his presence with her always.

“I want Tiger to go on walks with me again and be praised on his beauty, only now as a pendant on a chain, instead of as a dog on a leash. Thank you DNA2Diamonds for putting the sparkle back into Tiger’s memory for me.”

A Unique Anniversary Gift
For Maggie and Joseph's wedding anniversary, Joseph wanted to do something special for Maggie. He thought about a special vacation, but planning time away from work and the kids seemed impossible to manage. Then, at an engagement party, the bride-to-be showed off her engagement ring which she and her fiancé had combined locks of their hair to create. At that moment, Joseph knew what he wanted to do for Maggie's anniversary gift -- create a diamond with not only locks of their hair, but their children's as well. Whenever Maggie looked at her diamond, she'd see the loves of her life shining back.

From the Essence of Love
Created from the carbon signature of hair or cremated ashes, DNA2Diamonds are the most personal way to celebrate life's most precious moments. Fully authenticated and certified, DNA2Diamonds are offered in five different colors and an array of customizable settings.

Visit DNA2Diamonds website to discover an amazing technology that can give you a precious and priceless heirloom diamond...forever containing the essence of you, a loved one or pet.

Diamonds from Hair - DNA2Diamonds

2010-09-16T06:53:00.000-07:00

Created from a lock of hair or cremated ashes, our fancy color yellow-green diamonds are personal, genuine diamonds that are perfect for any occasion - as a unique engagement ring, a special anniversary diamond or even a memorial diamond to remember a loved one or pet. They are also available in blue, red, cognac and white.

NEW! Blue Diamond Pendant

2010-09-15T09:42:00.000-07:00

Another new setting from DNA2Diamonds:

New Created Diamond Setting!!
Available in Blue, White, Red, Cognac, or Yellow-Green

If you’re looking for a way to give your special someone a beautiful lab grown anniversary diamond that is perfect to express your love and everlasting commitment, a stunning diamond created from locks of both of your hair will outshine your, and her, expectations.

Designing your own dream diamond jewelry is very simple! We have made it easy in a step by step online process for you to create your diamond pendants, engagement rings, diamond wedding rings, bracelet or diamond earrings. Our diamonds come in all shapes and sizes. We’ll guide you through the choices. Start dreaming about your personal diamond in the Create your Diamond section of our website now.

Should you need additional assistance selecting the perfect diamond, DNA2Diamonds stands ready to help in every way possible. Once your choices are made, we’ll be there for you through the entire creation process with regular updates on the creation of your personal lab grown diamond.

Your diamond will always be a beautiful reminder of the greatest jewels in your life and become a family heirloom that will be treasured by many generations to come. And don’t forget, our diamonds are genuine, certified diamonds.

Visit our website for more information and to create your own personal diamond today!

Ashes to Diamonds - Red Diamonds

2010-09-15T06:54:00.000-07:00

DNA2Diamonds creates certified, custom diamonds from a lock of hair or cremated ashes to celebrate life, embrace love and be cherished for generations to come. More beautiful, more meaningful, more precious than any other jewel and individually unique as the lives they mirror. Breathtaking. Irreplaceable. Priceless. An Heirloom for Generations. Keep a lifetime of memories close to your heart forever!

Laboratory Grown Diamonds ~ Eco-Friendly Diamonds ~ Ashes to Diamonds

Blue Diamonds - Created Diamond Video

2010-09-14T18:56:00.002-07:00

Created from a lock of hair or cremated ashes, our fancy color blue diamonds are personal, genuine diamonds that are perfect for any occasion - as a unique engagement ring, a special anniversary diamond or even a memorial diamond to remember a loved one or pet. They are also available in red, cognac, yellow-green and white.

Created Diamond Video

2010-09-09T09:04:00.000-07:00

View a DNA2Diamond Yellow-Green Genuine Diamond

Created from a lock of hair or cremated ashes, DNA2Diamonds are more than a diamond. They forever hold a memory of a special day, a special person or a special pet.

CREATE YOUR DIAMOND TODAY

DNA2Diamonds Announces New White Diamond

2010-09-07T14:58:00.000-07:00

Fort Washington, PA., September 7, 2010 - DNA2Diamonds, a premier provider of laboratory-created diamonds from signature carbon taken from a lock of hair, has recently expanded its fancy colored diamond selection to now feature a white diamond.

“Traditional brides and others are already inquiring about our new white diamonds,” said Tom Bischoff, President of DNA2Diamonds. DNA2Diamonds are genuine, certified diamonds created by turning hair into diamonds within 70 days or less. DNA2Diamonds can be created in various cuts and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac, dazzling blue and now traditional white.

“With the addition of our white diamond, requests for special, unique and personal diamonds have increased,” said Bischoff. “Consumers seek DNA2Diamonds to celebrate all of life’s special moments — anniversaries, engagements, births of children, and memorial diamonds as well.”

DNA2Diamonds are available in various sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats. These precious and priceless gems can be set into an unlimited selection of jewelry settings – a ring, pendant, bracelet or earrings.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, please visit our website at http://www.dna2diamonds.com or call DNA2Diamonds direct at 888-335-3630.

Media Contact:

Maureen McHale

888-335-3630 or 267-708-7970

mmchale@dna2diamonds.com

Dad, Will You Walk me Down the Isle?

2010-08-15T09:41:00.000-07:00

A Special Story About a DNA2Diamond...

My father passed away in January of 2008. That day and the days, months and years that followed, I knew I lost a lot of things. I lost the man who taught me the importance of hard work. The right way to paint a house. The best way to tell a joke. I also lost the one person who was so much like me and understood me that it pains me to think I'll never be able to share a special moment with him again. What I would give to just be able to tell him about a great accomplishment or to just share a funny story.

When I think about the things that my Dad has missed in my life over the past few years it brings tears to my eyes. I bought a foreclosed home, gutted it and totally remodeled it with my boyfriend. Everyday at the new house I'd remark how wonderful it would be if Dad could see the new floors going in, how the kitchen was coming together, or even at the garden I planted. Somehow, I hope that he can see it and that he is watching over me.

Having recently become engaged, I am thankful that my Dad was able to meet my boyfriend before he passed away. I think it was important for my Dad to know that I would be ok. He'd want to know that, although I think I don't need it, I would have someone to take care of me. I guess that's just how Dad's are. So, in the last few months of my father's life, my boyfriend got to know my Dad and I could tell, my Dad liked him.

After our engagement, I was thrilled that I finally found the one man who embodied many of the qualities I loved about my father. My fiancé can build and fix anything. He is a hard worker and he loves me. What is better than that? But, even in all of my happiness of our engagement, one thing lingers in my mind. My Dad won't be there to walk me down the isle.

For weeks I would think about my wedding day and wonder how something so great could bring me such pain knowing Dad wouldn't be there. But then I discovered a company in Pennsylvania called DNA2Diamonds. I am so thankful that I did.

DNA2Diamonds can create a genuine diamond from either a lock of hair or cremated ashes. At first my finance and I thought it would be wonderful to combine a lock of his hair and a lock of my hair to make our diamond. But, then he came up with the best and most wonderful idea. He suggested to create my diamond for my engagement ring from my Dad's ashes. Knowing how important it would have been to have my Dad with me not only on my special day, but with me every day, my fiancé's wonderful suggestion really touched me. Once my diamond is complete, it will be set in my engagement ring so my Dad can still walk with me down the aisle.

Although my Dad won't be there in person, he will be there in spirit and will be right there with me forever in my diamond engagement ring. My ring will be the most precious and priceless possession I own. It will forever represent the bond my fiancé and I have in life and the connection I have with my Dad, even after he's gone.

Having a part of the man who gave me life in the symbol of the love from the man who is now the most important one in my life.

What are Created Diamonds?

2010-08-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

Created diamonds are genuine diamonds created in a lab setting instead of mined from the earth.

Created diamonds, also called man made diamonds, lab diamonds, laboratory grown diamonds, or cultured diamonds, are genuine diamonds. They have the same chemical, physical and optical qualities of natural gemstones, except that they are made by man, in a laboratory. These created jewels are virtually indistinguishable from natural ones.

Created diamonds are grown in a laboratory setting using intense pressure and heat and a small real diamond ‘seed’. The seed is to provide the molecular structure building block for the sheets of carbon placed over the seed to duplicate. This process mimics the natural heat and pressure that forms natural diamonds, only in a laboratory using 60,000 atmospheres of pressure at over 2,300 Celsius until the material crystallizes.

Because these diamonds are created in a controlled environment, it is possible to create a near perfect diamond every time. Additionally, the cost for these cultured diamonds is approximately two-thirds less than a natural mined one, but the quality is usually superior. Man made diamonds are becoming more popular not only due to price factors but also because they are the most eco-friendly option.

Diamond mining isn’t exactly eco-friendly, and its not something that many think about when purchasing jewelry. However, it is a known fact that diamond mining has devastating impact on flora and fauna and the Earth's climate upon the whole. Man made diamonds are created to avoid this harmful impact on the ecosystem. With a created diamond you will get everything you expect from naturally-occurring diamond: durability, longevity, and of course incredible shine and luster.

Thanks to the marvels of modern science and cutting edge technology, now many can afford to buy stunning created diamonds in breath-taking colors of blue, red, cognac, and yellow-green. Created diamond owners can be rest assured that they are making a eco-friendly purchase as well.

DNA2Diamonds created diamonds are available in various cuts and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac and dazzling blue. These stunning colored diamonds are available in sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats, and can be set into a variety of different settings.

DNA2Diamonds Created Diamonds

2010-08-13T09:34:00.000-07:00

DNA2Diamonds creates lab diamonds. While these lab diamonds are identical to earth mined diamonds; same timeless beauty, fire, brilliance, unique colors, hardness and quality; purchasing a created diamond can be easy on the wallet and the environment.

In addition to the benefits of price and environmental concerns, a DNA2Diamond created diamond includes one more significant benefit. Each DNA2Diamond is fashioned from the unique signature of loved ones or pets. By taking a lock of hair or small amount of cremated ashes, DNA2Diamonds will create a fancy colored diamond in your choice of color, size and cut in 70 days or less.

Who Purchases Created Diamonds from DNA2Diamonds?
If you're looking for a unique, personal and affordable eco-friendly diamond, a DNA2Diamond is right for you. DNA2Diamonds customers have created diamonds for many occasions and reasons.

Here are some of the reasons DNA2Diamonds are so popular:
Memorial Diamonds: "My daughter passed away unexpectedly. She was a magically bright, shiny, beautifully singular creation. Just like her diamond."
Unique Anniversary Ring: "I want the most unique anniversary ring for my wife. The red diamond caught her eye so we're combining locks of our hair to have it created."
Cremation Jewelry: "My dog died, he was truly my best friend. I want to keep him with me forever as a diamond pendant on a chain."

Commemorative Diamonds: "Our baby was just born. My husband and I are combining locks of our hair along with a lock from her first haircut. We hope to give it to her one day when she graduates college or gets married."

Cremation Diamonds: "I want a DNA2Diamond created as a memorial diamond from my parents ashes. I miss them so much."

Blue Diamond Engagement Ring: "My fiancé and I just got engaged and are combining locks of our hair to make my ring! I'm super excited!!"

Many Reasons, Many Memories
Love creates permanent marks deep in your heart. With a DNA2Diamond, you can hold on to your memories and capture their essence in the most personal way possible. Your DNA2Diamond lab diamond will be a certified, custom created diamond to celebrate life, embrace love and be cherished for generations to come.

DNA2Diamonds are more beautiful, more meaningful, more precious than any other jewel and are as individually unique as the lives they mirror.

The Mystery and Science Behind Personal Created Diamonds

2010-08-12T08:57:00.000-07:00

It’s an amazing and indeed an interesting process to learn how the simple structure of a carbon atom can be metamorphosed into a beautiful, genuine diamond. What's more fascinating is how you can use the carbon signature from a lock of hair or small amount of cremated ashes and create a stunning lab created diamond!

These personal man made diamonds can be created to be set into cremation jewelry to memorialize a loved one or pet or as a commemorative diamond to celebrate an anniversary, engagement, birth of a child or other special occasion.

Created diamonds are genuine, certified diamonds that are created in a laboratory within a matter of weeks by replicating the extreme temperature and pressure that occur over millions of years deep under the earth’s crust. These lab diamonds possess the identical chemical, optical, and physical properties of earth-mined diamonds.

Personal created diamonds are in essence, enhanced lab diamonds, because they include a personal carbon source to grow the diamond, a lock of hair or small amount of cremated ashes. To create a personal created diamond, the process begins by collecting the hair or the cremated remains. The carbon signature from the hair or ashes is then added to a real diamond seed, and the mixture is placed in a custom-designed incubator.

The incubator uses a unique and complex High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) process to duplicate the earth’s natural diamond-growing conditions. Temperatures exceed 2000°C and pressure is greater than 60,000 atmospheres.

In 70 days or less, the growth phase is completed and a genuine diamond in-the-rough results. A master gem cutter will cut and polish the diamond in accordance with industry standards.

The created diamond then be individually identified with a laser-engraved ID number on the girdle of the diamond which is visible only under x20 magnification. The personal, man made diamond is then independently authenticated, inspected, measured and graded. The created diamond is then set into the jewelry chosen by the customer and delivered complete with the original certification and Certificate of Authenticity.

Turning ashes to diamonds, or hair to diamonds, DNA2Diamonds are unlike any other type of lab diamonds. These personal created diamonds are as individual and as unique as the lives they mirror and can be created in various colors, cuts, sizes and set into an unlimited number of jewelry settings. Order your personal created diamond from DNA2Diamonds today.

The Difference Between Created Diamonds and Earth Mined

2010-08-11T08:49:00.000-07:00

There are several key differences between man made diamonds and earth mined gems. To discover which option is eco-friendly and less expensive, read this article now!

The primary differences between created diamonds and natural diamonds are price and environmental impact. While lab diamonds are identical to earth mined diamonds; same timeless beauty, fire, brilliance, unique colors, hardness and quality; purchasing a created diamond can be easy on the wallet and the environment.

The stress on the eco-systems from earth mining diamonds is pretty harsh and diamond mining in reality is an expensive and a dangerous process. These factors are reflected in the price tag of the earth mined stones.

The biggest benefit of the created diamond lies in this price factor differential. A lab created diamond is usually less expensive compared to a mined colored diamond. In fact, a one carat earth-mined diamond can cost thousands of dollars while a created diamond of the same size and weight can be found at a fraction of the cost.

What's also interesting is that it would take a certified jeweler to detect that these lab diamonds have not been harvested from the earth. Even then, the experts find it difficult to detect because created diamonds are identical gemologically. What this means is that the created diamonds are certified to be chemically and optically identical to their earth mined counterparts.

In addition to being able to obtain a created diamond for a fraction of the price, the creation of a lab diamond does not harm humans, animals, or the precious environment. Another great advantage of created diamonds is that they can be cut even more proportionally, as compared to the mined gems. Only ten to fifteen percent of natural diamonds achieve the ideal cutting proportion whereas man made diamonds can almost always be cut proportionally.

Earth mined diamonds are also hard to find without a flaw. The more flaws the lower the price and the less desirable to the human eye. It is quite common to find mined diamonds with defects and inclusions. While many diamonds can be cut to can disguise some of the flaws, some are too apparent to hide. On the other hand, lab diamonds are nearly flawless to completely flawless due to the precise processing and the ability to control the growth of the diamonds in a laboratory setting.

Thanks to the marvels of modern science and cutting edge technology, now you can afford to buy flawless, man made diamonds at a fraction of the price and do so confidently knowing your purchase will be eco-friendly.

DNA2Diamonds Creates Affordable, Genuine, Colored Diamond Engagement Rings

2010-08-10T08:47:00.000-07:00

Fashion forward brides are choosing fancy colored diamond engagement rings. These created lab diamonds are genuine diamonds available in four stunning colors.

When you dream about your ideal wedding and your ideal engagement ring is not a plain white diamond, you are among a fast growing group of brides. Fancy color diamonds are becoming quite a trend among celebrities as well as everyday people. Not only is buying a colored diamond for your engagement ring the latest fashion, it's a better investment. Over the last 30 years, fancy color diamonds have had a fantastic financial track record with their value never decreasing on the wholesale level.

While natural colored diamonds are pretty expensive, gemologists have developed new and affordable ways to create genuine diamonds bursting with the same color and sparkle as natural, earth mined diamonds. These laboratory created diamonds are gemologically equivalent to earth mined diamonds in every way - longevity, hardness, toughness and heat resistance.

Companies like DNA2Diamonds can grown a genuine, certified, fancy color diamonds in 70 days or less. Taking a diamond seed, adding carbon, and exposing this mixture to the same type of high heat and pressure that creates earth mined colored diamonds, lab grown diamonds are less expensive and take less time to create, than earth mined.

DNA2Diamonds lab created diamonds have one more benefit for new brides. Not only can they create genuine fancy colored diamonds, identical to earth mined - for less, they can personalize these diamonds in a way most people would never think possible.

Because carbon is a element needed to grow the diamond seed, DNA2Diamonds asks it's customers to provide this carbon source. No need to Google, "How to buy carbon" on the internet, each and every person has personal carbon -- in their hair. By adding this personal carbon source ( a lock of hair) to the diamond seed, DNA2Diamonds can create the most personal diamond that is sure to be one of a kind. Having a lock of the brides hair and a lock of the grooms hair combined, makes for one of the most personal, unique, and completely fashionable fancy colored diamond engagement ring!

DNA2Diamonds keepsake diamonds can be created in various cuts and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac and dazzling blue. Available in sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats, these personal gems can be set into a variety of different engagement ring settings.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, please visit our website at http://www.dna2diamonds.com or call DNA2Diamonds direct at 888-335-3630.

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Unique Diamond Engagement Rings

2010-07-16T08:21:00.000-07:00

Grab your earplugs, boys and girls, because after an day of being bombarded with diamond ads while researching upcoming trends, I have a bone to pick with the world.

It’s the height of wedding season, which means all the unwed ladies have stars in their eyes and are starting to leave engagement ring advertisements littered around the house as less-than-subtle hints to their men.

If you aren’t aware of the destruction and death caused by the diamond industry by now, you must have been living under a rock. Ever since Blood Diamond became such a talking point, society has become more and more aware of the deadly trail that the industry leaves behind. Striking these gems is a death sentence for small nations, with civil war, slavery and gang violence ripping apart lives.

It’s no secret, so why on earth do people insist on buying these gemstones? Marilyn Monroe may have proclaimed that “diamonds are a girl’s best friend”, but wouldn’t you host an intervention if your best friend was doing harm to others?

It’s a debate that has been played out ad nauseum, so I will only say this: given the information you have about diamond trade, why do you insist on diamond studs for your birthday, and why won’t you settle for anything less than a diamond engagement ring?

It comes down to this: we look at the shocking images and read the terrifying stories of these people and sadly declare that the problem is too big. It is not too big. This is one of those issues where the trite “change starts at home” concept applies 100%.

Diamond Rings
We bought my engagement ring without knowing the problems of diamonds. As much as I love my ring, I would never, ever buy it again if I could go back. Lab-grown diamonds are absolutely perfect, and the abundance of precious, colored stones means we should have more environmentally friendly options open to us, so the insistence on buying diamonds that may have cost lives is purely desire driven.

I’ll add to that the fact that I find clear diamonds completely boring. Wow, you found a stone with no discernible qualities beyond the fact that it’s clear. Congratulations. Does clear water impress you too? The only reason people want them is because we’ve been told for years and years that this is what we should want. They’re not particularly rare, they have no interesting characteristics beyond their hardness level, and the high prices are completely manufactured.

Stop following the herd, find a stone that speaks to your character and help end the atrocities. Find jewelers who refuse to carry natural diamonds and buy from war-free zones. Accept that there is chemically no difference between the lab-grown and the real, and tell your boyfriend that you’d rather a ring in sapphire or topaz that doesn’t carry the same history of blood-shed.

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Unlike any other diamond in the world, a DNA2Diamond truly embodies your unique passions, memories, hopes and dreams. It is more beautiful, more meaningful and more precious because it is created from your loved one's signature carbon.

Fancy Color Diamond Engagement Rings and Anniversary Rings

2010-07-13T02:33:00.000-07:00

Watch this amazing video on how a genuine diamond can be created from a lock of hair to make the most unique diamond engagement ring or special diamond anniversary ring.

Discover DNA2Diamonds:
Blue diamonds, red diamond, yellow diamonds -- all made from the personal carbon from you, a loved one or even a pet! Celebrate life with a DNA2Diamond.

Watch How they are Created:

DNA2Diamonds - Colored Diamonds Created for You -- With You!

2010-07-12T09:30:00.000-07:00

Create a diamond from your personal carbon – a lock of hair, for example! Perfect for engagement rings, anniversaries or cremation jewelry as a memorial to a loved one or even the family pet that has passed away. DNA2Diamonds are genuine diamonds and as unique as you! This video shows how they are created.

Lab Created Diamond Engagement Rings

2010-06-28T14:25:00.000-07:00

AS SEEN IN THE NY DAILY NEWS

Hair today, in a diamond tomorrow: lab-grown gem uses engaged couple's locks in eco-friendly ring

It’s a gem of an idea and possibly the most romantic engagement ring ever: the DNA2Diamond uses the hair of the betrothed couple as a carbon source to make an eco-friendly, lab-created diamond in just 70 days, according to PR-inside.com.

Aimed at "green" brides and grooms, it does not negatively impact the environment the way mined diamonds do.

Typically, diamond mines remove some 275 tons of ore in order to make a one-carat, gem-quality polished diamond, says PR-inside.com. But lab-grown diamonds rely on the lovely locks of the couple.

"Laboratory grown diamonds do not come from a mine," DNA2Diamonds president Tom Bischoff said. "That simple fact is of growing importance to more environmentally and socially aware brides making DNA2Diamonds the 'green' bride's choice."

His gems can be made in a variety of cuts and colors, including red, warm cognac and dazzling blue. And they come in sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats. Best of all for cash-strapped grooms, they cost a fraction of what a mined diamond does.

One potential problem that could take some of the sparkle out of the project: a balding groom.

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Blue Diamond Trivia

2010-06-25T12:47:00.000-07:00

Did you know?

The Cullinan mine near Pretoria is the world’s only notable blue diamond producing mine. The mine also produced the largest diamond of the De Beers Millennium Jewels collection—the brilliant vivid blue Heart of Eternity, 27 carats.

Blue Diamond Anniversary Rings
For an anniversary ring that sure to please, consider a blue diamond. Now you can own the most stunning blue diamond anniversary ring! DNA2Diamonds blue diamonds are gemologically identical to earth mined diamonds, but these lab created diamonds are extra special. Not only are they are chemically, optically, and physically identical to natural diamonds, DNA2Diamonds feature an additional benefit - they are created from personal carbon.

Using a lock of hair from each spouse, the most unique and truly personal diamond anniversary ring can be created - for you. In 70 days or less a DNA2Diamond, will be delivered to your specifications. Your personally created diamond will contain the essence of your love -- forever encased in your diamond.

DNA2Diamonds created diamonds can be fashioned in various cuts and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac and dazzling blue. Available in sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats, these personal gems can be set into a variety of different anniversary ring settings.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, please visit our website at http://www.dna2diamonds.com or call DNA2Diamonds direct at 888-335-3630.

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Blue Diamond Trivia

2010-06-25T00:52:00.000-07:00

Did you know?
In 1998, actress Gloria Stewart who played the elderly Rose in "Titanic," wore a $20 million, 15 carat blue diamond necklace by Harry Winston to the Academy Awards. It is a normal practice for these actors to be accompanied by a team of bodyguards to safeguard the jewels!

How about this?
At the 2003 Golden Globe Awards, Halle Berry sported a hard-to-miss set of a pear-shaped blue diamond pendant, earrings and ring.

Blue Diamonds from DNA2Diamonds

Now you can own the most stunning blue diamonds! DNA2Diamonds blue diamonds are gemologically identical to earth mined diamonds, but these lab created diamonds are extra special. Not only are they are chemically, optically, and physically identical to natural diamonds, DNA2Diamonds feature an additional benefit - they are created from personal carbon ( a lock of hair or a small amount of cremated ashes as a memorial to a pet or loved one who has passed away).

Discover DNA2Diamonds blue diamonds.

The most personal blue diamonds in the world.

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Blue Diamond Engagement Rings

Blue Diamond Anniversary Rings

Blue Memorial Diamonds

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Blue Created Diamonds

DNA2Diamonds created diamonds can be fashioned in various cuts and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac and dazzling blue. Available in sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats, these personal gems can be set into a variety of different engagement ring settings.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, please visit our website at http://www.dna2diamonds.com or call DNA2Diamonds direct at 888-335-3630.

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Blue Diamond Trivia

2010-06-24T12:39:00.000-07:00

Did you know?
The largest polished blue diamond known publicly is the 70 carat Idol's Eye. A Golconda stone, it possesses a distinct delicate blue color, known in older gem literature as "rosy blue." Mythological tales tell of the diamond once being set in the eye of a temple in Benghazi. After World War II, the diamond was sold to Mrs. May Stanton, an American aristocrat, who, it is believed, lived alone in a palatial mansion and wore the Idol’s Eye at her solitary breakfast every morning.

Blue Diamond Engagement Rings

Now you can own the most stunning blue diamond engagement ring! DNA2Diamonds blue diamonds are gemologically identical to earth mined diamonds, but these lab created diamonds are extra special. Not only are they are chemically, optically, and physically identical to natural diamonds, DNA2Diamonds feature an additional benefit - they are created from personal carbon.

Using a lock of hair from a bride and one from a groom, the most unique and truly personal diamond engagement ring can be created - for you. In 70 days or less a DNA2Diamond, will be delivered to your specifications. Your personally created diamond will contain the essence of your love -- forever encased in your diamond.

DNA2Diamonds created diamonds can be fashioned in various cuts and colors of stunning red, brilliant yellow-green, warm cognac and dazzling blue. Available in sizes ranging from 0.25 carats to 2.0 carats, these personal gems can be set into a variety of different engagement ring settings.

To purchase a personal signature carbon diamond, please visit our website at http://www.dna2diamonds.com or call DNA2Diamonds direct at 888-335-3630.

Media Contact:
Maureen McHale
888-335-3630 or 267-708-7970
mmchale@dna2diamonds.com