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Happy Anniversary to Us!

December is a month for big celebrations. It's especially joyous for us because the first of the month marks Aide-mémoire's anniversary. We are officially nine years old on December 1! According t...

A Recipe for Jewelry Care: 5 Reasons Why You Should Remove Your Ring Before Cooking this Holiday Season

I think of November, December, and even early January, as one giant crescendo of cooking. With so many holidays and celebrations dotting these months, chances are you will be prepping for a few fes...

High Five with Tiny Fat Bird Studio

Happy changing of the seasons everyone. The Seattle rain is living up to its reputation this autumn. My rain boots are clocking in overtime, and one of them has already developed a leak -- eek! Ho...

A Place for Everything: Jewelry Organizers

Here in Seattle, the air is getting a bit crisper and the popsicle stash in my freezer just doesn’t seem as appealing as it did back in the heatwave of June. With the change in seasons, I’m feeling...

High Five with Artist Yetunde Rodriguez of Yaytoonday

Welcome back to our summer edition of High Five: Five Serious and Not-So-Serious Questions for our Makers blog post series! In June we kicked this series off to celebrate the opening of our new br...

High Five with Artist Michael Doyle

Five serious and not-so-serious questions we asked our maker, artist Michael Doyle.

You're Invited! Aide-mémoire's Opening Day Celebration

You're Invited!  This Saturday we are officially opening our Phinney Ridge brick-and-mortar shop.It's a rainbow-filled dream come true that all of us at Aide-mémoire can't wait to share with all o...

Hand-in-Hand: A Wedding Conversation with Aide-mémoire Clients Dana & Elizabeth Bennett

Join us on this blog post as we talk with Dana and Elizabeth Bennett about their magical wedding day and the beautiful Aide-mémoire Basket Solitaire they chose for their big day.

In-person Try-on in Seattle

To keep ourselves and the community as safe as possible, we have suspended our in-person consultations indefinitely. Typically our consultations involve sitting down at a table together for 30 min...

Understanding Carat Weights – And Why We Typically Refer to Millimeters Instead of Carats

You may have noticed that when we talk about the stone size, we typically refer to the millimeter size instead of the carat size. We do this because carat size is referring to the weight of the gem...