INSTAGRAM recommendations!

[missy]

So I am relatively new to IG . I have been hanging out there now for a few weeks and loving it. Just wondering for those of you who are on it what/who are your favorite IG sites?

I have a number of them and in no particular order here they are. They are chock full of unbelievable BLING ****. I mean just WOW.

Sin City Finds

Gilded Lane

Jewels by Grace

Old World Diamonds

Love Affair Diamonds

Gem Gossip

Jewelry Journal

Gem Hunt

Romanov Russia

Victor Barbone

Trabert Godlsmiths

Victor Canera

Lang Antique

Erika Winters

CVB Inspired Design

Joganibh

Greenwich st jewelers

Singlestone LA

23rd st Jewelers


To name a few of my favorites. I am sure I have left some out. But just wanted to get the ball rolling.

Care to share some of your IG faves with us? Pretty please?

 

[blackprophet]

Shout out to Gypsy who I understand is running the High Performance Diamonds Account (@HPDiamonds)

I also would recommend Diamond Envy for FCD lovers (@DiamondEnvy). Leibsh is on there too (I just found them!) (@leibishandco)

I would also mention one of my Favourite local (Toronto for those who don't know) Designers: Kim Drosdick (@KimDrosdick)

 

[missy]

Thank you Blackprophet! Great suggestions!

 

[lovedogs]

Idjewelry, ivyandrosevintage, and dmworkshop are on there too

Awesome colored stones too from bespokegems, Earth's Treasury, and the gemstone project (and others!)

For cuteness I suggest following Norbert the dog

 

[EC8]

These tend to be vintage/antique jewelry focused:

Underthecrownjewelry

threegracesjewelry


A mix of all kinds of bling:

Diamondsinthelibrary

 

[Calliecake]

Missy! You're killing me!!! You know you already have me addicted to a couple of these. I will never get off the Internet with so many more to view.

I want to thank everyone for adding more Instagram accounts to view.

 

[Trekkie]

I love the_diamonds_girl, champagnegem, dmworkshop (already mentioned!), and vechler (run by the most beautiful Israeli man I have ever clapped eyes on....! OOOOOMPH! )

Of course all of the above is so far out of my budget it's essentially just straight up pornography, but sometimes it's nice just to look.

 

[redwood66]

I don't have one of these accounts. How does it differ from Twitter or FB? Is it better? I like Pinterest for the recipes, DIYs, bling, etc.

 

[Snowdrop13]

Joe Escobar
The jewel diary (Madelise!)
Muzo emeralds
Dover jewellery
Fiji pearls
Kojima pearl
VCA
Purse forum

And I like Ina Garten- she does all her own posting!

 

[missy]

Snowdrop, thank you and OMG I cannot believe I forgot The Jewel Diary!!! The thing is she is a civilian but OMG her stuff is TDF!!! Madelise, I luv ya!

Callie LOL yeah I know. I might have to quit my (part time) job to keep up.


Redwood, it's a social networking app where you share photos from your mobile device. You can only upload photos and videos from your mobile device and not from your computer. IG covers so many things. Bling is just one area of interest. Animals another. And the list goes on and on. Choose your areas of interest and then find the corresponding IG sites to follow. Once you start navigating around you will understand it further. There is a learning curve (at least for me since I am not technologically savvy) but you will get the hang of it if you want to. Really so much fun! It is so to post pics and videos on IG.

Thank you all for your amazing IG recommendations! Don't stop.

 

[msop04]

I follow almost all of the accounts mentioned above! HA!

I wanted to add:

ringconcierge
GemConcepts
fks_bling (Fortekitty)

 

[EC8]

if you are into vintage/antique jewelry a stunning 3 (!!!) strand cushion cut diamond necklace was posted today by frankbeverett (he's a SVP at Sotheby's); the necklace is from SJ Phillips which led me to s_j_phillips ...

 

[missy]

Thanks for the additional recommendations! I am drooling over them right now!

 

[ringo865]

Just won a giveaway from gem_hunt (listed by missy) in partnership with honeyjewelryco, who I hadn't heard of. So add them to your lists.

Missy, I saw you commented on the announcement post. So. Psyched. Hard. Waiting.

In addition to the blingporn listed by others, I stalk Davidklassjewelry, Goodoldgold, pricescopeinc, ericaweiner, thegemstoneproject, joganibh, and probably some others I can't think of now, and some bands

 

[missy]

Just won a giveaway from gem_hunt (listed by missy) in partnership with honeyjewelryco, who I hadn't heard of. So add them to your lists.

Missy, I saw you commented on the announcement post. So. Psyched. Hard. Waiting.

In addition to the blingporn listed by others, I stalk Davidklassjewelry, Goodoldgold, pricescopeinc, ericaweiner, thegemstoneproject, joganibh, and probably some others I can't think of now, and some bands

Yay!!! Congrats ringo865! So excited a PSer is one of the winners! Please come back and share photos of your beautiful new band OK? And congrats again.

Great additional recs. So many amazing IGers to follow.

 

[Confection10]

Many of my favourites has already mentioned, but I have found MarkBroumand's instagram very entertaining. Broumand's "hand model" is
magical ...

 

[iLander]

Did someone already mention IDJewelry and Leibish? But I have to say I'm not too impressed with Leibish's pics, considering what they have to work with. IDJ has some nice bling shots (and videos ) each day.

I'm on there, but not under this name. I like to explore some of my other hobbies on there.

I've only managed to find a few PSer's (hiya Missy! ) I stumbled across ForteKitty today, so that's cool.

I follow a few jewelers from other countries and I keep asking them if they have AGL certs on their colored stones. I'm not sure they like that.

 

[madelise]

Snowdrop, thank you and OMG I cannot believe I forgot The Jewel Diary!!! The thing is she is a civilian but OMG her stuff is TDF!!! Madelise, I luv ya!

Civilian me and my obsession of taking pictures of my hands. Just hope people don't get sick of my hands and the same 5 pieces in rotation


When you follow an account you like, click on the down triangle button next to "following". It'll give you suggestions of other accounts to follow that have related posts, engagement, and followers. You'll find a bunch that way

 

[missy]

Hi iLander and Madelise! So much fun hanging out on IG with you guys.

iLander, I forgot to follow IDJ. Thanks for the recommendation. I am so enjoying following your IG page. So lovely! And haha on asking for AGL certs on the colored stones and some of the vendors not loving that. I think you know more than some colored gem dealers want you to know.

Hey Confection! Thanks for the MarkBroumand suggestion.

Madelise, first of all no never will I get tired of seeing your gorgeous bling! And thanks for that info. LOL though I have been on IG for more than a month now I didn't know about the triangle button as a way of getting more suggestions. Haha yes I am a slow learner when it comes to new things. Thanks!

 

[missy]

Adding a few more. Sorry for any repeats and also I'm leaving some out but when I remember I will be back to update.


Addysvintage

Otherwise Engaged (our own Circe)

Msopalworld (our jordy)

Lady lovelies curio

Israel rose jewelry

Julia b jewelry

David Klass jewelry

Lajollagems

 

[Tekate]

Red you can look and like things on your laptop/computer on Instagram, you can look at people's feeds etc. I like IG because it's less like Facebook (whom owns IG btw) but more like a family album or seeing your friends interests etc. It's enjoyable without all the 'noise' on Facebook.

Snowdrop, thank you and OMG I cannot believe I forgot The Jewel Diary!!! The thing is she is a civilian but OMG her stuff is TDF!!! Madelise, I luv ya!

Redwood, it's a social networking app where you share photos from your mobile device. You can only upload photos and videos from your mobile device and not from your computer. IG covers so many things. Bling is just one area of interest. Animals another. And the list goes on and on. Choose your areas of interest and then find the corresponding IG sites to follow. Once you start navigating around you will understand it further. There is a learning curve (at least for me since I am not technologically savvy) but you will get the hang of it if you want to. Really so much fun! It is so to post pics and videos on IG.

Thank you all for your amazing IG recommendations! Don't stop.

 

[WeeOui]

Not a jewelry account, but it will warm the cockles of your heart: wolfgang2242

 

[monarch64]

Tanksgoodnews is one of my faves—nothing but good news!

Foodporn: cedricgrolet

 

[leukolenos]

I am starting to think I need two IG accounts...one for friends and one for diamonds. I follow so many sparkly accounts I hardly see my friends anymore!

 

[PintoBean]

Hotdudeswithcats
Hotdudeswithkittens
Catswithguys
Hotguyswithcats

 

[WeeOui]

Hotdudeswithcats
Hotdudeswithkittens
Catswithguys
Hotguyswithcats

I love a good theme.

 

[Queenie60]

Augustvintageinc

 

[OoohShiny]

Great thread, thanks for the input, everyone!

 

[meely]

She's in the UK (liberty & selfridges) but if you like charms or conversion jewelry have a look at anninavogel

 

[missy]

Thanks for the additional recs!

For you animal lovers out there here are a few more:

Best Friends Animal Society @bestfriendsanimalsociety

Best Friends @bfas_ny

K9 Kastle @K9kastlecorp

Brooklyn Animal Action @brooklynanimalaction

World Wildlife Fund @world_wildlife

Oceana @ oceana