Joseph Schubach Jewelers

Another Gems From The Heart Story Contest Entry

 It may sound corny, but I have always had a special place in my heart for jewelry.  I consider myself lucky, as I have some very special pieces, connected with special  times and happy memories.  When I became engaged to my husband, my in-laws gave me beautiful diamond earrings as a gift.  My wedding ring, was actually designed with my husband's grandmother's diamond.  When my oldest son, was in first grade he purchased a large, gaudy dragon pin for my Chanukah present at the school store.  I couldn't have loved any gift more.  It was beautiful, even when the  dragon's glass eyes proceeded to fall out the next day.  Jewelry  is truly the way to my heart!

     I believe I was about eight years old, when my Papa Marty took me to a fancy jewelry store in Downtown Detroit.  He presented me with the most beautiful sterling silver charm bracelet, any girl could ever want. It  had little hearts between the links. I felt like a princess that day and the salespeople treated me like royalty. Thus, also began my grandfather buying me charms for special occasions ( like getting an egg beater charm when I got the girl scout cooking badge) or buying charms just for fun.  My wrist grew heavy and so does my heart with memories of this special gift and love for my Papa Marty.  He has been dead for over forty years, but he charmed my life.  He was the 'gem' of my life. 

Diane Margolis-Baum

Another Gems From The Heart Story Contest Entry

When my husband and I got married, in 1972, we were completely broke.  We used a ring he had given me while we were dating - a white gold band with Love on it. 

 

For our 25th Wedding Anniversary, he surprised me with a gold duplicate of that ring, but it has a diamond in it.  Not a big diamond, but the thought was incredible!
Alton & Cheryl

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My fiance and i were young and since we were both teachers we had little money.
I wasn't even sure I'd receive an engagement ring.

But I did and my first thought was, "That's the ugliest ring I ever saw!"  (I was pretty sure the tiny "diamond" was cubic zirconia and there were a lot crudely wrought traceries and rosettes around the stone that gave the ring a certain dime store air).

But of course I didn't voice my feelings.  He looked so sweet and pleased with himself.
He put the ring on my left hand.  When family and friends asked to see it I did my best to respond with pride.

Over the years we built a good marriage and became financially successful.  My husband presented me with jewelry over the years but I never took that engagement ring off.  It came to represent our love story, a small beginning investment that led to many happy dividends over a long life together.

He's gone now and yes, I still wear that ugly little ring.

Patricia Nieh

Another Gems From The Heart Story Contest Entry

When I turned 18, my mother took me to the jewelry store to buy a diamond, white gold cross necklace. After picking it out and purchasing it, I put it around my neck. I have worn it everyday every since. A few times, I missed the large link to connect the fine chained necklace. The necklace has been lost at various public places twice. Each time, it was found by someone and returned back to me. I wear it now because it reminds me of my faith, my family and I believe it brings me good luck. I even shower with the necklace. I will likely be buried with this necklace. It does mean so much to me.
sara denhart

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my aunt used to buy a lot of good jewelry when she worked in a mill back in the 1940's. once she needed some cash and was going to hock an opal gold ring, my mother bought the ring from her.  My mom gave me that ring when i graduated high school. it is worth quite a bit of money and it means so much knowing its history.
donna pavcik

Another Gems From The Heart Story Contest Entry

when i was in high school, one of my classmates was named Jack LaViano....nice guy but after we graduated lost track of my former classmates.....zoom ahead 8 years, and when i was about to get engaged, my future fiance asked if i knew a local jeweler to help select a diamond engagement ring...mentioned that i thought Jack LaViano's family ran a local jewelry store...we went in, and there behind the counter was my former schoolmate....wonderfully helpful, and he helped us a pick out a perfectly beautiful engagement ring......end of story

 

 

barbara mccallum

Another Gems From The Heart Story Contest Entry

My Special Jewelry Story:

My wonderful husband proposed to me in a very sweet way!

He arranged to have his parents and me meet for dinner at

Our favorite German restaurant. We were seated at our table and I noticed a very pretty floral arrangement in the center of the

Table. There was baby's breath and a few roses. Everyone

Was chatting and I happened to notice that one of the roses

Was actually a velvet rose bud, not fully blossomed! Every

Now and then I would look at other peoples' tables to see if

They had the same kind of floral arrangement at their tables,

But I couldn't really tell because it was crowded and the roses

And baby's breath arrangements were looking all the same.

I kept stealing glances at the velvet rose bud but I didn't say

Anything to my fiance or his parents. After our meal, a little

3-man German band came to our table and played and sang

"Edelweiss", my favorite German song! And then a waitress

Dressed in German clothing came to the table with a gorgeous

Mini 3-layer cake decorated with red roses!! Then my fiance

Plucked the velvet rose from the centerpiece, got out of his

Chair, all the while the band was singing "Edelweiss", and he

Took my hand, opened the velvet rose bud and there was a

Gorgeous diamond engagement ring!!! Then the band finished

Singing and my fiance proprosed to me!!!! Through tear-filled

Eyes and a huge grin, I said "Yes!!"  Everyone in the restaurant

Clapped and cheered!! It was one of the most special moments

In our lives! We recently celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary! Thank you for this wonderful contest!

Sharon Harmon

Memories of "Mr. Schubach" - Another Gems From The Heart Story Contest Entry

When I was a kid I used to ride my bicycle to Tower Plaza Mall.  I didn’t have much money to spend, but there was a video arcade a few doors down from the Schubach Jewelry Store.  When I had exhausted my allowance, I’d look into the windows of the store, fascinated by the watches and jewelry.

 

A few years later I became a client.  Well, sort of.  On my 16^th birthday my mother gave me a 14kt gold serpentine necklace (they were actually somewhat popular then!).  Being a teenage boy, I wasn’t always very careful with it.  It was easy to kink, and I would take it to Mr. Schubach for repair, not wanting my parents to know how careless I had been.  I still didn’t have much money, and Mr. Schubach would always charge me a ridiculously low repair fee. 

 

As the years progressed I’d take watches and other items to Mr. Schubach whenever I managed to mangle another gift from my parents (which always came with a speech about responsibility).  As I began to earn money, first delivering Penny Savers, then working at Cloth World as a stock boy, and eventually my big move to Mary Coyle’s as a busy boy and waiter, I started purchasing inexpensive gifts for Mother’s Day, birthdays, Christmas, etc., from Schubach’s. 

 

What I remember most about that small storefront at Tower Plaza is how well Mr. Schubach treated me, with the respect one might a high-dollar customer.  I was an awkward, insecure teenager, and wouldn’t even enter the store unless Mr. Schubach was working, knowing that I’d be treated like an adult, in spite of the fact that I had such limited spending power.    

 

I recall my mother losing a favorite earring – a lapis lazuli drop in a 14kt filigree setting.  She was devastated, as it had been an especially meaningful gift from my father.  I took the remaining earring to Mr. Schubach, who scoured his catalogues in search of a replacement.  He found a similar pair, which I purchased, and which my mother still wears today. 

 

When the Schubachs decided to leave Tower Plaza I felt as thought I was losing a friend.  I’m thrilled to know that Joe has continued the family tradition, and look forward to becoming a client once again.

 

Warmest regards,

 

J. David Smith

Another Gems From The Heart Story Contest Entry

My husband gave me a pink saphire ring when I gave birth to my daughter. It is the  most treasured piece of jewerly I own- it symbolozies mw becoming a woman and also the birth of my my first baby

 

Another Gems From The Heart Story Contest Entry

Ever since I was a little girl, I have been a huge fan of the Pink Panther. Peter Sellers was so fantastic in that movie. He made me laugh so hard. I watched every Pink Panther movie  that came out. But, even better then his performance was the magnificent Pink Panther. Not the cartoon character, the diamond. Oh how I dreamt that one day I would marry someone as rich as Richard Burton and he would buy me a big pink diamond ring.
In 2006 the new version of the Pink Panther with Steve Martin came out. I am a huge fan of Steve Martin. Not only is "Roxanne" one of my favorite movies but I also have read his books. I was so excited to go see the movie and my husband and I talked about both versions after we watched the new one. I told him about my dreams of having a big pink diamond. So, last Christmas, even though money was tight, my husband bought me a 3 carat pear cut pink sapphire. Even though it was not a diamond, it was gorgeous!
I couldn't believe that he remembered my childhood dream. Now I have my very own pink panther. And he is way better than Richard Burton!
Crystal Yaeger