Devotion deserves craftsmanship

Bouquet is a fine jewelry designer, GIA-trained gemologist, and third-generation jeweler. Her story begins in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, where her grandfather traded jewelry and her earliest education came from watching and learning at his side. After moving to New York to attend NYU, Bouquet deepened her expertise at GIA and went on to work for a diamond wholesaler, gaining access, knowledge, and relationships. For over a decade, she has designed fine jewelry with a singular focus: creating pieces that feel as enduring as the love they represent.

Some love stories happen in an instant. Ours began slowly, over hours of conversation, in the Russian and Turkish bathhouse in the East Village. For five months, we met weekly before going on our first proper date and within two years we were engaged. We honored tradition, patience, and the kind of love that is built, not simply felt. Our love was not rushed. It was shaped, as gold is forged: deliberately, with care, with purpose.

Sawyer's friends and colleagues began coming to us, asking Bouquet to educate them on diamonds and design rings that felt personal and bespoke. People wanted to work with someone that felt like they cared, and they wanted a personal experience. What began as a few private commissions quickly grew. We realized we had a rare combination, Bouquet’s design expertise and extensive network of relationships in the jewelry industry, and Sawyer’s understanding of business and clients. Together, we built something that felt incredibly natural: a private, highly personal approach to crafting engagement rings.

First, to build a life that allowed us to stay close to what matters most, our families, in Turkey and North Carolina, and the one we are building together. Second, because we believe, unapologetically, in marriage. There is nothing more powerful or transformational than joining together as one in holy matrimony. And designing engagement rings, which represent the physical covenant of that marriage, allow us to celebrate that. An engagement ring is not just a piece of jewelry. It is a symbol of a promise, of devotion, of intention, of a life chosen together.