Galatea Designs — Local services in Mountain Brook

I met Galatea by chance walking my dog in the neighborhood. At the time I was getting ready to propose to my (now) fiancée and had actually had a ring on hold at Diamonds Direct. We talked for a few minutes and I learned that my new neighbor friend was a diamond broker and international custom jewelry designer. She convinced me to hold off my purchase and give her a chance to source a diamond for my fiancée’s engagement ring. I am so happy that I did. For the same budget I was able to get a MUCH better ring. I was stunned at the amount when I took it diamonds direct to be appraised. We ended up working with her to make our wedding bands with custom designs and engravings. We will go back to Galatea for future jewelry purchase.

Highly recommend working with Galatea. She is honest, cares about her customers, and will go out of her way to make sure you get what you are wanting. Diamonds Direct is a joke...

Galatea's work speaks for itself, as you can see in the photo. Her technical precision, skill and creative intuition combine to create breathtaking personalized pieces. But beyond the jewelry itself, the experience of working with Galatea is what truly sets her apart. She brings so much excitement and positive energy to each design brainstorming session, which is infectious to all involved. Once the design was finalized, she worked quicky, efficiently and actually finished the project under our expected budget. The entire process was an absolute joy. Without a doubt, we will certainly work with Galatea on future commissions and would highly recommend her services to any of our...

I set out on the not so fun journey of looking for an engagement ring for my fiancé. First trip, Jareds..and I barely got out of there without some love stones or the Ashley and Kate collection haha. Next step, Costco and I actually felt much better about working with them until a coworker told me about Galatea. I didn't know what a diamond broker was but I was intrigued so I contacted her. Fast forward..I bought the ring of my girl's DREAM, within my budget and she can't stop staring at it haha....for a guy that's a WIN! But, she also receives nonstop compliments on it and THAT is the icing on the cake! Love you Galatea and thank you for making this easy and for making me look...