J Leyden & Son

Julie is a truly gifted artist who has a real talent for designing and crafting gorgeous pieces - many are one of kind. She has won awards for her top notch jewelry at the Del Mar Fair. She has also helped me with many other jewelry related things such as repair and appraisals! A true Gem!

Julie Leyden is both an artist with a keen creative eye for design and an accomplished gold & silversmith. Julie's designs are complemented by her years of knowledge fabricating jewelry from precious metals and gemstones. Her repairs are flawless! Julie Leyden's history working alongside a renowned Native American silversmith honed her silversmithing skills. Julie is a reliable, talented source for jewelry fabrication and repair!

Julie is a pleasure to work with. She patiently sat down with me and reviewed a wide array of possibilities when I began the journey of searching for a wedding ring for my dearly beloved girlfriend. In the end Julie created a custom ring for me that far surpassed my expectations. Honesty, trustworthiness, and reliability are clearly seen in Julie's life and business. Would have chosen 6 stars if it were possible.

My boyfriend gave me the most beautiful and unique necklace for my birthday, designed and made by Julie Leyden. I've received so many compliments on it! I can't believe he had something custom created (he knows nothing about jewelry), but he said she was so friendly and easy to work with. I will definitely be dropping hints for more pieces from this amazing jeweler!

Julie Leyden operates out of an apartment in Encinitas. She has not had a store for years. Julie charges Tiffany prices, resists itemization and receipts, takes advantage of any opportunity and brings drama to business transactions. Let the buyer beware.

Julie Leyden is very creative jewelry designer as well as repair expert. She has designed and created several lovely pieces for me. Friends have marvelled at her creations and then gone on to order pieces of their own. She also has great customer service by returning phone calls/ texts promptly. I believe her pricing is very reasonable. She's also easy to work with because she wants her clients to be pleased. I've been doing business with her since 2003.

Highly recommend Julie! She fixed 2 rings for me and did a beautiful job, they look even better than ever! really lovely work and very reasonable :

Recently I was told about Julie Leyden (jeweler) by another business owner in Solana Beach, (David Allen) Julie is amazing, personable, up beat, friendly and professional. I met with her to have a bracelet sized, earrings made and a necklace pendent repaired. The work she does in incredible, absolutely outstanding! I felt more than comfortable leaving my pieces of jewelry with her, knowing they were in good hands. I love knowing I now have a jeweler I can trust and have 100% confidence in. Thank You Julie, for the wonderful work you do.

My husband purchased a necklace for me that looks identical to the tiffany silver starfish necklace he also purchased a beautiful pair of delicate silver chandelier earrings for me that I love. give your loved one this shop name and phone number for future gift ideas, beautifully designed and hand crafted jewelry. one of a kind special items. I am so crazy about the pieces my husband has given me!

Great quality, quick service, and amazing prices. Have gone here twice now to have jewelry fixed. The first time I took some earrings that NO ONE else could fix. Asked about 6 places. She did it, no problem. Second time took a watch and she took out links and then added links when I wanted it bigger right away and only charged $10 for the whole thing. It is always super reasonable/ cheap and such good work! I'll take all my jewelry here! I highly recommend it.

Great service. Very patient and does awesome work. Recreated an old ring into a contemporary piece of jewelry for my daughter that looks absolutely fabulous.