Under New Ownership! Dont let the past reviews turn you around!…read more I came in with a very last-minute engraving request for my boyfriend's going-away paddle gift, and he absolutely came through for me. He didn't have to take it on, but he fit me in and got it done within an hour, which completely blew me away. The customer service was amazing -- kind, understanding, and you could tell he genuinely cared about helping me make the gift special. The engraving itself came out awesome! So grateful for the help. I'll definitely be coming back here for any future engravings highly recommend supporting this shop and the new owner!

Terrible experience, take your business elsewhere…read more I arrived during business hours with the item to engrave and clear instructions. Discussed the project, agreed, and shook hands on a price ($60) to engrave the item. When I got home, I received a voice message stating owner forgot to include a $15 "set up fee". This was a red flag. I grew up that if you shake hands on an agreement, you honor it. This business owner was not raised that way. As I had already dropped off the item, I let it go. Two days later I received a call asking if I wanted metal plates mounted on the glass piece I requested engraved. I declined, and it seemed weird he would ask me that as we already outlined what I asked for. Received a call the following week the piece was ready for pickup. Upon inspection I immediately saw each engraving was visibly off center, anyone would notice this. I pointed it out to him and his response was "I will have to ask my employee about this, I did not even review it before you arrived" That is flat out lying or incompetence. I told him it was too late now as there was nothing that could be done to fix it (as it was engraved in glass, and the recipient declined the metal plate option). He said "let me get you a deal on this". He offered me a deal on his poor service, on a piece I brought in, that he ruined. I firmly refused, because at that moment I knew I was going to leave this review and I wanted nothing on my conscience. He asked me who the item was for and if they were a perfectionist?" The fact that a person who specializes in engraving, his SOLE JOB, asked me about whether or not the item recipient was a perfectionist after he provided visibly sub-par work is astonishing. It is clear to me now the metal plate option was a cover up for his blatantly obvious mistakes and that is not acceptable. He did not own up to the mistakes and should be embarrassed and ashamed as a business owner. After reading other reviews, it appears this is standard operating procedure for this individual. Save yourself the disappointment, frustration, and lies. Mistakes can be forgiven. Dishonesty, bad business practices, and poor ethics cannot.

They took my logo for my company and engraved it into a stone such a cool concept of logo…read moreadvertising!

From the owner: We specialize in brick and stone work we also produce custom stone engraving, from address…read morestones/markers to Entrance signs. Sandblsted and painted at our McHenry location. We are a family owned business. We are fully insured and bonded.

The only place I will go for advice, cleaning, or purchasing of jewelry. My family has been going…read morehere for years. Jon is an expert who you can trust to give you the best advice as well as fair advice. I recently asked him to replace a diamond on my wedding band, and he told me all he needed to do was rotate the diamond. He could have easily told me it needed replacement, which would have cost me way more, and I would have had no idea. He is honest and dang good at his job.

I began researching jewelers in the area to resize my engagement ring and found TDC on Yelp. They…read morewere the first place I called because I saw Jon takes the time to thank reviews--I thought that was awesome. When I called, the first thing Jon did was talk me through the process of resizing a ring based on the metal type and style. He was very informative and kind. I called a couple of other places and immediately knew Jon was the go-to person. I took my ring in a few days later. The building did through me off (it's a big office building, when I expected a stand-alone store. Just FYI incase you think you're in the wrong place.) Inside of the store had a great atmosphere and Jon again was super helpful! The ring was ready in 4 days and when we picked it up, he also helped us look through some wedding band ideas for my fiancé. We may go back to get his band from TDC. If not, we know we have a jeweler we can trust for future needs. Thanks for a great experience, Jon!

What an amazing jeweler! I needed my mom's engagement ring resized so I could wear it again. I was…read moreworried that the band was too thin from over 50 years of wear and tear. They assured me it would be good as new! They were right! I am over the moon with how beautiful it turned out! Thank you for taking such good care of my most precious sentimental piece I own!!

Some time ago we brought our $10,000 + Piaget watch to Timothy Grant Jewelry in Lake Zurich, IL for…read morea simple battery replacement. Although we did not know it at the time, the person who helped us broke two of the four screws that hold the back of the watch on. The person then handed us a small plastic bag containing the parts that used to be the watch. She said we would have to send the watch somewhere to be fixed. We then wrote a review of the incident on Yelp. A representative of Timothy Grant Jewelry called and asked us to bring back the bag of watch parts for repair. We came back with the bag and Timothy Grant Jewelry "repaired" the watch and asked us to take down the Yelp review, which we did. We paid for the new battery and left the establishment. This month the watch needed a new battery. We took the watch to a reputable jeweler. When he opened the watch to replace the battery, he told us that 2 of the 4 screws that hold the back to the watch are broken and the heads of the screws were glued in to present the appearance that the watch is whole. We then attempted to communicate with Timothy Grant Jewelry to resolve our issue. There has to date been no response from Timothy Grant Jewelry. We have had three negative experiences, first he broke the screws that held our watch together and handed us a bag of parts that used to be our watch, second he claimed he fixed the watch but fooled us with a fake repair by gluing the heads of screws to the watch, third he would to respond to us in any way to resolve the issue.

The glorious days of indie mom and pop businesses have mostly succumbed to the digital age, made in…read moreChina, fast fashion, garbage, I just had my first experience with Artistic Engraving and I loved it so much it compelled me to write my first ever business review on yelp. It brought me back to the days of superb quality, made in the USA, friendly in-person, community style products and services with a business that takes pride in their work and your satisfaction. I recommend to all for anything in the spear of what they do

1st Class customer service. Contacted them (Kevin) about some pieces I needed to complete a 50 year…read moreold badge. I sent an email with exactly what I needed. Asked for payment and shipping information. Within a few days the pieces were sent free of charge. Totally unexpected. Very Impressed and grateful.