By Julie Butterfield
Amber Gustafson of Amber's Designs can size up customers based on the rings on their fingers. She can tell if they are happily married and what year a customer's grandmother got married. She can even tell how old someone's grandmother is. Gustafson's sharpened sense of perception is one of the talents she has acquired in her more than 30 years in the jewelry industry.
Gustafson said she has had a passion for jewelry since she was a young girl. She remembers wearing tiaras and high heels when she was 5 and marching around in her grandmother's fancy dresses. Gustafson's love of jewelry is what made her want to open her own jewelry store.
"I like the bling," she said.
