Whether it’s a love for the old Sunset Hill Farm, for jewelry, or for customers, Sunset Hill Jewelers is founded by love.
From “Family Owned & Operated.”
Sunset Hill is more than just a pretty name for a jewelry store: it’s also a love story. Vincent Giordano owned a quarter horse farm called Sunset Hill in East Bradford Township, and that’s where he met his future wife, Marsha. Vincent and Marsha traveled across the US, displaying Marsha’s vintage jewelry in antique shows throughout the 70s.
Their daughter, Sandy Riper, inherited her mother’s love for jewelry, and after graduating from Henderson High School, she studied at the Gemology Institute of America with a gemology degree. But, when she graduated, she gave her parents an ultimatum. “I said, ‘I’ve reached my early 20s, and I don’t want to travel with my parents anymore,’” Sandy remembers. “I told them that if they wanted to keep me in the family business, I wanted a shop.” With an interest in preserving a worthy legacy, the Giordanos purchased a property on High Street, and Sunset Hill Jewelers has since remained in the same location for 35 years.
The most exciting part about being in a long-run, family-owned business is that Sandy has worked with three generations of customers. “It’s so emotional selling engagement rings to young men who I knew when they were babies,” Sandy says. “Engagement rings are my favorite pieces of jewelry because they are so life-changing.”
And while Sunset Hill sells a mix of modern and vintage heirloom jewelry, Sandy has always made the effort not to sell designer brands. “Jewelry should be a story about the person who wears it; not the company who made it,” she says.
