event stones

After a month of not sleeping well, I've finally been able to remember my dream! It was very, very detailed, but pretty boring.
One part that I thought was pretty cool though is that Amy Buck Johnson was a door to door salesman selling something called Event stones. The idea behind it was that You got a piece of jewelry with a raw stone. Then in a predetermined number of increments, you took it in to get it polished.) So for like a baby gift you get a raw topaz or what ever the birthstone is, then in the purchase price you get it cut an polished a little bit more over the next 16 years. When she's 16 she pics out a setting and has a polished stone. Four years for college event stones, and there were monthly increments available for engagements.