IheartDiamonds
Rough_Rock
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- Nov 6, 2007
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Hello!
I''m new to this so hopefully I''m "blogging" correctly...
October of last year my husband and I were jewelry window shopping in Beverly Hills, I was trying on some engagement rings from Neil Lane. I''ve always thought cushions were nice, but I wasn''t 100% sure I would choose that to be my future stone (I loved asschers as well). Anyways, to make a long story short, after trying on the cushion rings a NL I decided that I loved cushions. Since I would not be able to purchase my ring from NL due to the very expensive price tag, I would have to search for a vintage cushion stone thru another source.
Well, just my luck! After leaving NL and exploring the other antique jewelry shops the building had to offer I stumbled on a vintage cushion diamond in it''s original edwardian style setting. It was like finding treasure (searching for a old stone can be very difficult, a lot of bad ones) the stone was kinda hidden in the setting so it wasn''t super obvious that it was a cushion. But when I looked closely at the ring I could tell that the stone was very clean and the size of the stone was in my ball park... My diamond in the rough
So without too much convincing, my sweet husband purchased the ring for me. We sent it to GIA to get certified (that took 2 months) when it arrived back I had it for about 3 weeks. I came up with some drawings with a friend of a friend (who happened to have made some rings for Neil Lane, now she is a mother of 2) and it was sent out 2 weeks ago. Next Friday I get to see it and try it on (see how it fits and looks w/ my wedding band) then I think they need about a week more, and soon I will have my beautiful (I hope) ring to share with you all. All I have now is pics of my loose cushion set on my finger with my wedding bands. Let me know what you all think, I would love to hear what all you experts have to say
Thanks for taking the time to read my blog!
I''m new to this so hopefully I''m "blogging" correctly...
October of last year my husband and I were jewelry window shopping in Beverly Hills, I was trying on some engagement rings from Neil Lane. I''ve always thought cushions were nice, but I wasn''t 100% sure I would choose that to be my future stone (I loved asschers as well). Anyways, to make a long story short, after trying on the cushion rings a NL I decided that I loved cushions. Since I would not be able to purchase my ring from NL due to the very expensive price tag, I would have to search for a vintage cushion stone thru another source.
Well, just my luck! After leaving NL and exploring the other antique jewelry shops the building had to offer I stumbled on a vintage cushion diamond in it''s original edwardian style setting. It was like finding treasure (searching for a old stone can be very difficult, a lot of bad ones) the stone was kinda hidden in the setting so it wasn''t super obvious that it was a cushion. But when I looked closely at the ring I could tell that the stone was very clean and the size of the stone was in my ball park... My diamond in the rough
So without too much convincing, my sweet husband purchased the ring for me. We sent it to GIA to get certified (that took 2 months) when it arrived back I had it for about 3 weeks. I came up with some drawings with a friend of a friend (who happened to have made some rings for Neil Lane, now she is a mother of 2) and it was sent out 2 weeks ago. Next Friday I get to see it and try it on (see how it fits and looks w/ my wedding band) then I think they need about a week more, and soon I will have my beautiful (I hope) ring to share with you all. All I have now is pics of my loose cushion set on my finger with my wedding bands. Let me know what you all think, I would love to hear what all you experts have to say
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