JustLikeYou
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2009
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Hello everybody
Well I''m not normally a jewelry person, and I''m quite far off from expecting or wanting any sort of engagement, I still get curious and think about a dream ring or dream stone.
I LOVE looking at jewelry, but normally I''m too much of a klutz to own it I know for sure I''m not a diamond person, they''re just too average for my taste, and I LOVE color, being a designer with a fine arts background, I love unique, creative and interesting stuff. Naturally this would carry over to wanting a unique, creative ring and setting.
I LOVE bluish-greenish-aqua colors that are lighter, and so naturally I would think of sapphires. I also stumbled upon tension settings and discovered THAT''S the kind of ring I want. But most tensions look so bland, like a normal ring with a slice cut out and the stone put in it''s place. So I guess my questions center around tensions and what can/can''t be done with them. How creative can you get with a tension setting? How thin? I have all sorts of ideas in my head that I have no idea if they''d actually work.
What size stone can go into tensions? I''m modest, and have really tiny fingers, and I don''t want anything more than a carat of something based on other pictures I''ve seen for size comparison. Is that too small? Are sapphires able to hold up to tension settings? And is it possible to get a really pretty lighter than average blueish/greenish stone? I hear this is an "undesired" sapphire color, but I think those colors are beautiful in the few I''ve seen.
Of course, any juicy, shiny, sparkly inspiration pictures would be welcomed
Well I''m not normally a jewelry person, and I''m quite far off from expecting or wanting any sort of engagement, I still get curious and think about a dream ring or dream stone.
I LOVE looking at jewelry, but normally I''m too much of a klutz to own it I know for sure I''m not a diamond person, they''re just too average for my taste, and I LOVE color, being a designer with a fine arts background, I love unique, creative and interesting stuff. Naturally this would carry over to wanting a unique, creative ring and setting.
I LOVE bluish-greenish-aqua colors that are lighter, and so naturally I would think of sapphires. I also stumbled upon tension settings and discovered THAT''S the kind of ring I want. But most tensions look so bland, like a normal ring with a slice cut out and the stone put in it''s place. So I guess my questions center around tensions and what can/can''t be done with them. How creative can you get with a tension setting? How thin? I have all sorts of ideas in my head that I have no idea if they''d actually work.
What size stone can go into tensions? I''m modest, and have really tiny fingers, and I don''t want anything more than a carat of something based on other pictures I''ve seen for size comparison. Is that too small? Are sapphires able to hold up to tension settings? And is it possible to get a really pretty lighter than average blueish/greenish stone? I hear this is an "undesired" sapphire color, but I think those colors are beautiful in the few I''ve seen.
Of course, any juicy, shiny, sparkly inspiration pictures would be welcomed