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#TBT NEWLY ENGAGED!!!! 1.69 carat H&A RB from Philip Press!!

kurtwoodfork

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Hi!!!

long time no post! (not that i posted all that much anyway...:) :) ) anyhow..!

I'M ENGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :appl: :appl: :appl:

after 7 years! of dating, my wonderful fiance proposed on christmas, 2010 :) in HAWAII. i've never been to the island before, and he took me to the Big Island as a surprise trip. after a day of snorkling and kayaking, we missed the sunset but found a quiet scenic point to look at the city lights far ahead and the night ocean. the sky was clear enough to recount some of the stars we had seen few days prior at the observatory, and after re-living the experience of being out in the middle of the ocean just by ourselves, he proposed! : sniff: ! it was the best christmas present EVER. :love:

i wanted to post earlier but i don't have a camera (...i know) and my now *fiance!* was feeling lazy to take a picture yet.
BUT THEN, my friend came to visit me and one of the first thing she did was to yank my finger away from me and snap a photo of my lovely ring and so! now I can share with you all! (so i only have 1 photo of it...sorry!)

so i've posted my sketch of the design (we designed our own ring and had it custom made by our wonderful wonderful platinumsmith, Philip Press!he did an AMAZING JOB x million!) on here before ( https://www.pricescope.com/communit...ting-antique-art-deco-edwardian-style.151387/- we considered several other vendors, but really, nothing was like philip's platinum and his delicate details.) since then, we've changed the design since then to encorporate fleur-de-lis on the side instead of single pave shank. overall it made the ring thicker and not AS dainty as a single pave would have, BUT I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT. :love: :love: :love:

and i also love the fact that the fleur-de-lis looks like an angel with my other finger covering the bottom little bit of it :D :D :D

without further ado....here's my beautiful beautiful ring that will become (for sure) an heirloom for our future family to come :) :) i cropped it to show just the ring. <3 <3



the beauty in the center is: 1.69 carat, H, VS1, Ex/Ex/Ex GIA cert, HCA 0.9 and i wear size 5.

oh man how i wish i could post all the details from every direction....:( :(
but really, i'm in LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE with the ring :D

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DuckLovingVegan

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It's beautiful and congrats!
 

betty6333

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Congratulations! it is BEAUTIFUL!
 

Tuckins1

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It's lovely, congratulations on your engagement! ::)
 

tigian

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Congratulations on your engagement! Your ring is beautiful!
 

AprilBaby

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WOW! Gorgeous heirloom! Congratulations! :love: :love: :love:
 

kittybean

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What an absolute beauty of a ring--congratulations!
 

StonieGrl

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Sharp intake of breath: Beautiful ring and wonderful proposal story, thank you for sharing!! Congrats and Best Wishes to you both!
 

NOYFB

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It's absolutely gorgeous! And I love love love that it does look like little angels on the side! Congrats and best wishes to you both!!!
 

ringabling

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It's beautiful, congratulations!
 

Bleed Burnt Orange

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That is a BEAUTIFUL ring!! Congratulations!!
 

Cachette

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Beautiful ring and the setting is soooo pretty!!! :love:

Congratulations on your engagement! Best to you both!

Cachette
 

cushionladyESQ

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Congratulations on your engagement! Your ring is beautiful!
 

susimoo

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Congratulations! You ring is :love: :love: :love: !!!!

Wear it in great health and happiness. :wavey:
 

purplesilk

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You 're mean :D ...ONLY one picture ?
You're lucky enough to have one of the most beautiful ring in the world and you can't share pictures...bad bad girl!!!
 

canuk-gal

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HI:

Gorgeous--I too would love more pics of this beauty!

cheers--Sharon
 

Envyme

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Love it :love: Congrats!! Can't wait to see more pics!!
 

kurtwoodfork

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purplesilk|1294430474|2816953 said:
You 're mean :D ...ONLY one picture ?
You're lucky enough to have one of the most beautiful ring in the world and you can't share pictures...bad bad girl!!!

hehehe! sorry I didn't have any more pictures to share before! but, THANK YOU everyone for all the congratulations! <3 <3

and yes yes! I told my Fiance~ (teehee i like saying that) that i needed more photos, and he gave me these that he took before he proposed! :) :) and I just bugged him to take some side profile pictures with his iphone :appl: :appl:








... :( the picture does NOT do the ring justice! (especially the one from the side that he took with his iphone ) but he won't retake the photo...i wish i could show it in person to all of you! :naughty:

oh and fyi, we got our diamond from bluenile! :)

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Bleed Burnt Orange

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WOW, WOW, WOW!! Beautiful! Congrats again.
 

diamondseeker2006

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Wow, just gorgeous!!! Congratulations!!!
 

luv2sparkle

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Wow, it is beautiful! I would love to see some more photos, maybe a little farther away for scale. Just post about a billion more!
 

purplesilk

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:love: :love: :love:
Your ring is beyond gorgeous, thanks for sharing pictures.
Best to you and your fiancé,
Purplesilk
 

mrscushion

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Congratulations! Beautiful ring!
 

vanderaf

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Wow! It's gorgeous! I love the detail. Feel free to post more pics! Congrats!
 

kurtwoodfork

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okay so i went bit camera crazy on the ring yesterday :D :D :D i hope you guys won't mind!! and i'm also going to be posting my original CAD imaging and my hand drawing of the design :) :) it's gonna be LOTS of pictures!! GET READY!! :D :D

WEEE! :love: :love: :love: :love: i'm falling in love with this guy eveeeeeeeeeery day! Again and AGAIN! :D

THE JOURNEY TO CUSTOM MAKING OUR OWN E-RING :D


1. hand design

it definitely did evolve over time, but the final one that came into life is this one:

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kurtwoodfork

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we had a really hard time trying to visualize what it might look like from the top. :razz: obviously this is not our profession :) but thankfully we weren't TOO off :razz:

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kurtwoodfork

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CAD1

Then, next was the CAD image from Philip himself! (...i hope he doesn't mind me sharing this with you)

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y2kitty

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Congratulations it is beautiful!
 

kurtwoodfork

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CAD2

:) profile view

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kurtwoodfork

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CAD3

this one you can't see it too well...but it was the closest thing he gave us for top view..

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