Hi all
My wife and I were recently expecting our first child, we decided not to find if it was a boy of a girl.
As a gift for her I decided to get a cross over toi & moi ring with a pink and blue heart to represent that uncertainty but either way it would have our hearts.
I have bought a GIA .5 ct Purple Pink Fancy Diamond already but while searching for a blue diamond we had the worst news and we found out that the baby had a severe problem with the left side of its heart. Numerous specialist and scans later the only real option was to terminate the pregnancy. I was devastated but for my poor wife it has been just awful.
I have decided that I would like to continue to make a piece of jewelry but that it would be in remembrance. I thought that perhaps a bracelet that was similar to the Tiffany Elsa Peretti design but with a pink heart, a blue heart and then a clear heart all in bezels in the positions. Then engraved on the gold tab near the clasp just the date and an inscription.
http://media.tiffany.com/is/image/T...D?$EcomItemL$&defaultImage=NoImageAvailable&&
(sorry it wouldnt link to image)
At the moment I am struggling to find a blue diamond that would work. The blue stones are really polarizing, in that some are fantastically expensive and then others that are more affordable I don't think many people would want as they are just gray or muddy (if dark) or they can look like a poor colour clear stone if the "faint" or "fancy light".
Generally I would not be averse of buying a colour enhanced stone but it appears that natural blues are near impossible to create and I feel that it needs to be natural for this piece. Size wise I am looking for something from about .25 - .5 ct blue or blue gray. I have one option of a .29 fancy blue stone from reddiam that is currently on hold for me while I await better pics.
Also for the colourless diamond something tells me that I should for once buy a completely flawless stone, so a D FL (not IF). But I see these are few and far between. Anyone know of any at .5ct? I see one on bluenile but its a bit bigger.
For the braclet what would everyones opinion be for the gold? I think the stones should be in bezels and I would think rose gold on the pink, platnium/white gold on the clear then what on the blue? My wife mainly wears yellow gold so I was thinking the chain could be yellow gold.
thanks for any comments
My wife and I were recently expecting our first child, we decided not to find if it was a boy of a girl.
As a gift for her I decided to get a cross over toi & moi ring with a pink and blue heart to represent that uncertainty but either way it would have our hearts.
I have bought a GIA .5 ct Purple Pink Fancy Diamond already but while searching for a blue diamond we had the worst news and we found out that the baby had a severe problem with the left side of its heart. Numerous specialist and scans later the only real option was to terminate the pregnancy. I was devastated but for my poor wife it has been just awful.
I have decided that I would like to continue to make a piece of jewelry but that it would be in remembrance. I thought that perhaps a bracelet that was similar to the Tiffany Elsa Peretti design but with a pink heart, a blue heart and then a clear heart all in bezels in the positions. Then engraved on the gold tab near the clasp just the date and an inscription.
http://media.tiffany.com/is/image/T...D?$EcomItemL$&defaultImage=NoImageAvailable&&
(sorry it wouldnt link to image)
At the moment I am struggling to find a blue diamond that would work. The blue stones are really polarizing, in that some are fantastically expensive and then others that are more affordable I don't think many people would want as they are just gray or muddy (if dark) or they can look like a poor colour clear stone if the "faint" or "fancy light".
Generally I would not be averse of buying a colour enhanced stone but it appears that natural blues are near impossible to create and I feel that it needs to be natural for this piece. Size wise I am looking for something from about .25 - .5 ct blue or blue gray. I have one option of a .29 fancy blue stone from reddiam that is currently on hold for me while I await better pics.
Also for the colourless diamond something tells me that I should for once buy a completely flawless stone, so a D FL (not IF). But I see these are few and far between. Anyone know of any at .5ct? I see one on bluenile but its a bit bigger.
For the braclet what would everyones opinion be for the gold? I think the stones should be in bezels and I would think rose gold on the pink, platnium/white gold on the clear then what on the blue? My wife mainly wears yellow gold so I was thinking the chain could be yellow gold.
thanks for any comments
Just an FYI- you may want to ask to have this thread moved to the colored stones forum or at least ask for opinions on this diamond there. Most of us that "play" with fancy colored diamonds hang out there. Also- do you have a picture of your pink heart? If you're going to use this with the pink you may want to consider the shape of the hearts so that they flow well together. FWIW- I also own a pink diamond heart around .50cts and was looking at doing a bypass ring, too- so I went through some of the same issues looking at sizes and shapes together- although I was trying to find a natural green diamond to work with it. Also thought about a bracelet or pendant- would your wife wear a necklace? Three heart diamonds set vertically with small diamond halos?
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