I just couldn''t help myself...

[Love in Bloom]

Showing their relief. Van Craeynest's work is a tactile paradise:

 

[Elmorton]

Just gorrrrrrgeous!!!!!

 

[Selkie]

Ooooooooohhhhh...drool drool drool....

You should post this (or a link) in the colored stones forum too! I might have missed it if I hadn''t happened upon your Alligator head post.

 

[DiscoT]

OMG, that is so beautiful!! Really glad you chose the yellow gold!! The ruby looks perfect in it! Love the 3-D effect and the contrasting white flowers. Absolutely gorgeous!! Great trade with the alligator head!

 

[iheartscience]

Oh wow, the new pics of the ring in the light are great! I LOVE the platinum detail against the yellow gold. What a gorgeous ring!

And I read the alligator head story-that''s quite the upgrade-an alligator head to a gorgeous ruby VC ring! Nice work!

 

[Skippy123]

Love that ring is amazing!!! Beeeeeautiful

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Wow, everything about your ring is just amazingly gorgeous!

 

[isis~goddess]

thats really stunning

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Wow! So beautiful!

I envy your VC collection, LIB!

 

[Diamond*Dana]

OH

MY

GOSH!
Just beautiful!!!

 

[monarch64]

LIB, I was just reading your original alligator thread thinking "round ruby, YG, please please please" and what do you know...my wish came true. ROFL.

Love your new ring! You have outdone yourself!

 

[bling addict]

Date: 4/11/2008 8:59:25 AM
Author: Love in Bloom

Date: 4/11/2008 8:56:28 AM

Author: bling addict

That's a stunning ring Love in Bloom!

Really beautiful!

Why thank you Bling Addict! Good morning too

Hehe, at the time I was just off to bed here in Australia

I just saw the new photos, it looks stunning on your hand!

Is the ring a gift for a special occasion? (Sorry if you have already mentioned in a different post?)
ETA: I just saw, this is waaaay better than an alligator head!

 

[Mariposa]

Wow!!! Your new ring is just lovely! Once again, VC has left me in complete awe.

Congratulations on your new beauty.

Mariposa

 

[777_LDY]

Love the hand shots, it looks fantastic on your finger! I really am in love with this setting! It looks like it was made for your stone, what a fantastic choice!

 

[AnitaT]

Date: 4/11/2008 5:40:11 PM
Author: Love in Bloom

I must admit too that I frequent their website a lot AKmiss! (always with my drool-cup handy

)
I think they are in the process of updating ... Van Craeynest Site

LIB--It seems like Larry and Roger are never idle! I just took a gander and now I curious about one of the pieces shown on their website.

I am looking forward to seeing what else comes up!

 

[Deelight]

I am completely in love with your new ring

, funnily enough just moments before I saw this post I was thinking how beautiful a Van Craeynest ring would look with a red gem of some sort and your thread popped up .

He really has some breathtaking designs

 

[Love in Bloom]

Elmorton, DiscoT, Thing2of2, Skippy123, LaurenThePartier, Isis~Goddess, Diamondseeker2006, Diamond*Dana, Monarch64, Bling_addict, Mariposa, 777_Lady, AnitaT, and Deelight…Thank you all for your lovely and funny posts concerning my ring!

Selkie - Thank you for suggesting a thread in Colored Stones…I figured out how to take pictures of stones with a microscope and hope to post them soon!

DiscoT – Wow, you noticed the contrast in metals! I know it is difficult to see from the pictures…I adore how visually, the ring has several effects: gold-platinum-gold on each side, platinum-ruby-platinum in the middle. It is even more subtle IRL, and to the naked eye the flower/shield platinum inlays just seem to float on the band!

Think2of2 – I was very fortunate that the sun came out for a short time yesterday! I’ll be sure to share some more of that sunshine…

Diamondseeker2006 – I spend a lot of time admiring your jewels as well…even the ones you end up not getting! Lately I’m referring to my VC stuff as my “Garden”…I’m usually not good with plants but I’m hoping it will grow…

Monnie – Hehe, the story is soooo messed-up, but it had a great outcome IMO . Thank you for rooting for yellow gold…I enjoy the heft of platinum, but YG makes me feel very regal

.

Bling_Addict – You are in Australia? How cool! I forget that online communities such as PS are actually global communities

Maripsoa – I am so addicted to that feeling of awe when I see VC pieces in person…Larry has created a monster

!

777_Lady –Originally I just wanted a band ring, and the ruby I ended up with is a good bit larger than I had originally envisioned. The designer never questioned my choices and kind of knew what I wanted better than I did…as it turned out that I am totally in love with the proportions of it. Thank you for validating my choice in setting for my stone!

AnitaT – Me too! It seems the Van Craeynest website had not been updated for quite some time. I’m glad they are ‘out of idle’ and perhaps even becoming web savvy

!

Deelight – I’ll post some pictures for you in the VC thread…hoooray for red rocks!

 

[Love in Bloom]

Here are the final bits of sunshine from yesterday...

 

[Love in Bloom]

In "vivid red" mode on my camera

:

 

[Love in Bloom]

This picture makes the metal look dull, but it is shiny-as-a-mirror in real life:

 

[Love in Bloom]

Looks like water wings:

 

[Love in Bloom]

On the tail feathers

:

 

[Love in Bloom]

The eyes of the ducky

:

 

[coatimundi_org]

Date: 4/11/2008 5:40:11 PM
Author: Love in Bloom

LOL Coatimundi! Hoooray ------------------------------>

!


Do you have any ruby projects in the works???

still in the research stage...

I adore your new photos!

This ring is seriously one of the loveliest I''ve seen!

 

[Skippy123]

Love, you should post your amazing pictures in the Gallery; they are so beautiful!!!!!

 

[Love in Bloom]

Date: 4/12/2008 12:48:47 PM
Author: coatimundi

still in the research stage...

I adore your new photos!

This ring is seriously one of the loveliest I've seen!

Wow, that is quite a compliment Coati!

Isn't the research stage the fun? I only did a little before I asked VC to source a ruby for me. Larry has impeccable taste in gemstones! I'm kind of a do-it-now, understand it later kind of person...and it can be quite dangerous!

Love, you should post your amazing pictures in the Gallery; they are so beautiful!!!!!

Skippy, I didn't know I could do that! Do you know how?

 

[Deelight]

The new photo''s are fantastic (giggling at the rubber duck) that ring definitely makes my heart go pitty patter

I am certain that one day I will have to own a VC ring of my very own

 

[Love in Bloom]

Oh Deelight, I know that pitty patter feeling all to well! Good luck choosing when the time comes.

Glad you like the ducky too. We found him on our honeymoon in San Franciso:

 

[777_LDY]

Date: 4/12/2008 12:34:53 PM
Author: Love in Bloom
This picture makes the metal look dull, but it is shiny-as-a-mirror in real life:

Dull, are you kidding!? It looks like I could do my eye make-up it''s so shiny!
LIB, I can''t tell you how many times I have come back to this thread just to stare at your ring! It''s so pretty!

 

[Love in Bloom]

Date: 4/14/2008 10:24:25 AM
Author: 777_LDY

Dull, are you kidding!? It looks like I could do my eye make-up it's so shiny!
LIB, I can't tell you how many times I have come back to this thread just to stare at your ring! It's so pretty!

LOL, thanks 777_LDY, I'll definitely tell Van Craeynest that. He polishes all of the rings himself (I even got to see him do it when I visited!), and polishing is more difficult than I thought it was

. I'm also very flattered you like to stare at my ring

... I'll try to keep it interesting for you

.