elrohwen
Ideal_Rock
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About a month and a half ago my sweetie took me to Marth''s Vineyard in early June and proposed
The stone was his family''s heirloom (originally set in a man''s ring worn by his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father) and I picked out the setting, so the whole thing wasn''t a complete surprise, but it was awesome. It''s so amazing to be officially engaged to the man I love
Though the setting was just what I picked out, there were a few little things I wasn''t super happy about. First, there were round channel set sidestones and while I thought I liked channel set rounds, I realized after seeing it that I just didn''t. Also, the whole thing was a little bulky for me. So I took it back two weeks ago and the jeweler was more than ready to change it to fit exactly what I wanted. They ended up making it much more delicate and doing bead set sidestones instead of channel set. I absolutely love it!
It''s perfection now and I''m so excited to wear it forever.
I can''t speak highly enough of our local B&M, Jewelry Designs, in Danbury, CT. They''re about 5 minutes from our house and they have all sorts of unique and amazing designs in their stores (including these bugs, yep insects like ants and beetles, that have amazing pave and huge gemstones). Through the whole process we worked with the manager, Kurt, and he was amazing. So ready to do anything I asked (even when I completely changed my mind from channel set to bead set!) and remake it free of charge. I will definitely be going back to them for any jewlery work I have done in the future.
Now for the ring!
The center stone is a 1.67ct OEC (7.88x7.89x4.57), H, I2. There''s a huge chip in the pavillion, but the majority of people I show it to can''t even see it (I can, and you probably can in the pictures, but I don''t think it interferes with the amazing sparkle). I can see a bit of color from the side, so I''m not sure their H grade is that accurate, but I don''t really care because I love the color. It''s really white from the top and occasionally shows a bit of warmth which I love. Set gypsy style inside the ring are two single cut stones taken from my grandmother''s engagement ring (my mom is resetting the main stone and the other two single cuts into a new engagement ring for herself). I couldn''t use them as side stones because they wouldn''t match modern full cut stones, but the jeweler suggested putting them inside the setting. I love it because they can be included, but it''s something only I know about
Though the setting was just what I picked out, there were a few little things I wasn''t super happy about. First, there were round channel set sidestones and while I thought I liked channel set rounds, I realized after seeing it that I just didn''t. Also, the whole thing was a little bulky for me. So I took it back two weeks ago and the jeweler was more than ready to change it to fit exactly what I wanted. They ended up making it much more delicate and doing bead set sidestones instead of channel set. I absolutely love it!
I can''t speak highly enough of our local B&M, Jewelry Designs, in Danbury, CT. They''re about 5 minutes from our house and they have all sorts of unique and amazing designs in their stores (including these bugs, yep insects like ants and beetles, that have amazing pave and huge gemstones). Through the whole process we worked with the manager, Kurt, and he was amazing. So ready to do anything I asked (even when I completely changed my mind from channel set to bead set!) and remake it free of charge. I will definitely be going back to them for any jewlery work I have done in the future.
Now for the ring!
The center stone is a 1.67ct OEC (7.88x7.89x4.57), H, I2. There''s a huge chip in the pavillion, but the majority of people I show it to can''t even see it (I can, and you probably can in the pictures, but I don''t think it interferes with the amazing sparkle). I can see a bit of color from the side, so I''m not sure their H grade is that accurate, but I don''t really care because I love the color. It''s really white from the top and occasionally shows a bit of warmth which I love. Set gypsy style inside the ring are two single cut stones taken from my grandmother''s engagement ring (my mom is resetting the main stone and the other two single cuts into a new engagement ring for herself). I couldn''t use them as side stones because they wouldn''t match modern full cut stones, but the jeweler suggested putting them inside the setting. I love it because they can be included, but it''s something only I know about
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