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| P: 12/5/2005 11:44:15 AM | |
mimi765 Rough Rock Total Posts: 19 Last Post: 12/7/2005 Member Since: 11/3/2005 |
Hey everynone! what do you think about this wedding band with my e-ring?the idea is for the "modern" to meet "antique".
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| Posted: 12/5/2005 11:44:15 AM | |
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| P: 12/5/2005 2:01:17 PM | |
CML Cut Rock Total Posts: 167 Last Post: 4/13/2006 Member Since: 8/4/2005 |
Looks like it could work but I need to see a top down view... Can you take another few pictures?
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| Posted: 12/5/2005 2:01:17 PM | |
| P: 12/5/2005 2:22:14 PM | |
decodelighted Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,629 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2005 |
Hmmm. I'm having this same dilemma. I'd love to see more pix. My first reaction is that the band looks thinner, less substantial than the e-ring. Maybe a beefier one would work better -- or thin, thin, thin ones on either side? I'm considering 1) a matte finished plain platinum band - with the idea that my e-ring is so milligrained/textured, POLISHED might stand out too much, but matte could blend in --or-- 2) engraved platinum band -- with a simple wheat pattern (seen on back 2/3s of my ering band) Haven't tried either yet in person, but am hoping too soon when we do a wedding band scout trip.
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| Posted: 12/5/2005 2:22:14 PM | |
| P: 12/5/2005 11:40:26 PM | |
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mimi765 Rough Rock Total Posts: 19 Last Post: 12/7/2005 Member Since: 11/3/2005 |
here's a top view...the band is a 3 mm satin finish platinum.I thought 4mm looked a little too chunky...but now I don't know anymore...should I go with a wider band? (I'm not crazy about the idea of having two skinny ones on each side) 
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| Posted: 12/5/2005 11:40:26 PM | |
| P: 12/5/2005 11:50:03 PM | |
Scintillating Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,128 Last Post: 7/24/2009 Member Since: 8/10/2005 |
I really think the 3mm satin? finish band is really distracting and takes away from your beautiful ering. Your ering is lovely, and detailed, and it should stand out. I'd really like to see it with something thinner, 2mm perhaps. I like the idea of a milgrained band or something engraved. I think something high polish could work if it was thinner - and there you'd have the "modern" Scintillating...
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| Posted: 12/5/2005 11:50:03 PM | |
| P: 12/5/2005 11:59:36 PM | |
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mimi765 Rough Rock Total Posts: 19 Last Post: 12/7/2005 Member Since: 11/3/2005 |
thanks for the comment! so definitely nothing chunkier than 3mm,but perhaps thinner?hmm...see,the reason i wanted something kinda substantial is because I work with my hands,and there will be plenty of times I won't be wearing the e-ring at all...and then the 2mm seems too get lost on my hand (Im 6 foot tall,pretty big hands,although size 6 finger).oy,I'm all confused,I'm driving myself crazy 
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| Posted: 12/5/2005 11:59:36 PM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:03:02 AM | |
Matatora Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,230 Last Post: 7/26/2006 Member Since: 3/6/2005 |
To be blunt I don’t think they work together...if you like them together go for it, but I think the band is too wide, and the style is poorly matched to your e-ring and neither comes across as well because of that. I would either get a thin bead set diamond band of about 2mm or a thin engraved band. I just don’t think a stock wedding band is going to look right with your e-ring. -Matatora Courage is the price that life extracts for granting peace Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. |
| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:03:02 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:09:31 AM | |
TanDogMom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,928 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 11/8/2005 |
LOVE your e-ring. The w-band does not do it justice. Have you considered wearing them on diff hands? Or just wearing your e-ring most of the time, and wearing the w-band solo when working with your hands? Like Matadora's idea about the thin band in matching style as well. Although, how do you feel about any straight band coming up against the cool shape of your e-ring?
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:09:31 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:13:51 AM | |
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mimi765 Rough Rock Total Posts: 19 Last Post: 12/7/2005 Member Since: 11/3/2005 |
Thanks matatora. Maybe you're right,maybe I should add some millgraining...I actually had the band custom made,'cause I wanted it plain,but didn't like the flat and didn't like the dome on half round or comfort fit.So it's somewhere in between in terms of the dome... hmm...do you think they could add the millgrain or do I need a new band?
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:13:51 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:20:04 AM | |
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mimi765 Rough Rock Total Posts: 19 Last Post: 12/7/2005 Member Since: 11/3/2005 |
gailrmv, thanks for the compliment on my e-ring...I love it now,it took some time though,I'm more of a "clean line" kinda girl (explains the wedding band obsession). I like the look of them together,there's a a gap in between,but I don't mind it.About bands with stones - I'm way to OCD to deal with that,stones falling out and such....worrying about that would drive me crazy. I'm thinking millgrain could be a way to go,still simple,but less clashing,I guess...
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:20:04 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:24:19 AM | |
MiniMouse Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,013 Last Post: 11/5/2007 Member Since: 12/1/2004 |
Wow, your e-ring is so intricate and pretty, it's hard to figure out a wedding ring to match. I'm with the other posters though, you need something that matches your e-ring better. I too think a dainty thinner wedding band would look good. The wide plain band in the picture just doesn't add 'wow' appeal. Why don't you go into a few jewelers and try on different styles, including engraved bands. Usually you know which one's right as soon as you try it on, or at least it can give you ideas to follow up on and include in a custom design, if that's the route you choose.
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:24:19 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:35:17 AM | |
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mimi765 Rough Rock Total Posts: 19 Last Post: 12/7/2005 Member Since: 11/3/2005 |
Thanks MiniMouse, boy,I tried on so many...stones,no stones,thick and thin ,engraved and not,and then decided on this one - thought that was the one.had it made,brought it home....and ...not so in love anymore...maybe I'm crazy  ...does anyone know if millgrain could be added easily?
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:35:17 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:38:27 AM | |
Kaleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 25,920 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 11/18/2004 |
I'm not loving it. I would go with a more delicate milgrained band that would be more in step with your ering. I think the band clashes with your ering.
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:38:27 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:41:06 AM | |
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,934 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002 |
Date: 12/6/2005 12:38:27 AM Author: kaleigh I'm not loving it. I would go with a more delicate millgrained band that would be more in step with your ering. I think the band clashes with your ering. Ditto, I'd get something that is milgrained...I think it's hard to have something like vintage meets modern really work out, it seems like most sets work best when they are truly a set...and complement the other. ________________________________ |
| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:41:06 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:44:45 AM | |
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marvel Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,133 Last Post: 11/5/2008 Member Since: 7/8/2005 |
It's such a pretty e-ring. You should have something custom made to fit it. Maybe a thin plain band that fits flush against the e-ring, not just round, but something that curves along the edges of your e-ring. Make sense?
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:44:45 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:50:11 AM | |
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mimi765 Rough Rock Total Posts: 19 Last Post: 12/7/2005 Member Since: 11/3/2005 |
thanks ladies, i think i'll add millgraining to it.not crazy about fitted w-bands, I'd like to be able to wear it alone and have a "regular" shape. maybe I should keep the band and reset the e-ring,and end my misery...  (my fiance would stop talking to me for a month)
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:50:11 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:56:04 AM | |
monarch64 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,557 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 8/12/2005 |
Mimi, since you like a "clean" look and it seems like you are thinking you won't wear your e-ring all the time, what about getting a "flat" WB made in the shape of your e-ring, with some milgrain or some type of detail? I agree with previous posts that the two don't quite mesh, and think you would be better off with something matching or maybe no WB at all.
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:56:04 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:56:05 AM | |
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TanDogMom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,928 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 11/8/2005 |
NO! Your ering is SO lovely!!
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:56:05 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 12:57:04 AM | |
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marvel Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,133 Last Post: 11/5/2008 Member Since: 7/8/2005 |
Date: 12/6/2005 12:50:11 AM Author: mimi765 thanks ladies, i think i'll add millgraining to it.not crazy about fitted w-bands, I'd like to be able to wear it alone and have a 'regular' shape. maybe I should keep the band and reset the e-ring,and end my misery... (my fiance would stop talking to me for a month)LOL! A month's not bad  Maybe you can have the center stone set in a matching band and have your e-ring setting made into a RHR. Diamonds Rock |
| Posted: 12/6/2005 12:57:04 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 1:02:13 AM | |
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mimi765 Rough Rock Total Posts: 19 Last Post: 12/7/2005 Member Since: 11/3/2005 |
hmmm...that's a thought....(it would reduce the quiet days to two weeks in that case,I suppose )thanks for all the responses.now I know for sure something needs to be done,the two don't match,it's a fact.dear mr jeweler - brace yourself!
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 1:02:13 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 2:43:47 AM | |
DeannaBana Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,081 Last Post: 5/8/2007 Member Since: 6/11/2005 |
Date: 12/6/2005 12:44:45 AM I agree with marvel...such a pretty ring deserves a band that has more of a curve to enhance the ering. My princess cut is in a similar YG setting and I had no luck trying to find a stock band to fit it. I am sure with some troubleshooting with your jeweler you could find a happy compromise that has aspects of what you are searching for and still yield to the style of the ring...just my 0.2 cents...Author: marvel It's such a pretty e-ring. You should have something custom made to fit it. Maybe a thin plain band that fits flush against the e-ring, not just round, but something that curves along the edges of your e-ring. Make sense? 
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 2:43:47 AM | |
| P: 12/6/2005 3:01:41 AM | |
Leila Ideal Rock Total Posts: 608 Last Post: 12/15/2006 Member Since: 7/23/2004 |
Mimi, your e-ring is so pretty and antique looking--I love it! But yeah, I don't think your wedding band goes with it very well. Sounds like the ering setting is not quite your style. Perhaps you can change it to something more to your liking and use the current setting as a RHR so your sweetheart won't be too upset.
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| Posted: 12/6/2005 3:01:41 AM | |
| P: 12/7/2005 10:44:55 AM | |
blodthecat Ideal Rock Total Posts: 788 Last Post: 7/30/2006 Member Since: 10/17/2005 |
I think it really works.....the two look great together dyanne 
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| Posted: 12/7/2005 10:44:55 AM | |
| P: 12/7/2005 12:30:26 PM | |
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mimi765 Rough Rock Total Posts: 19 Last Post: 12/7/2005 Member Since: 11/3/2005 |
thanks dyanne.i was hoping one person would like it I know that maybe something engraved would match better,but I kinda like that the two are so different. I got the plain band to match my fiance's,I like that concept.Maybe I'll get an eternity band down the road,and the plain one will go on my RH...we'll see...
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| Posted: 12/7/2005 12:30:26 PM | |
| P: 12/7/2005 1:03:02 PM | |
Rascal49 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,350 Last Post: 7/16/2007 Member Since: 7/25/2004 |
Well, I think all it comes down to what you like, and if you like it, then that is all that matters! Personally, I would want more of a matching band to the e-ring. But I certainly would NOT change your e-ring to match the band! If anything, switch the ering over to your right hand and wear the band on your left.
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| Posted: 12/7/2005 1:03:02 PM | |
| P: 12/7/2005 2:18:30 PM | |
Pricescope Administrator Total Posts: 8,265 Last Post: 1/5/2008 Member Since: 1/1/2000 |
mimi, while Val is sleeping here 2 mm plane band Pricescope |
| Posted: 12/7/2005 2:18:30 PM | |
| P: 12/7/2005 2:19:12 PM | |
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Pricescope Administrator Total Posts: 8,265 Last Post: 1/5/2008 Member Since: 1/1/2000 |
and same with milgrain Pricescope |
| Posted: 12/7/2005 2:19:12 PM | |
| P: 12/7/2005 4:37:03 PM | |
old-fashioned girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,621 Last Post: 10/31/2008 Member Since: 8/1/2005 |
mimi, WOW! I SSOOOO sympathize with your dilemma, as mine was very similar. My original e-ring setting was similar to yours in shape and some aspects, and I too couldn't find a w-band that would match. And your comment, "see,the reason i wanted something kinda substantial is because I work with my hands,and there will be plenty of times I won't be wearing the e-ring at all...and then the 2mm seems to get lost on my hand. I'm all confused,I'm driving myself crazy" is like a page right out of my book! I was miserable, and driving myself crazy as well. I wound up changing my original setting. Went with a 3mm band with a solitaire, which supposedly goes with anything, right? (wrong!) I partly changed my original setting because I just wound up not liking it, and didn't want to have spent all that money on platinum and side diamonds if I couldn't find a match and really didn't love it anyway. I am glad I changed it because now I can get something I like much better, but I still wound up driving myself crazy with my wedding ring and solitaire for a while, until I wound up getting a second e-ring! (NEVER thought I'd do that) and I plan to change my engagement diamond to a new setting, hopefully early next year. But if I had it to do all over again, I might have gone with either two wedding rings or wear e-ring on right hand or something. If you like your e-ring, don't change it. (I think it is beautiful!) You can either wear it on your right hand as others suggested, and wear W-band alone on left. Or other variations. Or have two wedding bands, one that's thinner with millgrain etc. that matches as folks suggested, and maybe keep the wider plain one to wear when you're not wearing the e-ring. I didn't like these suggestions when I was engaged, but now I am much more open to them. I agree with kaleigh & mara, "I'm not loving it. I would go with a more delicate millgrained band that would be more in step with your ering. I think the band clashes with your ering. " "Ditto, I'd get something that is milgrained...I think it's hard to have something like vintage meets modern really work out, it seems like most sets work best when they are truly a set...and complement the other." Good luck!!!
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| Posted: 12/7/2005 4:37:03 PM | |
| P: 12/7/2005 7:38:35 PM | |
FireGoddess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 12,145 Last Post: 3/23/2009 Member Since: 1/25/2005 |
I absolutely am in love with your ering...all of the stunning and antique-ish detail. But I do not like the look of it paired with a plain band. I understand the look you're trying to achieve, but as others have said, perhaps a smaller band with some milgrain would be better. I'm just not loving any of the options so far...they definitely don't do that ering justice!
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| Posted: 12/7/2005 7:38:35 PM | |
| P: 12/7/2005 7:47:42 PM | |
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,656 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005 |
Mimi, Don't change your e-ring setting! It's absolutely gorgeous! So unique. I think a 2mm engraved band (with millgraining) might look great. Something like this, perhaps? http://www.valentinasgifts.com/jewelry/items/ej107.htm Keep us updated on what you decide to do!
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| Posted: 12/7/2005 7:47:42 PM | |
| P: 12/7/2005 8:01:22 PM | |
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mimi765 Rough Rock Total Posts: 19 Last Post: 12/7/2005 Member Since: 11/3/2005 |
thanks ladies!I'm looking at engraved bands to match the ring (thanks for the link ebree).I will keep the plain platinum though,'cause it matches my fiance's,and even if I end up wearing it alone,or on my RH it will still be some sort of symbol of unity ( i know,I'm oldfashioned like that)
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| Posted: 12/7/2005 8:01:22 PM | |
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