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New sapphire eternity band (using as spacer)

P: 3/29/2008 1:06:36 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	Happy Saturday everyone! So this is how my sapphire band came to be: about 5 months ago (a month after we were married) I noticed the diamonds from my eternity band were eating into the platinum basket on my e-ring. I decided a spacer was a good idea, but didn't want a plain, thin platinum band. I decided to get a very thin channel set sapphire band. My reasoning was that if it was thin, it would sit below the diamonds in my eternity band and the diamonds wouldn't rub against the edges of the sapphire band. The plan worked! Though the sapphire band is thinner than I originally wanted, it solves the rubbing problem. The sapphire ring is an estate ring from the 1920's, is only 2mm wide, is set in platinum and the sapphires are french cut. I wanted sapphires because we were married in September, I was set on getting a band from the 1920's because the estate where we were married was built in 1927 (the main house was the owner's great-grandfather's gift to his great-grandmother for their wedding) and I wanted french cut sapphires because a.) I love them and b.) we were engaged in France. So the little ring is symbolic for me, haha. Also, PLEASE IGNORE THE FRANKENMAN HANDS! I am not a very girly girl and and am super hard on my hands. I have a cut under my nail bed and tons of scars from rock climbing. Also, the chalk I use on my hands to climb dries them out so badly they often crack (yuck, I know). Clearly, I'm not a manicure kind of gal, haha.
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:06:36 PM

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P: 3/29/2008 1:07:24 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	another shot of my original w-band and e-ring
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:07:24 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:07:51 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	whole hand shot
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:07:51 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:08:22 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	diamond and sapphire bands
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:08:22 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:08:57 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	sapphire band alone
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:08:57 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:09:53 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	sapphire and e-ring
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:09:53 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:10:19 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	rolling ring and sapphire
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:10:19 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:10:54 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	oops, it didn't attach
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:10:54 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:11:31 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	And finally, all 3 wedding bands together.
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:11:31 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:12:59 PM
FrekeChild Ideal Rock Total Posts: 12,885 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 12/14/2007	I them NEL. The sapphire band is TDF. I love that it's so thin... ...jealous... _______________________________ "Women are either goddesses or doormats." Pablo Picasso "In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane." Mark Twain
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:12:59 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:24:49 PM
SanDiegoLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,219 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2005	ITS GORGEOUS AND YOU DO NOOOOT HAVE FRANKENMAN HANDS! lol
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:24:49 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:32:44 PM
coatimundi_org Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,312 Last Post: 6/7/2009 Member Since: 12/9/2007	WoW NEL! I adore your new band! It's so dainty and lovely. I love French cuts--it's just perfect, and I love the mixing of the bands! I have a 2mm white gold spacer, and I've been contemplating a slim French cut diamond spacer for awhile. Oh, I'm so inspired now! I also love the symbolism and love that it is an estate piece. Enjoy your lovely! Coati, G.G.
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:32:44 PM

P: 3/29/2008 1:50:24 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	Frekechild--you're very sweet, thank you. I'm still not too sure if it's TOO thin--I can still return it, but it took me so long to find this one and I hate to start my search over. Also, I haggled the price of this band down to $500 before platinum skyrocketed and being the eternal cheapskate, I don't think I could find another band for the same price. It's growing on me. SanDiegoLady--it was when you were doing a search for diamond and sapphire bands that I started this search. I wanted something very similar and ended up buying this band from an estate jeweller in CA that I believe came from a link somebody had sent you (though this ring didn't pop up for another couple of months). I know for you finding a band small enough is an issue, whereas I have the opposite problem :) Coatimundi--I was absolutely inspired by you as well, I love, love, LOVE your stacked rings. And I'm happy to fuel anybody's diamond band-buying habit, so I say go for the thin french cut diamond band :) I'm now thinking about a thin baguette diamond band myself, haha. The insanity never stops!
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:50:24 PM

P: 3/29/2008 2:32:47 PM
Catmom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,756 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 4/6/2005	NEL, I love the symbolism behind the band, it's perfect and I love it with your rings! Michelle *****************************So many sparklies.....So little time!
Posted: 3/29/2008 2:32:47 PM

P: 3/29/2008 2:59:17 PM
*DiamondDana** Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,168 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 7/21/2006	Ooh, I love the new band! I do not think that it is too thin at all...I like the fact that it is thin so it does not take away from the e-ring and w-band. They look great together! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you judge people, you have no time to love them ~Mother Teresa
Posted: 3/29/2008 2:59:17 PM

P: 3/29/2008 3:10:19 PM
kboggs315 Cut Rock Total Posts: 133 Last Post: 8/9/2009 Member Since: 3/27/2008	That is gorgeous! I love the color and cut of the sapphire band! Kristen
Posted: 3/29/2008 3:10:19 PM

P: 3/29/2008 3:17:40 PM
Dani Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,603 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 11/12/2004	What a gorgeous band, NEL!!!! I love it on you, and it looks so FAB with your other rings Also, its so sweet how sentimental it is... Enjoy your new bling!!!
Posted: 3/29/2008 3:17:40 PM

P: 3/29/2008 3:23:04 PM
portia Ideal Rock Total Posts: 759 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 12/21/2004	NEL, I love your sapphire band. That's what I want someday so I'm just drooling over all these beautiful antique rings that you ladies are stacking with your wedding sets. It's perfect with your already gorgeous set!! Love the french cut sapphires... my favorite! Where do you rock climb? Hubby and I used to climb a lot. In fact, that's how we met. :)
Posted: 3/29/2008 3:23:04 PM

P: 3/29/2008 3:28:35 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	Thanks catmom, diamond*dana, kboggs and Dani! I'm beginning to think 2mm isn't too thin--I'm already planning my next 2mm band so I can stack them together for something more substantial :) Portia, we've been climbing indoors all winter (a rock gym north of Boston) but when the weather gets warmer we'll start climbing in some quarries and hopefully go up to NH for a few weekends in the summer. I really wanted to get some ice climbing in this winter, but time slipped away from me. How neat that you met your hubby climbing!
Posted: 3/29/2008 3:28:35 PM

P: 3/29/2008 3:34:47 PM
sera Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,086 Last Post: 5/22/2008 Member Since: 6/28/2007	LOVE that blue- it's gorgeous- and French cut, too... wow! All the meaning behind it makes it so special. I really like the thin bands- so glad it solves the problem. I'm hoping to do something similar when mine is done (thin stacking rings between e-ring and w-band that I can change up the color... blue, pink, yellow, green, red). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May you live all the days of your life. -Swift
Posted: 3/29/2008 3:34:47 PM

P: 3/29/2008 3:38:06 PM
Gothgrrl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,203 Last Post: 6/7/2009 Member Since: 5/27/2006	I just love love love your whole set. I really like that shade of blue. I have always loved your wedding set though. ...groovy... ..this is my boomstick.. ..gimme some sugar, baby..
Posted: 3/29/2008 3:38:06 PM

P: 3/29/2008 7:14:34 PM
LaurenThePartier Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,172 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 3/2/2004	NEL, I just love this idea for a spacer, and ADORE how much thought you put into the meaning. So sweet, and so beautiful! I hear you on the "hard on my hands" thing. I'm a climber, too. *********************************************** DFW PS GTG Planner Extraordinaire :)
Posted: 3/29/2008 7:14:34 PM

P: 3/29/2008 7:36:49 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,151 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	Thanks sera, gothgrrl and lauren! Lauren, if I ever come across a thin baguette band like you have, I'm buying it on the spot. I am in love with your band! And I'm not surpised at all that you like to rock climb, we all know you're a cool chica :)
Posted: 3/29/2008 7:36:49 PM

P: 3/29/2008 7:46:09 PM
cinnamon013 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,681 Last Post: 9/9/2009 Member Since: 4/15/2007	This is such an awesome band. I love it!
Posted: 3/29/2008 7:46:09 PM

P: 3/29/2008 7:53:12 PM
MikeRato1 Cut Rock Total Posts: 392 Last Post: 4/22/2009 Member Since: 1/31/2008	very pretty. i love when people have a story behind their rings, heres my girlfriends story... "i want that one"
Posted: 3/29/2008 7:53:12 PM

P: 3/29/2008 8:09:43 PM
orbaya Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,044 Last Post: 11/13/2009 Member Since: 11/2/2004	Date: 3/29/2008 1:50:24 PM Author: NewEnglandLady Frekechild--you're very sweet, thank you. I'm still not too sure if it's TOO thin--I can still return it, but it took me so long to find this one and I hate to start my search over. Also, I haggled the price of this band down to $500 before platinum skyrocketed and being the eternal cheapskate, I don't think I could find another band for the same price. It's growing on me. SanDiegoLady--it was when you were doing a search for diamond and sapphire bands that I started this search. I wanted something very similar and ended up buying this band from an estate jeweller in CA that I believe came from a link somebody had sent you (though this ring didn't pop up for another couple of months). I know for you finding a band small enough is an issue, whereas I have the opposite problem :) Coatimundi--I was absolutely inspired by you as well, I love, love, LOVE your stacked rings. And I'm happy to fuel anybody's diamond band-buying habit, so I say go for the thin french cut diamond band :) I'm now thinking about a thin baguette diamond band myself, haha. The insanity never stops! Nonsense! It's gorgeous, and I think it's the perfect width for your set. If you went much wider, I think it might overpower your wedding band. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond. ~Mae West
Posted: 3/29/2008 8:09:43 PM

P: 3/29/2008 8:12:07 PM
sera Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,086 Last Post: 5/22/2008 Member Since: 6/28/2007	Date: 3/29/2008 7:53:12 PM Author: MikeRato1 very pretty. i love when people have a story behind their rings, heres my girlfriends story... 'i want that one' Haha... works for me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May you live all the days of your life. -Swift
Posted: 3/29/2008 8:12:07 PM

P: 3/29/2008 8:18:08 PM
Deelight Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,087 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/4/2007	NEL what a beautiful ring and I love the symbolism that helped you achieve it a totally awww moment for me :). The new set looks fantastic together :) __________________________________________________________ Sometimes if your really lucky all your dreams do come true ...............
Posted: 3/29/2008 8:18:08 PM

P: 3/29/2008 9:36:09 PM
kcoursolle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,344 Last Post: 10/14/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2006	It's lovely, I just love the cuts in the band!!
Posted: 3/29/2008 9:36:09 PM

P: 3/29/2008 11:07:07 PM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,823 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	Beautiful; I love the color!!! Skippy "The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it's possible" Rich Devos
Posted: 3/29/2008 11:07:07 PM

P: 3/30/2008 1:11:49 PM
marcyc Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,820 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 2/27/2007	Very pretty. It looks great with your other rings. Sparkle On My Friends!
Posted: 3/30/2008 1:11:49 PM

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