Not long ago, my grandmother-in-law was hit by a drunk driver and I got the surprise of my life when I found out that she had left her 3+ carat diamond ring to me, to give to my now-wife when I proposed to her. A few months later, not knowing that I would be proposing to her later in the day, my wife''s parents surprised her with a tiffany legacy ring on the morning of her birthday, as part of her present and a congratulatory gift for having finished her degree and gaining post-grad admission to law school. Now my wife has two incredibly beautiful rings, and I feel slightly emasculated that none of them have been from me. Well, perhaps not emascualted, but I feel like she doesn''t have any intimate jewelry-- something that''s just her and me. I had been saving for so long to buy her a ring but with that 3.57 honker in my posession (to say nothing of the 50-years-of-happy-marraige karma that it embodied), I couldn''t very well not give that to her. And her aquamarine legacy is from her parents. I want her to have something from me, but a piece that doesn''t have to compete with her other rings.
We have a son due in September and I think this is the perfect occasion for me to buy her something beautiful and sentimental with the money I had originally been saving for her engagement ring. I would like to get her an evening ring to match the celebration ring from Tiffany that I have already purchased. I love the idea of her wearing the celebration ring on her hand from the moment our son is born, and then when he''s grown, for her to be able to say "Here, your dad gave me this ring when you were born and I''ve worn it all the days I''ve loved you. Now you''re getting married, take this and make it your wife''s wedding ring or whatever" (if his wife wants it...) She always wears her engagement ring, and her aquamarine ring she usually wears during the day, so I would also like her to be able to have a matching cocktail kind of ring to wear in the evening when we go out. (We go to quite a few events because of my job.) That way, she has a matching set for the birth of our son- an everyday ring which she may eventaully give away to him, and a cocktail ring that she can wear at night when she doesn''t wear her aquamarine, which she will be able to keep long after he leaves home.
My thinking is that because September is her birth month, we know our baby is a boy and is also due in mid-September, she loves AFL (her team is Carlton which is navy blue) and because she already has a diamond, I want to get her a Sapphire evening ring in either cushion or oval cut. She already has a round one and a the tiffany ring, so out of the remainding cuts, I like ovals and cushions because they remind me most of her. She is quite old fashioned in the way she dresses (always skirts and dresses) and has her hair long and wavy, grows her nails long and so forth, but she is also very sassy and witty. I like that ovals and cushions are kind of traditional but with a curve.
I don''t know anything about sapphires or rings though and was hoping to profit from the experience on this board. Any advice on the following would be greatly appreciated:
1. Ideas as to the design? I already decided on either oval or cushion but I''m not sure about halos or side stones. I have noticed that the diamonds around the center stone are really popular but I''m not sure if this would suit an oval? And would it make it look too close to her legacy ring if I had one made with a halo? I have seen lots of beautiful "bling" as I''ve seen it referred to, but I would like to get something for her that is "her" if you know what I mean. I''ve posted a bit of our story and the circusmtances of her other jewelery so anybody willing to help might be able to get an idea of her. I try but really I''m hopeless at this stuff so any help is greatly appreciated.
2. How do I go about purchasing the sapphire? I live in Australia and jewellery seems so much more expensive here. I also haven''t been able to find a jeweler who I like and know enough about. Is it advisable to buy online? Does anyone have any personal experience with a reputable jeweler who could help me? Ideally, I would like to be able to just find a jeweler who could help me find a beautiful stone, and then possibly (depending on whether I decide to surprise my wife or let her design it herself) work on the ring.
I have already bought her a celebration ring which leaves me a maximum $4k (Australian) budget for her sapphire ring.
Sorry this has gotten so long. Thank you sincerely for any help.
Tim.
We have a son due in September and I think this is the perfect occasion for me to buy her something beautiful and sentimental with the money I had originally been saving for her engagement ring. I would like to get her an evening ring to match the celebration ring from Tiffany that I have already purchased. I love the idea of her wearing the celebration ring on her hand from the moment our son is born, and then when he''s grown, for her to be able to say "Here, your dad gave me this ring when you were born and I''ve worn it all the days I''ve loved you. Now you''re getting married, take this and make it your wife''s wedding ring or whatever" (if his wife wants it...) She always wears her engagement ring, and her aquamarine ring she usually wears during the day, so I would also like her to be able to have a matching cocktail kind of ring to wear in the evening when we go out. (We go to quite a few events because of my job.) That way, she has a matching set for the birth of our son- an everyday ring which she may eventaully give away to him, and a cocktail ring that she can wear at night when she doesn''t wear her aquamarine, which she will be able to keep long after he leaves home.
My thinking is that because September is her birth month, we know our baby is a boy and is also due in mid-September, she loves AFL (her team is Carlton which is navy blue) and because she already has a diamond, I want to get her a Sapphire evening ring in either cushion or oval cut. She already has a round one and a the tiffany ring, so out of the remainding cuts, I like ovals and cushions because they remind me most of her. She is quite old fashioned in the way she dresses (always skirts and dresses) and has her hair long and wavy, grows her nails long and so forth, but she is also very sassy and witty. I like that ovals and cushions are kind of traditional but with a curve.
I don''t know anything about sapphires or rings though and was hoping to profit from the experience on this board. Any advice on the following would be greatly appreciated:
1. Ideas as to the design? I already decided on either oval or cushion but I''m not sure about halos or side stones. I have noticed that the diamonds around the center stone are really popular but I''m not sure if this would suit an oval? And would it make it look too close to her legacy ring if I had one made with a halo? I have seen lots of beautiful "bling" as I''ve seen it referred to, but I would like to get something for her that is "her" if you know what I mean. I''ve posted a bit of our story and the circusmtances of her other jewelery so anybody willing to help might be able to get an idea of her. I try but really I''m hopeless at this stuff so any help is greatly appreciated.
2. How do I go about purchasing the sapphire? I live in Australia and jewellery seems so much more expensive here. I also haven''t been able to find a jeweler who I like and know enough about. Is it advisable to buy online? Does anyone have any personal experience with a reputable jeweler who could help me? Ideally, I would like to be able to just find a jeweler who could help me find a beautiful stone, and then possibly (depending on whether I decide to surprise my wife or let her design it herself) work on the ring.
I have already bought her a celebration ring which leaves me a maximum $4k (Australian) budget for her sapphire ring.
Sorry this has gotten so long. Thank you sincerely for any help.
Tim.
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