I've been researching this incredible forum for several months - and I'm finally ready. Your expertise, experiences, successes and failures have all been filed in my head . I've shopped in some local stores and came up with a setting I know the girl I've been dating since we were 14 will love. As I'm about to graduate from college - I don't have an unlimited budget and you've all trained me to be wise, so I know not to pay for designer diamonds.
The problem - the settings that I think are perfect are from Hearts on Fire. I've scoured what feels like a million sites for similar settings - and I think I'm numb.
I've tried to attach screenshots. The Euphoria setting is beautiful looking down at ii, although I'd like the square edges to be slightly rounded. I'd prefer a round stone - not a cushion. The Acclaim setting was a amazing from a side view - just a bit blingier. I really just don't want to pay $4-5000 for a setting - I'd like to be all in for around $8000.
Does anyone have ideas for me? I truly don't know where to turn - and shouldn't have waited so long to start this process. Thank you for any ideas on where I can find a similar setting - or can I reasonably have one custom made (I recall Gypsy stating micro pave designs can be difficult).
The problem - the settings that I think are perfect are from Hearts on Fire. I've scoured what feels like a million sites for similar settings - and I think I'm numb.
I've tried to attach screenshots. The Euphoria setting is beautiful looking down at ii, although I'd like the square edges to be slightly rounded. I'd prefer a round stone - not a cushion. The Acclaim setting was a amazing from a side view - just a bit blingier. I really just don't want to pay $4-5000 for a setting - I'd like to be all in for around $8000.
Does anyone have ideas for me? I truly don't know where to turn - and shouldn't have waited so long to start this process. Thank you for any ideas on where I can find a similar setting - or can I reasonably have one custom made (I recall Gypsy stating micro pave designs can be difficult).