diamondseeker2006|1339879701|3217844 said:I'd definitely go with one of the cheap plain "tiffany" settings until you decide. No way would I waste more than two or three hundred for a short term setting. Trust me, it will be fine and all you're going to see is that huge diamond! It is beautiful!And DSS??? I hope you're kidding because that already looks like a (very nice) doorknob sitting on your finger! Between that diamond and the band you bought, you'll be 100% blinged out!
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GemFever|1339886024|3217902 said:You should go check out the recent Hangout thread "You know you're a PSer when..." That is to say, you're definitely normal by PS standards![]()
Don't stress out too much about the setting. I'd probably want the stone on my finger ASAP, so I'd go for the cheap one to start, unless you can afford your dream one right away. But you don't have to do it, you could just wait without setting. Just play with the stone as it is.
MyDiamondSparkles|1339886996|3217912 said:![]()
You like it! Yay! It's absolutely amazing and I think it's the perfect size.
It's so funny about you on your balcony because all of those JBEG videos I wonder how many times they drop the diamond and can imagine them digging thru the bushes or grass for it.![]()
Okay, I am going to share with you my temporary setting experience--AWFUL!I am not exactly sure who is getting a temp setting for $300 but it ain't happening for me at all. I've been to no less than 6 jewelry stores and all of them said because of the size of the stone the setting has to be custom ordered or made, yadda, yadda. All of the estimates I've gotten for simple "stock" type/ prong settings have been $2k. So for that price I might as well go ahead and get the permanent setting.
Anyway, I am soooo glad you like it and it's a keeper! It really is the most amazing feeling to have found "the one".![]()
Dreamer_D|1339915758|3218089 said:You are insane, pay the frigging $300 or even $500 for your temp!! THINK about how much FUN and happiness and joy you will get out of wearing that diamond? That is worth $500. You would spend that on two or three dinners out, a couple shopping trips, a plane ride to visit the in laws... and the diamond is so much better and more fun to wear than ANY of those things!!![]()
This.Dreamer_D|1339915758|3218089 said:You are insane, pay the frigging $300 or even $500 for your temp!! THINK about how much FUN and happiness and joy you will get out of wearing that diamond? That is worth $500. You would spend that on two or three dinners out, a couple shopping trips, a plane ride to visit the in laws... and the diamond is so much better and more fun to wear than ANY of those things!!![]()
Gypsy|1339916751|3218099 said:This.Dreamer_D|1339915758|3218089 said:You are insane, pay the frigging $300 or even $500 for your temp!! THINK about how much FUN and happiness and joy you will get out of wearing that diamond? That is worth $500. You would spend that on two or three dinners out, a couple shopping trips, a plane ride to visit the in laws... and the diamond is so much better and more fun to wear than ANY of those things!!![]()
That stone looks killer and WOW it seems to face up very white! I can't wait to see more pics of it (hint, hint).
madelise|1339747067|3216777 said:Mara|1339734568|3216716 said:Oooh congratulations..!!! I love that beauty (and that other 3c he had is no slouch either!!)... It reminds me a little of my 3.33 in it's slight off-round shape and the way it sparkles. Fantastic find! Can't wait to see how you set it...any ideas?
lol, thank you! Yes, that other 3.2 was also amazing! It was like fireworks under the spotlighting view!
I'm actually kind of still stuck on the rut as far as setting goes. For the last few weeks, I pondered getting a temp setting asap, so I can get it insured asap. But then I don't want to "waste" a couple hundred dollars (I am actually a very stingy and cheap person!) for a temporary setting. I originally intended to go to SN Queens to search for an antique-y feel temp! The more I played around with a temp setting, the more elaborate I wanted it. First I wanted just a plain ol', anything solitaire setting. The cheapest I can get. Then I wanted to get it with 4 double claw prongs. Then I wanted it with some bling on the "basket" area (well.. not basket, since it'd be an open solitaire.. but I was imagining a wire going around, hugging the prongs, and it being covered in melee). I liked the GOG Lily setting. Then I wanted to stick little marquise side stones, to make a little leaf motif with milgrain. My "temp" setting just kept getting more and more elaborate, and less "temp"-y. Then I pulled up an image of a setting on eBay that SO and I love..
But then, in that case, if I'm spending that much time and $$ for a "temp" setting, why not just lunge into exactly the setting I want? So now my head starts running wild. I have drawn out sketches of my "dream" setting, a halo with an elaborate basket featuring lotus flowers.. (Yes, I'm crazy, I want a halo on this thing, but hey, the famous Zahra/Mike ring was also 10+mm and it has a DOUBLE halo!) I have drawn out multiple versions of what I am dreaming up.. including a version with tiny marquise diamonds as the "petals" in the lotus flower!
Andddd.. and I'm back at square 1 with thinking that we already blew our budget with the center stone, and that I should probably just stick it in a simper temp setting for a few years before I get it set in my dream setting. I'm still super iffy!!
The ebay setting that SO and I love:
LJL|1339952902|3218247 said:Madelise, who is the seller on that ebay setting??? It is TO DIE FOR...
Dont worry, I'm not going to steal it out from under you, I just want to get a couple more pics/specs so I can save it to my faves![]()
LJL|1339973475|3218373 said:sigh, i love it...
..i had been to those ebay stores before but somehow missed those settings... thanks for leading me on the right path - theyre just gorgeous but most of them seem to be for HUGE stones..
madelise|1339888994|3217921 said:MyDiamondSparkles|1339886996|3217912 said:![]()
You like it! Yay! It's absolutely amazing and I think it's the perfect size.
It's so funny about you on your balcony because all of those JBEG videos I wonder how many times they drop the diamond and can imagine them digging thru the bushes or grass for it.![]()
Okay, I am going to share with you my temporary setting experience--AWFUL!I am not exactly sure who is getting a temp setting for $300 but it ain't happening for me at all. I've been to no less than 6 jewelry stores and all of them said because of the size of the stone the setting has to be custom ordered or made, yadda, yadda. All of the estimates I've gotten for simple "stock" type/ prong settings have been $2k. So for that price I might as well go ahead and get the permanent setting.
Anyway, I am soooo glad you like it and it's a keeper! It really is the most amazing feeling to have found "the one".![]()
Haha, Grace told me about her losing a stone!! I actually think it might be your new cushion! She was taking photos and video of it when it dropped! She said she had to dangle a $20 bill in front of her husband and kids to get them to hunt for it! Lol!! I was so nervous, b/c I didn't want to run away from Patrick's office.. I was holding a lot of $ that he was responsible for! So I just stepped *right* outside his office doors, which was upstairs. I wanted something organic in the background, so I leaned over the tree's leaves without even thinking, and SO nearly had a heart attack! I didn't even *THINK*!!
I got a quote from Poppyseed for a temp that's less than $300.. and the fishtail setting for less than $300. I just don't want to have to pay an additional fee to a jeweler to set it. Like you said, they would be custom made due to the larger size.. so either way, I'd have to wait quite a time for it to be made. There's currently a very "stock" solitaire that will fit a 10mm+ center stone going for $200 on DB.. but again, I don't want to pay that much for a temp!
Have you posted about what setting you'll be getting for your new honker?