cushion cut diamond pendant help

[chatbandit]

I'm in the beginning stages of planning a new project: a diamond pendant. I most likely will go to Yekutiel at IDJ as I really like and trust him / his work, but wanted some help with defining a vision / planning.

BACKGROUND:
I'm starting to find that I wear my e-ring & wedding band with my tiffany diamond studs w/ the awesome jackets that IDJ made for them every day and would love to have a simple diamond necklace that worked with them both. I have a tiffany pave diamond open circle but find I avoid it mostly bc the small stones are kind of flat looking. I asked Yekutiel at one point about setting a stone inside it, but that isn't an option I'd be happy with as it would be kind of 'googly eyed' with the stone attached to one side.

CRITERIA:
*I want it to work well with my rings and earrings; doesnt have to match but should somehow fit together
*haven't set a budget; but know that sourcing stones can get rather pricy. I would be open to re-evaluating if need be, am looking at this as a discovery process first.
*i don't care too much about carat weight but would like it to have presence and face up big.
*leaning towards no halo -- maybe even a bezel, but am concerned it won't quite go with my rings / earrings?
*want it to be white gold, would love if it could integrate rose gold somehow, like my e-ring
*i really dislike bails: that connector that suspends a pendant. And would prefer it to be attached to the chain from the sides? or from the back.
*here's an example of a setting / shape i was interested in from Diamonds By Lauren

thanks in advance for any thoughts!

 

[chatbandit]

for reference here are the rings / earrings I'm referring to:

my e-ring is an henri daussi cushion cut w/ a double micropave halo, split shank and rose gold for one of the halos. while it's blingy with my 1/2 eternity band from IDJ, I really love it & get loads of compliments on it. sometimes I wear it alone, but mostly together


this is a really boring photo and doesnt show the sparkle or fire but I just wanted to capture the shape of the jacket setting that IDJ made for my 0.5 carat tiffany studs. I chose not to get the very popular and very pretty bigger cw flower shape as I wanted a more deco feeling.

 

[chatbandit]

also saw this one and think it's stunning. wonder what the impact of an oval under 1 carat will be though.