Finally done! 3.11ct Fancy Grey in its forever home.

[diamondseeker2006]

Love the gray mother-of-pearl and pink gold! Perfect choices for the setting!

 

[MamaBee]

This is an earring back....something like this....

Oooh! This is pretty smart!

 

[tyty333]

That turned out amazing @MakingTheGrade ! I love to follow your visions!

 

[motownmama]

AMAZING!!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

That’s so weird because you would think there would be a note in the comments saying “clouds not shown”. If it was a grade setting inclusion then it should have been noted. That diamond is beyond beautiful...It’s spectacular...

Oh yeah they are kinda sneaky about it! In the GiA report they sent me they blocked out the Gia number in white but ALSO blocked out the “additional comment” section where they would write that. Took many chat and email exchanges to finally get them to send me what it said there. They still wouldn’t send me the original until I bought it and it came with the diamond. I can understand blocking the Gia number but blocking the Additional comments just seemed strange and counter effectual. But it worked out well in the end! (JA was the vendor if anyone was curious. Everyone was nice enough, I just found the policy entirely bizarre).

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Love the gray mother-of-pearl and pink gold! Perfect choices for the setting!

That turned out amazing @MakingTheGrade ! I love to follow your visions!

AMAZING!!

Thanks guys! I know we all choose our bling for ourselves as the only audience that really matters, but it’s still nice to know that other people see the beauty we see in it!

 

[MamaBee]

Oh yeah they are kinda sneaky about it! In the GiA report they sent me they blocked out the Gia number in white but ALSO blocked out the “additional comment” section where they would write that. Took many chat and email exchanges to finally get them to send me what it said there. They still wouldn’t send me the original until I bought it and it came with the diamond. I can understand blocking the Gia number but blocking the Additional comments just seemed strange and counter effectual. But it worked out well in the end! (JA was the vendor if anyone was curious. Everyone was nice enough, I just found the policy entirely bizarre).

That sounds shady to me @MakingTheGrade.
It doesn’t seem legal to block out comments on a GIA document!
In any case you have that gorgeous diamond!

 

[Polabowla]

just waiting to see shale wear it too!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

That sounds shady to me @MakingTheGrade.
It doesn’t seem legal to block out comments on a GIA document!
In any case you have that gorgeous diamond!

I think they block the numbers so that people can’t get it cheaper from a small company that didn’t put the investment into the photos and videos etc. Which makes sense. But I don’t know why you’d block Additional comments.

Here it is in direct sunlight. Doesn’t look cloudy to me but does look darker. But the fire! It’s like a rainbow in a storm cloud.

 

[MamaBee]

I think they block the numbers so that people can’t get it cheaper from a small company that didn’t put the investment into the photos and videos etc. Which makes sense. But I don’t know why you’d block Additional comments.

Here it is in direct sunlight. Doesn’t look cloudy to me but does look darker. But the fire! It’s like a rainbow in a storm cloud.

Diamonds go darker in different lighting so that doesn’t sound bad at all! The experts say well cut diamonds go dark in direct sunlight. I
love your description!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

just waiting to see shale wear it too!

I tried but he’s not feeling cooperative and went to hide in his new pumpkin house haha

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Today’s styling: scarf brooch!


And just some nice photos of the MoP now that the sun is out

 

[MamaBee]

Today’s styling: scarf brooch!

You’re not going to get any eye contact today at work! Haha

 

[Polabowla]

Love the pumpkin house!
Looks beautiful & cozy on the scarf

 

[MakingTheGrade]

You’re not going to get any eye contact today at work! Haha

Haha pretty sure everyone at work assumes it’s costume jewelry

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Just for fun some color comparisons.
Top to bottom: O-P, G, Fancy light brownish yellow, fancy grey.

I think it’s neat the fancy gray doesn’t read yellow at all. Nothing wrong with yellow and yellow tints (I own them too after all!) but it’s super cool to me own a diamond that’s not white but also isn’t yellow.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

I asked shale if he’d help me model and this was the face I got. Ha! Talk about being a sourpuss at being woken up.



In more bling news the Tahitian MoP motivated me to source a complimentary top grade Tahitian pearl to add to my bracelet of white akoyas.

 

[MamaBee]

Just for fun some color comparisons.
Top to bottom: O-P, G, Fancy light brownish yellow, fancy grey.

I think it’s neat the fancy gray doesn’t read yellow at all. Nothing wrong with yellow and yellow tints (I own them too after all!) but it’s super cool to me own a diamond that’s not white but also isn’t yellow.

You have a beautiful collection!

 

[Polabowla]

Love the color comparisons- very very interesting seeing the grey with no yellow in there.
And shale's expression is priceless

 

[lydial]

Just for fun some color comparisons.
Top to bottom: O-P, G, Fancy light brownish yellow, fancy grey.

I think it’s neat the fancy gray doesn’t read yellow at all. Nothing wrong with yellow and yellow tints (I own them too after all!) but it’s super cool to me own a diamond that’s not white but also isn’t yellow.

Whoa. Awesome collection!

 

[Cina_s]

wow. what a fabulous piece! it's so versatile and unique. The MOP and the fancy grey is such a complimentary combination. Love the design! Congrats! I enjoyed all the pictures. Wear it and enjoy it in best of health!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Love the color comparisons- very very interesting seeing the grey with no yellow in there.
And shale's expression is priceless

Yeah I find it interesting that the grey is rated Fancy though the marquis is rated Fancy Light so in theory the grey is more saturated but to my eye it doesn’t seem so. Maybe because grey is sort of a gradient of white but yellow is the addition of color?

 

[caf]

Well done! Gorgeous pendant.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Well done! Gorgeous pendant.

Thanks! I love it though I’m finding that it’s flipping a lot. Maybe the chain is too thin for the weight of the pendant so it’s spinning more?

Maybe something more robust like this 3mm link/rope chain?

 

[caf]

Thanks! I love it though I’m finding that it’s flipping a lot. Maybe the chain is too thin for the weight of the pendant so it’s spinning more?

Maybe something more robust like this 3mm link/rope chain?

That chain would be pretty but maybe in white gold? Edit - Wait now I see the pin gold is yellow gold. Yes a little more “robust” chain could help.

 

[stonehunter20]

im in love with your cat!!!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

im in love with your cat!!!

Haha thanks. I love him too! I am super lucky to have found him abandoned in the forest!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Tried to take a better neck shot. This time with a thicker and shorter black chain.

 

[Skyjems]

I absolutely love it, the only change I would have made would be to add a converting shank.

 

[MamaBee]

Tried to take a better neck shot. This time with a thicker and shorter black chain.

If it continues to flip maybe you can the pin it to your shirt even though you are wearing it on a chain. I was thinking maybe you can slip on a thin weight on the back of the pin. Just thinking out loud..