Fortekitty, I love the look of ceylon sapphires with a diamond, although I am a bit biased because that is exactly what I have and I love the color combination. when I can take some good photos I will post them, but I just wanted to say that I think your ring will be beautiful.
I have some time to mull over the design since my jeweler is in Hong Kong for 3 weeks. Right now, i''m leaning towards a 5 stone ring instead of a 3 stone. I want to save the pave for my marquise/pear sides, and i already have a diamond/ruby 3 stone. so perhaps 2mm diamonds on each end? do you guys think it''ll work?