Help me design...

[stepcutgirl]

A ring or pendant. I have a diamond ring of my grandmothers (not her ering) and a sapphire ring she gave me when I was in my early teens. Neither are my style and I''d really like to make something out of them to wear. I may consider leaving the sapphire ring be if nothing sounds good and giving it my daughter if I should happen to have one. I''m thinking something either filigree or some kind of open look. I''d like to make a scattered diamond band ring but I think the diamonds are just too small. From my attempt at measuring the center diamond is 3mm and the outer ones are 1mm. I can''t see putting the heart sapphire in anything but it is 4mm and the baguette shaped ones are 1mm. Help!

First up the diamond ring.

 

[stepcutgirl]

And now the sapphire.

 

[D&T]

do you want to incorporate all the stones from both ring? or perhaps use some in a pendant like a the heart shaped one with little round melees around that, then with the diamond center, use all the other sapphires for the ring?

 

[stepcutgirl]

I''m open to using them all in one piece or several pieces. I am leaning twords leaving the sapphire ring be and making and old looking filigree ring using the diamond ring. Let me go hunt down a pic of what I''m thinking.

 

[stepcutgirl]

This.

 

[stepcutgirl]

Or this.

 

[D&T]

just a few more ideas. not sure if you want your diamond to be flushed or not?

 

[D&T]

thought this was interesting too. not sure if you want more of a squarish look though? feel free to disregard. from sunjewelry.com

 

[litebrite]

It''s kinda hard to tell how many melee are in the sapphire ring but you could always turn the heart sapphire into a simple bezel pendant and make the baguettes and melee alternating in the band of your new ring with the diamond at the center like this:

http://www.faycullen.com/antique_engagement_rings/800/f204r6rd.html

Otherwise I kinda like the baguettes leading away from the stone, horizontally as pictured in these:

http://www.faycullen.com/antique_engagement_rings/800/e529r4sd.html (imagine a round instead)

http://www.faycullen.com/rings/800/f930r3sd.html

Or here''s a split shank looking kind of ring using the baguettes:
http://www.faycullen.com/antique_engagement_rings/800/f827r6sd.html

Some gorgeous open filigree: http://www.faycullen.com/edwardian_engagement_rings/800/e918r1sd.html

dainty art deco: http://www.faycullen.com/art_deco_engagement_rings/800/gc416r7d.html

more split shank looking (think sapphire baguettes instead of rounds): http://www.faycullen.com/royal_collection/500/2001mds.html

bowl me over Art Deco: http://www.faycullen.com/bargain_hunter/200/eag1213r6sd.html

 

[Upgradable]

I''m really into unstructured designs right now. Have you ever checked out Ylang/23 designs? They''ve got some interesting interpretations.

I''d think about a scattered band with the different size/shape/colored stones randomly set across the face.