Help with ring for hubby

[QueenB29]

Morning ladies and gentlemen. I''ve been a member of PS for awhile, but I mostly lurk as I haven''t had any real projects going.

I do now though. For his birthday (August 10--eep), my husband said he wanted a ring inscribed with TCB--Taking Care of Business. In the past he''s mentioned that he would someday like a yellow diamond ring, so I''d like to incorporate that if I could. My budget is very constrained: $150 tops, and I''d like to stay under that, so I''m thinking it would have to be irradiated. I''d like to have the ring made in Tungsten like his wedding band or titanium, although I''m not sure if these could be engraved. I''d be willing to consider silver, but he likes the darker grays of the tungsten, so maybe oxidized silver?

I''d like the ring to look something like this, but highly polished.

Any suggestions, thoughts on styles, vendors, etc, would be most welcome.

Thanks!

 

[QueenB29]

Also, here is a pic of his wedding band for reference, with my (natural) pink diamond E-ring. You can see we like colored diamonds in our family

 

[QueenB29]

Sorry. Here it is.

 

[VRBeauty]

You might want to check out Bruce Boone''s catalogue:

http://www.boonerings.com/index.html

It includes carved and laser inscribed rings for under $200 -- maybe the stone could be added later? As an alternative, you could see whether you can get the diamond in his current ring replaced with a yellow diamond.

Good luck!

 

[QueenB29]

Thanks I will check this out. His current ring doesn''t have a diamond. That was an example of what I''m thinking of.

 

[jet2ks]

Here is a possibility in titanium. They also have quite a few more stone set styles to look through.

http://www.titaniumstyle.com/Merchant5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AJC&Product_Code=3-009&Attributes=Yes&Quantity=1

I purchased a ring from them recently and everything went very smoothly. They have a ton of options as far as finish, width and and stone settings.

 

[QueenB29]

I like these! I''ll have to find out if they customize

 

[QueenB29]

I decided to go with Hawaiititanium on Etsy. I convoed a few vendors and they were the first who got back to me. They seem very helpful, and are able to source the diamond, and are only charging me $175 -- only a little over budget and they''re able to get it to me in time for DH''s birthday. The diamond is going to be 2 mm.

I''ll post when I get it at the beginning of August. Thanks for your help everyone! I''m so excited. This is my first time using Etsy. Next up: Sally at Heart of Water

 

[VRBeauty]

Glad to hear that you found a way to get your hubby''s ring! Please post pics when you get it!

As for me, I''m looking at the tension-set rings on the link that jets2ks posted. Very cool!

 

[D&T]

Glad you found someone. Can''t wait to see the final product

 

[jet2ks]

Sounds good. Look forward to seeing pics.