Hi all! I''ve been lurking on PS on and off for a few months or more now but have been heavily lurking the past two weeks. I have been going to sleep anywhere from an hour or three past my bedtime and paying for it in the morning! I believe that I am on currently on page 59 of the SMTR mega thread. (My computer has been on standby every night this week with lots ot open tabs! )I get sidetracked every once in a while with other searches for information so my research has been slow going since there are only a certain number of hours in the day. I have a few questions on a few things and I have tried my best to look up the answers myself.
My e-ring (3/07) was a complete surprise to me and was purchased from Zales. My then-SO wanted to surprise me so he didn''t ask me anything about what I was intersted in. He got me a three stone ring and I had always considered myself a solitaire type of girl. I hated the ring and didn''t know what to do so I just let it grow on me (kinda) since I didn''t have the heart to tell him that I didn''t like it. Only recently, after lurking on here, I told him that I hated it at first and that Zales ( or any mall store) is not known for high quality diamonds. But here is the worst part of the whole e-ring; last year, I worked with someone in my classroom 3x a week (sometimes more) who had a VERY similar ring.
So now that I have been educating myself on diamonds, I am determined to get closer to what I want, even if it takes me five years and even if I have to upgrade/replace everything myself. So, I''ll try not to ramble much more and get to why I came out of lurking.
I no longer consider myself a solitaire girl and I prefer three stone diamond rings.
While I was in the SMTR thread, I believe there was a ring that had a princess stone (I love squares!) and had two RBs as sidestones. When I clicked on the thread for more info on it, I think the page no longer existed. I can''t remember whose it was? Does anyone here know the ring of which I speak?
Is it possible to find a ring with a princess cut as the center stone and RBs on the side or vice versa? I love squares but since what I''m really addicted to is "fire and brilliance", I am trying to incorporate both into the three stone portion but not sure of how it would look or if possible.
I would like my setting to have melee ( I think this the term--tiny stones on the side) but I am looking for high quality melee such as the ACA that Whiteflash offers. From what I have read, I can expect high cut melee as a standard from Whiteflash, Signed Pieces, and some designer rings. Other than that, I don''t know who else I should be looking at.
I am really not interested in getting custom work from Whiteflash because of the return policy and I am so indecisive at this point. I am really hoping that there is a stock setting somewhere with high quality melee diamonds that will satisfy meet. The current engagement ring I have has only six side stones and I would like more...possibly like a half or 3/4 eternity band. I am still open to either channel set or prong shank/side but I know that I don''t want just the three stones.
I saw a Stuller setting that I wanted to consider but there was no information on the side stones, so I am discouraged by that.
My daughter has distracted me quite a bit as I typed this so I have forgotten my other questions/concerns. I will post more when I remember them and I have given her some attention. Thanks in advance for any and all help you can give me.
My e-ring (3/07) was a complete surprise to me and was purchased from Zales. My then-SO wanted to surprise me so he didn''t ask me anything about what I was intersted in. He got me a three stone ring and I had always considered myself a solitaire type of girl. I hated the ring and didn''t know what to do so I just let it grow on me (kinda) since I didn''t have the heart to tell him that I didn''t like it. Only recently, after lurking on here, I told him that I hated it at first and that Zales ( or any mall store) is not known for high quality diamonds. But here is the worst part of the whole e-ring; last year, I worked with someone in my classroom 3x a week (sometimes more) who had a VERY similar ring.
So now that I have been educating myself on diamonds, I am determined to get closer to what I want, even if it takes me five years and even if I have to upgrade/replace everything myself. So, I''ll try not to ramble much more and get to why I came out of lurking.
I no longer consider myself a solitaire girl and I prefer three stone diamond rings.
While I was in the SMTR thread, I believe there was a ring that had a princess stone (I love squares!) and had two RBs as sidestones. When I clicked on the thread for more info on it, I think the page no longer existed. I can''t remember whose it was? Does anyone here know the ring of which I speak?
Is it possible to find a ring with a princess cut as the center stone and RBs on the side or vice versa? I love squares but since what I''m really addicted to is "fire and brilliance", I am trying to incorporate both into the three stone portion but not sure of how it would look or if possible.
I would like my setting to have melee ( I think this the term--tiny stones on the side) but I am looking for high quality melee such as the ACA that Whiteflash offers. From what I have read, I can expect high cut melee as a standard from Whiteflash, Signed Pieces, and some designer rings. Other than that, I don''t know who else I should be looking at.
I am really not interested in getting custom work from Whiteflash because of the return policy and I am so indecisive at this point. I am really hoping that there is a stock setting somewhere with high quality melee diamonds that will satisfy meet. The current engagement ring I have has only six side stones and I would like more...possibly like a half or 3/4 eternity band. I am still open to either channel set or prong shank/side but I know that I don''t want just the three stones.
I saw a Stuller setting that I wanted to consider but there was no information on the side stones, so I am discouraged by that.
My daughter has distracted me quite a bit as I typed this so I have forgotten my other questions/concerns. I will post more when I remember them and I have given her some attention. Thanks in advance for any and all help you can give me.