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Brilliant_Rock
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Well, if money is an issue right now, then I would go with your grandmother''s diamond.Date: 10/11/2005 3:08:32 PM
Author: lovelylulu
This is the perfect thread at the perfect time...
I''ve been searching out setting styles and stone shapes for a couple of months now.
At first, I had to have a crisscut halo, but then realized that they were just so pricey because of the branding.![]()
Then, I switched to coveting an EC halo, but read a variety of opinions that felt the halo clashed with the simplicity of the EC. So, then i thought i had it all sorted out -- an oval halo. i felt it suited me, an oval cut diamond with tiny surrounding pave was my ''dream ring''![]()
Unforunately, since my beloved BF has yet to find a permanent job since graduating in may (he''s trying ever so hard, just an oversaturated lawyer market) the building of our budget sort of grinded to a halt. ouch! I have been pretty disappointed by the resulting postponment, but i understand -- what can be done about it.
Anyway, things may have changed and changed a lot. Last night, I got a call from my mom and she told me that my grandma, who is the person most dear to me, very much would like me to have her diamond. now, like windowshopper (who''s post made me laugh out loud) i have never been interested in a RB -- it''s just not me. However, I love my grandma and the thought of wearing the diamond that belonged to her, well that is just so overwhelmingly sentimental and meaningful...plus, we definately have the budget for a beautiful setting if we didn''t have to worry about the diamond
I know very little about the diamond itself only that it is a RB, maybe about 1ct. i have to wonder what kind of cut it is because i think it has to be over 100 yrs old because i think it belonged to my grandpa''s mother???
right now, i''m trying to decide if i should scrap my ring designs and focus around a new design using my grandma''s ring or keep my own ring style and maybe make my grandma''s into a pendant (near and dear to my heart)?????
the more i think about it, the more touching the idea of wearing my grandma''s diamond, in my own ring, becomes.
thoughts, suggestions???

I was proposed to with my husband''s great grandfather''s diamond. Even though it was small, I wore it very proudly. When I upgraded, I put that diamond in a pendant and wear it almost daily. My DH likes the fact that I still wear it even though I now have a bigger e-ring. I know it''s not exactly the same thing as having my grandmother''s diamond -- if I had that, I would probably never change it b/c she was so dear to me. I miss her so much.
