I have the diamond I want to use (.80), but I don't know what to do about a setting. She loves the antique and detailed style of milgrain. She wants sapphires on the band and maybe diamonds too. Alot of the stuff she likes is on faycullen, but they have too strict a return policy for me. I have about a $2k budget (+/- a little) for the setting. I would hope I could score platinum in that range, but so far the local B&M guy quoted me $2100 for 14k gold =( He says its a custom job (+$600 for custom work), but I don't know how custom you can call it when you order the rough ring design from a catalog and then channel set sapphires where diamonds were originally pictured. Plus it has the huge honking prongs that I don't think I really like.
So maybe you gentlemen and ladies can help me find something. I want something delcate, elegant, and classy that adds a little bling to the overall ring. My gf is 5 feet tall, 5.5 ring, and fairly tiny. Nothing that sits way high off her finger or looks like a bulky college ring.
I think something like this is absolutely beautiful and what I'm looking for, but I would add blue sapphires in there somewhere per her request.
So maybe you gentlemen and ladies can help me find something. I want something delcate, elegant, and classy that adds a little bling to the overall ring. My gf is 5 feet tall, 5.5 ring, and fairly tiny. Nothing that sits way high off her finger or looks like a bulky college ring.
I think something like this is absolutely beautiful and what I'm looking for, but I would add blue sapphires in there somewhere per her request.