Chasiu
Shiny_Rock
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Really, I was only looking for 1 nice big chunky OEC. But somehow here I am with a 3 stone OEC ring and 5 OMC gypsy band, created by the amazing Sako from Cicada Jewelry. I need to go back to ban island!... at least for a few months haha.
Some background here: there are some big dates coming up for me - been at my company for 15 years this year, my husband and I will be approaching our 15th anniversary in 2024, and I'll also be having a milestone birthday next year. How did I want to congratulate myself for getting this far? Acquire some new jewelry pieces of course
At first I was planning to set some rubies I bought in January, but then I saw this beauty on Sako's IG in February:
Super spready and kind of shallow but oh so pretty! She is a 1.85 K SI1 measuring 8.13 x 8.52mm (!!). It kind of looked more like an OMC to me, but GIA deemed it a Circular Brilliant, so let's call it an OMC/OEC hybrid. I gave myself a day to really think about it, studying all the photos and videos he sent, before finally pulling the trigger. For the setting, I immediately thought of a 3-stone OMC ring that I had seen for sale on IG back in November - I really liked the stones but wasn't in love with the setting. So I thought, why don't I have a better one made?! Sako is one of the people I had always wanted to work with, so it was the perfect opportunity.
While I was pulling together all the pictures & ideas for the original ring, Sako posted a suite of 5x 3.3mm OMCs (HIJ color, total weight .76ct). Those little chunky facets were so cute and I kind of impulsively purchased them too without any real plan for what to do with them. Cue me furiously searching and scrolling through pictures for the next few days to figure out both settings lol.
After about another week, I managed to collect all my ideas and sent them over. For the original OEC, I asked him to source a pair of OEC sidestones to create a scalloped basket style 3-stone ring in platinum (Erika Winters' Margot setting is one of the inspirations), and for the OMCs, I decided to go with a yellow gold gypsy band. I definitely wanted to have engraving done on both rings too. He presented me with a few sidestone options (4mm, 4.5mm and 5.3mm), and we settled on a 4.5mm pair. I would have liked to go bigger (who doesn't??), but it would have been too far out of budget. Here is a picture of the 4mm pair (outside) and 4.5mm pair (inside) next to my 1.85.
So once all the stones were acquired, he finally started work on the rings in March. I didn't have a strict timeline but thought it would be nice to have them in hand by the end of April, in time for my birthday. I went on vacation for 2 weeks in the middle of the process, and he was nearly finished by the time I got back! He actually sent me some photos while I was on the way to the airport for my 12+ hour flight home, so that certainly kept me happy for a while lol. It took another 2 weeks maybe for engraving & finishing touches, and a mysterious weather delay by UPS, but my new pieces have finally arrived with a few days to spare before my birthday!
Here are some oft the glamour shots I received:
Some background here: there are some big dates coming up for me - been at my company for 15 years this year, my husband and I will be approaching our 15th anniversary in 2024, and I'll also be having a milestone birthday next year. How did I want to congratulate myself for getting this far? Acquire some new jewelry pieces of course
At first I was planning to set some rubies I bought in January, but then I saw this beauty on Sako's IG in February:Super spready and kind of shallow but oh so pretty! She is a 1.85 K SI1 measuring 8.13 x 8.52mm (!!). It kind of looked more like an OMC to me, but GIA deemed it a Circular Brilliant, so let's call it an OMC/OEC hybrid. I gave myself a day to really think about it, studying all the photos and videos he sent, before finally pulling the trigger. For the setting, I immediately thought of a 3-stone OMC ring that I had seen for sale on IG back in November - I really liked the stones but wasn't in love with the setting. So I thought, why don't I have a better one made?! Sako is one of the people I had always wanted to work with, so it was the perfect opportunity.
While I was pulling together all the pictures & ideas for the original ring, Sako posted a suite of 5x 3.3mm OMCs (HIJ color, total weight .76ct). Those little chunky facets were so cute and I kind of impulsively purchased them too without any real plan for what to do with them. Cue me furiously searching and scrolling through pictures for the next few days to figure out both settings lol.
After about another week, I managed to collect all my ideas and sent them over. For the original OEC, I asked him to source a pair of OEC sidestones to create a scalloped basket style 3-stone ring in platinum (Erika Winters' Margot setting is one of the inspirations), and for the OMCs, I decided to go with a yellow gold gypsy band. I definitely wanted to have engraving done on both rings too. He presented me with a few sidestone options (4mm, 4.5mm and 5.3mm), and we settled on a 4.5mm pair. I would have liked to go bigger (who doesn't??), but it would have been too far out of budget. Here is a picture of the 4mm pair (outside) and 4.5mm pair (inside) next to my 1.85.
So once all the stones were acquired, he finally started work on the rings in March. I didn't have a strict timeline but thought it would be nice to have them in hand by the end of April, in time for my birthday. I went on vacation for 2 weeks in the middle of the process, and he was nearly finished by the time I got back! He actually sent me some photos while I was on the way to the airport for my 12+ hour flight home, so that certainly kept me happy for a while lol. It took another 2 weeks maybe for engraving & finishing touches, and a mysterious weather delay by UPS, but my new pieces have finally arrived with a few days to spare before my birthday!
Here are some oft the glamour shots I received:
congrats on all the milestones and these amazing pieces!!
Wear in the best of the health!
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