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OK! So a short (long) back story…
My original engagement ring is the 3 stone pictured. It was the best DH and I could afford at the time, a .77ct centre with two .40ct sides in 18ct. They were OK cuts, with visible inclusions and H-I colour, and I loved it. LOVED it. I still do!
A few years ago we sold the diamonds, and I purchased three of BGD’s beautiful Signature cut AGS000 stones, which my jeweller put into my setting for me (I’m in Australia). The ring was then a .70ct centre flanked by .35ct and .37ct sides, the carat weight difference further highlighting the average cut of the previous stones, as beautiful as they were to me. I was more in love with it than ever.
Fast forward to the last year or so, I have a few white gold/diamond pieces, which I’m not a huge fan of with all of my yellow gold. I have acquired a few rose gold pieces, which I have always loved from afar, but wasn’t sure if it was a passing trend, or a forever type thing. I now adore it, and have often longed for a collection of jewellery that is exclusively rose and white gold (I MUCH prefer white gold mixed with rose, as opposed to yellow). I rarely wore my poor engagement ring, and instead opted for my rose gold band, and diamond eternity ring.
Our 10 year wedding anniversary was on November, and I had faffed around thinking about a piece of jewellery to mark the occasion. As I have a wedding set, eternity ring, diamond studs and tennis bracelet which I wear regularly, as well as lots of yellow gold stuff…there was absolutely nothing I really wanted in addition. My thoughts then turned to resetting my engagement ring into rose gold, then the cogs really started to turn along with craving something a bit blingier, and I thought about adding in my Whiteflash studs, also AGS000 stones (.54ct and .56ct) which match beautifully with the ones in my engagement ring, as all 5 are eye clean I and J colours. DH contentedly went along with whatever made me happy, so I ended up going down various avenues to sell all of my yellow gold (except for a few sentimental pieces) which happily, almost completely funded the reset.
I am so happy with the final outcome. I really wanted to keep all of the design elements of my original ring…the 6 prongs on each stone, the crown setting, the scalloped base of each crown, and the tiny cut outs in the sides of the band. My original prongs were a bit blobby and clumsy, and he refined them for me too. I think he really delivered.
My original engagement ring is the 3 stone pictured. It was the best DH and I could afford at the time, a .77ct centre with two .40ct sides in 18ct. They were OK cuts, with visible inclusions and H-I colour, and I loved it. LOVED it. I still do!
A few years ago we sold the diamonds, and I purchased three of BGD’s beautiful Signature cut AGS000 stones, which my jeweller put into my setting for me (I’m in Australia). The ring was then a .70ct centre flanked by .35ct and .37ct sides, the carat weight difference further highlighting the average cut of the previous stones, as beautiful as they were to me. I was more in love with it than ever.
Fast forward to the last year or so, I have a few white gold/diamond pieces, which I’m not a huge fan of with all of my yellow gold. I have acquired a few rose gold pieces, which I have always loved from afar, but wasn’t sure if it was a passing trend, or a forever type thing. I now adore it, and have often longed for a collection of jewellery that is exclusively rose and white gold (I MUCH prefer white gold mixed with rose, as opposed to yellow). I rarely wore my poor engagement ring, and instead opted for my rose gold band, and diamond eternity ring.
Our 10 year wedding anniversary was on November, and I had faffed around thinking about a piece of jewellery to mark the occasion. As I have a wedding set, eternity ring, diamond studs and tennis bracelet which I wear regularly, as well as lots of yellow gold stuff…there was absolutely nothing I really wanted in addition. My thoughts then turned to resetting my engagement ring into rose gold, then the cogs really started to turn along with craving something a bit blingier, and I thought about adding in my Whiteflash studs, also AGS000 stones (.54ct and .56ct) which match beautifully with the ones in my engagement ring, as all 5 are eye clean I and J colours. DH contentedly went along with whatever made me happy, so I ended up going down various avenues to sell all of my yellow gold (except for a few sentimental pieces) which happily, almost completely funded the reset.
I am so happy with the final outcome. I really wanted to keep all of the design elements of my original ring…the 6 prongs on each stone, the crown setting, the scalloped base of each crown, and the tiny cut outs in the sides of the band. My original prongs were a bit blobby and clumsy, and he refined them for me too. I think he really delivered.
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Fabulously blingy yet tasteful! And I really like the profile with the scallopy prongs. 
My favorite band pairings are the rose gold band (so elegant) and the two skinny diamond bands (so delicate). The two stacks offer quite different but equally beautiful looks. Congratulations on 10 years of marriage and on this stunning re-set!
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