My first diamond!

[princesss]

So, I''m super excited to finally show off my very first diamond. I have jewelry pieces with diamonds in them, but this is my very first loose diamond. It''s an OEC from Old World Diamonds. It''s .18 cts, H VS (OWD didn''t specify VS1 or VS2), and roughly 3.5x3.5. I''d been stalking this diamond for months, and when I finally had a reason to celebrate, I snagged it!

Quick question to anybody who has used OWD before: how long did it take for the stone to be taken off of the website? There is a little part of me that there are 15 of these floating around, and I just got one. I fell in love with the facets in their picture, and my little point and shoot isn''t advanced enough to really capture the facets, and I don''t have a loupe yet. I know it''s a holiday weekend, so I''m not really worried about it, but I''m a paranoid weirdo, so I just wanted to check with PSers.

 

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It''s little, but just walking towards it when I went to get the camera I could see flashes from at least 5 feet away. That''s a lot of flash for a little baby diamond!

 

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My gnome Santa holding my little baby diamond.

 

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My nutcracker wanted in the photo shoot.

 

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Another Christmas decoration wanted in on the action...my woodland smoker dude from Germany!

 

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Seeing what it could do against a darker background. A little blurry, but you get the idea.

 

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[Dandi]

WOW, that baby sure has some life and personality!

I love it, such a great find!!

Any plans for it yet??

Oh, and your pics are fantastic!!!

 

[princesss]

I think it''s going to be a RHR. It''s marking something special for me, and I want to be able to see it when I wear it! It will take a while before I can set it, but I''m excited trying to figure out what to do with it. The thing that''s tough is finding a setting for such a small stone!

 

[clgwli]

That is absolutely a beautiful stone!!! I hope you can find the perfect style of setting for the little guy soon

 

[junebug17]

Oh my gosh, that is a really beautiful stone!! I can''t wait to see how you decide to set it! And I think your pics are so cute!

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Oh that''s GORGEOUS Princesss!!!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

It's lovely!

Jstar had an alexandrite that is 4mm and had it custom set in a lotus ring, and recently she bezeled a 3mm demantoid garnet. So setting smaller stones is certainly doable!

 

[Lestat]

Congratulations on your first diamond! Beautiful! Love the pics, very creative, especially the one of the little box inside the bubble wrap!

 

[yssie]

Love the pictures!! It looks like a little beauty - can''t wait to see what you do with it.



::I''m seconding a baby lotus...::

 

[So Excited]

Congrats on your first loose diamond! Can''t wait to see what you decide to set it in.

 

[FrekeChild]

Love it! But you knew that already!

 

[princesss]

What is Sally's Etsy shop? I always forget to bookmark it....a petite lotus setting could be really pretty.


And thank you ladies for all of the compliments.

I think it's quite a pretty stone, so I'm glad to see people with such great taste agree!

 

[canada_ham]

congrats! it is beautiful! can''t wait to see what you do with it!

 

[AmberGretchen]

Its a beauty - what a lovely first loose diamond purchase!!

 

[icekid]

It''s sure pretty! Enjoy your first loose stones; sometimes I feel sad about getting stones set because then I cannot play with them anymore

 

[yssie]

Date: 12/27/2009 8:58:49 PM
Author: princesss
What is Sally''s Etsy shop? I always forget to bookmark it....a petite lotus setting could be really pretty.


And thank you ladies for all of the compliments.

I think it''s quite a pretty stone, so I''m glad to see people with such great taste agree!

Heart of water jewels

http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeartofWaterJewels

 

[princessplease]

What a great stone, princesss!!!!!!!!!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Date: 12/27/2009 9:27:20 PM
Author: icekid
It''s sure pretty! Enjoy your first loose stones; sometimes I feel sad about getting stones set because then I cannot play with them anymore

Really? I find I play with them more because I don''t have to worry about dropping and chipping/losing them! Haha.