My improved surprise stones

[Patty]

I posted about my wedding ring a few weeks ago. I had a new 4 prong platinum head put on the ring and I added two small stones as "surprise" diamonds. I thought they stuck out too much like Frankenstein bolts. I posted about it HERE.

This is the new impoved version. I asked them to re-set the suprise stones as close to the head as possible. I''m really happy with the outcome:

 

[Patty]

Another shot:

 

[sevens one]

Looks lovely Patty. Nice improvement.
BTW, have you ever posted about your diamond band in the avatar?

 

[ep6585]

That looks a lot better. It's really nice.

 

[Patty]

Another:

 

[Patty]

Thank you, sevens and ep6.

Yes, sevens...I posted about my anniversary band here: 3 pointers

 

[Jennifer5973]

Wow--they really did a great job--it looks awesome!

They are now, tuly surprise stones!

From the frontal view, I couldn't even tell they were there--that is the point, right?!

It's really lovely ring..enjoy it!

 

[chialea]

Wow, they did a much better job this time; it's not at all reminicent of Halloween!

Congrats

 

[sevens one]

OMG Patty I just read your thread. Talk about weird. I have the same type of sapphire/diamond ring that I don't wear and was wondering if I should do something with the stones. Yours is beautiful.
HMMMMM, projects, projects. This should really be good.
Thanks for the tip

 

[Patty]

Thanks Jennifer and chialea. I really do like it. It looks better in person than it does in pictures. It's very sparkly!

sevens...Go for it, girl! Don't let those old diamonds sit around gathering dust.

 

[Daniela]

It looks AWESOME. You did the right thing. Enjoy!

 

[Patty]

Thanks Daniela!

This picture is from before I had the new head put on it but I think it's a better representation of how pretty the ring is.

 

[hannah]

Much nicer. You must be so pleased with the final result

 

[quaeritur]

Great improvement, Patty! I think it looks great

. I'm glad you had them fix it, and that they did such a nice job this time around!

 

[msbennie]

Patty, what is the carat size of your surprise diamonds? I'm having a ring made with surprise diamonds on both sides of the head and they're .025 each. When I got them, they looked so tiny; however the jeweler said that's the way they should be so that they do not take away from the center diamond and are truly a "surprise".

 

[hoorray]

Patty -- it looks great! So much better now.....


And you are giving me inspiration to get off my rear and do some thing with those dusty stones. Now I just have to find someone to work with

.

 

[noobie]

Much, much better. It looks liek part of the original design rather than an add on. You must be very happy.

 

[Patty]

Thanks for your comments, guys.

msbennie, my surprise diamonds are 7 points each. They are extras from when I had this ring made. I had two anniversary bands with 7 7-pointers each and when I had the new ring made, they just used 12 of the 14 stones. In my "leave no diamond unused" mode, I decided to put the extras here. I think smaller stones would be easier to tuck into a setting, but these are what I had.

 

[noobie]

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On 8/15/2004 9:17:01 PM Patty wrote:





msbennie, my surprise diamonds are 7 points each. They are extras from when I had this ring made. I had two anniversary bands with 7 7-pointers each and when I had the new ring made, they just used 12 of the 14 stones. ----------------

Did you mean 7 point or 3 points Patty? Above and in the post about the band you said 3 pointers. Yikes, I just ordered a 3 point eternity ring and wanted to make sure I got the look right!

 

[msbennie]

Noobie, I went back and re-read Patty's original post and she did say 7 pointers, which I'm assuming means .07ct, when referencing to the surprise diamond. However, she used 3 pointers in the eternity ring. I think that's correct!

 

[Patty]

Yes, noobie, msbennie is correct.

The anniversary band that is my current avatar is made of .03c stones.

The surprise stones in my wedding ring are .07c stones.

I know it's confusing!

 

[moremoremore]

It looks Perfect!!! It's got a perfect profile now!!! And I love the new band btw