jess719
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- Jan 12, 2012
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My original engagement ring is not faring so well, so my husband has agreed to a reset. 
When he first bought it, we didn't realize that research had to be put into the setting as well as the diamond. It was just supposed to work, right? Anyway, after TONS of research (and waaaay too many hours looking at online catalogs), I thought I had made a decision. The only problem was that I really wanted to see the rings in person. Luckily, I live in Houston, so I gave Brian Gavin a call to see if I could make an appointment to see a few different styles. I really wanted something simple, so I was in luck. He has a little box of rings that didn't make the cut during production with examples of a bunch of different types of pave. That is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Even though he is an internet company, he happily sees customers in person!
I have to say my visit was so much fun!!!! He is an incredibly refreshing person to talk to. I love that he encouraged me to try on the different styles and see how they differed in sparkle. He is both interesting and informative; he'd seriously be an awesome guy to have as a friend. The best part is that I was there for an hour and a half and never felt pressured to make a decision. It felt like he was just sharing a passion of his and he really wanted me to make a decision I wouldn't regret. I hate it when I go someplace and they are so pushy and then try to upsell.
As for the rings...they are absolutely beautiful. Everyone is right when they post their rings and say the pics don't do them justice. Every. Single. One. was small and delicate with the most beautiful, fluid lines. I knew that they were of good quality; I did not expect them to be little works of art (even the most simple fishtail pave design) I tried to convince my husband that I needed a bunch of different settings, so my diamond would have choices. (That particular idea did not go over so well. ) I'll post a few pics from my adventures!
The first one is the fishtail pave with plain band and a u-prong with 10pt stones. (It seems as though most of the oops rings were in about a size four, so my pinkie had to do.)
These next two are the same, but instead of the fishtail pave, it's with the three row domed micropave. One is zoomed in so you can see the detail.
This last one has this pretty little diamond and sapphire band. (I totally added it to my wish list, maybe in another ten years).
I only took pictures of the ones I was considering, but there were quite a few more, all gorgeous!
Oh, I guess there was more than one best part, when I begged him for the u-prong band with diamonds from his Blue collection, he said maybe!!!!!! Maybe is sooo much better than no! I guess I will just have to wait and see!
When he first bought it, we didn't realize that research had to be put into the setting as well as the diamond. It was just supposed to work, right? Anyway, after TONS of research (and waaaay too many hours looking at online catalogs), I thought I had made a decision. The only problem was that I really wanted to see the rings in person. Luckily, I live in Houston, so I gave Brian Gavin a call to see if I could make an appointment to see a few different styles. I really wanted something simple, so I was in luck. He has a little box of rings that didn't make the cut during production with examples of a bunch of different types of pave. That is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Even though he is an internet company, he happily sees customers in person!I have to say my visit was so much fun!!!!
He is an incredibly refreshing person to talk to. I love that he encouraged me to try on the different styles and see how they differed in sparkle. He is both interesting and informative; he'd seriously be an awesome guy to have as a friend. The best part is that I was there for an hour and a half and never felt pressured to make a decision. It felt like he was just sharing a passion of his and he really wanted me to make a decision I wouldn't regret. I hate it when I go someplace and they are so pushy and then try to upsell.As for the rings...they are absolutely beautiful. Everyone is right when they post their rings and say the pics don't do them justice. Every. Single. One. was small and delicate with the most beautiful, fluid lines. I knew that they were of good quality; I did not expect them to be little works of art (even the most simple fishtail pave design) I tried to convince my husband that I needed a bunch of different settings, so my diamond would have choices. (That particular idea did not go over so well.
) I'll post a few pics from my adventures!The first one is the fishtail pave with plain band and a u-prong with 10pt stones. (It seems as though most of the oops rings were in about a size four, so my pinkie had to do.)
These next two are the same, but instead of the fishtail pave, it's with the three row domed micropave. One is zoomed in so you can see the detail.
This last one has this pretty little diamond and sapphire band. (I totally added it to my wish list, maybe in another ten years).
I only took pictures of the ones I was considering, but there were quite a few more, all gorgeous!
Oh, I guess there was more than one best part, when I begged him for the u-prong band with diamonds from his Blue collection, he said maybe!!!!!! Maybe is sooo much better than no! I guess I will just have to wait and see!
I think I'm over due for a visit.
I'm trying to convince him that I need it now instead of next year! The pics are what I want it to look like as a whole, just adding my center stone to the top band. The plain one is actually the bottom of the dream band. 
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