My fiance proposed with an old family OEC (.95 carats, J color, VVS2) in a temporary setting. It''s a beautiful stone and I''m excited to have something that has some meaning to it, and I love that he wanted me to be involved in designing the setting! But it''s been 4 months now that I''ve been looking at settings and I''m still having trouble deciding
I''ll be wearing another family heirloom as my wedding band, a 3mm platinum eternity band channel set with E-W baguettes. I''d like the two rings to sit flush.
I initially wanted to use bullet sidestones, like Kaleigh''s ring, but it will have to be set pretty high to sit flush with the band, and I don''t love how it looks from the side when the stones are set so high.
Then I thought maybe I would go more vintage with the setting to match the stone. I like the James Meyer 1345 with the split shank and milgrain on the bezel. But...because the stone is not perfectly round, I''ve been advised against doing a bezel, as it will just emphasize the unevenness. Plus I don''t want the stone to look any smaller by covering more of it up with metal.
My fiance doesn''t like the look of other vintage-y settings, like halos...and I think the center stone gets a little lost in those anyway.
So now I''m thinking of doing a 4-prong solitaire. But that seems a little boring and something a million other women have. And it''s not in keeping with the era of the stone, and I''m worried about the girdle being so exposed, since it''s very very thin and I''m pretty active. Below is a pic of a leon solitaire I love (I forget whose this was, sorry!).
Help! I am not usually this indecisive of a person! What am I missing that''s the perfect option?
I''ll be wearing another family heirloom as my wedding band, a 3mm platinum eternity band channel set with E-W baguettes. I''d like the two rings to sit flush.
I initially wanted to use bullet sidestones, like Kaleigh''s ring, but it will have to be set pretty high to sit flush with the band, and I don''t love how it looks from the side when the stones are set so high.
Then I thought maybe I would go more vintage with the setting to match the stone. I like the James Meyer 1345 with the split shank and milgrain on the bezel. But...because the stone is not perfectly round, I''ve been advised against doing a bezel, as it will just emphasize the unevenness. Plus I don''t want the stone to look any smaller by covering more of it up with metal.
My fiance doesn''t like the look of other vintage-y settings, like halos...and I think the center stone gets a little lost in those anyway.
So now I''m thinking of doing a 4-prong solitaire. But that seems a little boring and something a million other women have. And it''s not in keeping with the era of the stone, and I''m worried about the girdle being so exposed, since it''s very very thin and I''m pretty active. Below is a pic of a leon solitaire I love (I forget whose this was, sorry!).
Help! I am not usually this indecisive of a person! What am I missing that''s the perfect option?
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