I got my first CS from Gene last Thursday, I really really like my choice and it is a very happy experience. It is a small stone only 7mm*5.5mm, but I still want to try my best to make it a WOW ring. Here is the photo from Gene, I could not make any better than this one.
Inspired by iLand, her sapphire is also from Gene and at the same size. The halo is made up of ten 5 pointers, total 1/2 carat. It is simple but elegant.
The second one is from a friend of mine, her stone is even smaller 5.5mm*4.3mm. Diamond used in her ring is 1.1 pointer and 0.7 pointer. I will try the larger diamonds if it is possible.
My vote is for the second one or the last one - if you set the sapphire east/west. I also very much like both iLander's and Yinghs, but think the 10 pt diamond size might take away from your beautiful stone, and for Yingh's style setting, I fear your stone is not big enough to get the needed coverage. Have you told us what size your fingers are? That might help.
Chrono: I like the 2nd best too, it is very unique and looks good for the small stone;
Minousbijoux: thank you very much for your suggestion, mine wedding band and engagement ring is at size 5 but this time I want a size 6 ring since I want to put it on the middle finger of my left hand;
dk168: thanks a lot for sharing the pictures you saved, I like them all. Hope I could use these designs in the near future. Hope I will not wait for too long.