This is kind of a philosophical question, but I figured since I have been trying for almost 3 years now to determine what my upgrade will be and have so far decided on tons of options and changed my mind each and every time, I thought I would ask those more experienced than me for advice. For those of you that have either picked a wedding set that you adore or reset/upgraded to such a set, how did you get there? I don't mean stone, setting, etc., I mean...how did you decide on a combo that still makes your heart sing? At the end of the day, I just want to find a setting and/or stone that make me smile and feel content when looking at my left hand. A little background on me....I have a 0.70 H&A RB in a plain jane solitaire with curved pave band that my hubby picked out. Not exactly my style of level of bling, but I have resigned myself to wearing it until I:
A) Have the cash to upgrade (and with diamond prices the way they are, that may be longer than I had hoped)
B) Finish talking hubby into such upgrade and
C) (turns out, the hardest to accomplish of all of them with my picky, type A personality) decide what stone setting combo will make me happy long term
I used to think I wanted to simply reset my diamond into a decliate rose gold with pink melee Leon halo, but recently saw a bunch of halos in person and (gasp!) didn't care for them on me. I was pretty dissapointed to realize that I had lusted over this ring in my head forever and found out that I was wrong all along.
I have also over the years thought I wanted: a round with baguettes, an oval with pears, an EC in a pave setting, a chunky cushion in a delicate yellow gold solitaire, and the tacori 2525 or 2643 (halos with baguettes). And I check pricescope at least once a day for new arrivals hoping to see something that is "the one." Since I realized that halos aren't my thing IRL, I am now thinking of upgrading my stone since 0.70 is just not enough diamond for moi!
One thing I have learned is that settings look SOOOO different IRL than online and that it is best to just go see them when possible. Same for diamonds....ECs are just beautiful in person IMO but don't do it for me in pictures for some reason.
I guess what I am saying is....how did you do it? Did you diligently research until "the one" jumped out at you? Did you go see every stone/setting combo in your state until you felt prepared to go custom? Did you just happen to love the ring your hubbs picked out for you? Why do you feel like your wedding set is perfect for you? Thanks!
A) Have the cash to upgrade (and with diamond prices the way they are, that may be longer than I had hoped)
B) Finish talking hubby into such upgrade and
C) (turns out, the hardest to accomplish of all of them with my picky, type A personality) decide what stone setting combo will make me happy long term
I used to think I wanted to simply reset my diamond into a decliate rose gold with pink melee Leon halo, but recently saw a bunch of halos in person and (gasp!) didn't care for them on me. I was pretty dissapointed to realize that I had lusted over this ring in my head forever and found out that I was wrong all along.
I have also over the years thought I wanted: a round with baguettes, an oval with pears, an EC in a pave setting, a chunky cushion in a delicate yellow gold solitaire, and the tacori 2525 or 2643 (halos with baguettes). And I check pricescope at least once a day for new arrivals hoping to see something that is "the one." Since I realized that halos aren't my thing IRL, I am now thinking of upgrading my stone since 0.70 is just not enough diamond for moi!
One thing I have learned is that settings look SOOOO different IRL than online and that it is best to just go see them when possible. Same for diamonds....ECs are just beautiful in person IMO but don't do it for me in pictures for some reason.
I guess what I am saying is....how did you do it? Did you diligently research until "the one" jumped out at you? Did you go see every stone/setting combo in your state until you felt prepared to go custom? Did you just happen to love the ring your hubbs picked out for you? Why do you feel like your wedding set is perfect for you? Thanks!