Show Me Your Diamond Studs!

[leyhuong]

Heididdl,
I like the warm tone reflected from the background. This photo look very nice but could be better. The quality of the photos depend a lot on the type of camera you use. I took mine with the LG G2. I think it is a great camera phone. Or you could try out any other phone/camera you find handy but remember to test the angles of the shoots. That will make a big difference.

I can never get a great photo of mine

 

[heididdl]

Thank you will try with my new eye pad

 

[Gemmy123]

New to me .70 ctw diamond studs on my elf ears. I love them!

 

[LittleBigBling]

Here is my 2.4 ctw studs one is a J and the other is an I, SI2 clarity. Boy are the ear shots tricky... I've been debating whether I should bezel these babies, have a jacket made, or wait and attempt and upgrade. Choices, choices, choices!

 

[heididdl]

Here is my 2.4 ctw studs one is a J and the other is an I, SI2 clarity. Boy are the ear shots tricky... I've been debating whether I should bezel these babies, have a jacket made, or wait and attempt and upgrade. Choices, choices, choices!

mine are the same size and I've been thinking the same thing. I will get jackets I think as I wear these every day witout a thought but the jackets would be awesome for extra dress up bling. the bezel takes away from the stone In my HO

 

[LittleBigBling]

Here is my 2.4 ctw studs one is a J and the other is an I, SI2 clarity. Boy are the ear shots tricky... I've been debating whether I should bezel these babies, have a jacket made, or wait and attempt and upgrade. Choices, choices, choices!

mine are the same size and I've been thinking the same thing. I will get jackets I think as I wear these every day witout a thought but the jackets would be awesome for extra dress up bling. the bezel takes away from the stone In my HO

Thanks for your thoughts, and I think you are right. What a great way to amp up your earrings. At a formal Christmas party this year I wore my beloved studs, but felt like I needed a little something more!!! But I don't think my stones are high enough in the "C" department to pull off a bezel. Do you think jackets would look nice with my current four prong basket settings or are they better with martinis?

 

[heididdl]

Here is my 2.4 ctw studs one is a J and the other is an I, SI2 clarity. Boy are the ear shots tricky... I've been debating whether I should bezel these babies, have a jacket made, or wait and attempt and upgrade. Choices, choices, choices!

mine are the same size and I've been thinking the same thing. I will get jackets I think as I wear these every day witout a thought but the jackets would be awesome for extra dress up bling. the bezel takes away from the stone In my HO

Thanks for your thoughts, and I think you are right. What a great way to amp up your earrings. At a formal Christmas party this year I wore my beloved studs, but felt like I needed a little something more!!! But I don't think my stones are high enough in the "C" department to pull off a bezel. Do you think jackets would look nice with my current four prong basket settings or are they better with martinis?

Not sure I keep running into jewelry stores but no one has jackets they say sure we will make them for you but I'd like to see them and practice I don't know about the basket settings and jackets

 

[SMC]

My BGD studs are here!

Stats:
- 0.518 J SI1, Brian Gavin Blue with very strong blue fluorescence, 5.14 x 5.18 x 3.17
- 0.534 J SI1, Brian Gavin Blue with strong blue fluorescence, 5.19 x 5.23 x 3.21

They are well matched and my fears of being able to see the size difference were unfounded.



(Please excuse the bad cell phone pictures.)

 

[junebug17]

They look fantastic sortmon, and are the perfect size!! Congrats and enjoy them!

 

[Confection10]

You all have very charming earrings/studs. No one need to be ashamed of; diamonds are diamonds, always, on whatever size

Here is my JbEG purchase last summer; http://jewelsbyericagrace.smugmug.com/Jewelry/Earrings/150ctw-Antqiue-cushion-Cut/29143029_S8dj84#!i=2492706855&k=QbSLRxh

 

[Andelain]

I love this thread. Here's the studs I have with me at the moment, a pair of .82 TCW ACA F-SI's, a pair of .54 TCW BGD Sig F-SI2's and a pait of .25 TCW WF presets. I love these sizes together.

 

[SMC]

I love this thread. Here's the studs I have with me at the moment, a pair of .82 TCW ACA F-SI's, a pair of .54 TCW BGD Sig F-SI2's and a pait of .25 TCW WF presets. I love these sizes together.

Argh, it's pictures like these that make me want to put more holes in my ears. I only have 1 in each ear!

 

[recordaras]

My studs have a bit of a story to them. My wonderful fiance surprised me with a pair of 0.5ctw preset BN studs for Christmas, but unfortunately the threaded posts were murdering my ears (I've had screw backs before that were tolerable, but the BN ones felt like they were designed in a way to make your life as miserable as possible). We had the option of sending them back to BN to get new posts soldered on, but I was concerned that it would make the settings fragile, and if we were going to bother with shipping back and forth I figured we'd be better off returning those and starting from scratch with IDJ.

Luann was absolutely amazing to work with - we were operating with a VERY limited budget, but she never hinted at it not being enough and both she and Yekutiel were so kind and attentive. She quickly found a pair of .56ctw H-I SI studs for me, we discussed it with my fiance, and decided to go for it. I was a little nervous about the whole thing, but I ended up absolutely LOVING the studs! They are definitely much more sparkly and substantial than the BN ones, and the settings are so much nicer and more comfortable. And best of all, IDJ has an upgrade policy even on the non-certed studs!






Gah I have come to realize that there's just no way of taking a decent earring selfie...


And here's a slightly more in focus version.

 

[kalomeli]

They are just lovely, recordaras! And I couldn't agree more: trying to take earring selfies is just painful.

 

[recordaras]

They are just lovely, recordaras! And I couldn't agree more: trying to take earring selfies is just painful.

Thank you so much! And I'm sure there has to be some kind of trick to it - I tried just about everything imaginable, including the Photo Booth on my laptop, but *nothing* comes out looking even remotely decent.

 

[Candygrl]

My new 1.01 ctw SI1 J color studs from IDJ. Luann was so nice and really worked with my budget to get me a really nice pair of studs. Sorry the pictures aren't that great but ear selfies on an phone are hard! I have no idea how to rotate the other picture, sorry

 

[Candygrl]

Well after wearing them in different lighting conditions I've decided that I don't think they are a J, they seem L/M to me which is far too yellow for my taste. I'm going to return them and save longer for a higher color or go smaller in a better color. They are beautiful otherwise though.

 

[recordaras]

Well after wearing them in different lighting conditions I've decided that I don't think they are a J, they seem L/M to me which is far too yellow for my taste. I'm going to return them and save longer for a higher color or go smaller in a better color. They are beautiful otherwise though.

Sorry to hear about that! Dealing with returns is always such a hassle. But maybe it's a good thing that you realized this early on.

 

[lambskin]

Leyhuong, I am looking for a pair of jackets just like yours. I have 2 cttw (I carat each) diamond studs and want to add the bling. Can you give me infor re your studs and jackets. My studs are 4 prongs. What is your total weight for each stud? Are they heavy worn together?

 

[Candygrl]

Recordaras, I've worn them all weekend and most of the time they look great, but it's bugging me for some reason. They have an upgrade policy so of I don't return them I may upgrade them in a few months.

 

[recordaras]

Recordaras, I've worn them all weekend and most of the time they look great, but it's bugging me for some reason. They have an upgrade policy so of I don't return them I may upgrade them in a few months.

I definitely understand - usually there's no going back from that kind of stuff. I'm sure they will take good care of you no matter which way you decide to go.

 

[Lauren0utloud]

My wonderfully sweet boyfriend bought me 1 ctw stud diamonds for our second anniversary. They are .50 to .51 each. I've been asked several times if they were a carat each. The one photo shows the .48 ctw diamond pendant he bought me for Christmas this year. He enjoys looking at my diamonds as much as I enjoy wearing them. Cost him around $4,000 for studs and $1,500 for single pendant(not including gold chain and gold setting). Everyone's diamonds are so beautiful!

 

[Candygrl]

LaurenOutloud we need an ear shot please

 

[refraction]

I love everyones earrings here! This thread was a big inspiration for me to purchase my first diamond studs, so thank you to everyone who posted their gorgeous studs and ear shots too!

I asked my SO about the possibility of purchasing the pair of 0.25ct each AVR studs, and without hesitation he just asked what I was going to wear in my second holes and suggested I get TWO pairs of diamond studs. I'm seriously one lucky gal to have someone who suggests buying more diamonds than I asked for.

They are pretty tiny, but here are my two new pairs of AVR studs!
1st pair, 0.5cttw
2nd pair, 0.23cttw
Settings are three-prong martini, 14k white gold, push-backs, from GOG.



(pictured next to my 1ct AVR solitaire for reference)

 

[MichelleCarmen]

I love everyones earrings here! This thread was a big inspiration for me to purchase my first diamond studs, so thank you to everyone who posted their gorgeous studs and ear shots too!

I asked my SO about the possibility of purchasing the pair of 0.25ct each AVR studs, and without hesitation he just asked what I was going to wear in my second holes and suggested I get TWO pairs of diamond studs. I'm seriously one lucky gal to have someone who suggests buying more diamonds than I asked for.

They are pretty tiny, but here are my two new pairs of AVR studs!
1st pair, 0.5cttw
2nd pair, 0.23cttw
Settings are three-prong martini, 14k white gold, push-backs, from GOG.



(pictured next to my 1ct AVR solitaire for reference)

Both pairs are beautiful! You're lucky to have two new sets to play with and wear

 

[gem_anemone]

Just wanted to add my preloved diamond studs to the mix! 0.90 tcw sold to me as SI2/I which with my little bit of diamond knowledge and having them checked out by my jeweler seems right:
Next to my E colored ering:


Earshot

 

[Bailey_Lou]

Very pretty!

 

[JMLgoodlife]

The studs are bezel set 1 ct tw I don't remember other specs but they were a gift from my mom for graduation. The jackets were a golden birthday present from her too because clearly the only present for a golden bithday is gold and diamonds
Here are my other studs. 1 ct tw with and without jackets .5 ct tw bezel set and .30 ct tw prong set with horrible screw backs that irritate my ears

 

[Bailey_Lou]

I just received these from WF as a push present and they are just gorgeous. They're .63 J/K VS2 ACA in the platinum martini setting and I really cannot believe how white and just sparkalicious they look! I also really am liking the pousette backs. They hold the studs in securely. This thread has been one of my favorites since I found PS and I finally get to add my pics as well.

 

[two_little_birds]

My new BGD studs... they sparkle like mad!

Hearts & Arrows
AGS000
VS1 clarity for both
I colour for both
.838ctw (0.416 and 0.422)
14k white gold six-prong setting