UpgradeMe
Rough_Rock
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I first posted back in July, asking about reset vs upgrade options. This is my original thread. https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/reset-or-upgrade.91100/ Here I am several months later still wondering what I should do. I''ve gone round and round, thinking about different styles and have finally decided on 2 options that I just can''t choose between. I would like to present these two options to Hubby and let him decide.
My original post had suggestions of doing a 3 stone ring and I really did give that a lot of consideration. I even bought a cheapy 3 stone ring that I wore around for a while. I loved the profile of this particular ring but just decided the 3 stone wasn''t for me. I also gave a lot of thought to doing a saphire center stone but in the end decided that I''d really rather have a diamond and incorporate the saphire in a band.
Twice now I have contacted Sarah at GOG and she is the sweetest person ever. I decided I wanted an oval and contacted her to see if she could point me in the right direction, given the budget that I had. Ultimately, I would love to have an oval. However, I''m starting to think that at this point it would be better to just do the reset. How do you guys handle working with someone so nice and then not getting something from them? I have major guilt!
So here are my two options I''m going to present Hubby with. Bear with me, as I''m gonna have to provide a lot of links.
1. Use my center stone in a setting like this http://www.faycullen.com/diamond_ring_settings/500/967m2d.html I don''t want the band to be an eternity style though, just like 3/4 so that I could resize in the future if needed. My stone is .50 (I think, I haven''t had it appraised ever. Just going from what I''ve been told.) If you scroll down on the FC site you can click on the link that shows the profile of the center stone and I would like to have it more like this one with a halo around it. http://www.knoxjewelers.biz/index.htm?crn=213&rn=1099&action=show_detail However, I want the center stone to be bezel and then the halo to show face up and on the side. Does that make sense? Then I''d flank each side with a thin 3/4 eternity band.
2. Use my center stone in this type of setting. http://www.knoxjewelers.biz/index.htm?crn=213&rn=848&action=show_detail With the bezel around the stone and then halo on top and side again. Then I''d add this BevK band http://www.pearlmansjewelers.com/jewelry-designers/beverley-k-jewelry/rings/ (it''s style 04PP1, with saphires) and also a super thin (1.7 maybe?) 3/4 eternity band.
So...where do I go from here? I''d like to give Hubby options as far as where to proceed to. Would I just choose a vendor and then send them my stone? Yikes! That feels scary, to think about sending my stone in! And do the styles I am looking at paired with the custom envolvement look like they could be done on a slim budget given that I would be providing the center stone? (Slim as in about $2000?)
Thanks for putting up with all my questions! I hope someone can at least point me in the right direction.
Margo
My original post had suggestions of doing a 3 stone ring and I really did give that a lot of consideration. I even bought a cheapy 3 stone ring that I wore around for a while. I loved the profile of this particular ring but just decided the 3 stone wasn''t for me. I also gave a lot of thought to doing a saphire center stone but in the end decided that I''d really rather have a diamond and incorporate the saphire in a band.
Twice now I have contacted Sarah at GOG and she is the sweetest person ever. I decided I wanted an oval and contacted her to see if she could point me in the right direction, given the budget that I had. Ultimately, I would love to have an oval. However, I''m starting to think that at this point it would be better to just do the reset. How do you guys handle working with someone so nice and then not getting something from them? I have major guilt!
So here are my two options I''m going to present Hubby with. Bear with me, as I''m gonna have to provide a lot of links.
1. Use my center stone in a setting like this http://www.faycullen.com/diamond_ring_settings/500/967m2d.html I don''t want the band to be an eternity style though, just like 3/4 so that I could resize in the future if needed. My stone is .50 (I think, I haven''t had it appraised ever. Just going from what I''ve been told.) If you scroll down on the FC site you can click on the link that shows the profile of the center stone and I would like to have it more like this one with a halo around it. http://www.knoxjewelers.biz/index.htm?crn=213&rn=1099&action=show_detail However, I want the center stone to be bezel and then the halo to show face up and on the side. Does that make sense? Then I''d flank each side with a thin 3/4 eternity band.
2. Use my center stone in this type of setting. http://www.knoxjewelers.biz/index.htm?crn=213&rn=848&action=show_detail With the bezel around the stone and then halo on top and side again. Then I''d add this BevK band http://www.pearlmansjewelers.com/jewelry-designers/beverley-k-jewelry/rings/ (it''s style 04PP1, with saphires) and also a super thin (1.7 maybe?) 3/4 eternity band.
So...where do I go from here? I''d like to give Hubby options as far as where to proceed to. Would I just choose a vendor and then send them my stone? Yikes! That feels scary, to think about sending my stone in! And do the styles I am looking at paired with the custom envolvement look like they could be done on a slim budget given that I would be providing the center stone? (Slim as in about $2000?)
Thanks for putting up with all my questions! I hope someone can at least point me in the right direction.
Margo
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