Ignore me, Cehra! I was just yakking about my own biases. I think I love your stone so much, I was imagining it's mine!Date: 9/7/2006 11:24:12 PM
Author: Cehrabehra
Date: 9/7/2006 8:15:36 PM
Author: widget
Now don't get TOO creative and innovative on the mounting!!! LOL...or I'll come and get you! (JK)
I don't know what you mean about coming to get me if I get too creative LOL Is it an inside joke I'm missing?
I really didn''t think people liked it, I thought you guys were being polite lol It has such a strange look to it like a face only a mother could love lol! It does fantastic things in bending light though which was exactly what I wanted! I had almost as many rainbows by the moon as I do in the day!Date: 9/8/2006 12:26:25 PM
Author: widget
Ignore me, Cehra! I was just yakking about my own biases. I think I love your stone so much, I was imagining it''s mine!Date: 9/7/2006 11:24:12 PM
Author: Cehrabehra
Date: 9/7/2006 8:15:36 PM
Author: widget
Now don''t get TOO creative and innovative on the mounting!!! LOL...or I''ll come and get you! (JK)
I don''t know what you mean about coming to get me if I get too creative LOL Is it an inside joke I''m missing?
I guess I''m partial to traditional classic mountings, especially for classic stones like
this one. The picture you posted and ideas you mentioned sound lovely. It''s just that I tend to think if a concept is too ''innovative'', and hasn''t been seen in hundreds of years of ring design...then there must be a reason.
LOL...IGNORE ME! What do I know? I''m just SO thrilled you''re keeping that beauty! I KNOW you''ll have fun figuring finally how you''re going to mount it.
widget
I think that''s a bit too masculine for me LOL I am going to do 8 prongs though... but they''re going to be small and hold it to a little bezely shelf or something... and I''m hoping they can make it so that the prongs are extensions of the scrolls... the girdle on mine is med/sl thick so I really shouldn''t worry too much about it... I want it to look like a stone suspended over a mirror and a diamond studded lace veil has fallen over it. There are a TON of fay cullen rings like this except they aren''t over the mirror... here''s one... I just don''t want it to extend past the stone N/S so like this but more in a split shank size, but a split shank that stretches out a centimeter to the ends of the stone ( just not past it) and scroll tips/prongs that reach around the ends of the diamond, overlapping.Date: 9/8/2006 12:44:48 PM
Author: Scott 00
Hi CB,
Well I am glad that your search is finally over, now to the more difficult part, the setting! However, perhaps I can be of assistance in that area, since you and I both have a similar desire for a protected setting that wont eat up our precious stones
Here is something that I found after I finalized my design with Mark T, but I thought immediately of you. The part I think that fits isn''t necessarily the ornate aspect but rather how the stone is set in ''flush'' prongs, I suppose one might call it a quasi-bezel... hope this helps!
the setting is from Fay Cullen
LOL I keep thinking about this post!! I've seen rings that were *way* too modern for me, very aysmetrical and totally different... I actually like the old fashioned looks with engraving and milgrain and filligree... but I have certain things I really want... I want the part that touches my hand to just be smooth and solid metal I have a channel set band that bugs the hell out of me under the stones where the cut outs are. I want to reflect under the stone... I want the stone girdle set... I dont' mind if the crown sticks out but I definitely want it fairly flush so as not to catch on anything... same reason I want a split shank, so it's a smooth line to the ends of the stone and there isn't a head to catch on things... I love the look I'm just trying to be practical LOL! I love that look where head heavy diamonds topple to the side hehehe but I need something that wont catch. how the ring ends up could be totally different...Date: 9/8/2006 12:26:25 PM
Author: widget
Ignore me, Cehra! I was just yakking about my own biases. I think I love your stone so much, I was imagining it's mine!
I guess I'm partial to traditional classic mountings, especially for classic stones like
this one. The picture you posted and ideas you mentioned sound lovely. It's just that I tend to think if a concept is too 'innovative', and hasn't been seen in hundreds of years of ring design...then there must be a reason.
LOL...IGNORE ME! What do I know? I'm just SO thrilled you're keeping that beauty! I KNOW you'll have fun figuring finally how you're going to mount it.
widget
Yeah I don''t think it compares either - I like that last one BETTER than leon hehehe I know he''s really popular and his stuff is really beautiful, but it doesn''t suit my tastes... I really like edwardian and victorian stuff with the swirls and foofoo LOLDate: 9/8/2006 11:04:55 PM
Author: diamondseeker2006
Cehra, to be honest, I love the Leon Mege ring for your diamond!!!I also would not really want all that pave, but I think it needs it on the top surfaces. I''d engrave the sides and bottom and put milgrain everywhere. I think that circle at the bottom needs to stay open to keep the design right. I really don''t think that last setting can compare with the Leon.
I think from here out I''ll just have to keep you guys in suspense... hehehe it''s only gonna be a few months ;D I have at least three design elements that will be a surprise even if I change nothing else lol And I could change everything... there''s so much I like! We''ll see
I have a ton of ideas, some of which would just sound too weird to post but will be lovely custom touches... I think it''ll turn out great
I''ve never been very mainstream... my stone is certainly not, my approach certainly wasn''t LOL what I have in my head isn''t all that different from things I''ve seen, but it sounds so piecemeal when I try to explain it. Good thing the jeweler is close enough to drive to! lol
bahaha you''re so funnay!!! I think I''ll just go color the table on my diamond in black now, thanks ;D heheheDate: 9/10/2006 3:35:34 PM
Author:
Hee Hee - the photo of the ink drawing on your finger.... ''Private eyes (clap clap), they''re watching you, they see your every move..'' Sorry -- it just brought that song to my head!
I am glad you are happy with your beautiful stone my fire-fan buddy!
Date: 9/8/2006 12:26:25 PM
Author: widget
Ignore me, Cehra! I was just yakking about my own biases. I think I love your stone so much, I was imagining it''s mine!Date: 9/7/2006 11:24:12 PM
Author: Cehrabehra
Date: 9/7/2006 8:15:36 PM
Author: widget
Now don''t get TOO creative and innovative on the mounting!!! LOL...or I''ll come and get you! (JK)
I don''t know what you mean about coming to get me if I get too creative LOL Is it an inside joke I''m missing?
I guess I''m partial to traditional classic mountings, especially for classic stones like
this one. The picture you posted and ideas you mentioned sound lovely. It''s just that I tend to think if a concept is too ''innovative'', and hasn''t been seen in hundreds of years of ring design...then there must be a reason.
LOL...IGNORE ME! What do I know? I''m just SO thrilled you''re keeping that beauty! I KNOW you''ll have fun figuring finally how you''re going to mount it.
widget
Oy, I typed out this big long response and not only did the computer eat it, it locked up explorer so I just restarted and went to watch a movie LOL! I don''t remember what I said other than I love it! Oh yeah, something about being concerned that it would bug my finger the way my channel set ann band does - if my finger swells even a little it just chaffes it!! But I did see this one (I think I might like yours better though
) and have been toying with it in my head... At leaset that''s exactly what I want between or instead of split shanks... gorgeous!!
it probably is for cleaning, but I plan to leave the sides mostly open for that... and I agree that with the old cut stone I can''t do anything too modern, well I could but that wouldn''t suit me either... if this were an e-ring I''d probably just put it on a band with a baskety head and call it done (and get a band like the one I just posted without the center stone) hehehe but I really really don''t want to look like I''m engaged.Date: 9/10/2006 4:53:13 PM
Author: mrssalvo
also want to agree with widget here. you do have a beautiful stone that has the look of an old cut stone and I agree that something really showcases it''s beauty would be fab, nothing too complicated or ornate. Of course, it''s your ring and I''m sure whatever you decide will be great for you. I also wonder why the hole is there at the bottom of the leon setting. I always thought it had something to do with the ability to clean the stone. But it does appear to be in the design elements of that particular Leon ring. If you find out, please let us know.
wow I really like that! I think if I were getting a square stone I''d look no further! I can''t picture a long stone set n/s though... I could an e/w set though... my husband talked me into the N/s and after a bit I agreed with him... I think setting it n/s scratched the itch I had for an oval all these years even though as ovals go this would be a very stumpy oval! lol
I know, I''m an idiot... I really didn''t know what to compare it to and it''s the only large stone I''ve ever really spent time with outside of a store and some times it seemed fantastic and others just looked *weird*. I was looking at fata''s stone and it is like exactly like her cut except someone put it on a stretcher another couple mm just in the middle LOL The part that bugs me is my favorite part too, looking at the rounds I realized hey my stone does what those do *almost* just as well but mine does all these other weird things too. I thought I was giving up too much in performance and then I realized I''m not, it''s just different. Like I said, I''m an idiot!!! Hey, it''s over my budget too. My whole ring was supposed to be less than I paid for this stone LOL! whoooooops!!
Date: 9/11/2006 2:06:00 AM
Author: Cehrabehra
Oy, I typed out this big long response and not only did the computer eat it, it locked up explorer so I just restarted and went to watch a movie LOL! I don''t remember what I said other than I love it! Oh yeah, something about being concerned that it would bug my finger the way my channel set ann band does - if my finger swells even a little it just chaffes it!! But I did see this one (I think I might like yours better though
omg I don''t remember!! I think it''s a beverly K I''ll see if I can figure it out!!Date: 9/11/2006 9:41:42 AM
Author: Dee*Jay
Date: 9/11/2006 2:06:00 AM
Author: Cehrabehra
Oy, I typed out this big long response and not only did the computer eat it, it locked up explorer so I just restarted and went to watch a movie LOL! I don''t remember what I said other than I love it! Oh yeah, something about being concerned that it would bug my finger the way my channel set ann band does - if my finger swells even a little it just chaffes it!! But I did see this one (I think I might like yours better though
I like this A LOT! Can I ask where you found it?
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