Hey,
So last Christmas I finally got my dream upgrade. It was a long and winding road there though and I thought it would be fun to take a look at all the twists and turns!
So going left to right starting at the top:
1. My original ering, which hubby gave me 20 years ago. I adored this ring but wanted a change. I had the 3 diamonds made into a bezel solitaire pendant and a RHR set with a London blue topaz.
2. My dream ring was a cushion halo, realized when I went to upgrade that I didn't have the budget for the dream size so settled on this one (0.7). I did love it but there was lots of space around the center which drove me made so had it remade.
3. Next up was the remake, the halo was better proportioned but I lost a ton of coverage which I was not happy about so that went back for a remake.
4. The budget was not there for a bigger center so only way to get the coverage back was a double halo. I did like this version but felt that the center was lost in a sea of tiny pave diamonds!
5. Still wasn't 100% happy (bless my poor hubby!) but at this stage I was beginning to figure out what I actually liked V what I thought I liked from pictures so decided an oval would give me a bit more face up space and went with baguettes to have a bit more bling without the tiny diamonds! Also added a blingy wedding band! Loved this design and would have been very happy but the ring was not very well made, the center fell out (I found it thankfully!) and i also lost a couple of the halo diamonds! Was planning on having it remade but a flash sale scored me my last and final stone!
6. Finally managed to get my hands on my original dream upgrade!
Ok so that was a fun walk down memory lane, thank you for indulging me! Anyone else have a similar twisty road to their dream ring? Of mine below which is your favourite?
So last Christmas I finally got my dream upgrade. It was a long and winding road there though and I thought it would be fun to take a look at all the twists and turns!
So going left to right starting at the top:
1. My original ering, which hubby gave me 20 years ago. I adored this ring but wanted a change. I had the 3 diamonds made into a bezel solitaire pendant and a RHR set with a London blue topaz.
2. My dream ring was a cushion halo, realized when I went to upgrade that I didn't have the budget for the dream size so settled on this one (0.7). I did love it but there was lots of space around the center which drove me made so had it remade.
3. Next up was the remake, the halo was better proportioned but I lost a ton of coverage which I was not happy about so that went back for a remake.
4. The budget was not there for a bigger center so only way to get the coverage back was a double halo. I did like this version but felt that the center was lost in a sea of tiny pave diamonds!
5. Still wasn't 100% happy (bless my poor hubby!) but at this stage I was beginning to figure out what I actually liked V what I thought I liked from pictures so decided an oval would give me a bit more face up space and went with baguettes to have a bit more bling without the tiny diamonds! Also added a blingy wedding band! Loved this design and would have been very happy but the ring was not very well made, the center fell out (I found it thankfully!) and i also lost a couple of the halo diamonds! Was planning on having it remade but a flash sale scored me my last and final stone!
6. Finally managed to get my hands on my original dream upgrade!
Ok so that was a fun walk down memory lane, thank you for indulging me! Anyone else have a similar twisty road to their dream ring? Of mine below which is your favourite?
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