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Wonderful Experience Designing Ring with Brian Gavin Diamond

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alpha238

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This week DH and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. I’ve had two rings designed by Brian Gavin and purchased beautiful milgrain studs from him, so it was an easy decision to have him design and make this very special ring for me. The quality has always been top notch and the prices have been competitive with the other PS vendors. I’ve worked with Lesley and Denise and they are both great to work with.

I have always loved the ring that Brian designed for his wife Lesley and the engagement ring he designed for his daughter, too. Using these two beautiful rings as inspiration, I contacted Brian with some ideas I had for my ring. Both those rings had Brian’s signature ACA’s and marquise. I wanted the ACA’s but I wanted to use pears instead of the marquise.

I met with Brian and we drew up some ideas. He had his best guy design the CAD and create the setting. Throughout the process, Lesley sent me pictures which I will now share with you. The ring is absolutely gorgeous and I couldn’t be happier with the process.

Here are some pictures of the CADs and wax.

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Now for some pictures Lesley sent me of the metal work in progress and some diamonds set.

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Yay! I love the combo of rounds and pears, I can't wait for more pics!
 
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oh oh oh more pictures!!!!! love it so far!
 
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Congratulations on your 30th anniversary!!!! :appl: :appl: :appl:

These are really neat pictures, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished ring and hand shots. It's such a unique ring, congrats again.
 
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Thanks Asscherhalo, Sarahbear and fridays child. I'll post more pictures in a little while. I love my ring and am so happy with the way it turned out!
 
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30 years!! Congratulations!! wonderful (we are going to be at 27 in June!)

Love the creative process shots - hope you can keep posting more about how the ring was 'born'! It must be quite the sparkler with all those lovely diamonds in it! Can't wait to view more.... it's a beautiful celebration piece! :appl: :appl:
 
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wow- stunning, can't wait to see it all finished!
 
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Sorry it took so long to post more pictures. Had internet problems. Enjoy!

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Oh my!!!! That's gorgeous! Congratulations on your anniversary! That a beautiful piece you now have to commemorate your life with DH.
 
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Beautiful ring!!! :love: And happy anniversary, too!
 
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Thank you so much Enerchi, Swingirl and Diamond Seeker for the kind thoughts. Time really does fly. I can't believe it's been 30 years. Especially when I tell everyone I'm only 29 yrs old! :Up_to_something: :lol:
 
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Here's a picture of Lesley's ring next to my ring. Her's was the inspiration for my ring! Lesley's ring is made of rose gold and platinum. I think it is soooo gorgeous! I knew I had to have a ring made similar to hers.

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I'm posting a few hand shots which I took. I'm really lousy at taking pictures so bare with me. At least they'll give you a feel for the scale of the the ring.

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Oh my my... your new ring is totally stunning!

Congrats!
 
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What a gorgeous ring! I LOVE it :love:
 
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GORGEOUS!!!! :appl: :appl: :appl:

Love the shot of your's and Lesley's together - sisters in jewelry! :bigsmile: Thanks for the bonus photos :appl:

I know what you mean about the age vs anniversary thing - we are coming up to 27 years and I still feel like I'm 18 on the inside (but look one HUNDRED and 18 on the outside!)
 
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Congrats on your 30th anniversary Alpha!! :bigsmile: :appl:

Your new ring is beautiful. I remember your earlier posts, the finished ring is magnificent :love: :love :love: And you take lovely photos, thank you for sharing them with us!
 
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Thank you so much MissPrudential and Bright Ice.

Enerchi - I hear ya, time goes sooo fast!

Yssie- It's been so much fun.

Here's a couple more hand shots.

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How comfortable is the bold milgrain edge on the shank, alpha? I've seen this on a few of BGD's designs now, it's lovely and I'm wondering if it needs any special accommodations to make wearable.
 
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AMAZING RING - I love it!
 
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Yssie: the milgrain is very comfortable. I can't even tell that it's there. Brian did such a fantastic job on the milgrain, very delicate. It is absolutely perfect!
 
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Here's another picture with some of the milgraining.

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I just keep coming back to stalk this photo! It is gorgeous - really a beautiful job that they did for you.
 
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What a beauty! It looks great on you!
 
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Congratulations again on your anniversary! The ring looks great on you, it's so unique. Love the twin rings shot :wink2:
 
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Congratulations on your 30th! I love the unique style of your ring! So creative and different, very tasteful.
I have always chosen very different pieces & am fairly certain that besides Leslie you won't see your ring on someone's hand anywhere else. 8-)
I have been lurking on here for about 1 year to help chose my 15yr upgrade and have found all the BGD rings just gorgeous.
Enjoy!
 
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HI:

Gorgeous design!

cheers--Sharon
 
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Really unique and pretty!
 
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