No longer a girlfriend...

[KBerly]

GBC

Your ring is drop dead gorgeous chickie!! I LOVE

those side shots, low profile with tons of bling, and those double prongs, yum

congratulations, and thanks for all the great pics

 

[appletini]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I knew he wouldn''t keep you waiting. Your Leon masterpiece is absolutely stunning and your diamond looks huge! We will have to meet for dinner again soon so that I can see that in person!!! I''m so happy for you!!!

 

[rms]

that is truly a piece of art. Unbelievably beautiful. It looks amazing. Congratultions!!

 

[bluedawg]

Holy cannoli

What an absolutely beautiful, breathtaking ring! The side shot is just spectacular. Oh, wow...
And the flower shots show the fire from that center stone... blinding.

Congratulations on your engagement!

 

[mrssalvo]

Ginger - It''s absolutely AMAZING, STUNNING, GORGEOUS, I LOVE it

I''ve always wondered what a Leon Creation would look like with a round, most of the pics on his site are other shapes. Your ring turned out beautifully and looks incredible on your hand. What a sweet proposal story.
i''ve got to back and look at all the pics again, as if I don''t have enough drool on my computer already

 

[blueroses]

GINGER!!!!!!!!

HOW WONDERFUL!!!! I just ADORE your proposal story-so personal and unique and special to you two as a couple!! And I love that you launched across the seat and decimated the cup and spilled everywhere and I love that the ring wasn't even the first thing on your mind b/c you were SO HAPPY!

.....and WHOA. Leon does it again! When I saw that side view my jaw literally dropped open. WOW!!!!! It is PERFECT! HOORAY!!!!!!! Just floored by it--honestly, there's no such thing as too many pictures, post away!


(p.s. what is your ring size?)

 

[fountainfairfax]

Ginger- your ring is BREATHTAKINGING BEAUTIFUL & simply amazing! Congratulations on your engagement and thanks for sharing with us- we can never get enough photos when rings are that spectacular!

 

[elepri]

Congrats! Very cool proposal story and I just love your ring! So sparkly and the setting is unique and beautiful, Leon''s work is amazing as always.

 

[curlygirl]

OH MY GOD!!! It is sooo gorgeous. Wow. I''m almost speechless! What a fabulous story and a simply stunning, beautiful, perfect Leon creation. I''m so jealous!! Congratulations!!!!

 

[twinkletoes]

CONGRATS ON YOUR PRE-WIFE STATUS!!!

And your ring is sofaking gorgeous! We''re not tired of the pictures - please post more! LOL

 

[Blue824]

what a cute proposal story!
congratulations to you and your pre-husband
your ring is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sevens one]

Oh GingerBread.
What a romantic proposal. I love it.
Nothing like love and fried chicken!

That ring is amazing. I love all the shots. ALL OF THEM>
I espcially like the side shots and the ones shooting off the gamma rays!

 

[Jennifer5973]

OMG--it is stunning!!!!!!

You must be so excited...

Congrats Ms. I-AM-NOW-A-FIANCEE!!!!!!!!!!!

ETA: Your photos are awesome-what fire from the stones--even the melee.

Incredible ring!

 

[belle]

beautemous!! love love love it!

 

[noobie]

Wow, that''s just beautiful. What a great job you guys did, and congrats as well.

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Oh my my my my......truely delightful

. Heartfelt congrats!

cheers--Sharon

 

[MelissaSue]

awww. ginger.. that story is too cute.. and your ring.. well.. its just amazing.. I love how it looks like a simple pave band soliitaire..from the top.. but then from the side.. MAJOR BLINGAGE!! I LOVE IT! Congrats! It must feel good to be off that list finally!

hehe.. so when is the wedding?!

I''m one of THOSE people now that I''m a BRIDE!!

 

[allycat0303]

Oh Ginger! That is so beautiful! I love the side profile, and the diamond is sooooo incredible. Looks wonderful on your hand, and the proposal story is just so sweet. Simple but something that you can both cherish forever! Congrats!

 

[Cath]

Wow, what a great proposal and beautiful ring! Love love LOVE the diamonds along the girdle! Wowee!! Congrats!!

 

[AndyRosse]

STUNNING!!!

Must.....stop.....drooling.............

 

[Ann]

Your ring is awsome! Sparks are flying outta that stone. And Leon''s work is perfection. Congratulations !
I told my husband your story - he said "is Frenchy''s still there?" He graduated Dec. ''77! So it''s been a while since we''ve been on campus. Love the shank on the ring, it is so feminine.

 

[snow_happy]

The only thing I was thinking when I saw your ring was OH MY GOSH!!!! It''s totally...completely...utterly beautiful! I particularly LOVE the side view. OH MY GOSH your ring is AMAZING!!!

I came here after reading your post on the LIW board and the engagement story is the CUTEST. I love how you two cruise out for junk food in the middle of the night. Your engagement story is one of the sweetest I''ve ever heard. I think it''s so perfect that he took you to the place you fell in love and escaped annoying college roommates!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

 

[sweetnghtmr]

OMG!! Congrats!!! I LOVE that ring http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxmk164BNUS the setting is so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I''m so happy for you!! !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HOUMedGal]

GIIIINNGGGGEEERRRR!!!!

OMG, it''s SOOOO freaking BEAUTIFUL and I think your story is totally cute! I knew he wouldn''t make you wait too much longer! And I''ll definitely be keeping an eye out at BCM and in the med center for a cute girl with a KNOCKOUT leon mege on her finger! Don''t worry, if a random girl grabs your hand and starts drooling, it''s probably me.

Congrats a million times over for graduating from the LIW list! I was so hoping you wouldn''t be on it too much longer!!!

And now, you have something new to obsess over...the wedding!

 

[HOUMedGal]

BTW, Ginger and Appletini....H-town get-together sometime???? I didn''t make it to the last one, but I''d love to meet you gals!

 

[gingerBcookie]

Oh! You guys are making my blush...

. Teehee! I love it! Thank you so much for all the compliments!! It''s like this huge RELEASE to FINALLY be able to post my ring on here and all the comments keep my giddy just-got-engaged high at its peak after it starts falling as real life (i.e. work, school) threaten to drag me back down to earth. I thought about why I love the comments so much here as opposed to the non-PS comments is that you guys appreciate, notice, and understand all the little details that we agonized over in choosing the diamond and the setting (I tried to explain briefly to some people and I just got blank stares when I mentioned milgraining, fire, brilliance, claw prongs, pave, table). i am most definitely going to try to get the pics from Leon, AND I just discovered this UNBELEIVABLE lighting at my best friend''s house that makes the ring absolutely INDESCRIBABLE. No worries, I won''t burden you guys with more pics now, but I am itching to go take pics there (as silly as I''ll look to the "lay" people

).

KBerly - I love the low setting. I''m a med student and am constanly in gloves and the ring slips right into it with out a hitch!

blue roses - I''m a 4.5, but the ring is a 4.75 and is a tiny bit loose, which is ok, I prefer slightly loose to account for summer swelling and perhaps sometime in the future -- pregnant swelling!

I want to tahank all the LIWs who kept me SANE (relatively) through out this whole process, who patiently walked me through my setting indecisiveness, and for understanding that although we obsess about the ring, TRULY what we are anxious for is to be able to take that next step together with the one who makes our hearts go ka-thump!

 

[jadeleaves]

That is one amazing ring! Congratulations

 

[Ivy]

Wonderful proposal. Congratulations

WOW!!!

What a gorgeous ring

. It is breathtaking and I'm sure you're just in awe of it. I'd be staring at it all day.

Best wishes.

 

[hellokitty]

Oh MY GOSH!!!! Ginger that is absolutly stunning!!!! Congratulations, you are now a "pre-wife " yaaaaayyy!!!!!
annna

 

[MissAva]

Wow Ginger you are one lucky girl!

Congrats!!!