RingSpotters

Emerald Cut with Halo setting + Eternity Band

Celebrity Engagement Ring: Alexa Vega

Newlywed and Spykid Alexa Vega was spotted at the Wynn Nail Salon in LA with her custom engagment ring and wedding bands.  Her movie "From Prada to Nada" comes out today, so we thought we'd share this exclusive shot we received just this week.

Celebrity Engagement Ring: Natalie Portman

Fresh off of her Golden Globe win this week, we thought we'd feature the lovely, newly engaged Natalie Portman and her gorgeous engagement ring.

Ring Details: Antique mine-cut diamond set in a circular halo design, with a delicate pave diamond band. Certified conflict-free stones and made of recycled platinum. 

Three Stone Round Brilliant Engagement Ring with Halo Setting

We love today's ring & the creativity that went into not only this ring, but into the proposal as well. The round brilliant center stone is surrounded by tiny diamonds and flanked by two small round side-stones, set in a pave band. It's sparkly all around and simply a beautiful piece. This newly engaged bride got the surprise of her life when she went on what she thought was a family outing for an NBC segment on "Great places to take kids in San Diego", and you can see the rest here. 

 

Spotted: Samantha Mollen' Engagement Ring

A true "Ringspotter" sent these photos into us...singer Samantha Mollen getting Minx (a very fashionable "nail-do") at Wynn Nail Spa in Los Angeles. She happened to be wearing a fabulous of engagement ring that appears to be a round brilliant with a halo setting. And, is that a double band we see?

Round Brilliant Engagement Ring with Modified Halo Setting

Today's rings belong to a San Francisco couple married this past May. The bride's ring with the modified halo and double diamond studded band is a jaw dropper. We have serious ring envy and it's ridiculous how sparkly and elegant it is. The groom's band is an exquisite piece of jewelry as well. Such great taste all around!

Cut: Round Brilliant

Carat: 3 carat center stone, .1 carat sidestones

Jeweler: Sonny Sheik at SP Diamonds, San Francisco, CA  (415) 956-7125

An Engagement Story: We had talked about getting married but I wasn't expecting the ring for at least another year. My friend had recently gotten engaged so we were out looking for her engagement ring because she wanted to pick her own ring. We went to Shreve Company and I saw this beautiful ring in the case! It was a modified halo setting in white gold. I fell in love instantly because it was so huge and sparkly and didn't show in metal in the setting. I sent the pic to my boyfriend with the message ...'isn't this the most beautiful thing you have ever seen!'

That was in December.  After a couple months I figured it wasn't happening in the near future. My husband's close friend is a diamond broker and he had wanted to go see the Cartier Exhibit that was in San Francisco. We had planned to go with him and his brother but at the last minute they had to cancel for work reasons, but on my husband's suggestion, we went anyway. After seeing all the amazing jewelry including Grace Kelly's engagement ring and Elizabeth Taylor's sapphire and diamond collection we toured the rest of the Legion of Honor. We sat down in the main room and that is when he asked me to marry him! I started crying as soon as he took the box out of this pocket and then almost peed when I saw what was inside... I still think it is the most beautiful wedding ring I have ever seen :)"

Miner Cut Engagement Ring with Octagonal Halo Setting

We are re-featuring today's ring because not only did we realize that this is an antique miner cut diamond, but we also received the fascinating back story to this ring. How could we not?

The stone was given to this bride's great grandfather by the Czar of Russia while he was a guest at his home. The stone, which is over 100 years old, was reset into this fantastic octagonal halo setting by Schwanke-Kasten. Old miner cut diamonds are extremely rare today as they were the predecessor to the modern round brilliant cut diamonds. Just gorgeous!

Cut: Miner 

Setting: Octagonal halo with pave band

Jeweler: Schwanke-Kasten

Round Brilliant Engagement Ring with Micro Pave Halo + Wedding Bands

This morning, we have a great look for you..and one we may have to steal!  These rings belong to one of our friends and we have always thought it was so unique that she wore four bands as her wedding ring! Turns out, two of the bands are her actual wedding bands, and the two curvy rings are inexpensive pieces that she uses to layer and accessorize! As a new Mom, she wanted something a little more wearable, while still being stylish, and we love it!

She shared a picture of her bands with her engagement ring - a round brilliant encircled by a halo of micro paves.  Wow!

Cut: round diamond 

Setting: micro pave halo with pave band

Wedding bands: pave

Round Brilliant Engagement Ring with Halo Setting

This gorgeous round brilliant engagement ring comes to us from a California bride of 5 months. We can't get enough of the halo setting, and are loving the circular rings that we're starting to see a lot more of. They're sparkly, they're unique, they're gorgeous!

Cut: Round Brilliant

Setting: Halo

 

Cushion Cut Engagement Ring

Today's beauty belongs to a Santa Barbara native who will be celebrating her wedding in June of 2011. She fell in love with the setting at a jewelry store in Santa Barbara (same place her mom's ring is from - so cool!) and her fiance picked out the fabulous cushion cut center diamond.  "I loved the ring because it was very different from any other ring I had seen.  We had been looking for awhile."

Ringspotters loves this ring too.  Let us count the ways...  
1) The cushion cut center diamond just draws your eyes in and we can't seem to stop looking at it.  
2)  The double halo of paves are simply stunning  (we can't help but belt out a little Beyonce when we look at it)
3) The triple band just brings it all together and creates such a unique look  
4)  There are 126 diamonds in the setting. 

We have never seen anything quite like it! 

Cut: Cushion

Setting: 126 diamonds

An Engagement Story: "It was a beautiful night in SF in April, we had champagne on our roof deck, and then headed to our favorite neighborhood restaurant.  When we arrived, the entire staff knew what was about to happen and were standing in a line greeting us as we came in.  It was really cute, but I was still clueless.  We sat in the private room with our favorite server.  We went ate dinner, paid, and I got up to use the restroom.  When I came back, I thought we were leaving, so I put on my jacket, but Andrew asked me to sit down and take off my jacket.  Then he got down on one knee and proposed!  He had planned for all of our friends to meet us out to celebrate!  It was the best night!!"