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.
This morning we have a breathtaking wedding set that symbolizes 23 years of marriage. The engagement ring carries a stunning round brilliant diamond flanked by two round sapphires. The channel set wedding band boasts round brilliants and the anniversary band contains 6 baguettes with matching blue sapphires. We love the geometrical contrast of the bands, the yellow gold setting, and the mix of stones and cuts. Wow!
The C's: The center stone is a three stone ring with a Round Brilliant Cut Diamond weighing 1.01 carats, VVS1 in clarity, F color. On either side, I have a matched pair of AA round faceted, diamond cut natural blue sapphires with a total combined weight of 1.20 carats. and it has 14 SI2 clarity I color diamonds. My anniversary band contains 6 baguettes with matching blue sapphires.
Setting: The center diamond on the engagement ring is set in 14 karat with white gold prongs.
About this ring: This is my new wedding set after 23 years of marriage. The channel set wedding band is an heirloom and belonged to my mother.
This morning's ring boasts a perfect princess cut center stone. Flanked by two baguettes and set in platinum, the ring is classic and exquisite. Bet you didn't know that...
- the Princess cut is the second most popular cut shape next to the round brilliant
- the face-up shape of a diamond looks like an inverted pyramid
- the Princess cut is sometimes refered to as the "square modified brilliant"
- the Princess cut was introduced in 1960 by A. Nagy of London
Setting: Baguette Sidestones set on platinum
We have an incredibly unique heirloom ring to share with you today that is a piece of a bracelet in its original form. If you look closely, you can imagine what that bracelet must have looked like! And now, the round brilliant center stone contrasted with a series of emerald and other square cut diamonds makes for such a dramatic and eye catching cocktail ring!
About the ring: "My great grandmother was given a bracelet by her best friend, which she then passed down to her two daughters who split the bracelet into two pieces. From there, each daughter passed along certain pieces of the bracelet, reset in many different ways to their daughters and granddaughters (ME!) Each piece has retained its form from the original bracelet - stones have not been reset into new settings. This particular ring was set on a white gold band that my grandmother designed with a jeweler in Memphis."
We have quite a ring to share with you today. Yes, it is a one of a kind yellow diamond set in two rows of tiny diamonds from celebrity jeweler Alan Friedman. The double halo setting of the ring is similar to the cushion we featured in July and oh how we adore this look. Simply fabulous and and we are hoping to follow up to see what type of wedding band she picked to complement it!
Jeweler: Alan Freidman of Beverly Hills.
About this Ring: "It's from designer Alan Freidman of Beverly Hills who has a store off Rodeo (N Canon). He has created quite a name for himself working with pink & yellow diamonds. Check out the "press section" on his website. He has quite a resume...Janet Jackson & Carmen Electra rocked engagement rings from his collection. I almost passed out in the store! He has amazing stuff and he worked personally with my fiance selecting the ring. Everything is one of a kind. We never looked at rings together & he surprised me with mine big time! It has both yellow & white gold accents so it matches all my jewelry"
And the proposal is beyond perfection...
An Engagement Story: "He whisked me away for a little pre-Christmas getaway at the St. Regis hotel in Dana Point. The St. Regis is special to us because we stayed there when we first started dating. I thought we were just having a nice lunch and spa day but he clearly had something up his sleeve. After appetizers and champagne overlooking the grand lawn, we took a walk to catch the shuttle to the beachfront restaurant. We stopped along the way in the Botanical Garden (per his suggestion) where the gazebo was decorated with rose petals and tea light candles spelled out 'Marry Me?.' It was amazing! We enjoyed the garden for about an hour before heading into the spa for a couples massage, and later family joined us to celebrate that evening at the hotel (what a great surprise!)."
Today's ring belongs to a bride married in September of 2007. We love the vintage setting of this ring, the pave accents, and the delicate detailing on the trapezoid side stones. And, the wedding band compliments the ring so perfectly! Not to mention, we love the fact that her husband picked this out all on his own...bravo!
Cut: Radiant cut center stone with faceted trapezoid cut sides
Setting: Vintage
Jeweler: Steiners Jewelry
Wow is all we can say about today's ring. We love how the setting can be completely unique, yet still show off the brilliance of the center stone. It is completely stunning!
Cut: Round brilliant
Setting: 3 stone with small round brilliant accents on yellow gold
To end the week we have a vintage yellow diamond for you to enjoy. Happy Friday!
Cut: Yellow diamond with emerald cut, side baguettes
Carat: 4
Setting: platinum
Today's feature is a continuation of Tuesday's post...so get ready to see the awesome photos of how the ring transforms from a rough, dull unfinished piece of metal to a sparkly and beautiful engagement ring!
Cut off the sprue....
Just barely the beginning of grinding off bubbles and starting to smooth things out. Next time you see it, it will look totally different, smooth, shiny and perfect! After plenty of careful hand work, it will sit in a tumbler overnight that polishes it amazingly shiny. Got one bent prong too, no problem, that's normal. It will be straightened out.
There is still some fine tuning to do with the prong alignment, polishing, etc.
Here are the boys...natural rubies.
Ready to be presented to the unsuspecting bride-to-be
Cut: Princess Cut with 2 ruby sidestones
Setting: 14 carat white gold three stone prong setting
UPDATE:
This ring was made by the very talented David Scott Cole who makes unique handmade jewelry. Do check out his site and his Etsy store!
Its not often that we get to experience the process by which a man selects a ring for his beloved, but RingSpotters was lucky enough to receive detailed documentation of one man's journey to design the perfect ring for his bride to be. We hope you enjoy this short narrative of his process.
Early sketches...I knew I wanted some combination of diamonds and rubies...the princess cut seemed to make sense.
I found this on a google search and we changed the middle stone to a ruby.
I was originally going to have the ruby in the middle and diamonds to the sides, but received a random text in July and she changed her mind on diamonds - and loved how sparkly they are. I immediately called to switch the combination.
Here's the 14k white gold. It comes in the form of little roundish nuggets, almost exactly like Nerds candy.
The wax is (was) inside the white cylinder in the foreground, but the insane high temperature vaporizes it, leaving a hot, empty mold. That thing with the hole in it is the crucible. The gold will be melted in that. This is also pre-heated in a kiln as well.
Melting the gold with the torch. The crucible and mold are oriented sideways on this spring-wound centrifuge When the red knob is pulled, everything spins really fast and it slings the molten metal sideways into the mold.
Melting the gold with the torch. The crucible and mold are oriented sideways on this spring-wound centrifuge, when I pull the red knob, everything spins really fast and it slings the molten metal sideways into the mold.
This is what comes out of the mold, rough and ugly with bubbles and plaster dust all over it.
Thats all for today folks! Tune in on Thursday to see the finished (and gorgeous!) product. We know, the suspense is killing you!
