Good Things Come To Those Who Wait!! I''M ENGAGED!!

[BlueKeet]

Beautiful. I had to come check out some more pictures of your ring after seeing them on SMTR. The beach doesn't look to shabby either. It sounds like he did a great job on the proposal.

 

[akw94]

Seattle, Congratulations! It sounds like you had an amazing night and such wonderful memories for your trip. The ring is beautiful..so unique and sparkly!

 

[Cailet]

GORGEOUS!!!!!

great photos

 

[FireGoddess]

I posted in SMTR but wanted to reiterate ... that stone is a KNOCKOUT and in such a unique setting. Beautiful!!

 

[Mandarine]

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

That is a BEAUTIFUL ring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love it, it''s truly beautiful...I love how the bands twist...looks like the "infinite" sign....don''t know if that was one of the reasons you chose it (I wasn''t on PS yet when you found your dream ring

) Infinite, Love forever, how cute

M~

 

[sk8rjen]

Seattle -- The ring pics are phenomenal!!! I love the flowers and the beaches -- and that ring is drop-dead gorgeous!!!

Worth the wait?

jen

 

[bling*diva*]

~~It''s gorgeous!!!! The setting is sooo unique, and it really complements the stone!! Congrats!!

 

[snuga]

BEAUTIFUL!! Your ring is so unique, and the pictures you took are stunning!!

 

[fisherofmengirly]

Wow! It''s BEAUTIFUL, Seattle! I just adore it. The flowers are breath taking, too. Gorgeous! You have something very, very pretty to symbolize your lives together. Enjoy engagement. It''s a blast!

 

[Fancy605]

YAY! What a lovely setting for an engagement, and that ring is gorgeous! I love the flower shots!

 

[IrishAngel7982]

Seattle that is just gorgeous! It''s so exciting to see the real thing too! Congratulations again, and awesome photography!

 

[SeattleSparkle]

thanks for all the wonderful comments!! It was nice to come home and to get everyone''s warm wishes.

Mandarine, my fiance (!) and I have a cute little story. One day, many years ago, my boyfriend said to me,"I love you." and I said "I love you too." Being a being of a smarty pants, he says, "I love you 3". I wasn''t really in the mood to play that game so I decided to throw him off and blurted out, "well, I love you 8!" and he counteracted with a "I love you 8? Why?"

Thinking fast, I said that I loved him 8 because it was infinity on his side.

So to this day we always say, "I love you 8" meaning that we''ll love each other for infinity. The weave of the band totally reminds me of that.

Sorry I didn''t get any hand pics done today. I went to dinner with a friend from college who was only in the area for one more day. Haha, while waiting for her to meet me downtown I went into Barnes & Noble to graze the wedding books. Ahh! I don''t know where to start!!

 

[~*Alexis*~]

Date: 9/6/2006 9:30:12 AM
Author: SeattleSparkle
Hey Alexis- I know it''s hard to keep all the rings straight. I have a hard time remember the backstories to all of them.

The setting originally stole my heart when I saw it in a local jewelry store in downtown Seattle, but it was set with a very brillant fancy yellow radiant that is absolutely humongous. That ring was a one of a kind and when I couldn''t find anything else like it, my bf went ahead and had them make one very similar. So I guess it''s custom. We put a smaller stone in it and there is less carat weight in my bigger band (the original band was about .1 more tcw and was a size 5.5, my ring is a size 6.5)

It felt so good to finally be able to fit my dream setting and ring onto my hand over my big ol'' knuckles!! lol!!

Oh geeze, I wear the same ring size....you think thats big? Oh boy. They say the average size of a ring finger is a 7.....I thought I was doing good.....

 

[BrightSpot]

Yowza----gorgeous ring!!! I love the contrast of the fluid setting & rectangular stone. Your radiant is absolutely stunning! (And you did a great job with the photos too!) Huge congrats to you on your engagement!!

 

[anchor31]

I adore your ring! Congrats!

 

[bobacha]

aaw seattle..
what a beautiful engagement story..
and the ring is stunning !!

luv all the flower shots.. did you take all of them on your vacation ?
i always wonder how you girls here find all those pretty flowers to take flower shots with

congrats!

 

[Eva17]

Congratulations on your engagement. Love the sand message.

Your ring is beautiful with a very unique setting. I love it

 

[SeattleSparkle]

Thanks for all of the wonderful comments and well wishes. Bobacha, all those flowers were from my trip.

Here is a new hand shot I just took. They aren''t nearly as good as the flower pics, but I''m trying to deliver on my promise for hand pics.

 

[SeattleSparkle]

Here's another of my very substantial sized 6.5 finger and hand. I'll try again tomorrow!

 

[sunkist]

Seattle your ring looks gorgeous on your hand!

Hey, I saw a pic of you and your Fiance over in LIW, what is his nationality? Is he Chinese? My Fiance is. I''m looking forward to cute, cute babies

If you two have children they will be adorable!

 

[SeattleSparkle]

Hey Sunkist, my also newly engaged friend!! My fiance is actually 100% Vietnamese. I don''t think that I want to have kids, but he has some cousins who are half and they are beautiful ( well, I think his is too!!)

Thanks for your kind words and best of luck with the wedding planning. I''m kind of at a loss of where to begin!!

 

[E B]

Absolutely gorgeous, and so obviously exactly what you wanted! Isn''t custom fun? I love pointing out the little things that make my ring mine!

 

[fatafelice]

Date: 9/7/2006 12:54:28 AM
Author: SeattleSparkle
thanks for all the wonderful comments!! It was nice to come home and to get everyone''s warm wishes.


Mandarine, my fiance (!) and I have a cute little story. One day, many years ago, my boyfriend said to me,''I love you.'' and I said ''I love you too.'' Being a being of a smarty pants, he says, ''I love you 3''. I wasn''t really in the mood to play that game so I decided to throw him off and blurted out, ''well, I love you 8!'' and he counteracted with a ''I love you 8? Why?''


Thinking fast, I said that I loved him 8 because it was infinity on his side.


So to this day we always say, ''I love you 8'' meaning that we''ll love each other for infinity. The weave of the band totally reminds me of that.

This is possibly one of the cutest things I have ever heard!!!

I haven''t been around much lately, but I just wanted to say...

YAY!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations!

I am in awe of that ring and so happy for you that the wait is over! Wear it in good health!

 

[wifey2b]

Congratulations SeattleSparkle!!! What a wonderful romantic way to propose too!!! I am still waiting for my browser to open up your pics

but I am sure your ring is stunning...but didn''t want to delay any longer in congratulating you on your engagement!!!

 

[SeattleSparkle]

Well, I hope that you enjoy what you see once you see the pictures!! Thank you for your kind wishes!!

 

[biokatie]

Hey, it is gorgeous! Absolutely STUNNING! I knew he''d bring the rock on the trip. Congrats!

 

[rainbowtrout]

GORGEOUS! Great story, I''ve always wanted to see Costa Rica! Love the great flower shots

 

[bling*diva*]

~~I love the hand pics!! I can''t wait to see more!!

 

[SeattleSparkle]

Thanks!! I''ll try to take some more soon. I''ve been so busy trying to get a few wedding ducks in a row!! Oh and I''m audition for American Idol this weekend so that has been taking up a lot of time too!!

 

[bling*diva*]

Date: 9/14/2006 9:25:02 PM
Author: SeattleSparkle
Thanks!! I''ll try to take some more soon. I''ve been so busy trying to get a few wedding ducks in a row!! Oh and I''m audition for American Idol this weekend so that has been taking up a lot of time too!!

~~You''re auditioning for AI this weekend?!!! That''s great!!! Good luck, and I hope everything works out for you!!! That''s so exciting!!!