Christina...
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I really should have waited to post until I had some better photos, but, well, we could be waiting forever, so this is what you get!
I've never had a wedding ring, but not because DH didn't want to buy me one, but because I thought it was silly to buy something to match an e-ring setting that I knew I wanted to change. It's always bothered DH (and well, me too) that I didn't have one and since my dream setting keeps being put on the back burner, DH decided that now was as good a time as any! He always makes such good decisions!
I've only worked with one PS vendor and I've really been wanting to work with a few of the others that come so highly recommended. I knew that my budget was tight for what I wanted, but I had my fingers crossed that one of the three vendors I contacted could make it work for me. I contacted IDJ, ERD and WF. I had a strong preference to work with WF but suspected that they would be out of my budget, but I was very very pleasantly surprised! ERD was by far the highest quote I received, IDJ came in $50 under all three, but WF offered me more than the others could by FAR...quality, value, and FANTASTIC customer service!
All of which are worth many many times more than my lowest (barely) quote! This was my very first custom project and I of course expected that I would have to pay a premium for custom work, but I can say that WF beat (significantly) the prices being offered for stock settings by many of the vendors considered value oriented. I feel as though they worked very hard to make every effort to meet my budget without sacrificing quality and service, and they even went beyond that. I feel as though I'm gushing 
but truly, I can't say enough about Liza, Vera, Leon and the rest of the team at WF...you were amazing, and I appreciate more than you know the effort you put into creating my very first wedding ring! 
WF is incredibly quick to respond to all emails, in fact I felt as though I was keeping THEM waiting for a response. I LOVE diamonds, but when it comes to settings, I'm absolutely clueless! I know that I was sort of a double whammy to Liza, because I both knew exactly what I wanted, and yet had not a clue how to articulate it! My eyes sort of glaze over when I listen to all you setting gurus talk your stuff on threads asking for advice. I still have no idea if there is a difference between shared prong and common prong. eek! So, Liza had her work cut out for her! After a few exchanges of photos and a few emails to my girl Yssie (thank you!!) I felt confident that Liza knew exactly what I was looking for! I was told to expect my CAD in 10 business days, but they had it back to me within 4!!! It was exactly perfect!!! I was then told to expect about 14 business days for the ring to be cast...I think it was 5 or 6 days later and I received finished photos!!! Incredibly fast IMO!! Two days later and my ring arrived and was much more beautiful and perfect than I had hoped!
I know that much of this isn't news to many of you who have been using WF for years, but for all of the newbies out there who are looking for an amazing vendor who will go out of their way to assist you and work extremely hard to make you happy within YOUR budget, WF is certainly worth contacting!
So another huge thank you to WF, I know that these photos don't do it justice but I didn't want to keep you waiting any longer so here it goes.
14kt
shared prong
.05 melee
H/I melee (my center stone is a J
oh, and though the pictures don't actually show it....you can seriously see the arrows in their melee, it's very cool!!
pics.....
I've never had a wedding ring, but not because DH didn't want to buy me one, but because I thought it was silly to buy something to match an e-ring setting that I knew I wanted to change. It's always bothered DH (and well, me too) that I didn't have one and since my dream setting keeps being put on the back burner, DH decided that now was as good a time as any! He always makes such good decisions!
I've only worked with one PS vendor and I've really been wanting to work with a few of the others that come so highly recommended. I knew that my budget was tight for what I wanted, but I had my fingers crossed that one of the three vendors I contacted could make it work for me. I contacted IDJ, ERD and WF. I had a strong preference to work with WF but suspected that they would be out of my budget, but I was very very pleasantly surprised! ERD was by far the highest quote I received, IDJ came in $50 under all three, but WF offered me more than the others could by FAR...quality, value, and FANTASTIC customer service!
All of which are worth many many times more than my lowest (barely) quote! This was my very first custom project and I of course expected that I would have to pay a premium for custom work, but I can say that WF beat (significantly) the prices being offered for stock settings by many of the vendors considered value oriented. I feel as though they worked very hard to make every effort to meet my budget without sacrificing quality and service, and they even went beyond that. I feel as though I'm gushing but truly, I can't say enough about Liza, Vera, Leon and the rest of the team at WF...you were amazing, and I appreciate more than you know the effort you put into creating my very first wedding ring! WF is incredibly quick to respond to all emails, in fact I felt as though I was keeping THEM waiting for a response. I LOVE diamonds, but when it comes to settings, I'm absolutely clueless! I know that I was sort of a double whammy to Liza, because I both knew exactly what I wanted, and yet had not a clue how to articulate it!
My eyes sort of glaze over when I listen to all you setting gurus talk your stuff on threads asking for advice. I still have no idea if there is a difference between shared prong and common prong. eek! So, Liza had her work cut out for her! After a few exchanges of photos and a few emails to my girl Yssie (thank you!!) I felt confident that Liza knew exactly what I was looking for! I was told to expect my CAD in 10 business days, but they had it back to me within 4!!! It was exactly perfect!!! I was then told to expect about 14 business days for the ring to be cast...I think it was 5 or 6 days later and I received finished photos!!! Incredibly fast IMO!! Two days later and my ring arrived and was much more beautiful and perfect than I had hoped!I know that much of this isn't news to many of you who have been using WF for years, but for all of the newbies out there who are looking for an amazing vendor who will go out of their way to assist you and work extremely hard to make you happy within YOUR budget, WF is certainly worth contacting!
So another huge thank you to WF, I know that these photos don't do it justice but I didn't want to keep you waiting any longer so here it goes.
14kt
shared prong
.05 melee
H/I melee (my center stone is a J
oh, and though the pictures don't actually show it....you can seriously see the arrows in their melee, it's very cool!!
pics.....
You're so funny! A couple of the pics were done in outside containers, but most were in DH's 'prized' wildflower garden. I had to give up pretty quick because I met a snake on my way from one flower to another! 
Things should settle in soon though, so I'll be looking around. I forgot to mention that the band is 2mm RG but because my skin is so pink, I think it looks YG so I was disappointed about that. I think that I really need a thinner band for when I wear all three and a wider band for when I wear the eternity alone. I just need to decide on metal colors. I could really get into this stacking stuff though!! 
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