My mom''s anniversary surprise!

[alexah]

I promised pics of the upgrade e-ring my dad gave to my mom for their 40th Anniversary (today)

sorry if the shots are fuzzy - we need a new camera

The story behind the ring is posted HERE.

 

[alexah]

Box shot

 

[alexah]

Hand shot

 

[treysar]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!1 WOW! What a firey sparkeball!! She must have totally FLIPPED!!!

Looks like you did a GREAT JOB!! I want to hear about her reaction!!

 

[reena]

umm, it's GORGEOUS! please please tell us what happened when mom saw it!

 

[alexah]

Thanks Treysar

What an adorable kitty in your avatar!

Honestly, I wasn't there when he gave the new ring to her but she called earlier & sounded unbelievably thrilled! Funny, my dad actually sounded annoyed by how excited she is about the ring - she can't stop looking at it/talking about it/it has to be in every pic - boy, he'd loooove PS

ahem.

He'd actually taken her out for dinner at Daniel last nite, for a carriage ride in the Park & gave her the ring at midnite when they got back to their hotel suite... still romantic after 40 yrs - i should be so lucky

 

[alexah]

Thanks Reena

Luckily it was a sunny day so she was getting the full effect of how sparkly a diamond should be - she was totally thrilled!

Another funny dad anticdote - he was surprised when he saw it how "small" the diamond was for "that kind of money". He paid like $500 for her first ring so he was thinkin he was springin for a boulder at $11+K for this ring

 

[Lynn B]

Gorgeous ring!

Simply beautiful. And what a lovely story!

BTW, what are the "specs"?!

Lynn

 

[pearcrazy]

The ring is gorgeous. Congratulations to them on their anniversary.

 

[alexah]

Oh - the specs

Center stone's from DI
H&A AGS Ideal 0
1.736 H SI2 (eye clean)
7.81 x 7.83 x 4.74
Table 56
Depth 60.6
Girdle 08-1.4
Crown Height: 15.2%
Crown Angle: 34.8
Pav Angle: 40.9
Pav Depth: 43.2%
HCA 1.6

The band's made up of eight 4-pointers in a shared prong platinum setting, size 7. The 4 prongs holding the center stone are turned NSEW instead of at the corners.

Thanks Lynn & pearcrazy!

 

[sevens one]

Oh Alexah, I've been waiting for this. It's beautiful. What a romantic story. That's so sweet.
The ring is amazing. I thought it was atleast 2cts.

 

[quaeritur]

YAAAAYYYYYY!!!! It came out AWESOME!!! Awwww, and what a cute story, your dad cracks me up! I really think that ring came out spectacular. Congrats to you too for doing the legwork and getting her something she loves

.

 

[noobie]

Wow Alexah, it turned out amazing! What a great job you did helping out. I like the setting much better than the Martin Flyer one you were originally looking at. Oh, what a huge rock!

 

[KBerly]

Oh Alexah! It looks beautiful

I was hoping we would be able to see the finished product. Glad to see your mom was ecstatic, we all knew she would be, how couldn't she

Great story too!!

 

[msbennie]

Very, very nice ring...looks very similar to Jennifer's new e-anniversary ring....

 

[Jennifer5973]

WOWEE! It is AWESOME!

Another Clean SI2, H stunner!

Hey, this GORGEOUS shared-prong setting looks awefully delicious...and familiar...No wonder I love it.

Your mom will treasure it forever!

 

[Patty]

Alexah, I'm so glad that you mom loves it! I'm not surprised, though. I love that your dad was shocked that it wasn't bigger, lol.

 

[Jennifer5973]

Thanks, alexah!

That's another thing I love about how your mom's ring turned out--the prongs are very subtle. All you see is BIG gorgeous rock.

This was my preference too. It turned out by "accident" on the first go-around my husband surprised me with but when we upgraded, I specifically asked for sturdy but subtle prong work.

 

[elepri]

Alexah,
the ring turned out beautiful, i just love the prongs. Your mom must be absolutely thrilled.

 

[alexah]

Thanks again everyone!

I just spoke w my mom again & she was positively gushing about how much she loves it!

Unfortunately, the sizing seems to be a bit off (the band's too large) - does anyone know if sizing balls will do the trick? Any other ideas?

Elepri, how are you enjoying your beautiful e-ring? I remember that this stone & yours are v similar...

 

[canuk-gal]

Hi

Delightful story--what great use of your experiences to such a delightful end for your Mom!! You'll feel wonderful everytime you look at her hand!

cheers

Sharon (P.S. Alexa, although we didn't win the Stanley Cup, at least a Calgary boy won us our first Gold Medal in gymnastics in Greece!!)

cheers

Sharon

 

[alexah]

Thank you Sharon!

Btw, I was totally rooting for Calgary during the finals - they had it won and, inexplicably, they choked

It would've been so great for all their amazing fans if they'd won, esp since there may not be (much of) a season this year.... altho i don't wanna imagine a winter w/out hockey to look forward to!

 

[Dancing Fire]

alexeh
congrat to your mom,what a beautiful ring ,you did a great job picking this one,love those invisible prongs, very neat.

 

[Rowan]

WOW!!!

 

[Lal]

Beautiful!
I'm thinking of doing a setting similar to that. Curious- do you know what the diameter is for the band set with the 4 pointers? I heard it should be around 2 mm?

 

[alexah]

Thanks a lot VT, Rowan & Lal

To answer your Q Lal, I'd say it's approx'ly 2.5mms. My e-ring band is 3mms & it looked just slightly smaller - maybe it was because of the heavy platinum prongs holding the sidestones. The band portion w/out the sidestones was a tad thinner - probably 2mms.