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It’s here, and it’s stunning!!! 
The title gives an overview of the specs but I also had some special requests, which were:
1) milgrain around the bezel
2) a rose gold chain but white gold pendant
3) for the “ears” of the pendant to be made with rose gold so they’d seemlessly blend with the chain
4) for the ears to be as small as possible, in order to avoid the Mickey Mouse look
5) a strong but delicate chain, and for it to have a larger clasp/receiver since I have trouble hooking my necklaces
And OMG they nailed it! It’s hard to put into words how perfectly balanced it all is. A big thanks to Wink, Melissa, and Jamie for putting together this heirloom piece for me. Working with them was as nice as I’d heard it would be. They were always so helpful and responsive, and it was special a treat when we could make Wink laugh with our antics
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I originally was looking at diamonds around .60-.65ct (because I had worn that size previously and liked it) but then the .72 caught my eye. The number is sentimental to me and the images were too crisp and perfect for me to ignore. Plus, a G/SI (eye-clean) was exactly the specs I was hoping to end up with. In the end, HPD made individual videos of five diamonds for me without revealing which diamond I was seeing; I asked for a blind test so that I’d choose based on my heart instead of my head. I knew instantly that the .72 was the winner for me; it throws incredible firey pastels, super-crisp arrows, and has so much life to it.
Here’s a link to my diamond - https://www.hpdiamonds.com/en-us/diamonddetail/HPD10233
And finally, here are some photos (glamour from HPD and two from me) as well as a video to show the true beauty (sorry for the shaky hands). I thought it would be interesting to see it both by itself as well as next to the CZ I’ve been wearing as I’ve awaited my pendant’s creation. From afar the CZ was fine, but you’ll see without question that it’s just so fake looking when next to this diamond
. You’ll also see that, no matter the lighting conditions, this diamond is a blinding show stopper 
(And one last shoutout to those who helped with this project. Your input was invaluable!)
The title gives an overview of the specs but I also had some special requests, which were:
1) milgrain around the bezel
2) a rose gold chain but white gold pendant
3) for the “ears” of the pendant to be made with rose gold so they’d seemlessly blend with the chain
4) for the ears to be as small as possible, in order to avoid the Mickey Mouse look
5) a strong but delicate chain, and for it to have a larger clasp/receiver since I have trouble hooking my necklaces
And OMG they nailed it! It’s hard to put into words how perfectly balanced it all is. A big thanks to Wink, Melissa, and Jamie for putting together this heirloom piece for me. Working with them was as nice as I’d heard it would be. They were always so helpful and responsive, and it was special a treat when we could make Wink laugh with our antics
.I originally was looking at diamonds around .60-.65ct (because I had worn that size previously and liked it) but then the .72 caught my eye. The number is sentimental to me and the images were too crisp and perfect for me to ignore. Plus, a G/SI (eye-clean) was exactly the specs I was hoping to end up with. In the end, HPD made individual videos of five diamonds for me without revealing which diamond I was seeing; I asked for a blind test so that I’d choose based on my heart instead of my head. I knew instantly that the .72 was the winner for me; it throws incredible firey pastels, super-crisp arrows, and has so much life to it.
Here’s a link to my diamond - https://www.hpdiamonds.com/en-us/diamonddetail/HPD10233
And finally, here are some photos (glamour from HPD and two from me) as well as a video to show the true beauty (sorry for the shaky hands). I thought it would be interesting to see it both by itself as well as next to the CZ I’ve been wearing as I’ve awaited my pendant’s creation. From afar the CZ was fine, but you’ll see without question that it’s just so fake looking when next to this diamond
. You’ll also see that, no matter the lighting conditions, this diamond is a blinding show stopper (And one last shoutout to those who helped with this project. Your input was invaluable!)
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