Hi all,
Thought I would share with you 2 projects that I had been working on that I picked up from my jeweller yesterday. To celebrate the birth of my second son I wanted a nice right hand ring (I got my sapphire eternity band after the birth of my first son). As we are in the process of moving house, my husband asked if we could use some of the unset stones I had or remodel pieces that I didn't wear instead of getting a completely new piece of jewellery to keep the cost down which was fine with me!! I had acquired a matched pair of sapphires (1.28tcw) and a 2 ct blue spinel from Tan about 2 years ago which had sat unset, my prototype august vintage cushion (.71, F, i1) that was set in a pendant that i hadnt really worn since I got my BGD Barbara pendant and had the pair of diamond studs my husband gave me on my wedding day (once we learned more about diamonds he upgraded my studs to BGD signature stones in their handmade bezels so again I wasn't wearing them but didn't want to sell them for sentimental reasons.
A new bespoke jeweller called W&W private jewellers in London opened recently round the corner from me and so I approached them about designing some new pieces using these stones. I had in my head two possible projects and depending on the cost would proceed with one or both of them. As all the jewellery I had on that day was bezelled, my jeweller suggested that instead of regular claw settings we look to do some of each piece using a bezel setting. She drew up designs with my AVC in a millgrain bezel and the two sapphire rounds in claw settings and the reverse for the other piece with the spinel in a pointy claw setting and the diamonds from my studs in bezels. The price for both in platinum was in budget so I was lucky enough to do both as I am not sure I could have picked. I loved the idea of the 2 sapphires symbolising my two beautiful boys but equally wanted to be able to use my wedding diamonds again so it was win win that i was able to do both projects!
After an agonising 5 week wait, I picked them up yesterday and they have done an amazing job. I think they are beautiful and am really thrilled with them. I initially thought that the sapphires on retrospect might be too big next to the AVC but the proportions have grown on me overnight and I now love the finger coverage. My problem is going to be how to pick which one to wear every day!! I attach the picture the jeweller took and I will try and get some real life shots when my son is sleeping either today or tomorrow. Thanks for looking!!
Thought I would share with you 2 projects that I had been working on that I picked up from my jeweller yesterday. To celebrate the birth of my second son I wanted a nice right hand ring (I got my sapphire eternity band after the birth of my first son). As we are in the process of moving house, my husband asked if we could use some of the unset stones I had or remodel pieces that I didn't wear instead of getting a completely new piece of jewellery to keep the cost down which was fine with me!! I had acquired a matched pair of sapphires (1.28tcw) and a 2 ct blue spinel from Tan about 2 years ago which had sat unset, my prototype august vintage cushion (.71, F, i1) that was set in a pendant that i hadnt really worn since I got my BGD Barbara pendant and had the pair of diamond studs my husband gave me on my wedding day (once we learned more about diamonds he upgraded my studs to BGD signature stones in their handmade bezels so again I wasn't wearing them but didn't want to sell them for sentimental reasons.
A new bespoke jeweller called W&W private jewellers in London opened recently round the corner from me and so I approached them about designing some new pieces using these stones. I had in my head two possible projects and depending on the cost would proceed with one or both of them. As all the jewellery I had on that day was bezelled, my jeweller suggested that instead of regular claw settings we look to do some of each piece using a bezel setting. She drew up designs with my AVC in a millgrain bezel and the two sapphire rounds in claw settings and the reverse for the other piece with the spinel in a pointy claw setting and the diamonds from my studs in bezels. The price for both in platinum was in budget so I was lucky enough to do both as I am not sure I could have picked. I loved the idea of the 2 sapphires symbolising my two beautiful boys but equally wanted to be able to use my wedding diamonds again so it was win win that i was able to do both projects!
After an agonising 5 week wait, I picked them up yesterday and they have done an amazing job. I think they are beautiful and am really thrilled with them. I initially thought that the sapphires on retrospect might be too big next to the AVC but the proportions have grown on me overnight and I now love the finger coverage. My problem is going to be how to pick which one to wear every day!! I attach the picture the jeweller took and I will try and get some real life shots when my son is sleeping either today or tomorrow. Thanks for looking!!
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