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So I've had this pink spinel sitting around for two years. Since I first saw them I've adored Chrono's pear spinel halo and BrightIce's pear spinel halo - they've been my favorite rings other than my engagement ring for years now. This ring was going to be my version. But when I went to try on similar halos... I didn't like how they looked on my hand. They just weren't me. I like chunkier rings, that's just all there is to it. Skinny bands, skinny halos, they look great but aren't my thing. Which left me stumped. I had a folder full of inspiration ideas and none of them really spoke to me. Eventually my 30th birthday was coming up and I really wanted to set this stone, but kind of decided that maybe I should do something else instead. At any rate I was gripped by indecision. BUT THEN I saw NKOTB's cuprian tourmaline in this scalloped/spiky halo and it was love at first sight. I waited less than a full day before contacting Elle at The Gemstone Project to get started. I'd say this is much less deliberating than usual, but I suppose I'd really been deliberating for two years! I also ordered one of her Accolade bands to go with it.
I don't get it until the middle of next week but here are the pictures from David Klass:
If you're familiar with NKOTB's ring you can see that I wanted quite a few changes - curvier split on the shank, milgrain on the edges to match the Accolade, kites in the gallery instead of petals, a wider band overall, and lowering everything past the point where they said "okay, it's already really low, let's stop here." Elle and David did multiple rounds of CADs for me (I'll post them later for the curious) and were very patient with my nitpicky changes and with every iteration I loved it more and more until it was perfect. These pictures look exactly like how I wanted it to look so hopefully I'll feel the same when I see it in person. (Maybe I'm jumping the gun on this post - but I wanted to share the excitement and anticipation!)
I don't get it until the middle of next week but here are the pictures from David Klass:
If you're familiar with NKOTB's ring you can see that I wanted quite a few changes - curvier split on the shank, milgrain on the edges to match the Accolade, kites in the gallery instead of petals, a wider band overall, and lowering everything past the point where they said "okay, it's already really low, let's stop here." Elle and David did multiple rounds of CADs for me (I'll post them later for the curious) and were very patient with my nitpicky changes and with every iteration I loved it more and more until it was perfect. These pictures look exactly like how I wanted it to look so hopefully I'll feel the same when I see it in person. (Maybe I'm jumping the gun on this post - but I wanted to share the excitement and anticipation!)
ring. Congratulations!
You can really see all the fuzzes with magnification this high!
I think Elle may have first dibs by default, but I don't see myself ever letting go of this! If I say "you can pry it from my cold dead hands" that gives me one hand for my engagement ring and one for this!
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