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- Mar 19, 2002
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I wanted to start a thread for my burgeoning collection of CvB jewelry. My first piece was a Sierra 3-stone featuring a cornflower blue sapphire sourced on Instagram from Ceylonbluesapphires and antique OMCs from AVC plus an accompanying band featuring stones my husband cut out it an antique watch acquired on eBay
From there I was hooked! Next I visualized a beautiful halo ring with a center OEC and rubies surrounding. I found a gorgeous 2ct qr color OMC, again on Instagram, through jewelsbywhitney and we were off to the races.
I knew I wanted chunky, juicy, old cut stones for the halo and could not find anything ready made, so I went back to ceylonbluesapphires with my request. We chatted extensively about my vision and he cut 10 gorgeous unheated rubies for me in an OMC shape at 3.5mm.
From there I worked with Caysie on my vision for the ring. Oh, and in the midst of all of this, I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. So it officially became my eff cancer ring. Caysie worked with me to achieve my vision for the ring, which included a 10-sided mounting for the center diamond with the rubies surrounding and “toujours” style engraving on a 3mm band. It was well worth the wait! And then of course I happened to see her list a cascabela ring on loupetroupe and knew that this beautiful flower needed a little snake to keep it company.
And then I also had to get some earrings made to accessorize my newly bald head for that, I used some Montana sapphires that I had cut a while back by Dan O’Neil. They of course also came out gorgeous.
I hope you enjoy these as much as I do! Thanks for letting me share.
From there I was hooked! Next I visualized a beautiful halo ring with a center OEC and rubies surrounding. I found a gorgeous 2ct qr color OMC, again on Instagram, through jewelsbywhitney and we were off to the races.
I knew I wanted chunky, juicy, old cut stones for the halo and could not find anything ready made, so I went back to ceylonbluesapphires with my request. We chatted extensively about my vision and he cut 10 gorgeous unheated rubies for me in an OMC shape at 3.5mm.
From there I worked with Caysie on my vision for the ring. Oh, and in the midst of all of this, I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. So it officially became my eff cancer ring. Caysie worked with me to achieve my vision for the ring, which included a 10-sided mounting for the center diamond with the rubies surrounding and “toujours” style engraving on a 3mm band. It was well worth the wait! And then of course I happened to see her list a cascabela ring on loupetroupe and knew that this beautiful flower needed a little snake to keep it company.
And then I also had to get some earrings made to accessorize my newly bald head for that, I used some Montana sapphires that I had cut a while back by Dan O’Neil. They of course also came out gorgeous.
I hope you enjoy these as much as I do! Thanks for letting me share.
I never expected to have cancer at all, much less in my early 40s. It has been a surreal and unwelcome experience. I have my final round of chemo next week, thank goodness! Then there is the long road ahead of mastectomy and reconstruction, along with continuing treatment. I will need the earrings for a while 
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