The start of my colored stone collection

[Harriet]

HH,
Nice birthday pressie! You do know that you''re done for, right?

 

[mochi]

Nice collection!! I love the malaya!!

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Date: 3/24/2009 9:00:27 PM
Author: Harriet
HH,

Nice birthday pressie! You do know that you''re done for, right?

LOL, I was a goner the day I discovered PS! Actually, FI and I have come to a happy bling medium with colored stones. They''re so much more affordable than diamonds so I don''t feel guilty about asking for them and DI doesn''t feel guilty about buying them! LOL...

 

[Gayletmom]

HH, thanks for showing off your beautiful stones. I must confess that I have not, until now, been that taken with tourmalines. Yours, however, speak to me-even in the photos! They are just beautiful.

Now look what you''ve done!

 

[Harriet]

Date: 3/24/2009 9:38:03 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk

Date: 3/24/2009 9:00:27 PM
Author: Harriet
HH,

Nice birthday pressie! You do know that you''re done for, right?

LOL, I was a goner the day I discovered PS! Actually, FI and I have come to a happy bling medium with colored stones. They''re so much more affordable than diamonds so I don''t feel guilty about asking for them and DI doesn''t feel guilty about buying them! LOL...

Haha. We came to that same agreement too. Now, look how much mischief I get up to?

 

[loriken214]

Beautiful collection HH!!!

Lori

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

So I just went up to the jewelers building at lunch and looked at settings for my new goodies. I found a setting for my acqua which I LOVED. It was 3 stone with half-moon sides and had the potential to be changed to a bezel setting on the center stone. It was spectacular. It was also about 10 times my budget. LOL. I talked with a jeweler who was willing to custom make a halo setting for my garnet, but again, out of my comfort zone budget-wise. He didn't think I needed to set it in rose gold, just white. He thought the rose gold would wash out the color.

So I'm kindof back at square one. I'm thinking my budget is around $500 for each ring. Ideas?

 

[Kismet]

Hrm, I think $500 might be a little light for a totally custom setting. Have you tried looking through the stuller or adwar catalogs?

It''s probably inconvenient for you to get out to Arlington, but if it isn''t TC Jewelers on Mass Ave has done some nice work for me for fairly reasonable prices. I haven''t purchased anything with diamonds from them though, just plain gold settings (one of their stock items and one custom piece).

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

The price quoted for the halo wasn''t too far out of my budget, but still more than I wanted to spend ($800 or so). A lot of that was just the CAD work...

 

[LaurenThePartier]

You certainly have an awesome collection starting! I LOVE the shape of the Aquamarine - so pretty!

I also loved the clever pics with the jelly beans! Too cute!

 

[Kismet]

Date: 3/26/2009 1:39:15 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
The price quoted for the halo wasn''t too far out of my budget, but still more than I wanted to spend ($800 or so). A lot of that was just the CAD work...

Hrm, well if you''re not stuck on using that particular jeweler, you can always bring the design around to other jewelers in the building and ask them what their best price is for that design. Or tell them your budget is a max of $500 and ask what that will get you.

 

[AmberGretchen]

HH - those are beautiful! LOVE the jelly bean shot