My boyfriend and I started seriously looking at engagement rings this weekend (yay!). As a forward thinker, I am considering what kind of wedding band I will want so that I can give him gudance on what kind of e-ring I like. I definitely want to be able to wear both on the same finger at the same time.
It seems pretty typical that if the e-ring has side stones, the wedding band also usually has some sort of matching diamonds. I am curious if anyone has an e-ring with sidestones but is pairing it with a plain band, or a solitaire e-ring with a wedding band with stones. I would love to see pictures!
Also, I know some bees have done polls about the cost of e-rings. I think it would bee cool to have a poll about what type of rings people have (type of metal, solitaire, with sidestones, plain band, etc.).
My e-ring has tapered baguettes on the sides of a round centre stone, and we're getting plain platinum wedding bands! It felt like overkill with too many stones to pick a wedding band with bling!
i have a three stone ring with round diamonds and i'm getting a plain band. like BA, i also felt like it was overkill to get a diamond wedding band. i don't want to cover up the setting of the ering though, so i'm going to wear my ering on my right hand and my wedding band on my left.
My ring is a cushion cut solitaire with a plain yellow gold setting. I think yellow gold looks better with my skin tone than white or platinum. We haven't had a talk about wedding rings yet, but I saw this beautiful antique ring on the Marlene Harris website just this morning and I was going to post it here so you could all see how lovely it is, but it must have sold I can't find it anywhere. Anyway, it was yellow gold and had alternating diamonds and sapphires arranged in a way to look like little flowers. There's one that kind of fits that description in white gold, but mine was much prettier. So, I guess I can't have that ring, but I"m thinking about asking for a band that has sapphires in it in some way because that's FI's birthstone and my favorite color. I think it would be special and something not many other people have.
i think it depends on what you like. my ring was a solitaire. i really wanted an eternity band for my wedding band but because my ring is a solitaire, i found that plain bands looked best w/ my e-ring. so i had to give up the diamonds on my wedding band =(. I don't have any pictures at the moment, sorry. Good luck!
My ring is a cushion cut with half-moon sidestones. I thought I wanted a band with diamonds too...but decided that it would take away from the e-ring rather than compliment it.
I think it depends on the type of setting and size of the stones too. My e-ring band is plain other than the sidestones so a plain band just kind of matches better.
I have a yellow gold solitaire with a round diamond. I'm the minority with yellow gold, but silver tones look awful on me. I had made a yellow gold eternity band with pave set diamonds. Well actually, it's like 95% eternity, I had a very small section left without stones so it could be sized if need be in the future.
The jeweler recommended channel-set diamonds as the wedding band, and although we had decided to get them, we were thinking I would have to wear them on separate hands (same idea - that the channel-set band would somehow "take away" from the e-ring). I think that I actually was just intimidated by the bling factor though. After going back to try on the wedding band over the past five months (having since gotten used to the e-ring) we have now decided that they look fantastic together. The sparkle will put your eye out at 50 paces, but they look fan-tas-tic.
I have a very simple platinium, 4 prong, 1 carat round cut diamond on a very thin (1.5mm) band. I am pairing it with an also very simple and thin (2.5mm) platinum band.
I found that while I liked the look of the bands with diamonds it was too much for me. I love my E-ring and I don't want anything to take away form it, so I went with something simple.
I have a .75carat solitaire princess cut diamond set in a cathedral style band. I hoping to pair it with a 2.5mm wedding band with princess cut in-lay diamonds, very similar to the picture posted by MsB. I don't think the look competes with the e-ring too much, and am hoping to have a wedding band that can be worn by itself and still be stylish (all about personal preference).
I have a princess cut solitaire in platinum. When I was originally looking for bands, I was very much of the same view as MsB. I wanted a plain platinum band as I thought something with diamonds would compete and look too bling-y. However, when I tried a channel band, it looked fantastic and I fell in love (again). It didn't compete with the solitaire at all!
So that's what I went with, a platinum channel set band. I also wanted a band that I could wear separately.
Oh, I am in LOVE with my e-ring! And Mr. W. picked it out all by himself. (Well, with a little help from the jeweler) It's a 1 carat brilliant cut center stone with round sidestones and tapered baguette sidestones on the outside, set in platinum. We haven't gotten wedding bands yet, so I don't have a picture of the e-ring with wedding band, but I'm planning on getting a 3-mm rounded palladium band. (OT--I have it on authority that palladium is similar enough to platinum that the different metals won't cause any problems, but if anyone knows differently feel free to message me.) I wouldn't personally want to get a wedding band with stones becuase it would just be too much. I really like a simple small band that doesn't overtake the e-ring. I will say, though, that I tried on a 2 mm and it was actually too small--it was kind of dwarfed by the e-ring and looked really weird. To my taste, I definitely prefer a wedding band that's approximately the same thickness as the e-ring.
My engagement ring is vintage with 41 pave set stones in the band. We had a matching double faux-eternity (the stones go about 80% around) band made to match. It's a lot of "bling", but I can wear just the band, or both, or just the e-ring.
I had my hear set on a 3 stone ring (center stone Asscher flanked by 2 trapezoids). After months of searching, we finally found a jeweler with "my stone". When he paired the side stones with it, we all agreed that any side stone detracted from the center stone. So I have an Asscher solitare in a plain platinum cartier 1895-style setting.
I had wanted an eternity band, but like MsB posted, FI thought it would compete with the e-ring. In the end, I got a plain platinum band with 3 set in stones for some delicate bling from Cartier. http://www.cartier.com/bridal/index.ph p?t=2&nav=ficheprod&ref=B4058300&cc=us &codeLang=en I'm happy to wear either ring alone or together, and maybe will get the eternity band for an anniversary ring on day to wear alone. :)
My boyfriend and I started seriously looking at engagement rings this weekend (yay!). As a forward thinker, I am considering what kind of wedding band I will want so that I can give him gudance on what kind of e-ring I like. I definitely want to be able to wear both on the same finger at the same time.
It seems pretty typical that if the e-ring has side stones, the wedding band also usually has some sort of matching diamonds. I am curious if anyone has an e-ring with sidestones but is pairing it with a plain band, or a solitaire e-ring with a wedding band with stones. I would love to see pictures!
Also, I know some bees have done polls about the cost of e-rings. I think it would bee cool to have a poll about what type of rings people have (type of metal, solitaire, with sidestones, plain band, etc.).
posted by chocolatefreak 6 posts 7 months agoMy e-ring has tapered baguettes on the sides of a round centre stone, and we're getting plain platinum wedding bands! It felt like overkill with too many stones to pick a wedding band with bling!
posted by BA 74 posts 7 months agoMy ring is a round diamond with ruby sidestones, and I'm getting a plain band. I don't have any pictures yet, though.
posted by sweetvenus 62 posts 7 months agoi have a three stone ring with round diamonds and i'm getting a plain band. like BA, i also felt like it was overkill to get a diamond wedding band. i don't want to cover up the setting of the ering though, so i'm going to wear my ering on my right hand and my wedding band on my left.
posted by rebecca 989 posts 7 months agoMy ring is a cushion cut solitaire with a plain yellow gold setting. I think yellow gold looks better with my skin tone than white or platinum. We haven't had a talk about wedding rings yet, but I saw this beautiful antique ring on the Marlene Harris website just this morning and I was going to post it here so you could all see how lovely it is, but it must have sold I can't find it anywhere. Anyway, it was yellow gold and had alternating diamonds and sapphires arranged in a way to look like little flowers. There's one that kind of fits that description in white gold, but mine was much prettier. So, I guess I can't have that ring, but I"m thinking about asking for a band that has sapphires in it in some way because that's FI's birthstone and my favorite color. I think it would be special and something not many other people have.
posted by ErinSea 129 posts 7 months agoi think it depends on what you like. my ring was a solitaire. i really wanted an eternity band for my wedding band but because my ring is a solitaire, i found that plain bands looked best w/ my e-ring. so i had to give up the diamonds on my wedding band =(. I don't have any pictures at the moment, sorry. Good luck!
posted by calibride 52 posts 7 months agoMy ring is a cushion cut with half-moon sidestones. I thought I wanted a band with diamonds too...but decided that it would take away from the e-ring rather than compliment it.
I think it depends on the type of setting and size of the stones too. My e-ring band is plain other than the sidestones so a plain band just kind of matches better.
posted by happybride 6 posts 7 months agoI have a yellow gold solitaire with a round diamond. I'm the minority with yellow gold, but silver tones look awful on me. I had made a yellow gold eternity band with pave set diamonds. Well actually, it's like 95% eternity, I had a very small section left without stones so it could be sized if need be in the future.
posted by AOEBuckeye 143 posts 7 months agoI have a solitaire and 2 bands, one with diamonds and one without. I like the versatility of more/less sparkles
Stock photos:
posted by nikkolec 55 posts 7 months agoI'm thinking of pairing a channel-set Asscher cut band with my Asscher cut ering w/tapered baguettes: http://9ahchick.googlepages.com/thebling
My band will only have bling half-way so I can turn the plain side out if I don't want to be as sparkly.
posted by MissRuffles 64 posts 7 months agoI have a center, round (brilliant) with eight channel-set side stones.
http://www.billbarnes.com/product.asp?product=6847
The jeweler recommended channel-set diamonds as the wedding band, and although we had decided to get them, we were thinking I would have to wear them on separate hands (same idea - that the channel-set band would somehow "take away" from the e-ring). I think that I actually was just intimidated by the bling factor though. After going back to try on the wedding band over the past five months (having since gotten used to the e-ring) we have now decided that they look fantastic together. The sparkle will put your eye out at 50 paces, but they look fan-tas-tic.
posted by suzanno 1,975 posts 7 months agoGo to Pricescope.com. Click on the "Show Me the Ring" forum, and in the very first thread you will see over 120 pages of rings posted by users.
My ring is a 4-prong solitaire, and I will be pairing it with a band with pave diamonds all around it.
posted by birdieputt 45 posts 7 months agoI have a very simple platinium, 4 prong, 1 carat round cut diamond on a very thin (1.5mm) band. I am pairing it with an also very simple and thin (2.5mm) platinum band.
I found that while I liked the look of the bands with diamonds it was too much for me. I love my E-ring and I don't want anything to take away form it, so I went with something simple.
posted by MsB 212 posts 7 months agoThis is the look I am trying to avoid:
(personal preference, not trying to insult anyone - I just find the wedding band competes with the E-ring")
posted by MsB 212 posts 7 months agoI have a .75carat solitaire princess cut diamond set in a cathedral style band. I hoping to pair it with a 2.5mm wedding band with princess cut in-lay diamonds, very similar to the picture posted by MsB. I don't think the look competes with the e-ring too much, and am hoping to have a wedding band that can be worn by itself and still be stylish (all about personal preference).
posted by furelysse 59 posts 7 months agoI have a princess cut solitaire in platinum. When I was originally looking for bands, I was very much of the same view as MsB. I wanted a plain platinum band as I thought something with diamonds would compete and look too bling-y. However, when I tried a channel band, it looked fantastic and I fell in love (again). It didn't compete with the solitaire at all!
So that's what I went with, a platinum channel set band. I also wanted a band that I could wear separately.
posted by mssmartypants 72 posts 7 months agoOh, I am in LOVE with my e-ring! And Mr. W. picked it out all by himself. (Well, with a little help from the jeweler
) It's a 1 carat brilliant cut center stone with round sidestones and tapered baguette sidestones on the outside, set in platinum. We haven't gotten wedding bands yet, so I don't have a picture of the e-ring with wedding band, but I'm planning on getting a 3-mm rounded palladium band. (OT--I have it on authority that palladium is similar enough to platinum that the different metals won't cause any problems, but if anyone knows differently feel free to message me.) I wouldn't personally want to get a wedding band with stones becuase it would just be too much. I really like a simple small band that doesn't overtake the e-ring. I will say, though, that I tried on a 2 mm and it was actually too small--it was kind of dwarfed by the e-ring and looked really weird. To my taste, I definitely prefer a wedding band that's approximately the same thickness as the e-ring.
posted by futuremrswecker 43 posts 7 months agoMy engagement ring is vintage with 41 pave set stones in the band. We had a matching double faux-eternity (the stones go about 80% around) band made to match. It's a lot of "bling", but I can wear just the band, or both, or just the e-ring.
posted by knudsonwedding 194 posts 7 months agoThanks for the site, birdieputt. It's awesome. Your rings are all gorgeous. I can't wait to get mine!
posted by chocolatefreak 6 posts 7 months agoI had my hear set on a 3 stone ring (center stone Asscher flanked by 2 trapezoids). After months of searching, we finally found a jeweler with "my stone". When he paired the side stones with it, we all agreed that any side stone detracted from the center stone. So I have an Asscher solitare in a plain platinum cartier 1895-style setting.
I had wanted an eternity band, but like MsB posted, FI thought it would compete with the e-ring. In the end, I got a plain platinum band with 3 set in stones for some delicate bling from Cartier. http://www.cartier.com/bridal/index.ph
posted by vivian 112 posts 7 months agop?t=2&nav=ficheprod&ref=B4058300&cc=us
&codeLang=en I'm happy to wear either ring alone or together, and maybe will get the eternity band for an anniversary ring on day to wear alone. :)