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My FI Picked out the ring.. He pics out a 3 stone to represent our "past, prestent, and future" he loved the look, and incorperating our son into it.
My e-ring is FI's great grandmother's from the 1930s. His great grandfather purchased it on the Atlantic City boardwalk for $100. It's a platinum ring with a perfect diamond. I love it.
We picked out my ring together. He is a self-professed "non-care-er" when it comes to jewelry and I'm a touch OCD about things so he wanted to make sure I loved it :) We actually ended up going to a very upscale pawn shop (it's also a jewelry store) and got an amazing deal - I fell in love with a diamond and then a different setting so they switched it around for us AND came in under budget!!! I'm that 'crazy coupon lady' so getting a deal was paramount!!!
When FI and I started talking about getting married he asked me to email him some rings I liked and then ask that I don't mention it again since he wanted the proposal to be a complete surprise. So I sent him an email with a few rings I liked and what I liked about each one... He ended up getting my favorite one. And took 6 months after he bought it to propose! :)
My FI picked out the ring. He knew I wanted a 3-stone ring and that I have allergies to some metals. He took that info and ran with it. He did amazing.
When we first start talking about marriage (over 2 years ago), FI asked me if there was any particular ring that I liked. I mentioned that my grandmother was leaving all of the cousins a ring in her will and that I would love to have an heirloom. When we went of a vacation, my grandmother brought up marriage and I asked her about the rings. She was kind enough to give me the ring and I was so excited. Flash forward to Christmas Eve and FI had the ring resized and I was so happy. I love that the ring hold a piece of my now deceased granfather and will be something that my son can pass on, if he chooses to.
The diamond in my e-ring was given to FI by his grandmother, so it's very sentimental to us. FI had the diamond re-set in a white gold solitaire setting because the original yellow gold setting was damaged. It's actually kind of scary, because the ring is not insured yet and I would be DEVASTATED if I lost/broke a family heirloom. I probably need to get the ring appraised and hop on that soon!
I always new I wanted something different and small (for me I hate seeing a huge diamond just siting all lonesome on a band). So FI and I started looking a couple of years ago at rings just to get ideas and wishful thinking (we have been together for 10 yrs- HS sweethearts). Then one day I was at our local farmers market and looking at some antique jewelry and wha la! There it was...1928 diamond and platinum wedding band with beautiful filagree engraved & cut outs on the band. It is only a lil over 1/4 c. but it was love at first sight. When I told FI I had found the one and told hiim the place he was like "What!" He was a little leary about purchasing it from the farmers market, but they gave him all the correct paperwork with it and a written guarantee if it turned out to not be what they said, all money back. Lucky for me...it's exactly what they said and more (2nd "reputable" jeweler told us- it has a rare cut on the diamond). Love love love it!
My husband really wanted to use his mom's center diamond rather than trying to stretch and buy a lower quality ring on our budget. So in order to compromise, we used his mom's center diamond and reset it from this
To this:
This was my all-time favorite setting and we just couldn't find anything that I loved better....so it was the best of both worlds! Old and new :) I'm so glad I got to help him pick it out...I think that it is important for both parties to like the thing that they will have for a lifetime (I don't like the idea of upgrading).
My grandma inherited what became my ring when her aunt died (so it was my great-great aunt's). Grandma LOVED Mr.ND (she'd always tease me that if anything happened to grandpa, she'd steal Mr.ND, lol). She became sick, and let me know that there were things she wanted to split up among the kids and grandkids. So I told Mr.ND to talk with her, and they got to have a special moment where they planned things out and she gave him the ring. He even planned a surprise proposal that allowed her to be there before she passed. My ring makes me smile every time I see it :-)
I am a traditional girl but like things with a bit of a twist. For the last 7 yeara ive always wanted my ering to have a pave band. At that time nobody i knew was wearing them and all my friends seemed to have simple solitaire. Though beautiful and classic they all are the same. In the last 3-5 years i was starting to see more ering with pave or channel set bands. Sooo when DH and i were seriously looking for an ering i knew i wanted something similar but again wanted some sort of
detail to make it unique from
Everyone elses. It was a wonderful day when i came across my tacori bloom and it was love at first sight for me. Exactly what i was looking for and no other ring compared to me. It is that nice inbetween of a solataire and a halo. I've always liked square ish stones so the reason why i wanted a princess cut stone. My DH calls my ring a princess ring and it is so KC3636 like!!
A few months before we got engaged, I found the ring I knew I wanted. It was like lightning struck me - the "rightness" of it was startling. I emailed ScottSouth with the following:
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Hey, sweetheart.
A few weeks ago you and I were out shopping and we stopped off at the jewelry counter. Before we went on with our errands, you mentioned that we really should take a serious look at rings. We haven't talked about it since, but I've been thinking about it. And even though I know we aren't supposed to be talking about our totally hypothetical wedding, I thought I should drop you a line about this.
I've been looking at jewelry online, and I've found something that really appeals to me. Take a look, and then I'll explain.
http://www.turtleloveco.com/Petite_Nest_Diamond_Engagement_Ring_Set_Silver_p/br-173-192-s-set.htm
I've looked at pictures of so many rings and just couldn't envision them on my finger, but I can so easily imagine wearing this. It's beautiful, of course, but that's not what makes it feel so right. This ring doesn't have a large central stone, and it isn't going to drive anyone mad with jealousy, but I love it because it reminds me of the way I love you, and of the way that I should. When I think of you, and when I think of our lives together, I never see us as a fairy tale. When I think of how I love you, it's very warm and quiet, and it endures. It's the glow of embers. This ring feels the way we do.
If you look closely, you'll see that the surface of the band isn't glassy smooth. Its brushed metal is uneven, and it is clearly handcrafted. In fact, each one is made to order and takes six to eight weeks from order to delivery. While some women might look at it and sneer at its imperfections, for me the imperfection is what makes it so wonderful. If you and I are going to spend our lives together, then we need to remember that imperfection is inevitable. A love that lasts won't always be perfect. And a love that is expected to remain perfect can never last. If it's real, then time wears it down, but it's the aging and the weathering that give it meaning. I don't ever want to look at my ring as something I have to keep in perfect condition. I don't want to be worried about every little scratch or ding ruining something that was supposed to stay unblemished forever. I want to look down and see something that is humble, and beautifully flawed, and unlike any other - because that is what I want our lives together to be. I don't want to flash a piece of jewelry to make other women jealous. I want to be reminded that I have a good man who loves me, and that we go through life's bumps together.
I don't know what your plans are, and I don't know what arrangements you've already made. In fact, I don't know that you even have plans or arrangements at all. This whole thing is VERY presumptuous, and we don't need to talk about it tonight. I just wanted to let you know what I was thinking. I love you, and I can't wait to see you.
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And he promptly bought it for me, but I had no idea until the day that he proposed. I love it.
We were holidaying in Melbourne, just shopping one morning of our trip and I was doing my usual looking in jewellery shop windows when out of the blue my now DH said 'you need to show me what you like - I'm thinking I'm ready to be engaged'. Next shop window I pointed at one I loved, he made me try it on, it was perfect and on sale sooo that was it. Then he called all his friends when we got back to the hotel to say he bought a ring lol. They were like 'So you're engaged?' and he was all cute saying "no... but I bought a ring!' Then he recreated our first date a month or so later and proposed :)
I enjoyed reading all your stories! They were quite touching and sweet..
We went back to Jared's today for 2 reasons:
1. Sunday, BF told me that he saw a cloud on the center stone and it was visible and he wanted to go back and ask them about it and possibly find another stone. The center stone was SI2 so I expected it to have some inclusions but didn't expect it will be visible in the naked eye and we didn't even notice anything at the store (maybe due to lighting or excitement or both). So it bothered me alot and made me 2nd guessed myself: if I only bought the ring out of excitement? Worse, I didn't have the ring with me so I was having a hard time picturing what it looked like. So I went to weddingbee and searched for halo bands. I didn't find exactly the same setting online (not even on Jared's website) and then I saw this:
this is the Morgan ring that I saw at Costco website last year that I sent to BF for a "hint". And since we went to Jared's spontaneously, I didn't look at rings or researched about it prior to going in. So I totally forgot about this. Then I saw more pictures here with the same setting and liked how it looked... now I became more upset! Why didn't I try this on? I was so caught up with the halo and totally forgot about this!
I felt so bad bringing this up to my BF because he also liked the ring that I picked out. Anyway, that leads us to reason 2:
2. to try the pave setting with only the center stone and no halo. So when we came in today they were so helpful and gave us me enough time to try similar setting with and without halo and thin bands. I really took my time and tried to find settings that looked closely similar as the picture above but none of them gave me "that feeling". I was still admiring my ring. The pave setting looked beautiful in the picture and on other bride's finger but not on me..
in the end, I kept my ring because it was so gorgeous and unique. We also kept the stone because if we go with better clarity it was WAY over his budget. They also didn't have alot of princess cuts around 1-1.5 ct with better clarity thats within our budget. I would have to call them sometime next week for new stocks to exchange it (I have 25 more days to do so). It didn't bother me when I see it but I think my BF was disappointed. I don't really mind keeping just the way it is because no diamond is perfect like all human beings. BF says if Im happy, he's happy.. aww... =)
Hopefully no other bee have to go through what I went through.. I was upseting myself and BF for nothing... Well its a learning experience and now I can tell my sisters what NOT to do when picking out their own E-ring. =)
I haven't gotten engaged yet, but I just thought it was so interesting how similar the timing of our relationships are :) I know my SO is going to propose very soon too because this would also be an opportune time. Our 4 year anniversary is also in April and I am also graduating this May :) (and we also went ring shopping) We are in the exact same boat! So crazy!
We came back from my fiance's brothers wedding in September and I said to him can we start looking at rings now(after going out nearly 6 years) and so we did. I said he still had to propose properly though!
We looked at what I thought i wanted(vintage halo style) and nothing was grabbing me. Fiance didnt really like them on me either so I tried on a .9ct round solitaire and that was it for us both! Only trouble was that my fiance thought the settings were too plain and he wanted something pretty all round(which I admit surprised me for him being a guy!)
So we went online and I saw the Vatche Swan setting and that was that. We bought the setting and diamond seperately from the US and got a jeweller here to set it for us.
Fiance cooked me a 3 course dinner on Xmas Eve and after dessert he proposed with a beautiful bunch of my favourite roses 
my e-ring is the ring i have always wanted, i wanted a plain solitaire on a yellow gold band, and i have always loved the Tiffany Setting, even before I tried them on I knew it waas my dream ring for as long as i can remember, and that's the one I got :)
Welcome to the Bee officially!!! I used to be on here every day, now I just pop in once in a while.
Love your story. I think it's so sweet that you went against your usual practical careful research and instead went with the ring that spoke to you and took your breath away. That's how I think it should be. You're more likely to love your ring forever and not want to upgrade in the future this way.
(Before I get any negative feedback... There is absolutely nothing wrong with getting a ring you can afford with the idea of upgrading it in the future. Sometimes being practical is definitely the best thing to do.)
I've had my engagement ring for almost two years now, and I still love it. We were married December 1, 2010, and I still stare at my rings every day, and I think that's because I fell in love with my rings the moment they were first placed on my finger.
We went shopping for my ring on the anniversary of our first date. It was so exciting. We were going out for dinner to celebrate, so I had bought a new dress for the occasion. We went to the mall to look for my ring before dinner, and we were all dressed up, which made looking for the ring more special. I knew what style ring I wanted, because I used to work for a jewelry store, but since my favorite shape is emerald cut, it wasn't easy to find what I wanted. When we found it, I knew it was perfect, except for the center stone size. We upgraded the center stone, and DH surprised me by getting a certified center stone.
Anyway, we walked out with my ring and went to dinner, but DH asked me to marry him before we went into the restaurant so I could have my ring on my finger.
FI and I started talking about getting engaged and started looking at diamonds. I had NO IDEA how much diamonds cost at the time, and I really wanted at least a 1ct solitaire. When I saw how much that would cost, however, I was horrified. I just couldn't justify spending that much on a tiny sparkly rock. I started to think I would have to get a much smaller stone...
One day I was sitting infront of my computer and out of curiousity I typed in "Diamond Alternative". I came up with lots of results, but I eventually found moissanite. The more I read about moissanite, the more it just seemed too good to be true! I got excited, maybe I could have the ring of my dreams! I talkd to FI about it and he was open to the idea right away. After doing a ton of research and looking at hundreds of pictures and videos, we finally ordered a 1.5ct enhanced moissy stone for moissaniteco.com.
The stone arrived and it was everything we wanted and more! It wasn't too good to be true, it WAS true! :)
Getting it set was a bit tougher. Since we saved money on the rock itself, we went with a pretty expensive setting, the Tiffany replica from Excel Diamonds. We shipped the stone there with no problems, but it was when it was coming back in to Canada that we had some issues, lol.
The customs office called up my FI and told him he needed to come to their office downtown near the airport. He went there expecting to find an office, but when he got there he was in a warehouse with armed security guards (I guess this is where they get a lot of people trying to smuggle questionable things in to Canada).
They told my FI that he needed to pay more fees on the ring he was shipping in, because it was clearly worth a lot more than he was declaring it for. They did not believe it wasn't a diamond. They were convinced he was trying to smuggle in a $15000 ring in to Canada and only declaring it fir $2500. My FI had to show the reciept from our moissaniteco.com payment for them to reluctantly let him take it!
Fast forward about a month in to the future, my FI and I are in Mexico on a lavish vacation for our 3 year anniversary. We are at dinner in a nice italian restaurant on the resort. When they brought out our meals, they were covered. When they lifted my cover... there was a ring box there instead of food!! My FI even got me a Tiffany box from somewhere to give me the "Little blue box" experience. :) It was perfect. The best part is we got my dream ring, and with the money we saved by not going with a diamond we paid down our mortgaged A LOT.
My ring is my fiance's mother's engagement ring. His mom passed away when he was 17 after a long cancer battle. Although I never had the chance to meet her, as FI and I met a few years after her death, from the stories I've heard of her she was a wonderful woman and FI has always said how much she would love me. :)
He had it resized to fit my finger when he proposed this past New Year's Eve. He had been hiding it in our apartment for over 6 months and I never knew - sneaky guy! The thing I love most about it is that it is a unique setting and style and one that suits me. Aside from the sentimental value of being given this ring - it's just one that is beautiful and unique. I could never imagine loving a piece of jewelry any more than I love this ring (and the matching wedding band)!!
Funnily enough - it is a three stone ring - that matches the other jewelry he has bought me in the past - a 3 stone eternity necklace and a 3 stone ring for my birthday a couple years ago. Weird how that works! :)
I love all of the stories about people who have an heirloom stone. So special! I hope to pass my e-ring down in my family someday. :) My e-ring story is kind of boring! At first I thought I wanted a canary diamond, but once we went e-ring shopping and looked at canary diamonds in real life, I knew it wasn't for me. I also knew I didn't want a round diamond - it just looked weird on my hand for some reason. So I was thinking about cushions and radiants, and after seeing both stones in person I knew for sure I wanted a cushion with a platinum setting. I wanted something dainty and feminine and timeless (albeit maybe a bit boring!) I was also kind of a stickler on the quality of the stone - I had certain specifications that I wanted and I did not want the "crushed ice" look that some cushion cuts have. My fiance did such an amazing job giving me what I wanted and more. :)
Hiya girls,
I'm mrs_moden_to_be on here.. Tried logging in with that account and it won't work for some reason. So I made a new one. That's computers for you, unfortunately.
The story of my engagement ring is pretty simple. Back in 2008, he said he wanted to buy me a ring, so I asked him for a Swarovski crystal ring because I love Swarovski. His response was, "No, I meant something "proper". I don't know why he didn't think Swarovski is proper, I love it and would have one for an engagement ring if I ever lost mine. We went looking in several jewellers... H Samuel, Ernest Jones, Prestons of Bolton, Chisholm Hunter, Beaverbrooks, Goldsmiths...I kept picking the less expensive rings because I thought he was just getting me a present. We were in one particular jewellers and the sales lady asked if it was for engagement ring and he said yes. I thought oooh! lol. So, to cut a long story short we looked around for a few months and I saw a lovely ring: a solitaire on a white gold band. I thought it was gorgeous but he didn't like it. We went on holiday shortly after and I thought he had bought it for me and was going to propose. He didnt't so I thought bloody hell what if he doesn't want to get married....
When we got home, he took me looking again and I found mine. I knew straight away it was what I wanted: a platinum and diamond solitaire. My fiance is a typical bloke but on seeing it, he said, "Mm, that's more like it." He went back several weeks later to put a deposit down then paid the rest off when he went to pick it up. I've had it since November 8th 2008 and it's still as beautiful. Plus he got it for an amazing price considering it's platinum. I've been looking at wedding rings and I haven't seen anything as perfect. I love it and I hope all you ladies love yours too x
My FI asked me to print him a picture of my favorite type of ring. I printed a picture of a cushion cut halo, with a single pave band. I didnt care about carat sizing, etc. I just liked this setting the best. I had seen a split shank halo that I loved, but I didn't know how to describe it to him so I just gave him a picture of the single band.
A few months later, FI went to his uncle, who has a jewelry store. His uncle made a ring based off of the picture. What I didn't know was that FI had seen a ring he liked, too, so he based the ring off the picture and what he had seen.
When he proposed, I was sooo surprised because there was my cushion-cut halo...with split shank bands. :) Somehow, without me ever saying, he knew!
Here she is:
@sommertime: I'm not officially engage either but he has the ring now. And are you also planning a 2014 wedding? CRAZY! Please don't tell me your asian too.. then we must be twins! =)
@Loribeth: I'm glad that I went back to try that other ring I thought I wanted. It erased all doubts I had for being spontaneous. The reason why I wanted at least a carat center stone because I wanted to pass it on and become an heirloom.
@DeathByDesign: your ring is gorgeous you can't even tell its not diamonds!
@AshleyR83: thats the same ring I sent my boyfriend and the reason why I went back to the store to try them on. But it didn't look good on my finger and I didn't get that same feeling I had with the first ring. It looks perfect on you! =)
@Star Fruit: I AM Asian! and we ARE planning a 2014 wedding!!!!!! We are twins. What is going on here? haha!
@sommertime: I feel like I'm in the twilight zone right now..lol what are you planning for your wedding theme and colors? I'm obsessed with vintage and shabby chic and I want gray and pink/salmon for colors. I can't wait to start planing when I'm officially engage! Right now wedding bee is my outlet since I can't talk openly about it yet (don't want to ruin the surprise...) =)
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WE went to Jared...
My boyfriend and I have been talking about marriage for almost 2 years now and this year is the perfect time to get engaged. Its our 4th year anniversary this coming April and I am graduating this May.
We had lunch with my BF's mom Friday and on our way back home we talked about getting married again so we came up with the idea of just stopping by at a jewelry store to look for rings and we ended up getting my engagement ring!
I am the most thrifty person in my family and between my boyfriend and I and I'm the type of person who goes around websites looking for coupons (being an extreme couponer is my goal next!) and finding the best deal so picking out an e-ring spontaneously was completely beyond me. And I had this idea that my BF will pick out a ring himself and I would just love it! But my friend said its ok for me to choose since I am the one who is going to wear it forever and she's right.
Anyway, I picked out my 2 favorites. I have always wanted side diamonds and a center diamond (of at least 1 carat) and I found myself liking square halo settings. The first favorite came with 2 bands + the engagement ring (so I was thinking: Sweet! 3 at a price of one!) but the bands were very thin and I worried about engraving. The 2nd setting was vintage looking (I've been OBSESSING about vintage and shabby chic weddings) and its less expensive than the first one. So, I chose the first setting because I thought it was the best deal and I didn't have to worry about wedding bands. Then came the diamonds. I know I wanted it to be at least 1 carat but it looked so small with the setting. I chose a 1.2 ct instead which was the same color and clarity with only a small difference in price. Then came the closing transaction... I told them we need some time alone to talk about it.
BF and I knew coming in that we were not going to buy the ring that day so I told them that I need some time and I need to sleep on it. They did all their sales talk (you can do the paper work now and if you change your mind you have 28 days to do it and yadi yada...) Of course, I knew they were going to try and persuade us to close the deal so I wasn't even listening and I keep looking back on that 2nd setting that was right in front of me under the case. I interrupted the diamontologist: can I take a look at this again with the diamond? he happily obliged. When he put it on my finger I gasp and literally took my breath away. Even my BF who was standing behind me uttered the word "WOW" under his breath. I have been watching SYTTD every weekend and I now know what it feels like finding "the one". The bigger diamond fits PERFECTLY with the setting.
To cut to the chase, we ended up purchasing the ring! We went back yesterday for the fit and it was a little loose so they have to resize it. We had 2 hours to kill so we went around the mall and went to look at different jewelry stores--this is me trying to convince myself that we went to the right store at the right time and getting the best deal since everything happened so fast--Considering it was a Saturday and Valentine's Day is coming, it was busy and lots of promotions. After comparing to other retail stores (Kay, Zales, roger hollands etc. no Tiffanys since thats beyond our price range) the experience and the discount we got from Jared was unbeatable had we went to different retail stores.
2 hours later, the ring fits perfectly! I told him to keep it with him until he proposes since he has to do it the right way. I am very traditional and so are my parents so that means he has to ask them for my hand in marriage before he proposes. =)
And the first thing I did after we picked out the e-ring that is wedding related? Signing up to weddingbee!!! I have been a patron to this website for over a year now and reading blogs and getting DIY ideas. I stopped my self from registering before because I don't want to jinx any of this. But I am just so excited that I couldn't help myself! I can't stop obsessing about my ring and trying hard to remember what it looked like! OK, I really have to stop obsessing otherwise I cannot function. =)
What is the story behind your e-ring? Did you help pick it out? or your FI did?