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Newbee
Hello bees! You probably hear this a lot, but I am a “longtime lurker, first time poster.” I used these boards and the exquisite rings posted here to gain inspiration for my own engagement ring, so thank you all! I would like to see all of your engagement rings too, and also wanted to ask when you started thinking about your venue after you got engaged. I just got engaged last month, and to be honest, I don’t feel ready to start thinking about wedding stuff yet, but everybody tells me to lock in a venue, and then I can breathe a little. What has your experience been?
Thanks for your time, and I can’t wait to see your rings!
Stats: My boyfriend proposed after we had been dating for just about 3.5 years
Ring: Round diamond (1.85 carats) in a cushion halo setting (size 4 ring); J color, Sl1 clarity, total carat weight – about 3 carats
I apologize in advance if the pictures are huge, I would describe myself as very tech un-savvy..
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Helper bee
Congratulations!! Beautiful ring!!
Post # 3
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Newbee
blessedbee : Thank you!! I am still on cloud 9
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Busy bee
- Wedding: January 2021 - Dracut, Massachusetts
Congrats bee! Lovely ring!
This is my ring! We got engaged on Halloween!
Honestly, we were about a month engaged when we went to look at a venue, per the suggestions by all my friends also. We had it narrowed down to two. The one and only venue we looked at, we booked. My friend had her shower there in the summer, so I was familiar, their food is amazing, and I really value that. They were SO nice in helping us get things set up for her shower that I knew they’d be great with a wedding! Also, since we booked that day, they gave a few grand off. My Fiance is a master negotiator anyway though lol! Our date is 1/16/21. I’ve already got my dress, which just happened to work out the way it did and we just booked the photographer for the engagement photos that will be done at the end of March!
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Newbee
blondie603 : Thank you!!!
Oh my gosh your ring is beautiful. I really love your setting! Aww engaged on Halloween is so so fun
Ahh gotcha, so we should probably start poking around online right now just to see what’s out there. That’s so nice that you got to take a look at the venue and experience it for your friend’s shower before booking. Ah! Good job! My fiance is a muuuch better negotiator than I am, so I will leave the talking to him haha. Hopefully we can get a little bit of a discount too, fingers crossed.
Your wedding is just under a year away, that is SO exciting! I envy you, now I really feel like I should lock in my venue and date. You are so good at planning, my gosh!! I really need to get with it, and fast! Thanks for sharing this!
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Wannabee
Hi! Custom designed ring; 2ct center stone with double halo 😊 We actually got engaged in September and took a few months to just soak it in through the holidays and started planning in January! I’ve known for years what I wanted our venue to be, it’s literally my dream venue so that was an easy decision for us! The hard part has been getting our top choice vendors reserved for our date. 😆
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Newbee
heatherp143 : Umm OH MY GOSH your ring is breathtaking! So sparkly and beautiful! Huge congratulations to you! Haha I know what you eman about soaking it in…I still can’t even believe i’m engaged! It still sometimes surprises me to see it on my finger.
Aww I’m glad you got your dream venue!! That must be a huge weight lifted I wish I had a clue, when it comes to venue haha I will just have to keep googling!
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Helper bee
Congratulations!!! I also got engaged last month and I totally relate to how you’re feeling. We’re locking in a venue next month and giving ourselves January to breathe and just get used to saying “fiancé” 😊 but we do have soft holds on the date we want at two of the three venues we’ll tour in February.
Here’s my ring! 1.03ct round brilliant, G color SI1.
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Busy bee
1.20 I VS1
We got engaged on Black Friday and I booked the venue within a week. We had been talking about getting married for about a year before, so I had already spent a lot of time thinking about it.
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Busy bee
engagedbeeaf : Congratulations!!!!
Here are our rings…
Post # 11
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Newbee
newbee5 : Your ring is so beautiful and classic! [email protected] Congrats on getting engaged last month! Yes, I agree 100%, we are also letting ourselves soak it all in this month, then will probably start looking at venues next month. It still seems wierd calling him my fiance!
Post # 12
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Newbee
pinkflamingos : Gorgrous ring! Oh wow, you were on top of it with your venue, major props! Now you can rest easy for a bit
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Newbee
vanessalynn22 : Oh wow. Are those baguette diamonds flanking your center stone? Love love love that look, so perfect. Thanks for sharing!
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Newbee
Congrats! Beautiful ring 🙂 here is mine!
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Busy bee
engagedbeeaf : They are, thanks so much!!!
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