engagement ring pix!
i've had a bit of a crash course this week in fine jewelry. the largest lesson, by far, has been that it's freakin' impossible to casually photograph precious gemstones once they've been cut. there's something about their light absorption, reflection and the facets - when combined, normal cameras and video cameras get a very blurry image. i'm assuming they have a hard time focusing?
so, after many repeated attempts with a variety of devices, i'm going to have to cut and paste various images from the internet to try and give an idea of what my ring looks like.
here we see the band.
it's white gold with 24 round diamonds imbedded - 4 on back, 4 on top, 4 on the front, on both left and right sides. they produce a very eye-catching, yet feminine, twinkling effect in almost any kind of lighting, from almost any angle. they make the ring decidedly not-boring in any way. on either side of the setting for the center stone, there are two Xs in the metalwork, which give an effect of knotwork. in this picture, the knot work looks really puffy/bulky - i promise you, the crosses or Xs or whatever you call them don't look that big on the final product. they're actually quite sleek looking; they make the center stone look like it's been tied or knotted into the ring.
for the center stone, danny chose a sapphire. my sapphire is lavender in color, and that is a 100% naturally occurring color. sapphires and rubies are technically the same stone, element-wise - however rubies have a chemical composition that turn them red, whereas sapphires have a chemical composition that turn them lots of different colors, but most frequently shades of blue. danny went with a sapphire because he knew i'm not huge into diamonds - they're pretty, but they're extremely overpriced and overvalued by the diamond industry, which holds stones back to drive up prices. that, and sapphires/rubies/other precious stones are more rare than diamonds; they are harder to mine and harder for nature to create. also, you have to get a diamond past a certain carat size to really see its natural fire, and i didn't want him to spend that much money on a ring. also also, diamonds and other precious stones are weighed differently, usually by geological density; a one carat diamond is physically smaller than a one carat sapphire, so you get more bang for your buck.
my sapphire is a 3/4 carat oval cut and it sparkles just like a diamond, only with a different color spectrum.
so there we have it! i promise, if i can find a camera that can focus in on it, i'll take real pictures. or you'll just have to see it in person!
love kittie
so, after many repeated attempts with a variety of devices, i'm going to have to cut and paste various images from the internet to try and give an idea of what my ring looks like.
here we see the band.
it's white gold with 24 round diamonds imbedded - 4 on back, 4 on top, 4 on the front, on both left and right sides. they produce a very eye-catching, yet feminine, twinkling effect in almost any kind of lighting, from almost any angle. they make the ring decidedly not-boring in any way. on either side of the setting for the center stone, there are two Xs in the metalwork, which give an effect of knotwork. in this picture, the knot work looks really puffy/bulky - i promise you, the crosses or Xs or whatever you call them don't look that big on the final product. they're actually quite sleek looking; they make the center stone look like it's been tied or knotted into the ring.
for the center stone, danny chose a sapphire. my sapphire is lavender in color, and that is a 100% naturally occurring color. sapphires and rubies are technically the same stone, element-wise - however rubies have a chemical composition that turn them red, whereas sapphires have a chemical composition that turn them lots of different colors, but most frequently shades of blue. danny went with a sapphire because he knew i'm not huge into diamonds - they're pretty, but they're extremely overpriced and overvalued by the diamond industry, which holds stones back to drive up prices. that, and sapphires/rubies/other precious stones are more rare than diamonds; they are harder to mine and harder for nature to create. also, you have to get a diamond past a certain carat size to really see its natural fire, and i didn't want him to spend that much money on a ring. also also, diamonds and other precious stones are weighed differently, usually by geological density; a one carat diamond is physically smaller than a one carat sapphire, so you get more bang for your buck.
my sapphire is a 3/4 carat oval cut and it sparkles just like a diamond, only with a different color spectrum.
so there we have it! i promise, if i can find a camera that can focus in on it, i'll take real pictures. or you'll just have to see it in person!
love kittie