Bella is lovely, I forgot to add that Love the rose gold it is dreamy. ~Red

If you want your ginormous 9mm diamond to look bigger *ahem* then I definitely think you should make the halo white gold (or platinum, since I know you prefer heavy rings). The whiteness of the halo visually extends the look of the diamond; the rose gold halo would make the diamond end abrubtly into the halo because of the color contrast. I would sneak the rose gold underneath so it's only on the basket if your goal is to make your diamond look bigger.

Geez, I am a total JbEG thread stalker! LOL

BWAHAHAHA! I love the collaboration, believe me!

I am actually very content with the size of the stone, but shrinkage is a nasty bugger and I would get a bit of a thrill with that extra size boost a halo would give. But I am just enamored with the rose gold, too. Love the face up look of it - your eye just goes right to that OEC and it's a great way of flaunting the stone.

I'll see if our jeweler can render the cathedral version with a white halo and shank and rose basket, and the reverse - rose gold halo and shank with white basket.

Just for funsies

Thank you, Red!

Love it! Love all the designs, but.....LOVE the white/rose metal design....different and striking.......

I prefer the look of the tapered shoulders.

And.. you gals are coming up with AMAZING designs !

BTW, please don't laugh when you find out who we named the ring after

I know there are lots of doggie lovers here and I just wanted to give a brief explanation of the name "Bella". We initially planned to name this the "Paisley" halo, for obvious reasons, but while we were in the midst of designing this concept, my brother's beloved pit bull mix, Bella, passed away.

She was older - more than 10, and had been in great health until her spleen ruptured. My bro spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on emergency surgery and post op critical care, and she was doing great! They diagnosed her with a very aggressive form of cancer, but he was willing to spend thousands more in order to buy her some time with Chemo. About 2 days after she came home from surgery, however, she passed away suddenly and peacefully during the night. It's a mystery what happened and they were devastated.

My brother and his partner have no children, but they do have 5 beloved rescue dogs and Bella was truly his baby and the one he was closest to. I couldn't do anything for him, but I did tell him we'd name our next setting "Bella" and he was really touched, so that's why we now have the "Bella" halo!

Oh, and for what it's worth, Bella was a very girly girl. She quite literally sashayed when she walked, and if she wanted your attention she'd just sit on you until she got her way. LOL, she was quite a character

aww. Bella looked like a sweetheart.

Aww....I think that is precious!