While I don't think the ring is too over the top to be worn frequently, I do feel that it is very much like your other rings, and if you were looking for something special and unique to put the stone into, this would not really be it.

I really love the stone, it's gorgeous, but I can't help but think there must be a setting out there where there is a little more focus on the stone and less so on the "busy" of the setting. Just my two cents though!

I'm not sure how, I don't want to be rude. But I find it chunky and awkward, I don't get the spikes, and I find it to be overdone (actually I think all the pictured rings are) overall. However I think it's clear that we don't have the same taste so whatever makes you happy!

The more I look at it, the less the sides look appealing for some reason...maybe thats part of what Lilac finds blocky.

I think you should keep looking actually

This looks like a setting TL would be all over...does that help?

I thought the exact same thing!

WOW... It's gorgeous!

Hee hee!! Everyone that knows me, knows I DON'T DO PINK!!!!







My thoughts exactly!!!!

Thanks for all of the comments, I really do appreciate them.

Well.... I took the setting back and got a different one (Sparklee - turn away, you will probably hate this one even more) .. lol...

Some of you may think it's still similar to my other rings, and in a way it is, but in a way it's not.

This setting was way less money than the other one.... partly because it's 14k instead of 18k and partly because there is a lot less in diamond weight. The diamonds are still white and sparkly, but are VS instead of VVS and smaller.

It's still blingy, but has a much smaller presence on my hand...

I bought this one with the thought in mind that it may not be the forever home for the stone, and beings that it's made for a 9x7 stone, I'll have lots of options for stones if I want to swap out the mahenge someday if and when I find a setting that knocks my socks off.

I took these photos quickly in my office which has yellowy recessed lighting, so the diamonds looks cloudy, but they aren't and the stone is balancing on top of the prongs, so it cockeyed.

Please feel free to be honest about this one also.... if you like or not, my feelings won't be hurt, however I am going to keep this one.... even if it's not a forever home for the mahenge.

I like this final one you picked!!

LOL! Like I said, it's not my normal style and I picked my two rings that were the blingyest (and therefore the most similar) to post as a comparison. If I would have posted the Mark Morrell solitaire or the Eddie Sakamoto cab bezel, the difference would have been startling....

Casey, I thought I liked the first one (albeit with some reservations), but then I saw the second.... GORGEOUS! It is so different but still classic and "wearable".