Ok, so I will start with "I'm a raging hippy and I didn't want a new mined diamond ring".
So, my fiance proposed with a loose Apollo diamond. 1/3 carat and absolutely beautiful.
However, he didn't tell his parents that he was going to ask until he already had. Upon trying to find a jeweller to mount my cultured diamond (not a simulant), his mom informed us that her original engagement ring of 30+ years was in her jewelry box at home gathering dust. She told us that we could have it. To me it is a symbol of the years I have spent winning over the affections of his parents (7 years to be exact) and a symbol that I was finally being accepted into the family. It is a 3-stone with a 1/2 carat center and (2) 1/4 carats on the sides
But he spent a great deal of money and time and effort, talking to the engineers in the labs at Apollo even to find and purchase just the right loose stone for me. The one I specifically requested. Cultured diamonds cost as much as mined ones.
So, we thought of having a right-hand ring made of my loose stone. But I'm not a jewelry girl and I would like to only have to worry about one hand.
I think it would look absolutely fabulous set with two lab-created blue sapphires in a matching setting to my ring from his mother. My wedding band his mother also provided is a solid platinum ring, a wider one though.
So, I am stuck, I thought I was a picky bride-to-be and that he wouldn't get the right ring, and now I have two perfect choices.
Another thing I thought about was to have the platinum of the solid band turned into a channel setting for to Apollo diamond and lab sapphires as my wedding ring.
Do you think either wearing both engagement rings and the wedding ring on the left hand or having the Apollo and sapphires channel set as the wedding ring would be too much bling or could I get away with it since I don't wear ANY other jewelry anywhere else on my body (my ears aren't even pierced anymore).