As far as engagement rings are concerned some women would rather not follow the crowd but rather strike out on their own to find an unusual bridal piece that no one else has. If you would rather not go for what everyone else has like a Tacori or Ritani solitaire then read on to find out how you can create a unique piece of bridal jewelry styled and fashioned only for you.
The easiest way and by far the most cost-effective way to create an engagement ring for yourself that is unusual is to vary the type of center stone that you use for the ring. If you're hung up on the white round brilliant which is the standard classic stone that goes into 90% of the solitaires out there then you will have to think of some other way of creating your masterpiece. However, if you free up your center stone options and go with a colored stone rather than a diamond, then a whole world of fresh design options will open up to you.
The late princess Diana went with a massive oval Kashmiri blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds in a simple ballerina type setting. It was unusual in the sense that the blue sapphire was the center of attention rather than the diamonds in the ring. Of course, the blue sapphire was of such a quality that it was more expensive than most diamonds that you see today. Whatever color you may lean towards there will be a gemstone that you will find very suitable as a center stone for your unusual ring.
You can also opt for a colored diamond as the center stone for your bridal piece. Diamonds as you may realize come in all colors under the sun. Most of what you see in the market is artificially created.
(The intense fancy yellow diamond wedding ring set above is appraised at $23,500 and is available only from ESTATE & VINTAGE JEWELRY SHOWCASE, located in Hamilton, Ontario. Estate jewelry for a fraction of value!)
However, it is possible to get a beautiful canary yellow diamond of a carat or more for just two or three times the price of the same size stone in a white diamond. You can then flank the yellow diamond with artificially colored but natural blue diamonds. So you can have a yellow and blue combination engagement ring that is at once colorful but still all diamond nevertheless.
There are an infinite variety of stones and themes that you can use to create your own unusual engagement ring around. Such gemstones come in a variety of different shapes and you can customize your mounting to accommodate and go with the lines of the stone that you choose. So there is no reason that you can not go out there and find yourself an unusual engagement ring for a very reasonable price.
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