I’ve decided to reset my Mom’s set. I have a friend “in the Diamond business” who can do a setting for about 1/4 of what it is at a jewelry store.
It is a 1.25 round cut Diamond. The wedding band is 5 round cut diamonds about .15+ karats each.
I’ve never been a dainty style jewelry wearer. Right now with that on trend, I do have a dainty gold and another dainty silver necklace that I’ll wear with larger earrings.
If I do a necklace, I could encircle the larger Diamond with the smaller ones and even add a gemstones inbetween for a different look. I just would want it to stand out. Plus, I always worry about it falling off or someone grabbing and pulling it off.
Or, would I get more use out of a ring? Would it look odd to have a Diamond on each hand? If I did a ring, it would definitely need a setting that looked like a cocktail ring, not wedding. Maybe an elongated setting with added gemstones. Thoughts?
Hmmm…I would make a simple Diamond pendant necklace with the larger Diamond. It sounds like that Diamond could stand alone very nicely with a nice setting.
And I would get earrings made with the smaller diamonds.
I had my mom’s ring resized to wear on the pointer finger of my right hand (I already have rings I always wear on both ring fingers). I don’t wear it all the time, but I always wear it to family gatherings & to events I know my mom would have wanted to attend.
I would do a necklace. Even if it is daintier then you would like it can always be layered. I have a very dainty diamond station necklace made with my grandmothers tennis bracelet and while I rarely wear it by itself, I wear it all the time layered with other jewelry.
Next choice would be a bracelet that I could stack with my other gold bracelets that I wear daily.
Ring would be a third choice but I’m not a big ring person.
Personally I would do a necklace. As was mentioned above you could layer that necklace with other ones. I only wear my engagement and wedding rings since I’m not a big ring person. I wear platinum and silver versus gold, but do love the bracelets above too although they would be more expensive.
So many choices! For my 50th birthday my mom had my grandmother’s wedding ring turned into a pendant necklace for me- it’s platinum with multiple diamonds and so beautiful - I wear it even if I’m in athleisure. I too wear only engagement/wedding rings but I love seeing rings on others- just don’t like to wear them.
I love bracelets and am contemplating turning some of my mom’s jewelry into a nice piece. I had a double stranded pearl bracelet with a beautiful clasp made for my daughter from my mom’s very long strand and am now thinking of drop earrings for both daughter and I with what still remains.
It’s so special to repurpose family jewelry- just make sure whatever you make that you actually wear it.
I love my necklace that was designed to incorporate my mom’s marquise diamond and side baguettes and also my grandmothers round diamond. I wear it often and especially when I go to things, family and other, that she would enjoy. I do wear rings, but chose to have this as a necklace. My mother in law wore a necklace with both her mother’s diamond and her “starter” diamond. My SIL has that and her mother’s larger diamond. I’m not sure if she is going to add that third diamond to that necklace; I don’t think so.
I wear my grandmother’s engagement ring as my wedding ring. I had to have my wedding band cut off when I broke my wrist and needed a cast. She died when I was 14; her ring is a daily reminder. I couldn’t imagine resetting it.
If I had my band, I would have resized the ring to fit my right hand.
You could have the center stone set in a basket setting and then have the wedding band stones bezel-set at equal distances around a chain.
Here are examples for the multi-stone necklace:
Here is an example for the center stone:
I would ask the jeweler to position the five stones so that they start slightly below where your ears are, since no one will see the stones if they are behind your neck. Also have an extra loop added an inch or inch & a half in from the catch so that you can wear the necklace at a shorter length if you want.
If you are having the chain made up in yellow gold, have the bezels or basket/prongs done up in white gold or platinum, as the yellow gold will make the diamonds look yellow. I would have the center stone chain made up an inch or inch & a half longer than the multi-stone chain. You can then wear the two necklaces together, or separately, or with other chains.
