Your Engagement Ring… A Timeless Tradition April 25, 2012
Posted by Jill Renee in : Engagement Rings , add a commentOne of the best things about Danforth Diamond is that you can completely customize your wedding or engagement ring to match your tastes. But the real question is… how do you know if you’ll have the same taste 10 years from now?
Ideally, you’re only getting married once. That means you’ll be wearing your engagement and wedding ring for many years to come! But how can you be sure that the ring you pick out today will be a ring you are still in love with in 10 years? 20 years? 30 years?
Learn how you can create a timeless ring with help from the experts at Danforth Diamond:
DON’T…
- Don’t choose an engagement ring style just because it’s unique.
- Don’t try too hard to create a ring that will get people talking.
- Don’t let your friends influence your decision, it’s your ring!
- Don’t pick a ring that you aren’t 100% in love with.
- Don’t put too much pressure on your boyfriend to make the right choice.
- Don’t fall in love with a wedding or engagement ring that’s out of your budget.
DO…
- Do follow celebrity trends; choose a ring based solely on your style.
- Do trust your gut when shopping for engagement rings.
- Do let your boyfriend surprise you if that’s what he really wants.
- Do give your boyfriend suggestions about the type of ring you would want.
- Do take your time and shop for the best ring at the best price.
- Do research to learn about the 4 Cs of diamond buying.
- Do follow your heart about choosing the right ring.
- Do keep in mind that in 10 years, you can always buy a new setting.
- Do choose a wedding or engagement ring you can pass down in your family.
- Do shop for rings that fit within your budget.
- Do act surprised when your boyfriend picks the exact ring you wanted!
When you start seriously shopping for the perfect engagement ring or wedding ring,
you may be surprised by how easy it is to fall in love. While you may think there are too many options for you to ever make a concrete decision, when you do finally find your ring, you’ll just know!
Already found your perfect engagement or wedding ring? Tell us about it! We’d love to hear your story.
A Ring without Rival, the 150-Carat All-Diamond Ring April 9, 2012
Posted by Jill Renee in : Engagement Rings , add a commentMaster craftsmen at Shawish Jewelry, a Switzerland based luxury jewelry store, have emerged from their workshop to reveal a breathtaking 150-carat masterpiece. 
Mr. Shawesh and his colleagues spent a year carving the 150-carat diamond ring out of a single large diamond. Cutting edge laser technology (no pun intended) was used in conjunction with traditional diamond cutting and polishing techniques to achieve the final design of the ring. The ring is made entirely from diamond and does not contain any precious metals or gemstones. Mr. Shawesh has copyrighted what he claims to be the world’s first all-diamond ring so others will not be tempted to replicate the feat. According to their website, “the most important aspect is preserving the integrity of the diamond and of course the most difficult phase is precision cutting an entire stone into a ring”. The company had to perform several tests before cutting a precise circle directly into the diamond with special laser equipment.
The ring is expected to sell for $70 million! WOW! Consider their marketing tagline when pondering the exorbitant cost; “There are more than a billion years in a diamond, only now this eternity is in your hands”. I just hope they have the correct finger size for the buyer!
Duck Duck Go…ose… Google, You Are Not It!! April 4, 2012
Posted by Jill Renee in : Engagement Rings , add a commentGoogle has crappy search results. The same company comes up time after time for many different search terms. Instead of showing a variety of results, Google just shows the “name brands”. For example, if I search for an outdoor wicker candle holder (which I really did this morning), I get target, amazon and overstock… and the results show wicker furniture and metal candleholders… ugh!! When I do the same search on a new search engine called Duck Duck Go I actually get results from places that sell outdoor wicker candle holders! These are not
big name stores but they actually have exactly what I am looking for. So I can spend 30 minutes rummaging through all the spammy results on Google to find what I am looking for or two minutes on Duck Duck Go and be ordering what I want… I choose Duck Duck Go!
In addition when I do a search on Google, I know Big Brother is watching me and selling me out to the highest bidder. I don’t like being spied on and then marketed to based on my search terms. If I am doing a research project on the world’s largest diamonds, do I really need to see ads for DeBeers six months later every time I log onto my e-mail account??
Duck Duck Go has an excellent privacy policy…they don’t spy. Period.
Easy to see why I am loving this new little ducky on the search scene.
