Holy Moly, David!  You are a slave driver this summer! 

Still, can't wait to see how they all  come out. 

I cannot wait to see all the pretties once done.

You need to quit making these pink lemonade rings.  It makes me want to ditch my 3 stone idea and go for a halo just like that 

I love it!  it's very gentle, very Spring.

It is, isn't it! Very fresh, bright and clean looking. This is such a beautiful ring, the colours are just wonderful.

I'm looking forward to seeing R3398. This one sounds like a classic DBL three-stone beauty: 2.03ct FLY with cushions... yummmmm.   

Aww, thank you, Ah2. I've encountered a few, um, mishaps lately. I'm sure that someday I wiil think it is all funny... 

Here's another one we're starting.....
ITEM #: R1945
Platinum and 18Karat Yellow Gold Diamond Ring

  WEIGHT: 2.04ct
  SHAPE: Radiant Cut
  COLOR: S-T
  CLARITY: VS2
  MEASUREMENTS: 7.10 x 6.90 x 4.50 mm
  TOTAL DEPTH: 65.2%
  FLUORESCENCE: NONE

SIDE STONES:
  TOTAL WEIGHT: 0.48cts
  QUANTITY: 2
  SHAPE: Trilliant
  COLOR: F
  CLARITY: VS2

MOUNTING:
  Platinum and 18Karat Yellow Gold

We will ship the ring in your size.

Price: $13350

David,
Can you give a little more information on R3477 1.37ctw Radiants from the smaller yellow parcel?  Will it be in gold or platinum?  What millimeter size and carat weight is the center diamond?  Will this be a Y-Z or FLY? 

Gee, I sure hope that D gets here soon to answer Sparkly's questions and put her out of her misery. Poor Sparkly, it's just TOO much FUN, isn't it! 

I knew she wouldn't last forever.  This is the first stone I fell in love with on DBL.    I wanted to put her in a halo with a blue melee.  BUT....she'll be gorgeous with trills, too.

No, Trink, there's no way.  We should close on the house inside of 60 days.  Then the piggy bank will be completely empty, and still I need to set the Whynot2K and now the bloojay.  I was just lucky to hold on to the R1945 dream for so long. 

She'll be gorgeous in her new trills, I'm sure. *sniff* 

I never asked, saqsay.  It takes me a horrible amount of time to save up that kind of money for a stone, alone.   

Can it be done?  Well sure, and I wouldn't trust anyone but David to do it.  I watch one site that has two different shades of blue diamonds available in melees.  They swear they are natural fancy, and price accordingly.  I admit the colors conform to my understanding of natural blues, too. 

Sady, I have champagne taste and a beer budget.  That, or my taste places extraordinarily expensive items in juxtaposition with the inexpensive.  It's not good sense to do so. I recently shipped pix of two little 5 point blue pears to David to look at.  You know the type.  You get 1 picture, the price, and a color GIA (or other, gulp!) certification to make a decision.  The price was in the 1500 range for the bitty things - neither even 3 mm at widest point.  I was thinking about a little blue pear with a pink halo, just like LI'L BLOO  has, and dangle the bloojay from it.  But think - the price of using a tiny blue diamond and then a pink melee, even that small, would probably exceed the cost of the 1 ct pear  I bought in June - and could you see it from even 10 feet way?  I doubt it.  Good idea on paper, but not reasonable.  Two days later that little blue pear showed up on the site.  I coulda died.  Unfortunately 'way out of my league, pricewise.  So you can see, I have big dreams - if a little on the weird side.

I was lucky that my DH bought LI'L BLOO for my e-ring and then let me have free rein to design it.  I was luckier, still, that the crew from this forum kept me from my own bad taste!