Help! Pave wedding band from Etsy - quality question

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BAGWANNABE

BAGWANNABE

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#1
HI!

I lost my beloved wedding band on Thanksgiving and have finally decided it's time to get a new one.

I've looked at LOTS of rings and nothing has really spoken to me until I stumbled across a custom band that I LOVE on Etsy. I've been in touch with artist/jeweler/seller. She's been very happy to answer all of my questions. But, here's my question for you:

The diamonds/melee will be G color, VS clarity and full cut.

Is that good? Will that be sparkly? I really want my ring to be sparkly. It's kind of nerve-racking to buy a ring unseen! Any input you have would be greatly appreciated.

I've uploaded a picture of the ring. Also a picture of the ring with the small pave band I'd like to get. THANK YOU!
 

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#2
I'm no expert, but my platinum micropave wedding band has G-H VS2 melee and it's very sparkly. Of course you can't really expect them to sparkle like a full-sized diamond, but they add a great amount of sparkle to an otherwise plain band. The thing with tiny diamonds is, they seem to twinkle no matter what. Only when they're cloudy and white-looking do they not twinkle. I think most melee is VS2, SI-ish, but I could be wrong.

Here's a photo of my wedding set. Honestly, I think those diamonds in your posted photos look pretty good but the expert ladies here might have a different opinion :smile1:
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I do love the brushed gold with the diamonds. Gorgeous! Have you asked her about her return policy at all?
 
#4
See if the vendor can send you a sample ring to check the quality or that you can return yours if you're not happy. I recently did this with Zina Tahiri on Etsy and it was easy enough.
 
#8
Well, it's pretty in photos but you'd need to know the cut quality of the melee. The closer-up shot of the wider band is better than the first photo, though I don't know that it's a fair visual to the melee quality. Just because they're stated as G VS doesn't mean they're good quality though. If the return policy is a full refund, that might be worth a look. If the melee is well cut, it will sparkle very well, just like a larger stone, just smaller :)

I haven't purchased any diamond jewelry through Etsy simply because I don't know the quality of the materials, and there's no reputation there, and the only jeweler I know of on that site is Adam Foster because he's local to me here, and I've met him in person. His work is amazing.
 
#9
ame said:
Well, it's pretty in photos but you'd need to know the cut quality of the melee. The closer-up shot of the wider band is better than the first photo, though I don't know that it's a fair visual to the melee quality. Just because they're stated as G VS doesn't mean they're good quality though. If the return policy is a full refund, that might be worth a look. If the melee is well cut, it will sparkle very well, just like a larger stone, just smaller :)

I haven't purchased any diamond jewelry through Etsy simply because I don't know the quality of the materials, and there's no reputation there, and the only jeweler I know of on that site is Adam Foster because he's local to me here, and I've met him in person. His work is amazing.
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I love Etsy and just checked out his page. He has beautiful items. I added him to my fav list, it can be hard to find what your looking for on Etsy sometimes just because it has gotten so huge.

I have bought jewelry on Etsy-gold bangle for my sister in law and I was thrilled with the quality. OP, I would just make sure there is a good return policy and see the item with your own eyes. Let us know how it turns out, I am interested to see what type of quality the diamonds are also.
 
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ame said:
Well, it's pretty in photos but you'd need to know the cut quality of the melee. The closer-up shot of the wider band is better than the first photo, though I don't know that it's a fair visual to the melee quality. Just because they're stated as G VS doesn't mean they're good quality though. If the return policy is a full refund, that might be worth a look. If the melee is well cut, it will sparkle very well, just like a larger stone, just smaller :)

I haven't purchased any diamond jewelry through Etsy simply because I don't know the quality of the materials, and there's no reputation there, and the only jeweler I know of on that site is Adam Foster because he's local to me here, and I've met him in person. His work is amazing.
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Thank you, Ame! I'm going to check out her return policy. Probably look around locally this weekend. I really love the look of this ring and having communicated with the seller/artist/jeweler, if I don't find anything else this weekend, I may just bite the bullet.
 
#11
NikkisABagGirl said:
I love Etsy and just checked out his page. He has beautiful items. I added him to my fav list, it can be hard to find what your looking for on Etsy sometimes just because it has gotten so huge.

I have bought jewelry on Etsy-gold bangle for my sister in law and I was thrilled with the quality. OP, I would just make sure there is a good return policy and see the item with your own eyes. Let us know how it turns out, I am interested to see what type of quality the diamonds are also.
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I agree! Adam Foster's jewelry is beautiful. Going to check out the return policy. Thank you so much for your reply, NikkisABagGirl.
 
#12
When I went to his shop I was surprised how small his "showroom" area was, but that's because he mostly does custom work to order. What I saw in person was INCREDIBLE though. He works at ridiculously high magnification, which I immensely appreciate. He can do really nice micropave work as well, from what I saw of past work.
 
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