Morning Glory Necklace – DIY Jewelry Making Tutorial by PotomacBeads

Sapphire engagement rings have come to be one of the most popular choices for couples looking for an alternative to diamonds but who want a durable gem. Sapphires are a beautiful and unique choice for a ring, and while blue shades are the most common, sapphires naturally occur in an array of colours. Like rubies, sapphires are a form of the mineral called corundum, with the only difference being colour.

We all know that vintage engagement rings include a wide variety of styles and influences, from the Victorians to the Edwardians, but the increasingly popular period for such historical pieces is the Art Deco era. Vintage engagement jewellery from this period have become a popular choice for couples looking for something more unique and with character. This artistic design period is based around the exuberance of the 1920s and reflects a feeling of optimism, a post-World War I celebration, of the new ‘modern’ age.

The engagement ring cut, the princess cut, is one of the most popular styles currently used for engagement rings, just behind the round brilliant cut. Unlike other cuts, which have hundreds of years of history behind them, this technique is rather a modern one, having only been developed in the 1970s. A princess cut is typically a square or rectangular-shaped brilliant cut with sharp corners and usually 76 facets; it is usually referred to as a ‘square modified brilliant’ on lab reports and grading certificates.

When a man decides that he has found the woman with whom he wants to spend the rest of his life, he then encounters one of the most difficult decisions he will ever face in his relationship thus far: the engagement ring. Choosing an engagement ring is a very complicated process with many aspects to consider. The best place to start, however, is with the engagement ring cut.

After round and princess cuts, the most increasingly popular engagement ring cut is the cushion. However, cushion cuts are commonly misunderstood, and buyers do not often know how to select the best diamond for them. There are two primary different looks of the cushion engagement ring cut, and perspective buyers need to know what to look for in a gemstone to be cut in this fashion.