Design Your Own Engagement Ring

Yes is the answer to the question, can I design my own engagement ring. You'll need to learn a few essential things about engagement ring design and that's what you'll learn here. Important factors you need to understand are diamond clarity and color, diamond shapes, types of metal for your ring band, and the various settings you can choose from.

A diamond's shape is going to have a great influence on the design of your engagement ring, so deciding on the shape of your diamond is a very important and long-lasting decision. A few of the most popular diamond shapes are Round, Princess, Emerald, Oval, Marquise, Pear, Cushion, and Radiant. Personal tastes, style, and preferences are going to play a major role in choosing your diamond's shape.

A diamond's price and desirability are greatly influenced by its color. An important fact to consider is that the less color your diamond has, the more it will cost. Some of the acceptable colors in diamonds used in engagement rings vary from a touch of brown to completely colorless. The color scale for diamonds will typically vary from the colorless "C" all the way up to the inexpensive "Z".
You will want to understand that the clarity of a diamond will be based on inclusions, and where, how many, and the size of the inclusions. What you have to pay for a diamond will be based on the number of inclusions found, and you can generally say that fewer inclusions will equal a more costly diamond. Inclusions are a natural condition of diamonds. A scale is used to describe the quality of diamonds and is based on inclusions that can be seen under a microscope. Engagement rings with the greatest number of inclusions will have an I3 designation and flawless diamonds will have an F designation.

Deciding which metal is going to be right for your engagement ring is something you need to take seriously. If you have allergic reactions to metal, then a platinum ring may be just the thing for you. Keep in mind that platinum is more expensive because it is a rare metal. One of the most popular metals for engagement rings is gold. Gold is mixed with other metals because 24 karat gold is too soft for rings, but the unpleasant side effect is that you may be allergic to some of the other metals. If you are allergic to metal then a titanium engagement ring is going to be a good choice. Keep in mind that the metal is extremely hard and cannot be resized. A very popular choice for an engagement ring is silver. It is inexpensive and beautiful. Keep in mind the silver is a soft metal and therefore mixed with nickel which you may be allergic to. An alternative to white gold is palladium. Many people have found that it is strong, and hypoallergenic, and is comparable in price to white gold.

Another choice you need to make is the setting for your engagement ring. Many people choose the prong setting because of its ability to cleanly display the best qualities of your diamond. Choosing a bezel setting is not only sensible because the design protects your diamond, but it also shows off the brilliance of the diamond as well. If you really want to highlight your diamond you will want to strongly consider the tension setting. Other than being more costly and hard to resize, tension settings are highly desirable. Stunning is a word often used to describe the pave setting. You'll pay more for this beautiful, but highly desirable engagement ring setting. It will be hard to match the safety provided to your diamond that is provided by a channel setting. Channel settings don't showcase a diamond as well as some of the others, but they do have their own unique beauty.
Don't forget that you'll also have to know what ring size you'll need. Practically any store that sells rings can help you with your ring size. Attention to detail and studying the options available will help you design the perfect engagement ring.