getting reacquainted

hello again! goodness, it's been a long time since i've posted. so much has happened since my last update. i'll give a brief update: i got engaged! officially! my fiancee (boyfriend at the time, heh) took a week long trip to paris and florence and he popped the question on this bridge at sunset! it's called 'ponte vecchio' and literally it means old bridge. which is true because it's the oldest bridge in florence! it's been about two months now and i've been busy researching and planning for the wedding. i must have bought every wedding magazine in the industry. i'm just clipping away! that's about it, though. i haven't done a whole lot, i have to say. but it's been wonderful, though. half the time, i'm too busy staring at my ring! :-) we're still doing the bicoastal thing, which has been tough but we survived over a year doing this long distance. i am definitely planning on moving back to the bay area right now... not sure exactly when but i am making this sacrifice to be with the man i love! i sure am going to miss new york city.

love at first sight

i am in LOVE with this ring. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. i first saw it inside the cover page of the elegant bride magazine (current summer edition) and couldn't stop staring at the simplicity of the ring. it's so beautiful. it's part of the de beers bridal collection but not sure what it's called... and it sure does look expensive!

the NOVO

i told my boyfriend last night that i found the most perfect ring EVER. i saw the ads on the new yorker and also on the new issue of martha stewart wedding magazine. i didn't have the guts to tell him that it's from tiffany's. i just told him the name of the ring, NOVO. i hope he's smart enough to google "the perfect ring" and see what it is. it'd be nice to get this ring from him but i'm happy to have find that there is something different out there besides the usual briliant round cut. thanks for brightening my day tiffany!

styledash put it perfectly:
"The Tiffany Novo is a solitaire set in four prongs. The center stone is a slightly squared cushion cut with a unique faceting to give it an updated look. The platinum shank is also laden with small pavé diamonds. As one of the posters on the Purse Forum board mentioned the diamond cut looks to be the same cut as the Square H & A. It's a nice compromise between a round brilliant and the princess cut which has sharper edges and can lack the fire of a round."

also, i found this on the wedding bee:
"What differentiates Tiffany Novo from typical cushion cuts is that it is brilliant versus modified brilliant. Tiffany worked at great length to create a cushion cut diamond that features the standard round brilliant facet arrangement. It’s been cut to maximum brilliance, ie. same number of facets as a round brilliant cut. The shank is bead set with 16 round melee diamonds."

one can only dream! (i also told d that i'd be happy with anything he gave me. i trust his good judgement but really, i'd be happy with anything!)