Since I have had a little bit of experience with diamonds, I was pretty sure that a 1 carat diamond would be the best size for her petite hand.  So, that is where we started.

They first showed us the Tolkowsky line of diamonds.  Tolkowsky patented a method for cutting round diamonds so that they reflected lots and lots of light.  In short, they sparkled all of the time.  In fact, they sparkled so much that you couldn’t really see the diamond.  All you could see was the sparkles.

I sensed that Cheryl, my fiancee, was not that impressed with these diamonds and asked to see other cuts.  As she moved from the round cuts to the more rectangular cuts, I suggested the emerald cut.   Once we saw that emerald cut diamond in the mounting that we had chosen, we were taken a back and agreed that this was what we were looking for.

And when they told us that it would be ready in 2 hours, we were elated.  No week long wait, our ring would be ready for wearing that same day.  Very impressive.  Way to go Jared’s.