When Jake and I first started looking at rings together, I had a pretty good idea of what I wanted. I knew that I wanted a Princess cut center stone on white gold, with some kind of detailing on the setting. I had long admired Tacori style rings, but they were a bit out of our ideal price range.
In the fall of 2009, a local jewelry store was hosting a diamond dash downtown Des Moines, where the winner would receive a $15,000 diamond engagement ring. We were intrigued and thought it would be fun, so we signed up. Turns out we had a BLAST! While we didn't win the grand prize, we did get a pretty nice coupon offering 20% off any engagement ring bought from the sponsoring store. We went in to take a look and I found the most beautiful setting that reminded me a lot of the Tacori style. In March of 2010, Jake proposed with said ring! And what do you know? Their marketing did the trick because we are now life-long customers.
In the fall of 2009, a local jewelry store was hosting a diamond dash downtown Des Moines, where the winner would receive a $15,000 diamond engagement ring. We were intrigued and thought it would be fun, so we signed up. Turns out we had a BLAST! While we didn't win the grand prize, we did get a pretty nice coupon offering 20% off any engagement ring bought from the sponsoring store. We went in to take a look and I found the most beautiful setting that reminded me a lot of the Tacori style. In March of 2010, Jake proposed with said ring! And what do you know? Their marketing did the trick because we are now life-long customers.
Engagement Ring
My engagement ring is a .77 princess cut diamond set in a 14K white gold band adorned with round cut-bead set diamonds. The band is also hand engraved with a leaf-looking pattern. I LOVE it so much and couldn't imagine a more perfect ring.
Wedding Bands
My wedding band was custom made to match my engagement ring. It has round, bead-set diamonds on the top and sides of the band so that it lines up exactly with my engagement ring.
Jake's wedding band is a 6mm made of Tungsten. It has a hammered finish in the middle. He chose Tungsten because he liked the weight of it.
Jake's wedding band is a 6mm made of Tungsten. It has a hammered finish in the middle. He chose Tungsten because he liked the weight of it.