ENGAGEMENT RING DESIGN PROCESS

Before going through the design process, it helps to have a budget in mind. To understand the pricing for engagement rings, follow the link below.

  1. CHOOSE CENTER STONE

Decide on what center stone you’d like, your engagement ring will be designed to that stone. Diamond and sapphire are the best options for engagement rings due to their strength and durability to withstand everyday wear and tear.

Two diamonds and one yellow gemstone with a grey background

DIAMOND

  • Natural

  • Lab Grown

  • Yellow

  • Konjac

  • Champagne

  • Pink

  • Salt and pepper

SAPPHIRE

  • Blue

  • Teal

  • Green

  • Orange

  • Yellow

  • Pink

  • Red (Ruby)

  • Australian

Info graph with gemstone shapes

2. SHAPE

There are a number of shapes to choose from. Diamonds are available in all shapes, however for sapphires there can be limitations on available colours and shapes.

For longer hands, longer shapes such as emerald cut, oval, marquise and other elongated cuts look best.

For shorter hands, rounder shapes look best, like square, cushion, asscher and rounds.

Diamond set white gold ring
Yellow gold ring with green center and white diamonds set into a halo surround

3. STYLE

HALO

CLASSIC

What kind of styles do you or you S.O like?

  • Modern

  • Classic

  • Antique

  • Art Deco

  • Solitaire

  • Straight lines

  • Alternative

  • Halo

Use the words listed above and any other describing words you can think of to explain what type of over style you are after. This help us gauge what kind of design you’ll like.

Sapphire and diamond two stone engagement ring

TOI ET MOI

  • Floral

  • Toi Et Moi

  • 3 Stone

  • Asymmetrical

  • Totally out there

  • Diamond set band

  • Cluster

Diamond set two stone engagement ring

4. CHOOSE YOUR METAL

TWO TONE YELLOW AND PLATINUM

You can choose from 18ct white gold, 18ct yellow gold, 18ct rose gold or platinum.

Diamonds look their best set in white metal as it makes the diamond look brighter. The band can still be the colour of your choice making it a two tone ring.

People generally choose the metal type based on what they already wear or to suit their skin tone.

4. EXTRA DETAILS

Side view of a ring set with an oval diamond. It had a yellow gold band and a platinum setting with leaf detailing
The underside of a white gold ring with a pink gem set inside the band

HIDDEN GEMSTONE

LEAF DETAILS UNDER STONE

Would you like extra details added to your ring?

From hidden gemstone to style features that you can only see from certain angles. This is your chance to add personal features.

5. DESIGN TIME

A yellow gold halo ring sitting on brown paper that has a pencil sketch of a ring
Four ring design sketches on white paper

By this point, its time for us to draw up three design concepts incorporating all the advice you have given us. We then discuss with you in detail what aspects you like of the designs and what you might like added and or changed. We then draw up the final ring and once you are happy with the design, we’ll ask for a deposit and make the ring.

Manufacturing takes about 6 weeks.

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