Quote Originally Posted by ramanth
I'm not sure what your budget is, but some jewelery stores will let you buy loose stones and you can pick the settings for them. Kinda like a create your own ring type thing.

My parents went to a gem auction and bought quite a few loose gems and then mom later had them set. Wasn't too expensive either, if I recall correctly.

Most wedding band wraps only have diamonds in them, but I want some sapphires in the setting too, so the jeweler can take diamonds out and put sapphires in their place. Most places can taylor their jewlery to your needs.
My budget is pretty tight at the moment. Thanky ou but I already knew that. I'm waiting for the day for me to have some extra money for that as I have a few raw garnet stones that I dug up in New Mexico & Arizona that I want set into a nice ring sometime. They aren't as pretty as the finished & polished stones but their natural beauty overpowers that.