People love to spruce these boring Mother's Rings by, guess what, adding
MORE low grade gemstones to it. Arg! Like adding the Parents and
Grandparents gemstones. They turn it into a "
Family Ring",
Ahhhhhhh, so cute! But it's still a cheaply made band with low quality stones that's ugly.
Yep, that's right, the Gemstones in these things are usually bad. I mean, they're small to begin with, so it's not surprising that the Blue Sapphires look Black, the Emerald has big inclusions, and the Ruby looks like Pink Tourmaline! What do you expect when you buy a ring for $100? Alright, so some of you paid up to $3-400 for it. (rip off) Big whoop. It's still cheap, and all the kids pitched in to buy it anyway. Even the kid with the Black Sapphire! Which reminds me, if you want to learn more about the Birthstones, check out this blog of mine: Birthstones and their Birthstone Months! No matter what, do yourself a favor. Don't buy a generic Mother's Ring. It won't mean much and she'll have problems with the mounting, stones and prongs in the future.
Now you could go and buy a Mother's Pendant instead. Family Pendant, Birthstone Pendant, what ever you want to call it, it's an eye-sore! People put all their kids Birthstones in it and expect her to wear it above her heart. Say what? It looks horrible! Just look at the picture and you're sure to gasp!
The best plan of action if you want to get your Wife or your Mom a Mother's Ring is this... Custom Design one! Now it's not as hard as you think. Your local Jeweler will have tons of books and catalogs to choose settings from. And you can even look online at Jeweler's websites to get ideas. I would recommend free-form rings with beautiful curves and open areas. Places that you could set stones into. Most Jewelers call them remounts or mountings, some even call them semi-mounts, but those usually have diamonds in the sides. And if you want to really spice things up, buy a ring with a large center Diamond and set her Birthstones around it or in channels down the side. How cool is that? You could even set the gemstones into the mounting so they are flush with the surface of the band.
Plus there's more fun things you can do with the stones...
