Create your own affordable engagement ring

When she has given her nod for marrying you, the next step is to present her with an engagement ring that matches with her taste of design and colors. At the same time, the ring must also be affordable. First make a budget in accordance with your earnings. While usually two months’ salary is the norm for spending on the ring, but you must be led by your circumstances.


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The ring cost will depend on the settings and the stone you choose. Some settings come with details and lots of elaborations and cost much more than are expected. You can choose a setting that is less expensive. Similarly, a diamond will cost you less if it has some flaws in it, while its glitter will remain almost the same. Cuts on the diamonds also are making them expensive or affordable. Shallow cuts are within your budget as compared to deeper cuts with lots of facets. Surely, design of your choice is crucial for affordable engagement ring.

Compare jewelers for affordable engagement rings

Besides the emotion you associate with engagement ring while purchasing it, give attention towards the budget as well. Do not think that a diamond for the ring is always expensive and you shall have to fork out the price.

In today’s competitive jewelry market, an affordable ring is always within your reach. Make sure that you know about the prevailing costs of the rings. As compared to the last year or even months, the current prices may have lowered for different reasons.

So, once you have made the budget in keeping with the current diamond and metal prices, your task of finding out a suitable ring within the budget becomes lot easier. Then, all you need to do is to compare the jewelers on their websites and see which offer of the engagement rings suits more to your expenses.

What is ideal diamond carat weight for engagement ring?

Diamond engagement rings are associated with social prestige also, with the bride wearing the ring appreciated everywhere and the same can be said about her fiancé. But it is the carat weight of the diamond that the people assess when they look at it on the ring. so, what should be the carat weight? There is no fixed and one acceptable weight that we can mention here. But some trends can be watched regarding it.

According to a report, this year, average weight of the diamonds picked up for the engagement rings have been 0.38 carat. If we compare it with previous trends, it can be said that people are purchasing diamonds with increased carat weight then yesteryears.

If we talk of the cities like Boston, Philadelphia and New York City, the average diamond carat weight has been 1.6 there. In some Southern states, the average weight was very low to 0.25 to 0.40, which is clearly against the common advice that an engagement ring should have diamond of one carat. Pick up the one that suits best to you.

For lasting memories of your wedding

Are you thinking of presenting her an engagement ring that lasts long, so that she can always remind herself of those precious moments. There are many settings for the rings available today in the market. However, nothing matches the advantages of prong settings as far as the durability of the ring is the concern.

Another name for prong setting is the claw setting which best describes its strong point of durability of the ring. The gems you want to place on the ring are valuable and you surely do not want to set them tightly on the ring for the fear that they may fall after sometime. The prongs hold the gems tightly in the place, which is the main purpose of the setting. But the prong setting comes in variations like V-shape, oval and round shape with the same purpose of providing durability to the ring.

The setting also can be tall over the ring band or short near the band. In addition to the firm setting of the gems, the prongs also give the impression of a crown and give the engagement ring a unique look and impression.