Hi everyone, I've been lurking at DBL for almost 2 years now, and emailed David a couple times and thought I should finally say hello! My name is Allison, but Saori is my middle name so you can go with that too if you like (it's Japanese and means weaver of silk).  I live in Lafayette, LA after moving here a year ago with my husband (he's from the area, and half Cajun) who is starting up his own law office.  I'm originally from Ann Arbor, MI though, and I miss it a lot.

I have met many jewelers who are unfriendly and untrustworthy and after emailing with David I am sure that he is one of the most straightforward, honest, and delightful jewelers I have ever met! He clearly has a passion for his work, and I have learned so much from reading the DBL website and his posts. He's drawn me into the world of colored diamonds!

I long for the day when I have some DBL to call my own, but in the meantime I'm working on getting my mother-in-law to upgrade her sparklies, so I get an excuse to check the website everyday.   

Sorry if i'm oversharing on my first post, I've never joined any forums before.

Hi Allison, welcome!

We have a bunch of wonderful enablers here.  You'll have your DBL piece earlier than you think.

A couple of friends moved from Ann Arbor to Belgium last year, and every time we meet them they tell us they miss it too, so you aren't alone...

Hi Jen,
My MIL wants to upgrade her wedding ring and is looking for a 1-2 Carat yellow diamond,  , something like that. i have to read how to insert pics, but she really loves both ITEM #R3089 and ITEM #: R2795.  i'm sorta being her personal shopper and am definitely steering her towards things i like.  but truthfully i love blue and green diamonds best.  a few months ago david posted that 1.16 green yellow vvs2 pear diamond and, though we have absolutely no money right now i almost convinced my husband i very much needed it.  someone snapped it up in literally days though, all for the best i suppose.
thanks everyone for saying hello, i'm very happy to finally talk with you guys.
allison

Hi Allison,
well, I'm blushing.
Thank you so much for sharing!

We just got a really cool new sparkly, which I'll post here to celebrate your posting!



Something very cool about this guy? ( well besides the fact it's such a lovely stone to begin with)
GIA calls it a "Round Cornered Square Modified Brilliant"
Kind of a contradictory term right?

No doubt about the stone though
ITEM #: R3002
Cushion Cut Diamond, Loose

  WEIGHT: 1.12ct
  SHAPE: Cushion Cut
  COLOR: Fancy Light Yellow
  CLARITY: VS1
  MEASUREMENTS: 6.14 x 6.13 x 3.51 mm
  TOTAL DEPTH: 57.3%
  TABLE SIZE: 70%
  POLISH: G
  SYMMETRY: G
  FLUORESCENCE: NONE
  GIA COLOR REPORT #: 17431279

Price: $4650
DBL/CDi special- $4379

Thanks David!  How cool, posted in my honor yay! I love it!
In other news, I was visiting my father in Albuquerque, NM a few weeks ago and saw a really interesting horse head diamond ring in a pawn shop. The owner didn't even know it was a horse head, he thought it was just a "weirdly" shaped diamond. Since I came home I've been thinking about the ring, it's kind of an ugly old thing, but the diamond is pretty cool. The ring is solid 14k, the owner listed the diamond as 3/4 ct, but i think it's more like .6 or so.  Anyhow, I'll post some pictures for you guys if I get it, if I do I might send it up to David to have it reset and so that he can tell me what he thinks of the stone.
Thanks everyone for saying hello back at me.   

+1

Believe it or not the round cornered square is already spoken for!

Speedy quick!

Hi Allison, I'm so happy you've retired your Lurkdom Cloak! Thanks for stepping out and joining us. And, what a blast, "personal shopper" of colored diamonds! I'm sure both you and your MIL will have a blast shopping.

Regarding missing-out on ANY of the sparklies that David posts, never fear, there will ALWAYS be another diamond to take your breath away. Trust me!

Meanwhile, your MIL has chosen two lovely pieces. I'd love to get my mitts on both – hehe. Interesting choices – one ring is a piece of contrasting color, shape and volume, the other, a mellow melding of one hue. I was lucky to see another all-yellow, three-stone ring at David's office once – it was an absolute masterpiece of gorgeous honeyed gold. Can't go wrong either way. 

Oversharing? Naw. Have you met trinkette. He he. You know I love you Trink. I couldn't resist that one.

Welcome. Glad you joined in.

lemon, split shank paves are one of my favorite settings!

wm, thanks for the support!

gia, thanks for the enabling.

thank you geena! i have to admit, i really did want to show off my 'family jewels'.  i love my pretties.

ah2bqat you are so cute, i love mr. turtle to death too.  i want to display him someplace, but don't have any shadow boxes or display cases, so i keep him safe in my jewelry box.
i have other loose opals that i got from my dad, i want to get custom pieces made one day when we have money.  he was telling me that the mexican opals that we have are becoming harder to find, i don't know if that's true or not, i just know that the kind of opals in most jewelry stores are different than the ones from my grandparents.
i can take some pics of the loose ones later...