Celebrity Engagement Ring - George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin

I notice this news on popsugar about engagement of George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin:

George Clooney and his new fiancée, Amal Alamuddin, looked very much in love last month when they celebrated their engagement alongside pals Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford in LA, shortly before their big relationship news went public. Amal flashed her massive ring during the party, which was reportedly designed by George himself and features an ethically mined 7-carat diamond on a platinum setting. Alamuddin has her hand resting lovingly on the back of her fiancé's neck – providing a close-up look at her ring. Here is the ring engagement of George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin.

How to Wear Your Engagement Ring and Wedding Ring - Left or Right?

This is a simple question, but, getting engaged and married is an extremely emotional and exciting tradition.  With this tradition, there is certain etiquette to be followed and a question we get asked often is “How do I wear my engagement ring- Left or Right? and how about wedding band? There are many traditions associated with how you place your engagement rings and wedding bands on your hands before the wedding, the day of the wedding and after the wedding. Your first ring is a promise of marriage. The second solidifies the promise. Sometimes knowing which one goes where can be a bit confusing.

In Europe engagement ring is worn on the right hand

The question of whether an engagement ring should be worn on the right or left hand is anything but simple to answer. As the name implies, an engagement ring should be worn on the ring finger - this is a matter of general agreement. But should it be worn on the ring finger of the right or left hand? That depends entirely on the country. In Germany and the majority of other countries, the engagement ring is traditionally worn on the left hand. The right hand is reserved for the wedding ring in Germany and Austria, whereas most other countries have a different custom: in Switzerland, Southern European countries and the USA wedding rings are worn on the left hand. After the wedding, the engagement ring is often simply changed over to the right hand in those countries, resulting in the reverse of the German habit.

It is therefore not easy to find the 'right' answer to the question. The tendency, in Germany at least, is to wear the engagement ring on the left hand and the wedding ring on the right. But whether you decide to wear your engagement ring on your left or right hand is, at least partly, a matter of personal choice. An engagement ring, whether it is worn on the left or right hand, remains a very special and highly personal piece of jewellery, and the most beautiful declaration of love in the world.

 

Engagement Ring Quotes Samples

Here are several engagement ring quotes sample, you can put one of them for your engagement moment.

Engagement Ring Buying Tips - How to Get an Engagement Ring for $500 or Under in Singapore

I found this awesome article of Engagement Ring Buying Tips - How to Get an Engagement Ring for $500 or Under, the article was taken from moneysmart. Here is the article:

Buying an engagement ring is the height of viciousness; like making a prisoner fork out money for his handcuffs. In another example of why the tagline for marriage should be “You’ll pay for this”, this piece of jewellery has men everywhere in tears. Still, a ring there must be. In the interest of raising Singapore’s marriage rates, here’s a guide on making that ring affordable:

1. Avoid International Chain Jewellers

Buyers assume a “big name” company won’t rip them off. But remember that small, independent jewellers live on their reputation as well. Many neighbourhood jewellery stores have been operating for decades, and have a rock solid (see what I did there?) reputation. Visit chain jewellers though, just to get a sense of the price. Anything that’s up to $700 in a chain jeweller, you can probably get for $500 at a neighborhood store.

 2. Compromise on Carats

For $500 or under, you’re probably looking at a 1 carat diamond. That’s the perfect set up for a sexist carrot-and-stick wedding joke, but I’ll resist. Anyway, jewellers will sometimes show you rings that are 0.9 or 0.8 carat. This is the sort of difference that’s only visible under a loupe (jeweller’s magnifying glass), so don’t be afraid to compromise. For the ring itself, expect 14 carat white gold. That’s considered decent for something $500 or under. Again, don’t worry about a slight compromise.

3. Alternatives to Diamond

As a very last resort, you may want to consider an alternative to diamonds. Zirconia is a favourite alternative, and can drop the price to $350 or under. This may even expand the budget enough to nab you a more expensive ring. And remember: unless it’s a golf ball of a gem, it’s the ring people notice more often than the diamond. Synthetic sapphire is also gaining in popularity, and should bring the cost to around $400.

4. Use Several Small Stones

Pick a ring with several small diamonds that add up to a carat, rather than one big whopper. A large part of a diamond’s value is based on how big that one diamond is, which, come to think of it, is disturbingly suggestive. Anyway, having three or four small stones can make your ring seem larger, while keeping the price down.

5. Visit Pawn Shops

I don’t know why people have problems with old or used engagement rings. Older jewellery is more unique, especially if it comes from before the 70’s. There were fewer chain jewellers then, and mass produced designs were less common. Shouldn’t your engagement ring be as unique as possible?

Also, it’s not uncommon to find $600 – $800 rings at $500 in a pawnshop. Why do you think jewellers regularly scout around down there? And oh, yeah…even if you buy a new ring, you know there’s a chance it could have been melted down from an older piece anyway right? So there’s really no shame in getting something from the old “hock shop”.

A final bit of advice: there’s a wedding, a house, and a car or child that follows that ring. If a salesman tries to tempt you, just remember all that. There’s no reason to slave a few more years to put a down payment on your flat, just because you wanted a nice finger ornament.

What is engagement ring?

if you want to know what is engagement ring? you can visit wikipedia and searching for the mean of engagement ring. But if you want to directly read the description, here is the article from wikipadia:

An engagement ring is a ring indicating that the person wearing it is engaged to be married, especially in Western cultures. In Western countries, engagement rings are worn only by women, and rings can feature diamonds or other gemstones. In other cultures men and women wear matching rings. In some cultures, engagement rings are also used as wedding rings. The woman's ring is presented as a engagement gift by a man to his prospective spouse while he proposes marriage or directly after she accepts his marriage proposal. It represents a formal agreement to future marriage. In Western countries, it is customarily worn on the left hand ring finger, though customs vary across the world. Before agreeing to marry, a couple may choose to buy and wear pre-engagement rings, also called promise rings. After marrying, the couple may wear both engagement rings and wedding rings, or if they prefer, only the wedding rings. Some brides have their engagement and wedding rings permanently soldered together after marriage.

Engagement ring finger

Engagement ring finger - image:e4jewelry

In many countries, engagement rings are placed on the finger nearest the little finger on the left hand. At one time it was believed that this finger contained a vein (the vena amoris) that led to the heart. This idea was popularized by Henry Swinburne in A treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts (1686). The story seems to have its origin in the ancient Roman book Attic Nights by Aulus Gellius quoting Apion's Aegyptiacorum, where the alleged vein was originally a nervus (a word that can be translated either as "nerve" or "sinew").