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I had the setting custom cast...

We went this route, too. We used the stone from her grandmother's engagement ring; she thought it was a wonderful way to honor her grandmother. All the rest was a custom setting, paired with a custom wedding band. She doesn't wear much jewelry (makes gift giving that much tougher ), and had never regularly worn a ring before.

Of course, I didn't have the ring when I proposed - on a beach, on July 5 a few years ago. Watching everyone's extra fireworks go off. Just as it started pouring. We stood in the rain for about 10 minutes, then dashed back to the house.

-jk