May 26, 2010

Rare Diamonds

Rare Diamonds

Did you know that colored diamonds are known in the jewelry world as “fancy colored diamonds”… rarer and more expensive than their white counterparts.

The conditions are rare in which these colored diamonds are made.  It is said that for everything 10,000 colorless diamonds there is one natural colored diamond to be mined… It is this entirely natural process of geographical formation which ensures that each natural color diamond, like these from our Masterwork Collection is one of a kind.

How do these uniquely colored diamonds form? Well it depends on pressure, and natural elements in the atmosphere.

* For a yellow diamonds like these to form, nitrogen must be present during heat and pressurization.

Other fancy colored diamond colors are formed by different circumstances:

- Blue diamonds form when boron is present and reacts with carbon molecules.
- The presence of hydrogen will impact a diamond to become a violet hue.
- Pink and red diamonds form when there is an abnormal amount of molecular compression during the diamond’s formation.
- Natural radiation over the years will give a green hue to a diamond.
- Brown diamonds also form when intense compression is present.
- The black diamond is probably the rarest of them all. A black diamond is not a single crystal it is made up of millions of tiny crystals bonded together. Microscopic deposits of sulfides between these bonds are responsible for the dark color.
For your own colored diamonds check out Ritani’s selection of fancy yellow diamonds.

For more information on colored diamonds see these great articles – What gives a diamond color & Facts about colored diamonds.

May 18, 2010

Liz Says Engagement Rumors ‘Simply Aren’t True’

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Don’t worry fellas, the rumors of Liz Taylor’s engagement to manager Jason Winters ’simply aren’t true.’  Elizabeth Taylor rebunked the rumor on Monday through Twitter, saying, “The rumors regarding my engagement simply aren’t true. Jason is my manager and dearest friend. I love him with all my heart.”  Taylor, 78, and Winters, 49, are reported to be romantically involved, but wouldn’t say anything more on the subject.  Liz’s rep said, “they’ve been together forever and are in love, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if they were engaged.”  Maybe one day there will be an engagement ring on her finger.  The question is: who will propose? My money is on Liz.  And if Winters does buy a ring, I’m sure Liz could just take installment payments from his paycheck.  Remember to keep checking back on the latest celebrity news and Ritani engagement rings and jewelry!

May 17, 2010

Got the girl; Get the ring!

Calling all guys, have you found her? Your dream girl? The one you don’t ever want to let go? Have you started planning that special day when you “pop the question?” It’s kind of nerve wracking isn’t it, with all the pressure of getting her that perfect ring. Well, problem solved - here are some tips to help you along the way.

No need to break your bank.

Know your budget, Ritani has rings that will match your budget, while satisfying your girlfriend’s style. A promise of exceptional craftsmanship that will show your everlasting love and devotion.

Guys, do the research. No girl wants to open up that pretty little velvet box and find a ring that doesn’t fit her personality.

Call her best friend, or your “future Mother in law” and ask for some tips!

Know her ring size. If you don’t – no sweat! Go in her jewelry box and borrow a ring (no thumb rings). Bring it to a jeweler and ask them to size it for you.  If you are not comfortable with that, get her best friend to go undercover and find out for you.

Narrow down her style; Is she classic, modern, glamorous, or a romantic? Ritani has a collection for everyone.

For your Classic girl – Check out Classic Engagement rings;

For your Modern girl – Check out Modern Engagement Rings;

For your Glamorous girl – Check out the Bella Vita Collection®;

For your Romantic girl – Try the Romantique Collection® or Endless love®; (picture from Endless love)

Has she mentioned any celeb rings she absolutely loves? Is she in a league of her own? Check out Ritani’s Masterwork Collection®;

Other questions? Visit the Ritani Concierge your virtual assistant that will help you regarding anything and everything jewelry related. This is such a significant moment in your life and Ritani wants to make your moment unforgettable.

March 15, 2010

Carrie’s Country Rock!

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Carrie Underwood, popular country singer, is engaged to Mike Fisher, hockey player for the Ottawa Senators.  Carrie and Mike have been dating for alittle over a year when Mike popped the question in late December.  Carrie showed up to one of Mike’s game flashin’ her engagement ring, and it sure doesn’t disappoint!  A representative from the Diamond Information Center suggested that the ring has to be at least 5 carats, putting the price of the ring in at least $150,000.00!!! Another celebrity engagement doesn’t disappoint!

March 10, 2010

Hilary Duff Engaged!!

Hilary Duff, Disney star diva, announced her e

Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie

Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie

ngagement to Edmonton Oiler’s hockey player Mike Comrie.  She is the second hockey fiance of the year, following Carrie Underwood’s engagement to Ottawa Senator’s Mike Fisher.  What are they putting in the water?!?!…and then freezing it.  Hilary and Mike got engaged a few weeks ago after dating for two years while vacationing in Hawaii.  We don’t know what kind of engagement ring she is wearing, but my bet is that it’s probably a pretty fancy diamond!  If you’re looking for stylish diamond engagement rings, check out Ritani’s wide selection!

November 12, 2009

No more engagement rings for Hollywood actresses says Mickey Rourke!

Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

Wedding bands couldn’t keep them together, at least this is what Entertainment Daily is reporting.

Having made it through an emotionally scarring divorce from his marriage to Wild Orchid star Carre Otis, Mickey Rourke is calling it quits on getting involved with actresses from now on.

After he was arrested for spousal abuse in 1994 things went sour for the couple and although the charges against Rourke were dropped, as a result of a subsequent reconciliation, the pair however failed to patch things up and in 1998 a divorce was finalised. Time, as it would seem appropriate, had given him another chance to focus again on his acting career and not on engagement rings for a while!

Now as he is poised to co-star in a couple of up and coming films with Hollywood beauties Megan Fox and Eva Green Rourke is  saying he will not be “tempted to romance or live with another movie star actress no matter what they look like, saying, “I’m working opposite Megan Fox and Eva Green next, and I’m certainly not complaining. But I’ll tell you, once bitten…”

Twoheartedriver

October 5, 2009

“No Country For SINGLE Men” Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem are Engaged?

Bardem and Cruz engaged

Bardem and Cruz engaged?

Us Weekly is reporting that Hollywood heartthrobs Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are engaged, but they are also saying that the couple is keeping the engagement very “hush hush”.

Reports are coming in mentioning that Bardem 40 and Cruz 35 are indeed planning on walking down the aisle together but at this time there are no details about when and where the nups will take place. Cruz says she is very interested in starting a family and having kids but that marriage is not necessarily on the top of the list.

Back in August she told Britain’s Psychologies magazine that she wasn’t exactly ready for marriage saying, “I believe in family, love and children. I want to have babies one day but not right now. When I do it I want to do it really well. I want it to be my best project in life.”

So question is did she get a designer engagement ring? Sources are not saying anything since news of the likely engagement is being filtered down. It is obvious however that the

couple is serious since a close friend of Bardem and Cruz did tell The New York Daily News’ Rush & Molloy that the couple are in fact informing  friends that “they will be getting married.”

Well engagement ring or not we hope the very best for them.

Twoheartedriver

September 30, 2009

Engaged: Andrew Shue and Today`s Amy Robach!

Andrew Shue and Amy Robach

Andrew Shue and Amy Robach Engaged!

This one has an engagement RING to it! Andrew Shue, 42, the recently divorced former heartthrob of the hit drama Melrose Place proposed last week to the also recently divorced NBC Nightly News correspondent and former Miss Georgia Contestant, Amy Robach. Sources say the couple was spotted in Manhattan laughing and kissing and walking hand in hand along 5th Avenue back in April after having been set up on a date by friends.

The engagement comes a year after the two were separated from their respective spouses. A source close to the couple reports that “they are both very happy.” The couple`s engagement was first reported in the New York Post

Hey Amy if you are looking for a clever and fun way to announce your engagement to friends and family try creating a video ecard and sending it around. Chances are that everyone already knows about the big news but it could still be just as fun and very entertaining. Click HERE to try it out!

Congratulations Andrew and Amy on your love story and good luck in the future!

Twoheartedriver

September 15, 2009

A video ecard or cupids arrow?

Announce Your Engagement

Announce Your Engagement

I want to share this story of a couple from Poughkeepsie New York who discovered the Announce Your Engagement video ecard on the knot.com and decided to get creative with it. Well, he proposed and gave her a gorgeous three stone engagement ring and the couple was off and running. Time, they thought, to start planning for the big day!

So, they jumped on the knot and began looking up all sorts of wedding day resources, eventually coming across the Announce Your Engagement video ecard. “Why not?!” they thought. So she got started right away. She put their faces on the dancers, chose the beach scene, plugged in 10 email address and shot it off! Seems very sweet doesn’t it? It gets better! HER best friend didn’t receive a video announcing the couples recent engagement, and HIS brother didn’t get one either. Seems a little strange until you know that the newly engaged couple had been trying to hook the two of them up for quite some time and after using the ecard they decided to have a little fun with it.

They dug up pictures of the brother and the best friend, scanned them in and made a video ecard of the two and sent it to everyone BUT them! Imagine the rest of the respective family’s surprise! Kind of pranky I thought after receiving one of the “prank” ecards myself. As it turned out word immediately got back to the brother and the best friend. Some had questions and others were just plain shocked, namely his mother on account of the fact that she had no clue and felt entirely left out of the loop.

But the best friend and the brother were undoubtedly the most surprised by the prank. Neither one apparently was in tune to the power of the forces at work behind their backs. When the newly engaged couple finally broke the news and confessed it seemed that a change had occurred. The brother and the best friend were planning to get together as a result of all the attention! Not sure what will happen next, but who knew a prank could have such an exciting result!

Twoheartedriver

July 6, 2009

Melissa Rycroft Engaged!!!! Have you seen that Engagement Ring?

There is a lot of talk about the Bachelor this.. and the Bachelorette that.., but just because people go onto a reality TV show and profess undying love does not mean that their “love” is truly undying! Ask Melissa Rycroft if she thinks True Love “Reality TV” style is all that it’s cracked up to be.

Anyway, we all know how it went down right? Jason the confused girl crazy father of one whittles his way through a throng of beautiful eligible women before ultimately dropping to his knees and proffering a diamond engagement ring to the true love of his life. Sounds so Walt Disneyfied right? The romance of a century, the “Hollywood” engagement witnessed by all– the whole world coalescing and turning on the axis of another steamy romantic engagement while people from all around the globe stop and draw in a collective sigh- so beautiful, so wonderful, so juicy. We marvel at the “cupidesque” abilities of these entertainment industry producers who seem to have a golden touch for love. And then, he dumped her!!! On national television for all to see! Isn’t it great, ain’t it grand? Duped again, and those genius Hollywood produces were happier than ever because now the ratings were really flying! Come on, ratings people know that a happy story is only trumped by an even tastier sad story. And poor Melissa Rycroft red faced and embarrassed just sat and stirred; heartbroken and confused.

But that was not the story of it. She picked herself up and danced her way into the arms of truly great guy by the name of Ty Strickland. The two have been together for a couple of months and finally she is happily engaged. News of the June engagement hit the wires this past week and now she is sporting a new engagement ring. One that is true reality; one that represents true love, and not just some Holly’weird’ trinket!

J.A ROE

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