Custom Jewelry Guide · Published
How a custom engagement ring is made
A commissioned engagement ring moves through four stages before it reaches your hand — consultation, stone sourcing, CAD design, and hand-finishing. This guide walks each of them, then covers the wedding bands most clients commission alongside the ring.
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What Your Engagement Ring Commission Involves
A commissioned engagement ring moves through four stages before it reaches your hand — consultation, stone sourcing, CAD design, and hand-finishing:
- Stone sourcing — bring your own diamond or a family heirloom for a reset, or we source a GIA-certified natural or IGI-certified lab-grown diamond to your carat, cut, and budget.
- CAD design & render — every custom design diamond ring starts as a 3D render you approve before any metal is cut.
- Setting & metal — cathedral, halo, bezel, or a fully original setting, built in 14K/18K white, yellow, or rose gold, or platinum.
- Timeline — most commissions run a few weeks from approved design to delivery; we confirm a firm timeline at your consultation, before any work starts.
Working from a Pinterest board, a family heirloom, or a rough sketch, our jewelers translate your idea into CAD and refine it with you in person — see the full custom jewelry process for a stage-by-stage walkthrough of how we design your own engagement ring alongside you, from first sketch to finished piece.
Custom Wedding Rings for Him and Her
Most clients commission a matching wedding band alongside the engagement ring — for one partner or both:
- Custom wedding rings for him — brushed or hammered platinum and gold bands, black diamond or sapphire accents, and a comfort-fit interior sized for daily wear.
- Custom wedding rings for women — eternity, curved, or contoured bands built to sit flush against your engagement ring, in a matching or contrasting metal.
- Matched sets — commission both bands together so metal tone, finish, and stone choices read as one design across all three pieces.
Every band carries the same lifetime fit guarantee as the engagement ring it’s commissioned alongside.
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- Custom jewelry galleryFinished commissions, photographed as they were delivered.
- Engagement rings in AtlantaReady-to-wear stock you can try on the same day.
Snellville, GA
Start Your Commission
Every custom engagement ring is designed and hand-finished at our Snellville, GA atelier, minutes from Atlanta. Book a private consultation to scope your design, or call to talk it through with a jeweler first.
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