Brian Gavin recently launched the next generation of his popular Truth head with his beautiful “Truth” friction back stud earring settings. The settings are available in 18K White, 18K Yellow and 14K Rose Gold as well as in Platinum.**

Dear Lesley and Brian,

I got the earrings yesterday! They are so beautiful, I am extremely happy how they turn out. I absolutely adore the truth setting, it’s so delicate, unique and compliments the stones beauty. My worries regarding the clarity are blown away as I truly can’t see the difference to my IF ering. I might try and get the loupe though, as I am very curious to see those "birthmarks of the stones".

It was a pleasure to work with you, Lesley. I definitely have never experienced that great customer service here in Germany. Talking to Brian was a highlight in my diamond education, I felt I could trust his opinion and experience. Please, let him know that I am a very happy customer, he mentioned on the phone that that is very important for him to know:)

With many thanks and best wishes from Berlin, Ekaterina F

**The Truth Settings are eligible for our Diamond Stud Earring Sale which ends on February 10, 2012. Get $175 off the earring setting of your choice when you purchase  a pair of Brian Gavin Signature diamonds. No other discounts or offers apply.

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Anthony contacted us in October. He had been shopping at several internet companies and wanted to come in and meet with Brian and look at several Brian Gavin Signature Hearts and Arrows diamonds in the 0.80 – 1.00 carat range. After a couple of visits he selected a beautiful 0.918 H VS2 Brian Gavin Signature H & A. We then started discussing the setting and he wanted to know if we could custom make a diamond wedding set comprising a cathedral style fishtail pave setting with the Truth head and a matching fishtail pave band using our Brian Gavin Signature Melee. He e-mailed us the specs and some inspiration pictures and we set to work to create the CAD. Once he had approved the CAD, we cast the setting in 18K White Gold and set the F/G VS Brian Gavin Signature Melee. We set one "surprise" diamond and one "surprise" sapphire on the inside of the engagement ring shank. A few days after he had received the rings, his fiancee Erika e-mailed us this wonderful testimonial:

Hi Lesley,

This past Saturday on Dec 17th, Anthony asked me what I wanted to do during the day. I noticed that he was looking at his phone for the weather updated and said, "Oh good, it's sunny." I told him I wanted to go to the museum. He was opposed to that. So I thought of another idea-the Houston Zoo, which was one of our most fun dates ever since we've been dating. His reply was, "Actually I was thinking about that too." Sometimes I like to get all made up on the weekends. I curl my hair and/or wear my "weekend" outfits. As I was curling my hair, I heard Anthony shuffling in his study closet and I was a little suspicious that he was messing with the engagement ring. It was a beautiful and fun day at the zoo. I had the best time there. After a while, Anthony asked me what I wanted for dinner. I told him I wanted some hot pot, which would require us to go to Chinatown. He was not up for it. He asked me if I wanted Italian food. I was neutral about it at the time until I was starving a few hours later and didn't care where we were going. While he was driving, I asked him where we were going to eat. He played dumb and said, "I don't know where we are going?" I replied, "TELL ME!" He again said, "I don't know where we are going?" As he turned onto Ella Blvd., I knew right away where we were eating. He was taking me to our first date restaurant called Cavatore. As we walked into the restaurant, he asked the owner if we could sit by the live music. There was a live duet playing that night-a guitarist and singer who were a couple. Since it's around Christmas time, they sung Christmas songs. Throughout our delicious Italian dinner, I noticed that Anthony had his "thinking face" on. I asked him a few times if everything was okay. He just gave me a short, "yeah" reply each time.

After dinner was over, I had to run to the restroom before we left. I came back and Silent Night was being sung live. As I sat down, Anthony looked at me deeply into my eyes and said, "It's a silent night, isn't it?" I looked at him funny and said, "Yeah…sure is…" As he reached out for his glass of water, I then reached out for mine and noticed that the engagement ring was sitting right on top of an ice cube. I was shocked and said, "OH MY GOD!" I looked at him and he got down on his knees and proposed.  He made me cry. It was a very emotional moment. After I said yes to him I had to remind him that he had to put the ring on my finger (it was still in the glass after all this time). The live singer came up to us and told us that nobody has ever proposed while she was singing and congratulated us. Shortly after, the owner of the restaurant came up to us and congratulated us. He surprised us with some champagne on the house. We both told him we didn't think anyone noticed the proposal, but he claimed that everyone in the restaurant did. After dinner, we called it a night and left the restaurant as a newly engaged and very happy couple. =) Erika O.

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RJ first contacted us back in January via Live Chat with a multitude of questions about our Brian Gavin Signature Hearts and Arrows diamonds and our policies in general. He is in marketing and found our company via a focused Google search. We continued to chat over the next couple of months and finally he decided to move forward with his purchase of a beautiful Brian Gavin Signature Hearts & Arrows diamond. We shipped it out to him for his approval and when he was ready to order the setting, he shipped it back. We created a custom platinum and diamond setting with our famous Truth head and F/G VS Brian Gavin Signature melee. We finished it off with 2 "surprise" blue sapphires set inside the shank and engraving. Needless to say his fiancée, Sarah Frances, was thrilled with her beautiful new ring. We received the following incredible testimonial and beautiful proposal pictures below….Enjoy!!!

Lesley, Brian and Team,

I wanted to thank you again for your help designing my fiancé’s engagement ring. Sarah Frances was so pleased and we are looking forward to a June 2012 wedding.

For the engagement, we flew from our hometown in Indianapolis, IN to New York City. I wanted to do something very special for her and Sarah had always wanted to go to NYC, but had not yet been there. So, I scheduled the trip to NYC and brought a camera tripod. I told her that we were going to capture some nice pics of us in front of the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. During an early morning walk and with a remote in hand, I got down on one knee and asked her to marry me while trying my best to also capture some good pictures. I also took some more pictures of the beautiful ring and attached them here for you to see.

When I first started this process I came to Brian Gavin Diamonds (BGD) through an intense Internet search. I may note that so many people come to you for jewelry design and not enough people take advantage of your super ideal diamond selection as well. This is a mistake in my opinion. In fact, my initial intention was to buy the best diamond online and work locally with a designer. I found that the super ideal Hearts & Arrows style diamonds were indeed rare and that Brian Gavin presented a research paper outlining the measurements to judge a super ideal diamond. Many appraisers across the U.S. use these findings to judge super ideal diamonds. I'm glad I selected BGD for the diamond as it truly sparkles beyond any I have seen since. Too many people rush to buy a diamond without enough research. The cut is the key and super ideal diamonds are cut so well that they flash more brilliance and offer more light return causing the diamonds to look larger and more amazing. No diamond seems to measure up to the one I purchased. I also received a much better price than I could find locally or elsewhere on the Internet. Better quality and better price!

As you know, after securing the diamond, I decided it was time to create the custom ring and I found my way back to BGD and the beautiful Truth Head. I have pretty exacting standards that often lead me to be a very particular and perhaps difficult client. The BGD team was patient and creative. You helped me focus my vision for an engagement ring and then bring it to fruition. From the recommendations on what would and wouldn't work structurally to how everything would come together, you really helped me through the journey. As you can see, the completed ring is gorgeous and fiancée and I couldn't be happier!

Thanks for making our day even more special.

Best regards, RJ Moore

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At the end of February, Matt e-mailed in from Australia asking us to take a look at two Brian Gavin “Blue” Signature diamonds for him. He worked with Jamie to select a 1.50 J SI1 Brian Gavin Signature Blue and we set it in our 18kt White Gold Tapered Tiffany with TRUTH HEAD.

The engagement was awesome! I have attached pictures, feel free to use them in your blog if you wish. Engagement was on top of Sydney Harbour Bridge on an adventure bridge climb – Some facts for your blog if you need them – Bridge is 134m (440ft) above the water, 39,000 tons of steel and the entire climb takes 3 and 1/2 hrs. Matt

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In 2009 WT called in inquiring about purchasing a fishtail pave engagement ring and Brian Gavin Signature Hearts and Arrows diamonds for his future wife, Nancy. We were always pleased to hear his voice when he called in getting closer to making his purchase. Needless to say, Nancy was thrilled with her beautiful new ring.

A few weeks ago they sent in the engagement ring to be checked and refinished and ordered the matching fishtail pave band. When they received the new set they e-mailed us a link to their wedding  website and we feature some pictures from it today.

Congratulations to our dear customers WT and Nancy on their upcoming wedding!!

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Jen was a repeat customer of ours as she had purchased an original A Cut Above Princess cut from Brian in his previous company. She had worked closely with him to select her diamond and when it came time to order the wedding band she contacted us directly. In conversations about the wedding band and a reset for her diamond, Brian explained to her that the style of setting she was considering would not support a larger stone if she decided to upgrade later. With that in mind she decided to do her upgrade at the same time and selected a magnificent 1.046ct F VS2 Brian Gavin Signature Princess.

Jen worked closely with Jamie to iron out all the details of the settings. She was nervous about going the custom route and using platinum as she was concerned about It getting scratched, but decided to go for it in the end. She had several discussions with Brian to fine tune the details. We created a magnificent cathedral style setting with our famous Truth head and F/G VS Princess cut melee channel set half way around the shank and we named it the "Jen". The matching band also featured F/G VS Princess cut melee channel set half way around the shank. We set 2 surprise stones (a Signature diamond melee and a pink tourmaline) in the inside of the engagement ring and engraved the wedding date inside the band.

Jen’s Story…

As you know it was almost a year ago, March 2010 when I first contacted BGD and got hooked up with Jamie.  I have to say that Jamie is wonderful and patient.  If I was her I’d have given up on me and she never did.  We kept in contact pretty regularly.   I had an ACA princess that I wanted to reset.  I was never happy with the setting from the beginning and it just didn’t do the stone any justice.  I had looked at local stores but never found just what I wanted.  I was also never happy with the quality that I found.  When it came time that I really needed to start looking for a wedding band I just didn’t like how the store bands looked with my setting or my stone. I needed side stones on the setting and the stones in the bands I found couldn’t live up to the ACA.  I knew without a doubt the kind of band I wanted.  I just needed to decide what setting I wanted for my stone.   The initial plan was a reset.

I waited patiently for my dream setting to appear on the site. I contacted Jamie for more pictures of settings that I saw on the blog, the site and PS.  She was doll, always prompt to reply and send any photos she could dig up.  I almost went with two different settings over this time, but I could never commit because deep down I knew there was something that wasn’t quite right about each of them.  I was scared of the custom process.  It seemed like the unknown to me.  I like to see the finished product.  I’m a hand on type of person.  I like to touch, feel and try on!  So shopping for jewelry online, as opposed to simply drooling over it, is hard for me but at least I could examine every picture and hope to get a picture from every angle including a hand shot!  I kept returning to local stores trying things on that were similar in certain characteristics to some of your settings.  I tried every ring on that was in the case at Jared’s!  I wanted to be sure what I visibly liked looked good on my hand.  Finally I was sure that I truly knew what I wanted and I decided to go custom.

That process involved a few conversations with Brian.  These were both fun and anxious for me.  I have to admit that I felt like it was an honor to work directly with Brian.  I think previous to this process, I thought that Brian only talked to “special” customers.   Not that I had any idea what qualified as special!  What I have learned though is that every one of your customers is special!  Brian will take the time to talk to anyone.  He is incredibly patient even though I’m sure he would have liked to put me on mute every now and again!  Brian listened to what I liked and didn’t like and made some suggestions.  It was during this time that I asked about an upgrade in the future.  It was likely that my ideal ring wouldn’t support and upgrade later.  So . . . I decided to upgrade now!

I had the great opportunity to be able to trade my ACA with BGD.  We bought the ACA in Nov of 08.  I found WF, Brian and Lesley through Pricescope.  That process was quite the learning experience.  I remember getting my stone and panicking because I thought I could see color in my F colored diamond.  I had a conversation with Brian about it and I remember being in awe talking with the famous Brian Gavin.  I felt so honored and also a little bit like I was being troublesome!  I also remember the panic when I read Brian and Lesley were leaving WF.  They were the face of WF in my mind.  We bought the stone there because of their reputation.  I was so relieved to find out my ACA would be honored as trade at BGD.  I feel that this really shows how well Brian stands behind his stones and how he values previous customers. Brian and I talked about several stones and he suggested attributes that I should look for based on what I wanted and together we chose my upgrade stone.

The CADs were difficult for me because it’s hard to imagine the finished product.  I had looked at many CADs on PS and the associated finished product.  I was trying to train my eye to “see” the finished ring in the CAD.  Nothing could have prepared me for my finished rings.   They are amazing!  I received one glamour shot before the rings arrived.  As gorgeous as the photo was it was nothing compared to the rings!  My hands were shaking when I opened the box.  I stared at the contents in shock.  I had no words!  My vision was right there in my hands!  The rings were perfect.  The engagement ring was everything that I had wanted.  It had a slim cathedral profile with a top down view that didn’t necessarily appear as a cathedral and didn’t visibly shrink my stone.   I have looked at a LOT of jewelry in stores. . . I have NEVER seen such amazing little tiny princess stones.  They are stunning.   I looked at each one and each one is clean, sparkly and gorgeous!  I have to admit that I didn’t want to loupe them as I thought for sure I would find something in those little stones. With baited breath I looked through the loupe and they are fantastic amazing little pieces of sparkly bling!  I have never had a ring of such quality in my hands.   I was nervous that these wouldn’t turn out as I pictured them in my head.  I told Jamie the day I got the rings, that often times during my conversations with Brian, I would hang up the phone and wonder who made the decisions?  Was it me or was it Brian?  I’m kind of a control freak and sometimes I felt like Brian was making the decisions for me.  I’d be slightly uncomfortable about that in all honesty, but I allowed myself to trust Brian.  As it turns out, he didn’t make the decisions for me, he read my mind!!!  I will admit to owning a lot of jewelry, some average quality and some a bit better as I got lucky and smarter.  However, I’ve settled for what I could find and what I could afford, all the while knowing that it was ok, but not great.  Nothing quite lived up to my standards but I accepted the best I could find . . . until now.  I’ve found perfection and my life (and my bank account) will never be the same again!

I’m kind of a perfectionist with my jewelry and because of that the engagement ring is patiently waiting in the box with the wedding band.  My wedding is just 5 weeks away and I want the rings to be perfectly stunning on that day.  So as much as it kills me, I’m waiting to wear it until I can wear both at the same time.  People think I’m nuts, but the wait is worth it for me.  The rings are going to be little fireballs on my wedding day!  When my mom first saw them she joked that she couldn’t look directly at them, they are so sparkly!

Thanks to everyone at BGD.  I tell anyone who will listen all about your company.  I’m a customer for life now.  I consider Jamie a friend and have hooked up with her on Facebook so I won’t go through Jamie-withdrawal until my next purchase. . . speaking of that next purchase, I’m already forming a list.  Jen

The Story in Pictures….

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We continue to receive orders for settings featuring Brian’s F/G VS Signature diamond melee which is pave set in various different settings. In the Gallery below are pictures of many of the fishtail pave, three row pave rings and diamond halo rings that we have shipped in the past 4 weeks.

The Fishtail Pave with the Truth head, the fishtail pave with the 6 prong head, the fishtail pave with a split prong 4 prong head, a full eternity fishtail pave shank with the Truth head, the 3 row diamond pave domed shank with a 6 prong head, the Split Shank Pave Setting with a 4 prong Head, the Tara 3 Row Diamond Pave Cathedral Style Shank with 4 Prong Head for Princess Cuts, the Sarah diamond pave halo ring and the Belle.

• Hi Lesley, Thanks so doing an excellent job on the e-ring. It looks amazingly beautiful and so do the pics. Most importantly, my fiancee really loves it. Andrew S.
• The ring just arrived. It looks AMAZING!!!! You all did a fabulous job! I'm sooo pleased with it. Thank you for getting it completed so quickly and over to us. Brian W.
• Dear Lesley, The rings are very beautiful.  I love them a lot.  Thank you! Happy New Year! Sincerely, Jessica L.
• Hey Jamie, The ring was the star of the show. Liz loved the ring and was a bit surprised I was able to pick out such a beautiful ring. Little did she know that I had lots of help. Thanks again. Lester M.

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Over the past year our very good customer, Wayne, has purchased a Platinum "Melanie" Solitaire engagement ring  with the Truth head set with a Brian Gavin Signature H & A, the Jurica Matching Band, his 6mm Mens Palladium Satin and Shiny Band and a 3 prong diamond tennis bracelet!

Wayne lives in China and “Skyped” Brian in the middle of the night with a link to the short wedding video below. We LOVED it and thought you all would too!! Enjoy!

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