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Ok so it was quite an ordeal getting this bad boy.. (read below if you wish to know more)

I owe a huge huge HUGE thank you and shout out to Justin, Love and Nick over at Jewels by Justin..

I spent about 5 weeks looking for the perfect ring.. I figured out the stone I wanted.. did my homework, drew up some sketches of the design and took it from place to place seeing how long it would take to make this little guy.. and for the right price of course 4-6 weeks was the average response I got.. This wasnt going to do because I already had the perfect day planned.. and wanted it done on Aug 7th, which was still a few weeks out at this point..

Every place brought in stones that were mediocre at best and the ones I liked were about 40% over priced and were unwilling to budge.. I was getting really tired and frustrated that it wasnt as easy as I had visioned.. after another couple weeks quickly passed by I realized I was running out of time and the best bet would be to just buy a ring that was  already designed and set to go… I wasnt thrilled with this idea because I had already designed the perfect ring.. but all the places suggested that this was the route to take with the available time I had.. so I put a deposit on the ring and kept praying..

I wasnt happy.. it wasnt the ring I wanted.. both the design and the price of the ring were not there.. so at this point I was about to put the proposal off until I remembered a jeweler that a good friend of mine (thanks Jon Smith) referred me too a while ago when he got engaged.. but it had completely slipped my mind until that point.. It was Aug 4th just 3 days away from my suggested proposal date..  I figured I could always just go in to see if they had any rings already made that would be better than the one I had on deposit.. so I went a little discouraged and skeptical.

When I first walked up to the store I was like oh great.. they’re no longer in business.. all the shelves were empty the lights were taken down.. guys were taking off the sign out front.. I was like oh well there goes that!

The door was opened so I decided to invite my self in and ask to see if they were in fact closing or what the deal was..

I was greeted with a friendly “Hello” by Love and Nick. They greeted me with a huge smile and asked if I needed help with anything and apologized for the mess because they were in the middle of moving stores..”oh thank you Lord!” I was pleasantly comforted.

I showed them my sketches of a ring that I wanted and all the specs of the stone I was looking for. They immediately sat me down (in the middle of moving mind you) with a designer and stone specialist and helped me figure out exactly what I wanted with my design.. then the question came up “when did you want this by” I told them by Friday… actually Thursday night because I was going to propose on Friday.. they said.. “this Thursday as in like 2 days Thursday.. ”

I smiled and said that I was considering moving back the proposal date just so I could get the perfect ring.. but I already had the perfect day planned out so It would be AMAZING.. ephasis on Amazing.. if it could be done..

They immediately called up Justin the Owner of the store and told them my story and what I was looking for and when I needed it by.. He said done!

I was a little weary… “You guys can really do it..?”

He said he would go to LA  in the Jewelry District later that day and bring me back some stones with the specific dimensions I was looking for for me to look at the next morning.. Justin said they would be able to do all of this and build a completely custom design from scratch and still stay within the price I gave him!!

So I came back in the next day and looked at them.. One was perfect.. the exact cushion cut I was looking for.. A way WAY better stone than the one I had on deposit and at a much better price!

I was sold! But we only had a day and a half to make this ring come to life.. The problem is with a cushion cut all of the stones are totally custom.. no 2 stones are really alike so the ring has to be built around the stone…

Justin worked all day and all night the next 2 days and met me at 11:00pm on Thursday night at his store.  He brought me the most beautiful ring I have ever seen!! It was exactly what I had visioned and exactly what I wanted.. Here it is..

Jewels by Justin  COMPLETELY blew me away! Their professionalism, personalities, insanely awesome hospitality and service all made my ring shopping experience end with a pleasant taste in my mouth! A custom ring in 3 days from hand picking the stone to designing the setting to final production.. 3 days… are you serious! Now Im sure Justin prefers having a little more time to perfect all his creations but the fact is that he delivered it when I needed it and at the price he quoted me.INCREDIBLE.

I cant express enough of how ecstatic I am of my ring and just the whole story.. They truly bent over backwards for their customers and it really showed for their service toward me. And if this wasn’t enough Justin is a perfectionist.. he still wants to take my ring and do all the little finishing touches on it.. FREE OF CHARGE… He just wanted me to have it in time for me to propose.. HE is AMAZING. Love and Nick.. AMAZING..

For the rest of my life.. honestly.. if anyone ask me where to go for a ring its going to be them! Just make sure you let them know I sent you!