After Chase was born, my mom drove up to our home in Charlotte from Jacksonville, Florida to meet her new grandson and help us with the transition into life as new parents. As the days passed, I realized very quickly just how incredibly helpful she was, not only for her assistance with Chase but for her company and emotional support. I was tired and overwhelmed, naturally questioning everything about my role as a new mom, but having my mother there to assure me that I was doing just fine made a world of difference.
During her stay, I received an email from Sequel, a new website that offers diamond and gemstone resetting online. They asked if I had any jewelry I’d like to have reset and immediately my mom popped into my mind. I asked if they would be willing to allow me to have a piece of my grandmother’s jewelry reset as a gift to my mother.
As you may know if you read my blog this summer, we lost Mimi, my mother’s mother a week after we were all together in Raleigh for my baby shower. Her loss was (and continues to be) a hard one but whenever we remember Mimi, we cannot help but smile. When my Aunt Laurie came to meet Chase for the first time, she brought some of Mimi’s jewelry with her and left behind her beautiful diamond engagement ring for my mom.
The ring didn’t fit my mom’s hand, but she mentioned the beauty of the diamond in the ring a number of times.
When I asked her if she might like to have the diamond reset so she could wear the ring regularly, her eyes lit up! We curled up on the couch together and started browsing through Sequel for inspiration.
Sequel made everything so easy. The entire resetting process, from start to finish, was a breeze and I cannot recommend this site enough if you have a precious diamond or gemstone you would like to have reset for yourself or a loved one.
My mom and I were able to completely recreate a new piece of jewelry from my grandmother’s beautiful diamond and I absolutely love the story behind the setting my mother chose.
In my mom’s words:
Many years ago, I received a ring from my mother’s father, PopPop. It was a garnet in a white gold setting. I absolutely loved the ring. During a Latin Club trip to Greece when I was in high school, the ring was taken from my suitcase in a hotel. I have always felt sad about losing my special ring and wanted to have a garnet ring again. This ring will have special meaning to me as it will combine Mom’s engagement ring (a reminder of the love she and Daddy shared) and a garnet – a deep red stone that I once loved from my grandfather.
The fact that her new ring reminds her of her mother and her grandfather means so much to me and I’m so, so grateful to Sequel for allowing me to gift something so special to my incredible mother.
The setting my mom chose is clean and modern and she plans to wear it on her right ring finger.
Resetting a diamond or gemstone through Sequel is accessible, simple and affordable (you are only charged for your setting) and the price for resetting begins at only $55. (Sequel covers the shipping, packaging, consultation, unsetting and resetting costs.)
You can browse the site for inspiration or work with a ReStylist who will provide you with inspiration and ideas for your stone. They will help you understand what metals go best with what colored stones and provide before and after images so you know what your resetting will look like ahead of time. And don’t think resetting only applies to rings! You can reset diamonds and gemstones into earrings, a bracelet or a necklace as well.
Sequel Giveaway + Discount
If you or someone you love have a diamond or gemstone you would like to have reset, I think you will like today’s giveaway! Sequel is giving away a free reset of a diamond or gemstone of up to $500.
Sequel is also offering all PBF readers 10 percent off any reset through their site. Simply mention PBFINGERS to receive your discount!
To enter this giveaway, please leave a comment on this post and tell me about the piece of jewelry you would like to have reset and provide a link to a setting you love on Sequel. Does the diamond or gemstone you’d like to have reset have a special meaning to you? How do you think you would like to have it reset? Please let me know!
I will randomly choose a winner next Friday.
Good luck!
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Disclaimer: Thank you so much to Sequel for allowing me to give my mother such a lovely gift and for sponsoring this post. Thank you to all of you for your continued support surrounding sponsored posts. I truly appreciate it!
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This is so neat! I would have a ring from my mother-in-law put into a new setting…something like this would be awesome, http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/double-helix-ring/your-center-stone-14k-white-gold-ring/1167b4?mode=prerequest
Thanks for sharing!
That’s a neat idea! I have a ring that I would love to have reset!
This is a beautiful necklace! http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/brilliant-endless-knot-pendant/your-center-stone-14k-white-gold-pendant-with-diamond/12fscq?mode=prerequest
I have been wanting to have my grandmother’s engagement ring reset for my mother. She passed away when my mom was 16 and her ring has been stored away. I know it would mean a lot to her to have it reset!
My dad, who I am incredibly proud of, has recently lost a significant amount of weight in pursuit of bettering his health. He looks AMAZING, and so much so, that his wedding ring is now loose! I think this would be a great reminder to how far he has come to have this reset.
Thank you for hosting Julie!
I would love to give this gift to my mom. She lost her sister to cancer a few years ago on her birthday. She has a few jewelry items of hers and I would love to get them set into one piece that she can wear all the time. Especially since her birthday is such a sad time to her now. This would give her a piece of my aunt that can be with her every time she wears it.
I love that you are doing a giveaway like this right before the holidays! It is so special to be able to use inherited jewelry in a new way. My mother has been wanting to reset her engagement ring as a pendant for some time now. The teardrop pendant is GORGEOUS! Especially in the platinum 😉 Thanks for sharing, Julie!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I have my mom’s diamond and my grandmother’s diamond, which are almost identical. I have been wanting to have them set together in a ring but have been struggling to find a setting I like. I love the options Sequel has!
Really interesting site- I had not heard of it previously. We have a ring from my grandmother with lots of diamonds (we think our grandfather bought it for her in Iran in the 50’s) that we always wanted to turn into necklaces for the granddaughters. Love this simple design: http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/gemstones-by-the-yard-solitaire-necklace-4mm-gem/your-center-stone-14k-rose-gold-pendant/125cfd?mode=prerequest
Sequel is such a great idea! I would love to do this for my mother. She has her engagement ring she would love to have reset.
My family has lots of sentimental pieces that no one can really wear cause my great grandma’s fingers were so tiny. I know it would mean so much to us to wear something of hers instead of just looking at it in a box!
What a great website! My mom has given me a few pieces from family over the years and I would love to do something like this setting.
http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/triple-stone-ring/your-center-stone-14k-rose-gold-ring-with-aquamarine/12fsjw?mode=prerequest
Julie, this post hits close to my heart. I also have lost my mom and now have her wedding ring in my possession. My husband and I considered using it for my ring before we got engaged, but I decided that it was just too special to take apart. I tied it to my bouquet on my wedding day instead. Now, a year later, it sits in my “special” box at home and I have not worn it. I have started to consider resetting ut more as it is such a shame that it just sits in the box untouched. I have thought that a simple necklace like this http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/round-cut-bezel-slide-pendant/your-center-stone-14k-white-gold-pendant/12r4pk?mode=prerequest might be lerfect, but I haven’t had the opportunity yet to just do it. This company, from your story, seems like it would take great care of my heirloom. It would mean so much to have that stone reset so I can enjoy it every day.
What a wonderful gift you were able to give your Mom! My Dad passed away 10 years, and he left his gold wedding band, with a small inset diamond, to me. Over the years I have thought about having the diamond reset into a necklace to symbolically wear my Dad close to my heart, where he is always. I think the diamond in his ring would look beautiful in a simple setting, like the Sequel Round Cut Solitaire Pendant: http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/round-cut-solitaire-pendant-5mm-gem/your-center-stone-14k-yellow-gold-pendant/12rvv7?mode=prerequest
Love this! I have a ring from my great grandmother that can’t be worn because the band got worn too thin from being so old and worn so many decades. I’d love to reset the little diamond into a necklace, possibly this one: http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/abbey-mixed-double-necklace/your-center-stone-14k-rose-gold-pendant-with-diamond/12kzgm?mode=prerequest
I would love to have my Mom’s engagement ring set for her.
Sorry if I missed this in the post, but do they send back the old ring/setting that they’ve taken the stone out of?
I would LOVE to do this! I have some amethyst earrings and a broach from my grandmother and I’ve been dying to get them reset into something for my mom and I to wear. Sort of like a friendship bracelet but a million times more meaningful and glamorous ;).
I’d love to re-set a stone given to me by my mother into something much more modern like this: http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/triple-stone-ring/your-center-stone-14k-rose-gold-ring-with-aquamarine/12fsjw?mode=prerequest
I would love to reset my grandmother’s ring. We were so close, and I have her wedding and engagement ring. However, the stones are loose and I am afraid to wear them! This would be perfect.
I would love this! I have a ruby and diamond from my grandmother (necklace and ring) that I want to have combined!
I would love to get a ring reset for my mom from a stone her grandfather gave her. She loves it so much and I’ve been hoping to reset it sometime in the next few years.
I would love to reset my Mom’s engagement ring into something new for her. My parents divorce was really hard on her, but once the dust settled she came out so strong and so independent. She does things now that she NEVER would have done when they were married, for example, my 5 star resort loving Mama went camping and quading, and after knee surgery to boot!
I love this setting for her: http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/strong-knot-ring-4mm/your-center-stone-14k-yellow-gold-ring/12qx3k?mode=prerequest
It would be amazing to be able to present her with something from her past that she would be proud to wear in her future, and to maybe pass on to her granddaughters one day!
What a sweet story! I’m sure your mother is loving the ring. I would love to do the same with a ring I inherited from my Nana as well. <3
What great timing as I have my grandmothers engagement ring that I wanted to re-set into a bracelet!
I have a diamond pendant that was originally reset from my grandmother’s engagement ring, but the new setting is difficult to strong onto any chain because the holes for the chain are so small. I’d love to get the setting updated and possibly add a couple of heirloom peridot stones that I received from my Mother in Law for my wedding.
I love this! I have a ring from my grandma that I would love to have reset. I gave my sister’s now husband the large stone so he could propose to my sister with it, but it has other larger stones that would be beautiful in a ring and have SO much meaning for me since it was my grandmas :). Such a sweet idea Julie!
I would love to do something similar for my mom with my grandmother’s jewelry
My Dad passed away last December and I have his class ring, it has a beautiful emerald cut sapphire that I would love to have reset.
I have had a necklace and matching bracelet set form my grandmother that is just not my style that I have been wanting to get reset for YEARS. I would love to put the necklace into something like this:
http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/gemstones-by-the-yard-pear-accent-necklace/your-center-stone-sterling-silver-pendant-with-green-amethyst/13fdrm?mode=prerequest
I’ve been thinking about doing this for a few years now – my husband passed away 5 years ago and my engagement ring is the most beautiful piece of jewelry I own. Of course it naturally holds sentimental value, but because of his death, I treasure it more than any other material item I own. I am toying with the idea of having all the stones (there’s a lot!) reset into a necklace, so I can hold his memory close to my heart. Whether I win the giveaway or not, thanks for introducing me to the Sequel website. I will be sure to check them out.
Hi Julie! I love your blog. It makes me excited to hopefully have a family as sweet as yours one day.
I have a ring that was my great grandma’s before she passed away. It has a decent sized pearl and three tiny diamonds. Unfortunately, part of the setting snapped off not long after I got it, leaving it unwearable.
I’m not sure if it would look right, but I really like this design: http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/triple-stone-ring/your-center-stone-14k-rose-gold-ring-with-aquamarine/12fsjw?mode=prerequest.
I would get the ring remade and probably give it to my grandma for her next birthday.
Oh I love this idea! Years ago my Mommom (grandmother) gave me a garnet (my birthstone) ring that has been in her family for generations. Unfortunately the ring is way to big for me and the setting is outdated. I would love to have the garnet reset into a ring that I could wear regularly so I can carry a part of my Mommom with me!
A similar story as yours, I think it would be wonderful to reset my great-grandmother’s ring for my mother. She doesn’t wear a lot of flashy jewelry, but the simple diamond ring would make a beautiful necklace. I love sequel’s necklace choice: ROUND-CUT SOLITAIRE PENDANT WITH ACCENT
I would love to reset an old engagement ring!!
Oooh! I have a pearl ring from my husband’s Great Aunt Cloicey. I understand she lived in Hollywood and committed suicide in the 40’s. It sounds like she was a wonderfully generous and fabulous woman that had great beauty in her day. I would love to have this ring reset so I can wear it on special occasions. She had very petite fingers and I’m unable to wear it in it’s current state. Love, love the history of Great Aunt Cloicey and hearing about her stories and tribulations of Hollywood in the 40’s.
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My mom gave me a ring when I graduated but it has never fit right! I would love to get the gem reset.
I love this idea! I’m not sure if you mentioned this sight before and I looked into it but I have a peridot necklace that was my grandmothers. Every female 18th birthday that approached in my family my grandmother, or as I call her nana, would go pick them out a piece of jewelry as their present. The winter before my 18th my grandmother got diagnosed with lung cancer when she hadn’t smoked a day in her life. I was broken hearted. I still to this day, at 25 years old struggle with her being gone some days! It is definitely something that is hard especially since we were so close. Once the holidays pass I want to get her peridot necklace made into a ring because I would like to have that to admire and think of her every time I look at it.
This sounds amazing!! I have an old diamond from my husband from my original engagement ring that I would love to have re-set!
I would love to have my mom’s wedding ring reset so that some day my brother could give it as an engagement ring. While my mom’s ring is beautiful, she is now divorced and it doesn’t seem right to use that ring without changing its meaning through resetting. This would be such a wonderful opportunity for my family to turn something painful into something beautiful.
I’d love to get my mom’s wedding ring re-set for her some day. I love this pendant setting: http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/queen-trio-pendant/your-center-stone-14k-yellow-gold-pendant-with-diamond/12km2k?mode=prerequest.
I think the idea of celebrating a new start while also honoring the idea of the diamonds as an heirloom that she can pass down is a wonderful one that she would love!
while getting so caught up in my thoughts I forgot to add the end of the story. The end of that is that my grandmother ended up passing just a few short months before my 18th birthday so I was never able to get that hang picked piece of jewelry from her. I was the last of the grandchildren so everyone else got theirs but me.
my great grandmothers ring for my mom!
My grandmother and I shared a birthstone (Emerald, for May) and she had a BEAUTIFUL Emerald Ring that she used to wear and she passed it on to me before she passed away. Unfortunately, the ring is much too small for me and it’s yellow gold, while I prefer white. I have always wanted to do something with the ring, but I was never sure what to do or how to go about doing it. I love this look from Sequal (http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/side-stones-accent-ring/your-center-stone-sterling-silver-ring-with-diamond/138tn0?mode=prerequest) and love how simple they seem to make everything. My grandmother lived with me from the age of 3 until she passed away when I was in my 20’s, so being able to wear this ring and honor her would be a wonderful blessing.
what a great site! I love the idea of revamping something old into something new. I would reset an emerald shape sapphire that I got from my grandmother into a simple every day piece.
http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/loop-de-loop-ring/your-center-stone-18k-white-gold-ring/13fffh?mode=prerequest
What a beautiful story! My mother has a lot of old jewelry that she has been trying to pass down to me, but a lot of pieces aren’t my size/style. This is an amazing opportunity to make these pieces wearable!
I love the gemstone by the yard 5 stone bracelet. It would be nice to take several of my grandma’s jewelry and have it put into one beautiful bracelet.
I lost my grandmother earlier this year, two weeks before my wedding. My aunt gave me a beautiful ring of hers, but similar to your mom, it doesn’t fit. I’d love to have it reset so I can wear it! I love this embrace setting: http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/embrace-ring-4mm/your-center-stone-14k-rose-gold-ring/12fmpr?mode=prerequest
I have some diamonds from my grandmother that I would love to have reset into a ring.
http://sequel.gemvara.com/jewelry/searchlight-ring-5mm/your-center-stone-14k-white-gold-ring/12qx39?mode=prerequest
What a great giveaway! My grandmother died when I was 6 and was an amazing woman. She left me a diamond ring in the most hideous elaborate gold setting that apparently I loved as a small child. I love the meaning behind it but it sits in a box. Would love to have it made into something as beautiful as she was.