Custom made 18 karat white gold ring with hand engraving, eight VS1/F/Very Good cut round diamonds (0.16TCW), and five 5mm round natural white opals.
“Growing up, I always admired one of my Grandma’s rings. It was a ring with 5 pearls set into it, and it was passed down to her from her great aunt. The ring was a family heirloom, and was eventually given to me by my grandma to wear on my wedding day (one day) and to eventually pass down to my own children. In April of 2014, my home in Calgary was broken into, and all of my jewelry was stolen. Both my grandmothers ring and my Sochi Olympic ring were taken. The Canadian Olympic committee was kind enough to replace my Olympic ring, but the one piece of jewelry I was heartbroken over and could not replace was my grandmothers ring.
This past summer, I was contacted by Vedad, and he offered to replace my grandmothers ring for me. I thought it a strange offer, as it’s not very often that people you don’t know go out of their way to do such kind things, but after discussing it further with him it was clear that his offer was genuine and 100% out of the goodness of his own heart. I worked with him over the following months to help re-build my grandmothers ring, and in seeing the finished ring now, I could not be happier. It’s absolutely gorgeous, and more than I could have asked for. He even put a tiny Olympic stamp on the inside of the ring!
Vedad’s kindness and generosity has taken what was one of the most negative experiences of my life, and turned it into a beautiful story that I will now pass down to my family with my ring. It’s not very often in life that you meet someone who does something so generous and asks for nothing in return – I can’t thank him enough, and I’m so proud to have my grandmothers ring back on my finger!”
