How to Design a Custom Engagement Ring to Match Your Partner's Personality

Your partner deserves an engagement ring that’s as unique as they are. If you’ve spent weeks looking through websites and peeking in the window of your local jewelry store, you might not have found ‘the one’ – and that’s okay! For many couples, their perfect engagement ring is one-of-a-kind, a living piece of art that tells their love story and captures their personalities. 

At Valley Rose, we think of engagement rings as a lifelong symbol of love, one that is unique for every client. While our pre-designed engagement ring settings can be customized with your choice of center stone, we can also create a custom engagement ring that perfectly matches your partner’s personality. Below, we’re breaking down the 4 most important things to consider when designing a custom engagement ring.

Step 1: Identify Your Partner’s Style

The first step to designing a custom engagement ring is to consider your partner’s personality. You’re designing a ring that they’ll be wearing for the rest of their life. Consider the jewelry they regularly wear, along with their favorite colors, and their overall style. If your partner is a minimalistic who lives in neutrals, you’ll want to create a design like our ‘Mira’ split shank engagement ring. 

Don’t forget to consider your partner’s lifestyle, as they may want a smaller or more simplistic design if they have an active lifestyle, while a creative personality will prefer a more unique engagement ring.

Step 2: Choose the Right Metal

One of the biggest mistakes partners make when designing a custom engagement ring is when they don’t consider which type of metal to use. Most people prefer a specific type of metal, and you’ll want the engagement ring to look cohesive with the rest of their jewelry, while also complementing their skin tone and complexion. At Valley Rose, our bespoke engagement rings are available in fairmined gold, rose gold, and white gold.

Step 3: Find Your Perfect Center Stone

Your custom design process will usually start by choosing your setting, which sets the tone for your engagement ring. The center stone is what will bring your bespoke engagement ring to life. While you’ll want to decide between a lab-grown diamond or an alternative to a sapphire, it’s also worth considering the shape. 

Round cuts offer a classic, romantic look, while an emerald cut engagement ring is elegant and sophisticated, whereas a marquise stone is bold and adventurous. Our gemstone finder allows you to select the perfect center stone by searching for your preferred cut, shape, color, clarity, carat, and even by price!

Step 4: Design For Your Love Story

Your engagement ring is a symbol of your love story, and it should feel authentic to who you are as a couple. Take inspiration from the things that matter to you, whether you’re a couple who loves to go stargazing or if your first date was a hike through a nature trail. During the design process, we’ll help you add personal elements, whether you want a hidden stone on the inside of the band or a custom engraving as the final touch.

Create a Bespoke Engagement Ring for Your Partner with Valley Rose

A custom engagement ring should reflect your partner’s personality, your values as a couple, and encapsulate your love story. When you collaborate with our team to create a bespoke engagement ring, you can bring your idea to life with ethical gemstones, fairmined gold, and lab-grown diamonds. Book a virtual consultation today to start the process of designing the perfect engagement ring to match your partner’s style.