The Bridal Shower:
Bridesmaids and maid of honour are required to host a bridal shower and divide cost among themselves. Depending on what you have planned, this could be very costly.

Childcare:
If you have children, you may need to get a sitter for day. Do not assume they are invited guests simply because you are in wedding party. If they are invited, you may need to make special arrangements to have childcare available during wedding ceremony and reception since your job really isn’t over until after dinner and speeches have wrapped up.

Gifts:
Even though you have already spent a great deal of money to get ready for your friends wedding, you still have to purchase a gift for bride and groom. A sentimental gift is best but most often bridesmaids choose to give money in an envelope with a nice card. How much to place in envelope is entirely up to you as well as standards and trend in your area.

Thank you note:
Finally after wedding you should sit down and write a nice note to newlyweds, thanking them for allowing you to be part of their important day.

After taking all this into consideration, you will be able to make a more informed decision and should be able to either accept or decline this invitation.

Fire is ability of stone to break light down into it’s component colors and is also affected by cut. “Fire” can be seen as color coming out of stone.

Luster is amount of light reflected back from surface of stone.

Moissanite, for example, outperforms diamond in brilliance, fire and luster and is only very slightly lower on hardness scale. In fact a special piece of testing equipment had to be designed so that jewellers could tell moissanite from diamond as so many were unable to.

And, of course, moissanite is much cheaper than diamonds. And if most jewellers cannot tell it apart from diamonds, could you?

There are a range of different processes used to produce a stone which is a good diamond alternative. Most produce fine quality stones which produce stunning quality jewelry which any woman would be proud to wear.

Moissanite is not strictly a man made diamond though, as it is, in fact, naturally occurring. Unfortunately it doesn’t occur in sufficient quantities to be commercially viable for mining. But technology has come to rescue by devising a method of producing high quality crystals.

Our preference for best alternative to diamonds? Moissanite. A fine jewelry stone which will make a stunning engagement ring, or other jewelry piece. And you can buy moissanite wedding jewelry at a fraction of price of diamond wedding jewelry.

And when kids come along, buy them something extra from us from money you’ve saved.