Kim Kardashian's Big Sparkler

We knew Kris Humphries didn't exactly skimp on fiancee Kim Kardashian's engagement ring, but today we got a closer look at just how massive 20.5 carats of bling is!

Humphries worked with Lorraine Schwartz (who in the past has styled Kardashian's jewelry for red-carpet events) to create the perfect ring, reports People.com. "[Lorraine] always listened to what I would want and the shapes I love," Kardashian said. "I had said I loved an emerald cut and they were scheming and plotting for a while." Looks like the secret planning paid off: "In high school I went to Macy's and bought this fake ring, my ‘perfect' ring, and this is almost the exact same," she said.

Humphries' expectations of the sparkler were a bit less specific. "I just knew I wanted it to be big!" he said. The New Jersey Nets player says he knew it was meant to be with his lady from the beginning, telling People.com that "probably within a month of meeting her I knew she was 'The One.'"

The couple is planning to tie this knot this summer in a ceremony as big as the stunner that adorns Kardashian's ring finger. "I've always dreamed of a big wedding," she told People.com. "I'll probably do something really over-the-top." Surprise, surprise! --Brittany Gilpin

Image via People.com.

Engagement Ring Recycling: Do or Don't?

Celebrities make-up and break-up all the time, so sometimes it's tough keeping tabs on the on-again off-again relationships in Hollywood (but we do try).

So what's a girl to do with the ring when an engagement is called off or a marriage ends in divorce (are you taking notes, Madonna?). Some celebs auction off items to raise money for charity, but when you need to pay rent (or buy a new handbag -- come on, who are you kidding?), reselling your stuff can be the right way to go.

Stuck with jewelry from a bad relationship or a diamond ring sitting in your drawer? While eBay is the marketplace for items you find in your closet, those with high-end jewels can turn to I Do Now I Don’t to auction off their bad relationship memories.

Started by Steven Sherman after his fiancé left him, the site allows users to buy and sell luxury rings, necklaces, earrings, bracelets and even wedding gowns at a fraction of the retail price. Sherman took the engagement ring he bought for the "love of his life" to the jeweler and was offered thousands less than what he paid for it. He then decided to start a business to help other not-so-lucky-in-love people recoup the costs of their broken relationships.

What did you do with the old jewelry you received in a relationship? Share your comments!

photo: courtesy of idonowidont.com

Porti De Rossi Latest Celeb to Don a Neil Lane Engagement Ring

Now that daytime talk queen Ellen Degeneres and fiancé Portia De Rossi have set a date for their upcoming wedding, they're dishing about all the planning details. OK! Magazine reports that they are knee-deep in the planning process.

"Yes, we have set a wedding date," confesses Ellen. "Portia has a ring. It's a Neil Lane ring."

Neil Lane offers high couture diamonds that are some of the most sought after engagement creations in Hollywood. The jewelry designer received a whirlwind of press when Fox exec Alex Young proposed to Private Practice star Kate Walsh with a Neil Lane jubilee-cut diamond. Jimmy Fallon proposed to (Drew Barrymore's BFF) Nancy Juvonen with a Neil Lane emerald cut diamond with platinum setting.Lane has also designed engagement rings for  celebrity brides like Brooke Shields, Reese Witherspoon (a four-carat Asscher-cut diamond ring), and Madonna (an Edwardian-style ring with five carats' worth of round diamonds). Even superman Brandon Routh couldn't resist the dazzle of Neil Lane's fabulous line of engagement diamonds.  He used one to pop the question to then girlfriend Courtney Ford during a press tour. The couple wed in 2007.

Want to know more about Neil Lane's couture rings? His official website is coming soon! Check out WeddingChannel.com for more engagement ring photos and buying tips.

(Black) Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend?

Third time may be the charm for Carmen Electra, but how does her black diamond engagement ring from fiance, Korn guitarist Rob Patterson rate?

Traditionally a black diamond was thought of as a man's stone, and is often used in settings for men's wedding bands. While black diamonds aren't considered as popular as other colored diamonds like pink or canary, recently they've seen a resurgence in Europe. Black diamonds tend to look best in platinum or titanium setting, but be careful if you’re in the market for one -- they're much cheaper if they're laboratory made. Not that Carmen has any reason to worry. Her 1.5-2-carat, black diamond solitaire with a platinum diamond band is estimated to be worth  $100,000.

"[It's] different - it' our style," she recently told People. "This is a really happy time for both of us."