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Bride & Groom Guide

8 Ways To Stretch Your Engagement Ring Budget

Today’s Millennials and Gen Z are no longer buying into the notion that they need to spend 2 months' salary on an impressive bauble. It’s important to know that you can still get a gorgeous ring on a limited budget. These helpful hints show you how to get more for less!

The Greener Diamond

A Boy Named Ponpon

The MiaDonna story starts off a little differently than most lab-grown diamond companies. It all started with one little boy named Ponpon, a 7-year-old boy living in extreme poverty in war-torn Liberia, Africa who asked for help.

Featured Couples

Featured Couple - Meet Travis and Dominique

Meet Travis and Dominique, our September featured couple. Based in sunny California, this couple just got engaged this month and are soaking up that last bit of summer love before starting a new season and chapter of life together.

Style Guide

Lindsey Vonn's Emerald Engagement Ring!

Congratulations to Olympic skier, Lindsey Vonn, on her recent engagement to beau, P.K. Subban! Read on for some of our favorite MiaDonna styles to get Lindsey Vonn’s emerald engagement ring look for less.

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Honoring Those Who Serve

As our small thank you for your service, we proudly offer a 10% discount on all MiaDonna orders. We are also happy to extend this offer to our U.S. First Responders.

Style Guide

Top 5 Modern Engagement Rings for the Minimalist

Modern engagement rings feature clean lines, minimal details, and distinct angles - a new and unique spin on classic solitaire and three-stone designs. Each one of our handcrafted contemporary engagement rings represents our commitment to innovative and unconventional design. Looking...

Featured Couples

Featured Couple - Meet Emily and Ryo

Meet Emily and Ryo, our June featured couple. Boston-grown, but now Berlin-based, these two got engaged and married within one week! Now, it’s time for them to start married life back in Europe and make some new memories together!

The Greener Diamond

2018 Impact Report

As the world’s leading retailer of conflict-free lab-grown diamonds, MiaDonna will continue striving towards ending the needless destruction of our beautiful planet and mining communities.

Featured Couples

Featured Couple - Meet Dani and James

Meet Dani and James, our May featured couple. After meeting in college through their mutual love of basketball, they found out how much they had in common and how much they liked each other. After all of their adventures and memories together, they're ready to make some new ones as newlyweds!

The Greener Diamond

Our Volunteering Day with Tuft & Needle

Our most recent project is one we’re pretty proud to be a part of! On April 25th, our team helped facilitate the donation of $130,000 worth of brand new Tuft & Needle mattresses to three local Portland-based non-profit organizations: With Love, Community Warehouse and Portland Rescue Mission.

Style Guide

Our Favorite Emerald Rings to Celebrate Emerald Month

To celebrate the May birthstone, we chose our favorite Emerald rings to celebrate during this month. Whether you’re in the market for a simple and classic solitaire engagement ring or vintage style engagement ring, make it striking by choosing an Emerald lab-grown gemstone as your center stone!

Style Guide

Introducing: The Tiara Collection

We are very thrilled to announce our newest styles of engagement rings, wedding bands and wedding sets, The Tiara Collection. Inspired by royalty, the Tiara Collection offers a mixture of matched wedding sets and individual half-halo bands that can worn alone or with your existing ring.

Style Guide

New Arrival: The Lotus

Meet some of our newest arrivals, the Lotus Engagement Ring, Wedding Band and Wedding Set. Shop these new lab-created diamond beauties below and contact us if you have any questions in regards to purchasing!

Bride & Groom Guide

5 Ethical Clothing Brands To Update Your Wardrobe

We love our lab-created diamonds and ethical engagement rings, and when it comes to clothes, we love brands that also craft ethically-made clothing and accessories. We thought it would be fun to share 5 ethical clothing brands to update your wardrobe this season.

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The New Product Page & Builder

MiaDonna continues to lead as a digitally native brand with a new online product page layout and robust ring builder. Learn how you can build your dream ring online in this article.

The Greener Diamond

Why are Lab Grown Diamonds Better For the Planet?

When it comes to fine jewelry, we’re so glad that lab-grown diamonds are available as an earth-friendly, conflict-free option for consumers. There are many reasons to love lab-grown diamonds, but to celebrate Earth Day, we’re sharing a few of our favorites.

Bride & Groom Guide

Top 10 Wedding Rom-Com Movies

Does anyone know if the engagement rings in these movies have lab-grown diamonds? We sure wish they did! Check out our list below of the top 10 feel-good wedding movies for your next movie night.

Style Guide

Eras of Engagement Ring Styles

With the growth of lab-grown diamonds and the change they’ve brought, we wanted to dig into eras of engagement ring styles and how they’ve changed and how some trends remain the same.