Congratulations of beautifully stitching this wonderful piece!. I know your friend will adore it. The one I did for my sister (mini Amethyst) hangs in her office. When I stitched this, my LNS was still in business and did the framing for me. We decided on a plain silver frame which really set the whole piece off. You can see it here or here. I prefer simple wooden frames in general, but as soon as I saw how this would look in silver I knew it was the right one. Think it would be very pretty with your diamond.
Also, are you aware of the HAED rewards program. It runs twice a year and is very easy to use. You can find it on the HAED website (which I undertand is going thru a major revision this week-end so you might want to wait till that is done, hopefully with major improvements). You get a free chart which is the same as the completed chart. So you could get another mini. Worth checking out.
Carole
WIPs
Star Wars Afghan:Chewbaca
HAEDs:
O Kitten Tree
Dancing with the Cat
Everything else "on hold"
2022 Finished: Star Wars Afghan: Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Finn, Rey, Poe, Han Solo,Darth Vader, BB8,Luke Skywalker
This is an absolute stunning finish. I usually take my pieces in and hold frames up to them to get a general idea. I'm sure that whatever you choose will really set this piece off.