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Mr. Onion and I both had our wedding rings custom made. A jeweler friend (who actually went to high school with Mr. Onion) does mostly custom work, so he was the obvious choice. My ring was a particular challenge, because I wanted to have my cake and eat it, too. I had two major criteria:
1) It had to “snug” (i.e., fit perfectly with my turn-of-the-century engagement ring setting which I did not want to change).
2) It had to stand on its own as a design without the engagement ring for the rare occasion I wanted to wear just the wedding ring.
Too much to ask you say? Well he did it and I am thrilled with the results.
Here was my inspiration from WeddingRings.com:
From here he created a “mock-up” in silver before he made it in platinum with the diamonds from my mother’s original wedding band she no longer wears.
Mock-Up:
And from there, a ring was born:
Note the fine etching on the leaf on the side view. I couldn’t believe it, but he solved both issues beautifully. I can’t WAIT to wear it for real come September. 
Mr. Onion designed his own ring and doesn’t want to share because he doesn’t want it to be a “fad!” He’s so cute. I’ll keep working on him. He wouldn’t let me share it my knot bio either. Killjoy! Doesn’t he know Weddingbee readers are on “a need to know basis” and they NEED to know?!
Fun Fact:
My wedding ring is a size 2 3/4! I’m not kidding. The jeweler didn’t have a size small enough for me to try on (he said there were children’s sizing rings but he didn’t have them).
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Oh my gosh, you have tiny fingers! 2 3/4!? Haha, I have pretty small fingers, but my ring finger is a 5.5″ (according to the ring sizes from my senior ring)
Oh wow, that is so beautiful and unique! It really looks great with your e-ring too. I’ve never seen a band like that before - so delicate! - and I love that it was custom designed and made for you. My fiance and I are just starting to think about wedding bands and I’m heading right on over to that website to see what other interesting sorts of bands are out there!
Your engagement ring is huge! Can I ask how many carats that is? Let’s see it next to penny or something so we can see how little your ring is. I think the band is gorgeous. That’s awesome that someone you know made it. And I love that it’s made with things from your mum’s ring. Wonderful!!
What a beautiful ring! Congrats!
Thanks! I’m really happy with it too. And I love that there is nothing else like it.
The engagement ring was actually my mother’s. She has been married twice — once at 21 and then she married my father in her 30’s. Anyway, neither time was she given an engagement ring so she decided to buy that ring for herself a number of years ago (and I say “good for her”). It belonged to a couple who had been married for 50+ years! Such good karma. The engagement ring is lovely but I wouldn’t love it any less if it were smaller.
I just put the wedding ring next to a penny and a dime. It’s smaller than the penny and about the size of the dime. I’ll take a comparison photo later I promise.
heh…I was about to comment on how ginormous the engagement ring was until I saw your finger size. It’s all relative.
If it makes you feel any better, the people in the ring store didn’t believe my fiance that my size was so big and made him have me come in for another fitting!! My ring size….9.
hot dog!! that is a GIGANTIC e-ring!!!
your wedding band is very pretty..it reminds me of mrs. butterfly’s 
OMG! Your fingers are so small! I thought I had small hands (my size 5 e-ring is a tad loose), but I don’t hold a candle to you.
What a gorgeous e-ring and wedding band. I love how personal they both are, and even better is the fact that the ring was part of a union that lasted over 50 years- how neat!
I didn’t think there were people out there with fingers smaller than mine. I wear a size 5..but even that is loose at times.
You’d think that the smaller the size the cheaper the ring. False hope though.
:o)
your wedding is def one of a kind and unique. i love it but i have to say - GOLLEE - that is one AMAZING HUMUNGO e-RING. congratulations!!!!
The part about your Mum is awesome, too! What a great role model. If I were you I would be staring at my hand all the live long day. Thanks for sharing! I like the weddingrings.com site, too.
very pretty… I wear a size 4 and I thought I had small fingers!
Can I ask what your knottie bio url is?
wow — i didn’t mean to start a riot about my engagement ring. the post was really about my wedding ring and how they work together. but thank you all very much for the compliments. yes, it’s a little on the large side, but again, if it were smaller i wouldn’t love it any less.
I don’t know what your plan for wedding jewelry is, but your ring just looks SO MUCH like this jewelry that I felt like I had to show you. It’s all Nadri jewelry, which can be found at Nordstrom:
Necklace
Earrings - I especially love these. The picture on this page is gold, but they’re actually only available in silver - click on Silver below the picture to see the silver ones.
Single strand bracelet
Double strand bracelet
Well it does look big (the e-ring) but I’m guessing that those tiny hands make it look a lot bigger. Haha. I like the combo, and that you can wear the w-ring by itself as well.
margo you’re too kind! it is so reminiscent of my ring, you’re right. i might have to look into that bracelet. i am wearing earrings my grandmother gave me (see them here: http://tinyurl.com/3cfrxp) which will be my something blue and something old. they are aquamarine and diamond.
i think a necklace will be too much, but i do like that bracelet. we’ll see how the budget comes along
i really like that your delicate wedding band balances out the heaviness of your rock!
Let me just say.. drool! I love your both the e-ring and the wedding band. He definitely accomplished both of your requirements! Wow.
And I thought MY fingers were small (3 3/4)!
Holy cow the rock on your engagement ring is HUGE!
I am very jealous of your aquamarine and diamond earrings, Miss Onion! Wow, those are amazing. I have a thing for aquamarines.
wow….i finally found someone with a ring size that is smaller than mine! (i’m a size 3 like miss eggplant)
[...] Onion designed his own wedding ring and we had it custom made by the same jeweler that custom made my ring. He didn’t want me to share it with anyone before the wedding but now that the wedding is over [...]
I am trying to find a custom jeweler in the new york area. May I ask where your custom jeweler is located? Feel free to email me- alexiscorinewman@yahoo.com. Thanks!
Congratulations! I love this blog. I have a small (one man) jewelry studio in East Hampton, NY. We have done custom made wedding rings for quite a few customers and I love the process, which includes face to face meetings and preliminary rings in Sterling to test for size, fit and comfort. It is a great way to work WITH the customer and make sure they get exactly what they want. Usually everyone is happy! And believe it or not, the prices are very competitive with what you find in jewelry stores because of their overhead. studio@maidstonejewelry.com
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Miss Onion, NYC/Burlington, VT
Age and Occupation: 27, PR & Marketing and Jazz Singer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Data Analyst
Engagement Date: April 2, 2006
Wedding Date: September 2007
Blogging Since: July 11, 2007
Venue: Restaurant in Burlington
About Me: I didn't think I'd be "that girl," but I am having so much fun planning our wedding (mostly by myself). I'm a PR and Marketing Director for a major jazz festival and camp by day, and by night, a romantic jazz singer and bride-to-be! I hope all my research can help other brides in their planning.
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