Wedding Blog

Given the amount of time, thought and indecision that’s going in to choosing Mr. Mary Jane’s wedding ring, I am really glad that my engagement ring and band came as a set!

Actually, the designer who thought up my ring felt it would be best with two bands, like this:

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I don’t want two wedding bands. I prefer rings that don’t have too much heft. But I really loved this wedding set! Specifically, I liked that it had a flush fit band (in spite of the oblong setting). So many rings have wavy or otherwise not “bandy” bands… and I wasn’t really feeling this type of thing (pretty though it is):

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Luckily we were able to customize my set! What allows the bands to be “flush fit” on this set is that the diamonds are set in a basket-setting about an 8th of an inch above the inside of the ring. This allows space for a slot in the basket setting allowing the wedding band to fit through. We asked the jeweler to continue the basket design on one side of my ring, filling the slot that was meant for the other bands.

Here’s the result.

The band is what I think is called a “half-eternity” band. The diamonds go about half-way around the ring. It’s set in white gold. It’s absolutely gorgeous. I have it locked in a box right now so I won’t be tempted to wear it before the big day!

I could easily wear this band by itself, but I actually plan to have my band and e-ring fused together after the wedding. They belong together, and I’m going to make sure they stay that way!

There was another tangible bonus to my request for a singular band: double bands would have been double the money! Even though our personal values don’t include scrimping on the jewelry that will symbolize our union for a lifetime, everybody likes to save money, am I right?

Did you engagement ring have a matching band, or did you have to (or - get to!) shop for one separately?