Weddingbee Blog

… Mr. Poodle’s ring!!

So before I show you the ring, here’s a little fact: Yesterday, my MOH boarded a plane to go study English for 6 months in Colorado. She was extremely nervous because it is going to be her first time there (all alone, too) but she’s REALLY excited about the experience, and the fact that after I move, both of us will be decently close to each other. She will spend the holidays with us and will help us with all the massive DIY projects for the wedding. She rocks, I know!

So, before she left, she handed me “Mr. Poodle’s future precious”! I’m SO EXCITED it’s already finished!!

As you know, it all began with this idea: I happened to pick up two pieces of wood on our Patagonia trip. After random conversations about other options for our rings’ materials we decided that we could keep that trip in our memories forever by incorporating the wood into the rings.

You know the drill - If your name happens to be Mr. Poodle, RUN away from the computer AHORA, and DO NOT read on.

I asked my MOH for help, and after discussing how to treat the wood and options to get the ring engraved (just like I wanted), she started sketching the ring and doing weird tests on the wood. I wanted something really simple, clean, and not so big.

{ These are not very good pictures, but if you try hard, you can see the ring getting its shape }

The process was not so long, but she did work a lot! How cool is it of her to charge us just for the materials? Well, OK, in this case it’s just for Mr. Poodle’s ring, because we are buying rings for each other as a surprise for the wedding day.

But hey, how could I not show the hive this??

{ I just love the way it ended up looking!! She engraved the “Spanglish” words I wanted on the inside.
You can see the Spanish part at the end “por siempre” = forever }

{ Because of the nature of Mr. Poodle’s job, we decided really early on that he needed a necklace for his ring, so he can wear it around his neck while working - I choose this thin chain because he’s not into jewelry at all, so I wanted something really light }

I am so excited!! Now I’m thinking about options to build this “anillito” a house. Remember this amazing project by Mrs. Gloss? It could be a cool option! I’ll be making houses for our rings (my MOH is going to email me the size for mine). But there’s no rush—I want to find the perfect project for ring holders.

Are your rings a bit non conventional? What do they look like?