Weddingbee Blog

Remember when I said that we got started on the wedding band process? And that I should have my engagement ring back by early November?

Well. Helloooo late November/early December. Nice to see you. And not my ring.

Here’s the ish: way back in October, Foxy and I headed to Jared’s (yep, he we went to Jared’s) to discuss options for our wedding bands. His was incredibly easy - I think we debated over a few different choices for five minutes, then decided. Wham bam think you ma’am. Done.

Then we explored choices for my ring; I explained my vision (the crisscross band) to our consultant, Luka (coolest name ever, IMO). She had a perfect idea of what I was imagining, and just happened to be the main custom ring designer at the store. We talked, pulled similar ring examples, drew pictures.

Once we came to a “finished product” on paper, Luka explained that they needed to keep my ring so they could make a wax impression of it, and then a wax impression of my soon-to-be wedding band. I was told I would get a call when the band mock-up was ready, and that I could take my e-ring home at that point. However, a month later, there was still no phone call. I finally call in myself and was told that the wax imprint was indeed ready to be ok’ed and my e-ring was ready to be picked up. Foxy and I headed up to Jared’s as soon as we could. The bummer is that this is what we saw:

So sorry for the blur!

That? Is not anything like I asked for. I’m really not sure where that little “V” notch came from, as it’s nothing like I described or what Luka drew (seen in first two photos)—nor does it sit flush (or even remotely nicely) against me e-ring. I relayed these sentiments and was told that they would make a new wax mock-up of the (hopefully correct) band, but they would need to keep the e-ring a while longer so they could get another imprint of it. Ugh. OK fine. The bright side to all of this was that I was told they were putting it on a rush order since it didn’t come out right the first time, and it should only be about 2 weeks.

Four weeks later, still no call. I call back in, and they say it’s ready…again (and they didn’t call me becaaause…?). I trot on up, extremely excited to see the new mock-up and to finally, finally get my e-ring back. I’ve definitely grown some separation anxiety.

Here’s where the good news/bad news comes in. Good news: I like the band mock-up!

Now I know the wax is a bit thick, but apparently it loses about 30% of that thickness when it’s actually made out of metal. It sits against the ring perfectly, and I’m super excited to see how it will eventually look against my e-ring. I tried to rest both rings on my finger to see the effect and promptly got yelled at (apparently the wax is fragile), so all I could get was the ring on a metal rod. No biggie. So far, so good!

The bad news: I still couldn’t take home my e-ring. Since I ok’ed the band and told them to make it, they still need to keep the e-ring another 4-8 weeks to make sure they get a perfect fit with the band. I was given an optimal date of 2 weeks for it to possibly be ready for me to take home, but given my recent experience? I will likely not have it back until after the new year. I understand why, but I’m still bummed. Oh, and the reason I never got calls about the wax being ready was because they switched two numbers in my phone number around. Super awesome. (Get on it, Jared’s.)

So, all in all, I’m still waiting and my patience is waning. I’m excited to see the final product of the band, but I’m so, so antsy to get my precious (my preeeecious) back!

Did you get a custom wedding band done? Did they have to take your e-ring away for a long time to do so?