Wedding Blog

This is a cool shot by Psycrow of his wedding band and his wife’s wedding band in between the pages of Homer’s Odyssey. He presented this photo as a wedding gift to his new wife.

Check out other renditions here and here.

I saw this article on MSN linked on Pricescope and was curious what you guys thought! The conclusion of a new study, commissioned by Oxygen, found that most women would choose new technology devices over diamonds or shoes.

I’m a little confused by the article though, since it seems to be discussing two fairly unrelated…

Mr. Spider has long said that he wants diamonds on his wedding band. I thought he meant small dispersed diamonds in one of those uber modern bands like this:

Blue Nile: Platinum Burnished Diamond Band

Worried that he might be thinking more along the lines of a P. Diddy blinged out pinky ring, we went down to Chinatown this past weekend to cruise the jewelry shops for…

I’m one of those crazy people who had to get the matching diamond band to go with my pave engagement ring…

BUT - I’m not sure I’m going to want to wear the diamond band alllll the time, since gunk could get stuck in between the diamonds, I’d be heartbroken if it fell off when I was swimming, etc. So I have decided that I need…

In my mad scramble to make crafts, find a new makeup person, and see Mr. Caterpillar off to his first week of school, I seem to have forgotten to find a brooch for my dress.

I kind of love this one from Doyle & Doyle.

I should probably go with something less goth and less than a thousand dollars. Any suggestions?

Check out KTtheKCbride’s research on whether or not denture cleaner is safe for cleaning your engagement rings.

How do you clean your engagement rings?

HousewifeNY posted an interesting link to Blue Nile’s Recently Purchased Diamonds feature today. Check out what rocks others are purchasing in the diamond world.

I am absolutely tickled pink from all the wonderful comments I’ve received about my wedding band dilemma. I love how many different prespectives out there. I’m not sure what I’m going to do yet but I am definitely going to keep everyone’s comments in mind. My little friend says thank you. Here is a slightly better picture of her:

(The side stones are heart shaped but…

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you, my little friend aka “HOLY SHIT LOOK AT MY RING”:

(sorry the picture is a little blurry and please excuse my hairy fingers.)

Time is slipping through our hands like wet spaghetti noodles and we’re determined to knock off as many remaining tasks as possible. This week, we started shopping for wedding bands. None of the traditional bands I’ve…

Someone asked me where to buy the Carrie necklace earlier today, and I mentioned what a great bridesmaid gift I thought it would be. Then I just saw a commenter suggest the same idea on Miss Spider’s personal blog, so the universe is telling me to blog about it.

Get a Carrie necklace of your very own here for $145. Personalized with your name of course.

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Everybody knows somebody who’s bagged the band for one reason or another. Forgot to put it on. Hate wearing jewelry. Allergic. Marriage has added a few pounds. Lost it and haven’t replaced it.

My parents don’t wear wedding rings. Most of my friend’s parents don’t wear wedding rings. And I know several married people who simply hate wearing jewelry.

Jeweler Tyler Nogai says that a woman definitely…

Speaking of family tradition… when my grandfather passed away last year, my mom and her sisters found these in my grandparents’ safe deposit box:

They belonged to my great-great grandmother and are both from the 1870s or 1880s. The pin was actually a gift to her from my great-great grandfather on their wedding day (and is inscribed with their initials and wedding date in 1878). We’re…

Type NY MAG at checkout.

Boys, if you really want to give your lady the royal treatment, give her a ring with a colored gem.

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Ladies who received SAPPHIRE engagement rings:

Princess Diana, Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Anne

(a reproduction of Lady Diana Spencer’s engagement ring)

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Ladies who received EMERALD engagement rings:

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

(the original ring that John F. Kennedy presented in 1953)

(a reproduction of the ring that was reset…

Miss Ant’s earlier post about diamonds reminded me of the new manmade diamonds, which may one day render DeBeers obsolete.

Diamonds are the hardest substance on earth - perfect for lasers and computer chips - so scientists have been trying to replicate their properties for decades. While pursuing those projects, Apollo cofounder Robert Linares accidentally discovered how to replicate gems.

Apollo Diamond now “grows” diamonds…