An Engagement Ring For Him?
October 17th, 2007 @ 1:09 pm by Ms. Dahlia
Although the ring on Mr. Dahlia’s left ring finger appears to be a wedding band, it is in fact an engagement ring.
When it was evident to both of us that we would be getting engaged, I asked Mr. Dahlia what it was that he wanted for our engagement. I didn’t feel that it was fair that I get a ring, and he gets, well nothing beyond the joy of knowing that we’re getting married. Guess what his response was?
Getting The Ring - The Saga
October 15th, 2007 @ 10:30 am by Ms. Dahlia
When we first were considering settings, we went to several local jewelers. Abracadabra seemed nice, but small. Austin and Warburton was high quality, with a similarly high price tag. And then we stumbled on what we thought was a winner, rated by local newspapers’ readers’ polls as the best jeweler in town.
They ordered stones for us, and we found the perfect one. Given the type of setting I wanted- low profile, half bezel set- it had to be a custom ring.
Long story short, the ring was originally made in the wrong metal, so they remade it. In the meantime, Mr. Dahlia proposed to me sans ring. The ring came in, and it looked lovely:
Whoa Baby WOW!
October 12th, 2007 @ 4:19 pm by Mrs. Cherry Blossom
For $7.98 million you can have this baby!
This 6.04 carat, internally flawless blue diamond is the most expensive gemstone in the world, per carat, sold at auction.
Our Alternative To Diamonds
October 12th, 2007 @ 10:31 am by Ms. Dahlia
Miss Peony had a great post recently about different aspects of the 4Cs of diamond shopping- cut, clarity, carat and color.
Which got me thinking about my own engagement ring. I do not have a “traditional” engagement ring, in that it isn’t a diamond solitaire, or even consisting only of diamonds. The concept of “the traditional diamond engagement ring” stems from a giant advertisement campaign by DeBeers in the 1930s. This Slate article does a good job of discussing the evolution of the engagement ring.
Conflict and corporate sponsored tradition aside, I knew that a diamond engagement ring wasn’t for me. When we first started looking at rings more than six months prior to getting engaged, we looked at a lot of different things. And trying on diamond rings just didn’t feel like me. It was too sparkly, too bling-y, too girly, and not in a good way. And I am rough on my hands, so I knew that a traditional solitaire and setting wouldn’t work for me. 
(l to r: round solitaire with tiffany (prong) setting, princess solitaire with prong setting, both from Blue Nile) Read more…
Daria Bishop’s Ring Shots
October 11th, 2007 @ 3:54 pm by Mrs. Onion
I was inspired by Miss Petunia’s “Picture These Rings” post today and wanted to share some GREAT ring shots from our lovely photographer, Daria Bishop. The photos below were all taken from her blog and I hope they inspire you to check out more of her great work. Daria and her husband Andy live in Vermont but they travel — so if you’re a New England or NY Metro area bride planning your wedding check her out! She also does engagement sessions and family photos. I’d recommend you get lost for hours watching her client slide shows.
These are our rings on the piano at the Willard Street Inn where we stayed with our friends and family.
Picture These Rings
October 11th, 2007 @ 9:34 am by Mrs. Petunia
After seeing these, I’m making sure to add a “rings” picture to my list of must-take photos for my photographer; I love how creative some of these pictures are, but I especially like the ones that capture something the couple probably loves, like sushi or Legos!
From en pointe photography:
The Wrong Hand?
October 8th, 2007 @ 5:53 pm by Mrs. Emerald
I love love love my wedding band and my engagement ring… but as individual pieces! What exactly do I mean by this? Well, my engagement ring has a very dainty band, it’s literally 1/16th of an inch (no joke, I just busted out my ruler and measured it!). So I picked out an equally dainty eternity band to match. However, I’ve recently decided that I prefer the look of both pieces worn separately, versus stacked. Wearing them stacked seems to detract from the delicateness of each ring.
So as an experiment, yesterday I started wearing my e-ring on my right hand, and leaving my wedding band on my left hand ring finger… And I kinda like it!!! Does anyone else do this, or would you think this was odd if you saw my rings worn this way? I also like the fact that now, both of my hands are graced with a bit of *bling bling* hehe. 
There isn’t any sort of superstitious mumbo jumbo associated with this action, is there…?
Tobie Bloom Fine Jewelry
October 1st, 2007 @ 6:06 pm by Mrs. Lily
There are so many details of my wedding that I still have to blog about and never enough time. One of the most wonderful is the jewelry designer who designed and created all of my wedding jewelry: Tobie Bloom. She created our wedding bands, my wedding necklaces, my earrings, and necklaces for all the bridesmaids. We wanted the best quality for eveything, but really shopped around to find someone who would do an excellent job and not gauge us on the price.
Tobie was AMAZING. Did I say amazing? I mean SUPER-AMAZING. You can currently find her work in select Saks 5th Avenue stores, SoHo Gems in NYC, and Joe Brand in Texas, among others. She also has a studio in LA’s jewelry district where she sees clients and all the glittery magic takes place. Oooh, and she was in In Style (Cameron Diaz was wearing her earrings) and People magazine (Vivica Fox was wearing a necklace).
