Wedding Blog

So the other day I was at Central Market (comparable to Whole Foods, sorta, for you non-Texas girls) and I was planning on just grabbing some lunch, but then as I walked through the aisles I was tempted by all sorts of glorious, organic food and I just couldn’t help myself (I swear this is relevant to the story). So as I’m juggling my salad, raspberries, wine for later, and some delicious cheese, I stop at the drink section to try and pile on some sparkling water. And then I see this guy approaching me.

I didn’t have a traditional proposal. I wasn’t surprised with a ring and Mr. Dachshund never went down on one knee. Really, our engagement began with the decision to finally start our fiance visa paperwork.

To be honest, I’m alright with that. In fact, because we did it that way, I was able to choose my own engagement ring. I love Mr. D with all of…

I follow Offbeat Bride. And deep down, in my secret subconscious, I wish I had the guts to be more daring like many of the brides featured there.

In absence of my courage, I live vicariously through the posts and randomly bookmark rockable wedding items, just in case I throw this whole big traditional thing out the window.

Here’s a sampling of rings I have in my…

The story about my ring begins with a story about my mother’s ring.

Years ago, my mother had a beautiful, BEAUTIFUL (like hallelujah-choruses-sang-in-its-presence) ring. Whenever she wore it, I’d ask if I could try it on. It was simple: a thin white gold band and a big, sparkly diamond. In my eyes, it was perfect.

In her eyes, it was too simple. Too young. She needed a…

Mr. Mary Jane and I took our rings to the jeweler today. We really didn’t want to part with them, but we had a few matters to attend to.

First off, I needed my wedding band re-sized. I had the e-ring re-sized back in March, but never the wedding band. It was a bit too big, and I need that corrected. It’s a little weird wearing…

But sometimes, I also call it my bling.

I was not 100% set on a diamond engagement ring. I said several times that it wasn’t the ring that mattered to me. However, I knew that the woolly counterpart likes to follow tradition and that his impeccable jewelry taste would probably be bestowed upon me in the form of an engagement ring.

One winter, 7 of our friends/acquaintances,…

We had these made a couple of years ago, a few months after we moved in with each other in Seattle. They’ve got three garnets (we had been together for three years when we got them), each other’s first initial and the dents sort of look like tree bark. They kind of reminded us of carving each other’s initials in a tree. The insides are engraved with ’exclusive…

Finding my wedding band has been quite an ordeal. As you may recall, I was into the idea of getting a white enamel band. I loved the idea so much. The problem is, as many of you said, enamel is fragile, but some are so darn pretty, like this one I showed you before from Martha Stewart Weddings:

Obviously I’ve posted a lot about what I want and what I’m going to do, and not a whole lot about my better half. I decided to change it up and make sure that both parties are represented here. OK, well, at least for this post. No promises about the future.

I found these amazing rings from Etsy seller Zoe and Doyle, and I asked Mr.…

Okay, so they’re not really body shots, but they are WAAAAAY sexier than my body. Here is my sexay ring.

These pictures aren’t so clear, BUUUUT.... they’re just soooo cute!

Mr. Star and I had a terrible time finding rings we liked in a traditional jewelry store. There were lots of gorgeous options, for sure, but none that really seemed to be “us”. And the ones that even came close were just soooo expensive.

On top of that, my gorgeous engagement ring has a bit of an odd shape, and I couldn’t find a single band…

So… I know. I said I was back… and then I was gone again. The truth is, while you’re waiting for your pro pics, it’s hard to feel like you have anything to say! I just started a new job, and I admit that I’ve lost some serious blog time. Miss Cowboy Boot’s recent post about Mr. CB’s ring reminded me that I needed to fill…

At first, I was wary. Was I really going to order a ring from iweddingband.com? The name itself made the website sound cheesy. But after searching around online for better prices, I never found them. I also scoured the internet for reviews of the site, and all were glowing. So, I bit the bullet.

Enter: Mr. Cowboy Boot’s 18k yellow gold, 5 mm, half-round wedding band. It arrived in the mail a few days ago (about a week after ordering it) and it’s lovely. The best part? It was $254, and Mr. CB loves it.

Or I guess it would be four, if you count my other ring.

About a month or so ago, Mr. Beagle and I finally completed our shopping for wedding rings. His requests were simple: inexpensive, no diamonds. We browsed through some jewelry stores, but the white gold rings were more than he wanted to spend, and the tungsten/titanium rings seemed overpriced. After I saw Miss Lab’s…

We ordered my wedding ring today, but I won’t be wearing it until after the November wedding. But, I’ll be getting it in about a month. I know it will be so hard to not wear it until November, but the seller, suelane, was kind enough to let us know that prices would be going up soon (we had convo-ed her about it already), so…