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Fine Invitations (Paper goods)- Including invitation package, programs and our place cards. We were so happy with all of our paper goods and they were incredibly flexible. We may have procrastinated a little with our program and in the end they stayed back and Mr. Teaspoon collected them the evening before the wedding.
Once we had decided on our intentions (marriage, even if it’s not yet legal), we started hunting around to find rings we liked. At first we were looking for different rings; Sweetie Scone isn’t so much a girly girl, and I like a little sparkle on my hand. I have always loved that my parents have matching unique bands. After some discussion we decided to try and find a happy medium…
I really liked these from Etsy. I loved that you could wear them in different ways.
First interest / Image via Etsy / By Kate Szabone
We both really liked these bands from Etsy. If we can figure out a way to have that done on our rings we would be enamored with the jeweler!
…with wedding rings!!
We’ve just returned from a quick upstate NY trip to pick out our wedding rings. Mr. Turkey wasn’t the most excited about this part of the process based on our travel schedule and the overall prospect of wearing a ring (more a watch than a jewelry kind of guy). However, when I reminded him the trip would include chicken wings (from either Ralph’s or Scubber’s), a dinner at the Barnsider including their unlimited salad bar and, most importantly, saved money, he quickly got on board.
As I shared early on, Mr. Turkey had my ring custom designed with a jeweler my family has used for years. Due to this relationship (now including Mr. Turkey), it made the most sense to make the trek north to choose our rings.
Beforehand, we sent some “inspiration” for our rings so that we could optimize our visit. It would also give Eli (the owner) time to think about some options that he might have on hand and pull them out. Here is what we sent:
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First, I wanted to reiterate what Mrs. Sparkler recently mentioned: In terms of wedding planning, do whatever you can, as early as you can.
Hearing it from a married woman made me feel instantly better about my obsession with getting things done way too early (like booking everything two years out). It turns out, though, that it’s really not all that crazy of a notion. A few personal examples:
1. Our DJ. We booked him just short of two years out; in the time between when we met with him and when we actually put a deposit down (about a month), he informed us that another couple wanted to book him on the same day. We still had first dibs, so we jumped on that. Had we not met with him so obnoxiously early, we wouldn’t be having the fantastic DJ that we will (at a great price, to boot).
2. My dress. Told you all about that one. Had I waited until a “normal” time to start looking/actually buy something, I would have been stressing out a lot (I mean.. a lot) more than I did.
3. Our rings. Jared’s told us we didn’t need to start seriously thinking about them or order anything, even a custom band, until about 2 months out. Seeing as it took exactly two months to get my ring and about three months to get Foxy’s.. I’d say it’s a good thing we got started early.
Now onto the good stuff.
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And I’m gonna put a ring on it because we finally decided on Mr. O’s wedding band!
Mr. O is not a jewelry guy… he’s not even a watch guy. I can honestly say that in all of our seven years together the most jewelry I’ve ever seen him wear are cuff links with his prom tuxedo. And I’m not even sure that that counts as jewelry.
We started looking at rings for Mr. O by going to a local jewelry store and checking out a huge selection of styles and metals. He really liked the look of Tungsten rings, but the fear that the ring couldn’t be cut off in the event his finger started to swell was enough to force us to go in another direction. With Mr. O working as an EMT/Firefighter in the future, as well as his constant involvement in sports like rugby, the possible risk just wasn’t worth it to us.
We did find one that he really liked that was white gold. It was a really interesting style, brushed with three ridges in it, almost making it appear as though it was several smaller, stacked rings.
It was very similar to these, minus the diamonds. I still haven’t seen anything that looked exactly like it though.
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| Via Appealing Wedding Bands |
OK, maybe we’re not so shocked.
Now first, before I share this story with you, I need to be upfront.
My name is Miss Coyote and I am a control freak.
Seriously. I watch David Tutera get in there and change a couple’s wedding two weeks before and I have a panic attack. I once turned to Mr. C and asked him, “Can you imagine if we were on this show? I don’t know if I could handle it!” He started laughing and told me that I wouldn’t let poor David out of my sight until he showed me the entire blueprint for the day. Stay away, David. Stay far away. You’ve been warned.
Because of this I was pretty involved in picking out the ring. For a while I was obsessed with side stones. I spent way too much time staring at rings like this:
Image via Blue Nile
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To celebrate six months of our engagement/six months left till the wedding, back in November I planned a romantic dinner to surprise Mr. Boa with. Even more surprising would be the gift I had decided to give him. You see, I find it unfair that girls receive an engagement ring and all the hoopla our SOs go through to make a proposal perfect, and the guys get…nada. I really wanted to gift my Mr. Boa with a “man-gagement” ring because if I get to wear a sign of his love and commitment (and show off the fact that I’m taken) on my left hand, then so does he.
I knew he was interested in the black tungsten styles since he wears one on his right hand all the time, so I searched all over the internet for something like it. I was most impressed with the sellers on Amazon, where I found this beauty.
Image via Amazon
An eight-millimeter tungsten carbonide brushed black men’s ring that looked absolutely gorgeous. I ordered it at the beginning of November, and it arrived in perfect condition five days later. I had a tough time finding a place to hide it, choosing the inside of some pink socks I really doubted my Mr. Boa would want to wear.
Just a few months after we got engaged, Mr. Mink and I decided to stop in do some very preliminary shopping for wedding bands. We knew we had plenty of time to order our bands, but we like our jeweler so much that we can’t help but go into say hello to her when we walk by.
Mr. Mink once said that he never imagined that he’d have someone to call “my jeweler” in his life. Diane became his jeweler when he started buying me pieces from my favorite jewelry designer a few years ago. I didn’t know her very well, but when we shopped for my engagement ring, I got to know her better. During that shopping trip, we looked at scores of rings, but I fell in love with one setting. When Mr. Mink proposed, I was so excited to see that he used that setting. I’m sure the little notes Diane had been making in her book when we shopped together had helped. I loved my ring.
I didn’t love what I learned when we did that preliminary browsing: that the shape of my ring would require a custom made band if I wanted the two rings to fit together without smoothly.
Oh pretty ring, why are you so difficult? / Photo by Miss Mink
This is a story of diamonds; the old, the new, and the newer.
My “Something Old” came to me six years ago in the form of the most spectacular ring I’ve ever laid my eyes on. It’s a piece of jewelry that I’ve always ogled over, and something that brings back very fond memories of two incredibly special women in my life: my great-grandma and my grandma, so affectionately called Big Nana and Little Nana.
My Little Papa, Big Nana’s husband (are you following?), gave her a ring for an anniversary gift a very long time ago. We are thinking it was sometime in the ’40s. Because they were so poor when they got married in the ’20s, he couldn’t provide her with a diamond ring, but more than made up for that 20 years later. I remember the ring on my Big Nana’s finger when I was younger; the light would hit the diamonds and easily catch anyone’s attention. My Big Nana passed away when I was in high school and it was naturally passed down to her daughter, my Little Nana.
Little Nana was a fan of jewelry and her husband, my Papa, spoiled her with rubys and diamonds.
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I know I haven’t talked at all about where we are going on our honeymoon, but let’s just say it is out of the country. Let’s also just say that every time I go on vacation, I lose something, such as my favorite Juicy Couture jacket that I had found for $20 at Marshall’s that I am convinced got stolen. (Obviously I am still a little upset about that one.) Also jewelry, favorite makeup products…you name it. I don’t know what it is, I must have a hole in my suitcase or something.
This got me thinking (read: freaking out) that something would happen to my wedding ring while on our honeymoon. I wouldn’t be able to wear my ring while we are out snorkeling or swimming. I also wouldn’t feel comfortable leaving it in our hotel room. This is quite the conundrum…what do I do to keep my ring safe?
The easy answer is to not bring it at all on our honeymoon. However, I’m not really down with not wearing my wedding ring as a brand new newlywed.
Enter the “fakeagement ring.”
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Alternate post title: He went to Jared! Again!
I love my engagement ring, and I’ve never regretted the choice for such a unique ring. There’s only one issue: I want to wear my engagement ring and wedding band on the same finger, and I didn’t want a gap between the rings.
Ms. Fox wrote a post that perfectly describes my problem. And to show my version of these issues, some ring porn.
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| Personal image: My ring hanging out with my new natural long nails! |
I have been obsessed with the stacked ring look for a while now and I decided to try it out for myself.
This is the first combination I tried. I can’t help but think I’m doing something wrong because it kinda looks like my finger is suffocating…
After the “How’d he do it?” question often comes a violent grabbing of your hand for a look at the sparkly* ring upon your finger. Oohs and ahhs naturally follow.
Besides the obligatory “thank you” after someone looks at my ring, though, I feel the need to tell a more detailed story…one that gives Mr. Turkey extra kudos (more than those necessary for making such a large purchase/commitment). Focus group of one, but I think he did a pretty amazing job and went a bit above and beyond. Like with the proposal story, I think it’s his to tell, so I’ll turn over the keyboard…
Hi all—it’s Mr. Turkey. I’m back again. This is not going to be a regular thing, though. I’m going to leave wedding blogging to the experts. As for sports blogging, hmmm…I might have something there. But I digress.
OK hive, I’ve gone on long enough about the lengthy search for my wedding ring. You are probably wondering what the heck I ended up choosing, so I present to you my shiny treasure!
After weeks of revisiting the jewelry store to recheck if this was reeeaaaaally the ring I wanted, Mr. Funnel Cake purchased it last Christmas and shortly after New Year I was bringing my precious home to wait for ten months until our wedding would arrive. I may or may not have tried the ring on several thousand times before the wedding. But only to make sure it still fit, you know?
After I had maxed out my online searching, it was time to look at some physical rings. But even with our ring drama out of the way, I wondered if searching for wedding rings with Mr. Funnel Cake would be just as awkward as when we looked for engagement rings. Visiting the jewelry stores in Switzerland had been more tense than enjoyable.
I offered again to help pay for the rings because I was worried that money would still be an issue, but Mr. FC was still adamant about wanting to give the rings as a gift. I thought about insisting on helping to pay, but as I dealt with my new tax debts from our civil marriage on my lower income, I conceded that Mr. FC really was in a much better financial position to make jewelry purchases than I was. I decided it would be better to respect Mr. FC’s traditional stance and be grateful that he wanted to cover this cost. I made a mental note that I would try and do something really special for him later on as a thank you. (Which I’ll share later!)
To my surprise, ring shopping was actually very different the second time around!
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