Our precious

I don’t usually get too personal here, as I do have my wedding blog, but choosing our wedding rings was so… educational… and freaking tedious that there must be someone apart from us who will benefit from it. 8 )

See, my groom and I have completely different tastes in jewelry and the search for the bands was marked by a lot of negotiations and arguments. How very… “marriage.” LOL. He wanted a plain and functional titanium ring; I wanted a vintage white gold or glitzy diamond ring. At first we agreed to disagree and go noir et rouge: he would get a black titanium, I would get a red gold vintage vine.

But alas, the pair just didn’t look right to me so I told him I’d agree to wear titanium if and only if he could find a VERY cool one with diamond. Well, what do you know, he did. Here’s what he got me:

And this is what I found for him:

So what is the point of all this? Titanium rocks! Because…

• it’s seven times stronger than platinum but probably as many times cheaper
• it’s super light, you barely know it’s there, so perfect for active people
• it’s neutral and won’t irritate even the most sensitive skin
• it will NEVER rust or tarnish and could barely be scratched; also heat-resistant
• it’s used to replace human heart valves (I just had to relate it to hearts! LOL)
• it’s the metal of choice in the aerospace industry and is used to build space capsules and supersonic airliners
• it comes in black, which makes for a rare wedding ring and a cool conversation piece

Oh, in case you’re interested, we got our rings from here which carries pieces from Edward Mirell, who owns the patent to black titanium (they developed the technology to create black-ti. Coolness).

P.S. To reward myself for being such a nice, compromising bride, I got me this from the Zales Prestige Collection:

…a GIA-certified G-H, VS1-VS2 diamond seven stone band in 14K white gold. End of discussion. 8 )

Vintage wedding rings

Some people have trouble finding the perfect dress (others the perfect man, but hey, we’re past that. LOL). Now I, on the other hand, have trouble finding the perfect rings — that I can afford at least. I have no desire for the usual bands, no offense to those who like them. But I really don’t want to wear something everyone else is wearing. I want my wedding ring to have a lot of diamonds. Either that, or a lot of character. And well, since a lot of diamonds equals a lot of months’  wages, I looked around for rings with character instead… and found these from the Antique Jewelry Mall and the Marlene Harris Collection, both based in the U.S.

The wedding band collection from these two stores — all antique, vintage and estate-inspired — are just unbelievable. Left me wishing I had 10 ring fingers to put those wedding rings on. But you know, we will have a lot of anniversaries… Wink, wink. 8P

Fingerprinted wedding rings

So you want a really personalized wedding ring? Take your fingerprints and send them to Brent and Jessica Williams of Fabuluster, a jewelry shop I stumbled upon on Etsy in one of my hours-long foray into the world of online window-shopping.

This is what they can come up with — in 18K white gold (and it’s really growing on me…) :

Or this pair in sterling silver:

Or this pair with text:

How does this happen? Well, they send you their Impression Kit which you will use to get your and/or your fiance’s fingerprints separately. You mail the packet back to them in Maine and they will use it to make a wax form from the impression material. And with the “ancient lost wax casting process” those impressions, mixed with gold or silver, turn into these unique little things:

How much more personalized can you get?