How Nosotros Designed My Appointment Ring

We are dorsum amongst a marriage post service together with we're talking all virtually the procedure of how Andrew together with I designed my engagement ring!

The starting fourth dimension time nosotros went to the store, nosotros didn't genuinely know what nosotros were doing or what nosotros were fifty-fifty looking for. We tried on a few options together with hence asked to run across some sapphire rings, but of course of instruction didn't uncovering anything that was genuinely "me." 

At the time, I genuinely didn't know what I wanted. I showed our jeweler a few options together with inspiration that I had constitute online, together with he proceeded to demo me (generally) what it would hold off similar using this pasty plastic foursquare amongst some stones similar to what I wanted. 

After seeing it come upward to life for the starting fourth dimension time, I decided to displace forrad amongst it. All 3 of us talked together virtually the procedure of designing the band together with setting. Andrew hence talked to the jeweler separately virtually budget, fourth dimension frame, insurance, etc. We also talked inwards depth virtually the sapphire itself. Our jeweler was rattling educational throughout the rock choice process.

Ultimately, nosotros decided on a 2.5-3 carat stone, medium blue, sparkly together with vivid. For the diamonds, I had originally planned for moissanite but he suggested they wouldn't hold off right side past times side to the sapphire. I genuinely wanted antique-cut diamonds, but nosotros talked virtually how expensive it would live to uncovering similarly sized antique cutting stones inwards a curt amount of time. He said he would hold off for what he could, together with the side past times side fourth dimension nosotros saw him nosotros would conduct all the stones.

Here are the options he brought in:

Can yous say which ane is mine? We narrowed it downward to the ii on either end. In my opinion, they caught the lite the best. We hence narrowed downward "the one" that would live my view stone. As suggested, he wasn't able to uncovering antique cutting stones for the scallop, but did uncovering some beautiful diamond stones that were perfect. From there, nosotros mocked upward the full general thought of my band amongst the right stones:

I loved how it looked hence nosotros spent the balance of the engagement talking virtually the setting together with cage. I had something inwards my mind, but seeing/making it come upward to life was some other hurdle. We drew these genuinely fun designs for the cage together with band, together with had it all on this beautifully messy slice of scratch paper.

I loved the vision together with was excited to run across the CAD (computer animated drawing). It would live the starting fourth dimension time I saw the band come upward together. From there, nosotros would exercise the metallic casting. These are the images nosotros received few weeks later:

I'll say yous something: when Andrew showed me these I cried. My tummy sunk together with I thought I made a horrible mistake. I hate this ring. It was aught similar what I had wanted or imagined together with (surprise!) I saw it inwards the middle of an outfit shoot on the blog. I was hence upset nosotros had to halt for the day!

Some may think that's an overreaction, but it's my ring. You run across it inwards your withdraw heed together with dreams ane way, together with hence to hence run across it some other is jarring. Especially when yous can't officially elbow grease it on together with run across how yous similar it until it's finished together with on your finger. It's a scary process!

After nosotros received the images, Andrew made an engagement the side past times side twenty-four hr stream to beak virtually the drawings inwards person. Our jeweler mentioned to non have got the CAD hence literally because it looks aught similar the terminal product. But at that topographic point were major issues I had whether it was a drawing or not.

The starting fourth dimension was how the prongs sat merely about the diamonds. I made it clear that I wanted an overall scalloped hold off versus spikey/pointy together with this was what nosotros came dorsum with. The side past times side number was the cage. I hated that it sat atop the band instead of beingness a role of it. I also hated the pattern of the prongs going from the setting direct downward to the band. It didn't brand whatsoever sense!

So I did something a footling crazy earlier nosotros met the jeweler. I ordered 5 simulated rings from Amazon. I basically bought anything that had something similar to the cage I wanted. I didn't desire something hence tall together with didn't attention virtually eventually plumbing equipment a marriage band amongst it. I overnighted the rings to move together with tried them all on inwards the bath to run across which band I wanted to demo every bit a guideline to our jeweler.

I was a footling nervous bringing inwards a cheap, simulated band to my highly qualified jeweler. I was also nervous because it had the spikey hold off to it, which I didn't desire to copy. But it genuinely turned out to live the right decision. Our jeweler was a visual learner, together with it was genuinely helpful to conduct something inwards together with demo him just what I wanted. We fifty-fifty took a footling inspiration from the simulated ring, every bit it had a beautifully vintage pattern on the within of the band together with applied it to my ring!

We also re-drew the cage. I expressed my trouble organization together with emotions to the jeweler together with he understood. I  hollo back beingness hence scared to say him that I hated the CAD. But I said, "screw it" because this was my band together with the exclusively opinions that mattered were mine together with Andrew's (and Andrew merely wanted me to live happy lol).

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 calendar week or ii later, nosotros got dorsum the 2d circular of CAD images together with I loved them. I'm exclusively going to demo the transcend of it hither (not the cage or the designed side bands) exclusively because I don't genuinely desire to broadcast it to the world. It's something special that nosotros designed past times manus together together with I desire to maintain it betwixt us. I promise yous understand!

After that, nosotros moved on to the wax mold. This was to run across the overall size of the ring. I could hence run across if I liked the way it sat, how tall it was, etc. This would live the terminal fourth dimension to brand whatsoever major changes to the band earlier the metallic casting. It was the starting fourth dimension time nosotros saw the cage inwards mortal together with nosotros were inwards love. The starting fourth dimension hiccup nosotros had was long forgotten together with everything was merely perfect; fifty-fifty to a greater extent than than nosotros imagined! 

The lastly phase was seeing the metallic cast. He warned me that it was a rattling petroleum metallic casting every bit it even hence needed to live treated. But it would live the lastly fourth dimension I would e'er run across it until Andrew proposed! I was trying my hardest to house the sapphire inwards the middle to acquire *some* thought but it merely didn't work. So I said it looked great, gave our jeweler a hug together with was off! This was inwards belatedly March!

I snapped these photos because yous tin run across the procedure of the band together with how it came to life. From the (last minute) inspiration, the wax together with the metallic molding, it's the life of how a band becomes a ring!

And that's it! That is how nosotros designed my engagement ring. To this twenty-four hr stream I even hence have got non loved an especial to a greater extent than than I beloved this ring. I'm constantly amazed past times the beauty of it together with I'm hence so happy that Andrew together with I went through this procedure together. It agency that much more!

For anyone looking or thinking virtually designing your own, I highly suggest it. This is something that yous have got to apparel together with beloved for the balance of your life. You desire it to live filled amongst happy memories together with loving thoughts when looking at it!

If yous desire to read to a greater extent than virtually our engagement, yous tin follow along amongst the marriage features HERE. 

If yous desire to read more virtually the band together with run across some terminal shots yous tin exercise hence HERE!