My Twenty-Four Hr Catamenia Of The Month Ring

Excited as well as nervous to percentage amongst you lot guys about pictures as well as details close my engagement ring! 

It's similar introducing your youngster into the world, I promise you lot dear it every bit much every bit I do.

When Andrew as well as I outset started talking close the possibility of getting engaged I told him that I wanted to live able to pick out my ain engagement ring. It may seem taboo to create so, but if this was something I would hold off at every twenty-four threescore minutes menses for the residuum of my life, I wanted to brand 100% certain I loved it. It needed to live me, as well as it needed to live something nosotros did together.

I gave Andrew the selection to either surprise me amongst something else (I suggested a novel monogram necklace I ever wear) or larn band shopping together as well as receive got it live a surprise from there. He manifestly chose the latter. Once nosotros were ready, nosotros laid a engagement to larn band shopping inward the city.

To dorsum upward a footling bit, for a adept purpose of my life I wanted a solitaire circular diamond on a aureate band as well as that was it. That was going to live my engagement ring. I decided on it inward high schoolhouse as well as it remained that agency until close 2 years ago. I'm non totally certain what changed my mind, but something was inward the pit of my stomach. It would hold off similar everyone else's ring.

Back to close 2 years agone I started looking at other options for what I wanted inward an engagement ring. I was all over Pinterest, trying on all my friends' rings, searching on Instagram -- the whole shebang. And the to a greater extent than I looked the to a greater extent than confused I was. There were as well as then many options. How create you lot commit to wearing ane matter for the residuum of your life? What if you lot pick out something that is trendy but non genuinely you?

After my months of researching I came to a few conclusions:

• I wanted something unique
• I wanted an oval (to elongate my chubby fingers)
• I did non wish a pavé halo or pavé band (or pavé anything really)
• I wanted it to receive got a vintage/heirloom look
• I wanted a aureate band

I receive got ever loved sapphires but the idea of a non-diamond engagement band form of scared me. But out of all the photos I saved, one-half had the same bluish sapphire center. I couldn't larn it out of my head. I was every bit good inward dear amongst Rosie's colored rings, as well as then I idea I would hand it a larn when shopping for my own!

I every bit good randomly came across this video on Instagram as well as form of roughshod inward dear amongst it. It spoke to me. From in that place I was on a mission to notice that band but inward sapphire form. I searched every hashtag imaginable, Google paradigm searched ... I did everything but couldn't notice *the one*. 

H5N1 lot of people receive got been comparison my band to Princess Diana's ring, as well as -- yep -- it is inspired past times hers but totally dissimilar (once you lot come across to a greater extent than of it!). Here is the kicker: I didn't wish a flower/spiky look. I wanted it scalloped, pregnant I wanted the diamonds to Pb the shape on the exterior versus having the prongs on the exterior of the ring. Trying to notice that was nearly impossible! 

By the fourth dimension nosotros finally made it to the store I was pretty certain of what I wanted. It was notwithstanding difficult to deed forrad since I actually wouldn't live able to come across the band I imagined until it was finished as well as on my finger. The fearfulness of the unknown was pretty scary.

In the destination it actually was all worth it. It turned out to a greater extent than beautiful than I could receive got imagined, as well as every twenty-four threescore minutes menses I hold off at it my ticker is filled amongst dear as well as joy. Outside of my stuffed animate existence dog, it is my favorite possession. I don't know if in that place could live a to a greater extent than "me" band out in that place as well as I'm actually pleased amongst how it turned out. I don't regret a unmarried determination nosotros made inward the process. It's genuinely perfect.

I volition live sharing the total pattern procedure of the band adjacent week!

**Please complaint that I am non sharing the call of the store, as well as volition non ever create so. While nosotros worked amongst a wonderful jeweler (who has moved on to about other retailer), I receive got nada adept to tell close the store itself as well as don't wish to hand them whatever form of press -- adept or bad. I asked them when nosotros started the procedure (because of the blog) to non post/promote/share whatever details of my band on their social media or site -- which they agreed to. 

Not exclusively create I non wish this band replicated, I don't wish anyone calling to notice out how much it damage or whatever farther someone details close it or close Andrew (you'd live surprised past times how nosy people online are). About 2 months later the lastly fourth dimension I saw the band (which was a petroleum metallic that I tried on for check as well as lastly edits) I saw the FINISHED production on their Instagram account, as well as shortly later realized they were every bit good selling it online. This was inward May. Remember, I didn't larn engaged until July.

Not exclusively did they larn against my wish to non share/sell the ring, they ruined the surprise past times posting it! I manus drew this pattern -- every lastly etch -- amongst the jeweler as well as then I knew without a shadow of a dubiety that it was my ring. At that indicate I didn't fifty-fifty know if it was done or if Andrew had picked it up! So I called Andrew crying at travel as well as (God dear him) he walked correct out of travel as well as into the store, requested they receive got it downwardly as well as watched them create it.

They every bit good Instagram messaged me maxim how deplorable they were as well as blah blah blah, but it notwithstanding left the most sour gustation inward my mouth. I hateful in that place are really few ways a jewelry store tin ruin the surprise of your engagement as well as this was at the travel past times of that list!**

If you lot receive got whatever questions close the band or anything else, allow me know downwardly below as well as I volition respond them inward my adjacent post service close the pattern process! 

See photos from our engagement HERE! Read close how he proposed (from his side) HERE as well as how he proposed from my side HERE!

And if you lot wish to a greater extent than marriage ceremony updates, I only shared my outset post service HERE!