Category — Rings

All things do happen for a reason. And concerning my ring, the reason was this:

Bryan’s mother recently found his grandmothers engagement ring, and I am honored to be the one to get to wear it! It is a gorgeous ring from the 1940’s (ish) and I love it! It is a little too big (i have tiny fingers!) so we need to get it sized, which is a bummer because I don’t want to take it off! Better pictures later on!

with a little bling. Gorgeous pictures and a gorgeous ring. Taken by this guy. 

In other news, I forgot about our 8 month out mark (Tuesday) so I figure I will give a little update, if for no one other than myself

Returning two more pairs of shoes to endless.com today, the shoe hunt continues. 
Set up my first alterations appointment for the day after thanksgiving, pretty darn excited to put on my dress again Although I just now realized it is the day after thanksgiving… hmm… maybe only 3 pieces of pumpkin pie this year…
Need to go to Paper Source to buy save the date supplies. Gocco screen and ink are all ready to go.
Still putting off flowers… I’ll get to it later…
Started exercising last night… can barely move my legs today…
4 out of 7 girls have purchased their (now on sale) bm dresses, and the flower girl dresses (also on sale, woo woo) have been purchased.
Going to the eye doctor today to get my contact prescription. Not really wedding related but something I am excited for! I have always worn contacts and about a year and a half ago my last pair ripped… I didn’t have health insurance at the time and had just moved out so wearing my glasses was a better option than spending the money on a doctors visit and contacts.  

Ok, enough lists… Happy Thursday

from Tom and Tanya’s wedding. Notice the motif on the cake reflects the invitations All photos by Hugh Forte. A big thanks to Tanya for sharing! It was a gorgeous wedding and Bryan and I were blessed to be there!

The perfect “we are engaged but he is saving so this is what I wear to stop the questions” ring

(get yours here)

I love love love the idea of the ring bearer carrying this down the aisle It is opened to 1st Corinthians 13. So sweet. From here. 

*Seeing how like 75% of my readers probably couldn’t see the old school pictures, I will repost those once I fix the problem

Today Vane posted about this new shop, Paper N Stitch. I went to check it out and of course found a few items for myself Just to look at, of course! This girl is saving for a wedding!

(from seller Avril Loreti. How cute would these be for a bridal shower?!)

(from seller Colleen Baran. When Bryan and I first talked about getting a ‘placeholder ring’ until I got my ‘real’ engagement ring, this is the kind of thing i had in mind He went in the other direction. you know, the diamond from tiffany’s direction )

(from the seller Dozi. I love journals… but i never seem to write in them for more than a few days…)

(from seller Luxe Deluxe. This is just cool )

(from seller Miss. Crowland. These are pretty ‘in’ for weddings right now, you could easily scan them and use them as an accent in your paper and decorations )

(from seller Paige Russel. I have always liked the look of these)

(from seller Royal Buffet. A cool Paris inspired spinning mobile)

That is what Bryan said, right after he sent me this link. You have got to check them out. It is so cool to see their wedding take full form, from the beginning thoughts to the very last detail. I mean, letterpress, pink flowers and… pixels?! Yep. Check it out.

I love my ring.

Most blogs I read do a “bling” post, and I decided today it is time for mine   Let me start by saying that B and I aren’t your average engaged couple. There was no getting down on one knee, no surprise proposal. We were “unofficially” engaged for almost a year before I got my ring. And when I got it, we picked it out together and he put it on me right there in front of the Tiffany’s saleswoman.

You see, B and I are both very practical people.  Especially me. I don’t date a guy unless I think marriage is an option (which is why I have only had 2 boyfriends, including B) so we were talking “one day” “our kids” etc. much earlier than we started talking about our wedding day.  When we decided we wanted to get married, we were both excited, but to some people, no ring meant no wedding plans   So I waited. And waited. And waited. Until one day I couldn’t wait anymore (I had already started buying Martha Wedding magazines, and I wanted to plan my wedding darnit!). We “talked” about it, and decided that saving for a house and being financially secure was more important than having a big rock on my finger, so the next day we went to Tiffany’s (his idea :) )

The original plan was to have me wear this for a while, and then one day, when more money had been saved, there would be a ‘real’ ring with a ‘real’ proposal. Well, after wearing it for a few weeks I decided. This was a ‘real’ ring, and what was the point of a ‘real’ proposal when we had already decided?

Thus, the story of my ring. I love it. It is simple and represents what an engagement ring is suppose to, that we have made a commitment to each other.  Plus, it is really fun to watch people try and say something nice about it after the shock of seeing it   You see, we live in Orange County, home of massive bling. But you know what, more often than not I get people praising it, commenting on how refreshing it is, how simply elegant. Yes, that is what we were going for… elegant…   I think it has also taught me to simply say “congratulations” when someone tells me they are engaged. If she offers her hand, great, let me look at that sparkler! But if not, then a simple congratulations is in order. And, if you pull that hand from by her side, you better be prepared with something nice to say. I recommend “simply elegant”.

Vane of Brooklyn Bride has opened her ring pillow store! Go here to check them all out! This one is my favorite

Ok, so the original plan was my only boy cousin, A, would be ring bearer, and my two youngest girl cousins, K & H, would be flower girls.  That plan changed when the church told us that tossing flower petals was a big no-no. So what to do with K & H? I thought about junior bridesmaids, but that doesn’t really make sense because then the question would be “why them”. It worked as flower girls but junior bridesmaids… hmm… So I have thought of a few options.

All three could walk down together, with A holding the rings and K & H holding flowers or something like this:

(i’m sorry i forgot where I found this, if it is yours please let me know!)

And then somewhere I read about having a child carry a little sign that says “Here Comes the Bride” and I think that that has some real potential! Maybe have the banner on a pole with each girl holding an end…

Do you plan on having your flower girls do something other than carry flowers? I am open to all ideas!!

UPDATE: As I spoke with our church’s wedding coordinator for the first time tonight, we came to flower girls and she is all ” some have the girls carry these… well.. they look like styrofoam balls with flowers in it… They just look awful, I don’t see any beauty in those.” haha  granted she is in her 70’s, but still, it was awesome. I don’t think I was going to have them, but now for Eloise, the pomanders are out