Inspired by the parenting thread...

[ashleymarie26]

Shown me your wedding/engagement rings!!!

I love all things rings and jewelry

[ashleymarie26]

I love my ring. We shopped together a few months before we got engaged, which I'm glad we did because I thought I wanted a halo setting. But once I tried them on I much preferred a solitaire.

It's just over a carat center stone. It's hard to see in the picture, but it has a "crown" setting of small pave set diamonds around the center stone. You can't see it from straight on, only from the sides.

[kensie5226]

I don't have a pic at work, but here is the link for it on Etsy. I LOVE it.

www.etsy.com/transaction/144157422

Unfortunately I think it must have nickel in b/c after pregnancy it's been making me break out
Currently I'm wear my mom's wedding band that I added E's birthstone to.

[ashleymarie26]

@kemsie5226 the link doesn't work i wanna seeeeee!

[sunfrogger88]

Not the best picture. Each ring is 1/2ct TW. After I got engaged, i learned that I preferred solitares :/ but I love my set anyway!

[pearlvirus]

Gah, I cannot capture a picture that does it any justice! I'm not really a jewelry person and thought a big hunk of stone sticking out of my finger would be annoying / get stuck on stuff so we started looking for something different. We fell in love with Mokume-gane (Japanese wood grain looking metal forging technique). I got a single band with a channel of tiny diamonds. DHs band was forged from the same strand, so they are totally unique. They look sort of like this:

[ldubhawksfan]

DH helped design mine with a jewelry designer. He gave me the CAD rendering after proposing too. Geek it up!!!!

I love it though!

[rachaeleigh]

This is me while stretching at the gym !

[rachaeleigh]

Wow, I'm glad my fingernails look so dirty lol!

[yummeecookee]

No cool story

[fuzzylogic]

I never get to wear it anymore, because I broke my finger and it doesn't really fit. I would have to add gold to the band as it's as thin as it'll go already!

This is also not the original stone. It had a tsavorite in it to begin with (a lovely green garnet) but the prongs failed and the stone fell out while I was at the school. Guess what our colors are? Yup, green and white. Never found it, and the shop couldn't find a replacement stone in that size and cut anywhere (they aren't incredibly common). So this is a very economical Mozambique garnet.

The outer bands were designed, carved, and created by a student's dad. We didn't know that until after the fact, but it was a nice personal touch.

[run4fun]

[whatsit]

H and I had discussed what I liked but he picked it out himself. I love the look of emerald cut/baguettes. It isn't a set but we found a wedding band that had the same look with the baguettes. I love the filigree on it to give it a vintage sort of feel.

My fingers are a bit swollen today so ignore that it's on wrong

[whatsit]

Jun 24, 2016 10:53:15 GMT -5 ashleymarie26 said:

@kemsie5226 the link doesn't work i wanna seeeeee!

kensie5226

Gotcha covered

[kensie5226]

Jun 24, 2016 14:10:38 GMT -5 whatsit said:

Jun 24, 2016 10:53:15 GMT -5 ashleymarie26 said:

@kemsie5226 the link doesn't work i wanna seeeeee!

kensie5226

Gotcha covered

Is it working now? Just got out a long meeting.

[colinsfebmommy]

Here is mine

[yummeecookee]

I like yours colinsfebmommy. It's very similar to mine

[colinsfebmommy]

Jun 24, 2016 14:50:52 GMT -5 yummeecookee said:

I like yours colinsfebmommy . It's very similar to mine

I know lol I was eyeballing your band I like it! Plus your manicure is so much better than my naked nails lol 

[sassypantzz]

DH picked it. I love it.

[sassypantzz]

My hands look gross in that pic. And my rings clearly need cleaned

[mandie]

I can't pip. But my engagement ring is a square flush diamond with 3 diamonds on either side and my wedding band is tiny diamonds around my engagement ring. You can't wear the wedding band with the engagement ring, so they are soldered together.

My rings were H's grandmother's and H's band is his grandfather's. They were married for over 50 years. His band has their wedding date and initials inscribed and our wedding date and initials. I never really researched rings, but honestly, I couldn't have picked a better one.

[littleredfish]

I picked my set. DH wanted a much bigger ring but I wanted to be able to wear it all the time and my line of work involves a lot of latex gloves on and off all day long. I've fished it out of a dumpster before. Now it never leaves my hand.
Pardon my giant scar. Maybe a bigger diamond would distract from that

Edit: I also had the rings soldered together because it made my OCD go nuts when the rotated independently and the little diamonds didn't match up.

[yummeecookee]

Are you going to tell us what you did for work littleredfish? Now im curious.

[countingthestars]

Here are mine. I had shown DH a pick of the engagement ring not really expecting him to remember. I got one band as the wedding band and a year later he gave me the top band (why it's not sautered with the other 2)

[littleredfish]

Jun 25, 2016 15:38:16 GMT -5 yummeecookee said:

Are you going to tell us what you did for work littleredfish? Now im curious.

Lol nothing scary. I was in charge of the veterinary dept at an animal shelter for 7 years. Lots of disease/illness/parasites/ blood/vomit/poop/.... ya lots of gloves.

[littleredfish]

countingthestars we're almost twinsies!

[yummeecookee]

Great patriotic mani countingthestars!

[countingthestars]

Jun 25, 2016 18:53:55 GMT -5 yummeecookee said:

Great patriotic mani countingthestars!

Thanks!

littleredfish almost!!

[bluesorceress]

I'm not posting any pictures because my hands are a disaster and my ring needs cleaning. I have a very simple silver band with a single dark blue sapphire. My wedding band was plain white gold, but it was a little big and before it could be resized it flew off my hand into the garden one evening several years ago and I haven't seen it since. I just wear my engagement ring in its place.

I love my ring for sentimental reasons, but I do admit to having a little ring envy looking at all the lovely pieces in the thread.

[melimo1315]

Please ignore the Curious George beach towel. I'm hoping to get a similar band with birthstones once I'm done having babies.