With all the factors involved in choosing an engagement ring – the stone, its footprint and history, why not look to the past for your ring instead?
With the elegance of another age, vintage jewellery will not add to the environmental cost of mining precious metals & stones. There is a vast amount of jewellery already made that is unused. It just needs seeking out.
Visit antique specialists or jewellery shops nearby who have a selection of rings. Be careful of buying ‘vintage style’ as this usually means new…
A vintage or previously owned ring will be more personal by being a one-off design, or a vintage ring that she will not find a friend wearing…
Is there a ring in the family, a great-grandmother’s perhaps, that will add family history to the occasion and mark it as a real joining of two families.
In the same vein, do you have any plain family jewellery that could be used as your wedding rings, or if you do not like the style, melted down to restyle to make your rings?
My husband and I each had family rings that we wanted to re-make into our wedding rings, turning unworn pieces into something that would be treasured daily. Unfortunately they were different quality to each other so couldn’t be combined (I loved the idea that our rings could be a mix of the two families…oh well) so they were made separately.
Check back for more about gold in the next post…
Rent the rocks
Does rental count as ‘something borrowed’?
For the day itself, not the engagement ring or wedding rings, rather than buying new , consider renting your wedding jewellery – to get a stunning look without breaking the bank…
Try www.diamondthrills.co.uk who have an amazing range of designer jewellery that will make you sparkle on your wedding day without mining new rocks to sit in a draw until another special occasion.
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