Weddingbee boards

I don't think this is SO unusual but it is a bit more unique than the diamond solitare.  I have a three stone ring, the center stone is a light blue sapphire and the side stones are diamond.  All three are princess cut.  Actually, I've never seen another princess cut sapphire in a ring so maybe... :)

Natakie--I'd love to see yours!!  I was writing my message when you posted so apparently I spoke too soon! 

Mine isn't unusual at all, but i just wanted to show off my bling bling....jk, sorta not really. =)

NorcalBride, the secret of taking ring shot is to not use the flash (you need natural light).  The stone will bounce the light from your flash back thus causing the blur whiteness.  My brother took the picture below with his fancy dandy camera without flash.  

NorCalBride--use the Macro mode on your camera, use zoom.. unfortunately, it usually requires A LOT of light and will only turn out if you use flash which may wash things or get a reflection.

Sweeny--who is your friend that's the jeweler and where do they have a shop?  That's so cool that you got a custom ring!

MagnoliaDiva--If that's what you wanted then GOOD!  I'm sure people ask to see the ring and don't understand at all when you say you don't have one.  I contemplated not having an e-ring too but in the end I decided that I wanted one.... I've heard it can be incredibly hard.

MagnoliaDiva--You clearly have your priorities in order! :)  It's something I'm sure many of us forget in the flurry of wedding planning--the important thing is the marriage, not the wedding.

I did pick mine out.  :)  The whole "getting engaged" process was just that for us..a process. we're both kind of careful decision makers and there was less of a proposal than a mutual agreement.  Although when people ask, we kind of tell the story where he gave me the ring. :) 

yes and no.  Fiance was spending months picking them out...then he met my cousin whose inlaws own a jewelry store (he works there too).  My cousin didn't quite remember him and took him for a ride with his price...fiance left and no ring.  It then dawned on my cousin that he looks like my bf, then called me and my mom to ask about it (which i didn't know about)...but of course, i was curious, so i asked and surely enough, fiance was about shopping around for that beauty up there.  After being caught, he took me to my cousin to pick out the ring that I want.  Only he ended up picking the center stone and having it set on the band that i had my eyes on for months without my input what-so-ever.  To my surprise, its turns out to be the same ring that i admired from pictures for months.  I never liked jewelry (my profession involves my playing with dirt, literally, so it was really tough for him to get something i would wear.
  He did good.  I haven't taken it off since he put it on my finger!

Most of these rings look traditional to me. Anyway, I ended up going traditional but in my search for a different ring I loved this san luis obispo jeweler: http://www.kevinmain.com/

Look through all the rings (the have traditional and non-traditional).  Also THe Clay Pot in Brooklyn, NYC has really cool wedding rings.  

We, like many others, chose to put our money elsewhere.  I prefer flat  or band rings, so I chose a wedding band for my e-ring.  It looks much more $$$ than it cost.... it's the band on the left.

Although my ring is white gold with diamonds, I believe it's still somewhat unusual in style.  It was designed by Frank Gehry forTiffany and Co, and the moment my FI saw it, he knew he had to get it for me :)   Sometimes, he knows me better that I know myself!

Mine is similar to this ring, but  lower profile.  I needed a ring that doesn't stick up because I do too much where it could get scratched or snagged (dancing, skiing).  I love the bezel setting.  Elegant but bomb proof.

 Like this one (same jeweler) but with round stone:

NorCalBride– Your ring reminds me of one of my permanent pieces of jewelry, a ring my grandmother gave me when I was in high school. It was a gift from an old boyfriend, and unbeknowest to her {at the time} it was an engagement ring {photo below}. Apparently somewhere out there is a wedding band made of the three round diamonds in the leaf-like settings that fits around the top of it similar to yours. You can't tell from the photos, but the center stone sits really high which I think is kind of old-fashioned.  When I say old-fashioned, I mean that in a good way!  Retro settings are awesome.

My engagement ring is actual really traditional, although I've never seen an emerald cut diamond in person outside of a jewelry store.  Photos of it are here on my blog. Love this topic, it's so cool to see other women's/men's choices of rings.

kallisti - yours is too cool!!  

 haselwand - your grandmother's ring is what I always envisioned if I could have any ring I wanted.  It's neat to see it for real!

FI and I decided to keep things really simple.  I can be a bit of a klutz and take off jewelry and not always remember just where it is.   

My ring is sterling silver with a pink tourmaline stone.  We found it at an art fair last summer, and the quest for it alone was a memorable story.  We're really happy with it, because it's got a lot of character for not being what you usually expect with e-rings.

I think mine is a bit untraditional for an engagement ring, but everybody says it's "very me." I LOVE pearls and think they're classic, so I told the FI that I wanted a pearl engagement ring, but still wanted diamonds involved in it somehow. Here's a link to it on my blog.

I think mine is a bit untraditional for an engagement ring, but everybody says it's "very me." I LOVE pearls and think they're classic, so I told the FI that I wanted a pearl engagement ring, but still wanted diamonds involved in it somehow. Here's a link to it on my blog.