Well, to say the least, I’ve been gone for awhile. Luckily, I’m new so you all haven’t gotten to know me too much which means you haven’t been missing me too badly. Right?
Anyway, I’m back and I’m hoping to get my contributions to this site into full swing. The Spring school semester just ended for me which should give me more time to write around here. That means, if I end up abandoning you all again, I have no excuse. So, hold me to that.
Just to introduce myself again, I’m Michelle, the Arizona Bloggette. I live in Flagstaff and I love it here. My husband and I are already married through the Arizona Justice of Peace but we’re having a Catholic ceremony next year, Fall 2011. I’ll definitely be posting more as the time gets nearer and as I get more stressed out. As of right now, everything in the wedding planning category has been quite dubious for us. We’ve thrown out a lot of ideas between each other and no less than a month later, those same ideas seem ludicrous. The more and more I learn about the wedding industry, the better my ideas get. So, the plans I had a few months ago seem so lame to me now.
With that being said, we still have over a year and a half to plan. This give me time to keep the ideas flowing and gather more and more information. So, I’ve decided to hold off on the official planning for now (in case I learn something better in the future) and focus on things that a little more immediate. One of those being…a ring.
Since Matt and I dated for only two months before we randomly decided to get married, we didn’t have time to discuss rings. And he didn’t have time to get me an official engagement ring which, at the time, was fine by me. We decided that we’d hold off and get our more official rings into the future as the second ceremony approaches. The other day, we finally sat down and started discussing what we, or rather “I”, was looking for. This conversation was hard for me because honestly, I’m not one of those girls who knows exactly what she wants. And that goes for anything. I don’t picture myself in any particular dress, ring, color palette, you name it.
The only thing I do know is that I don’t want what everyone else has and that seems to be a solitaire diamond in a round or princess cut on a simple white gold or platinum band. You know what I’m talking about. It’s the standard Tiffany solitaire that it seems everyone hopes to duplicate. Someone suggested to me several months ago to look into antique/vintage styled engagement rings since those usually tend to be different.
This idea was perfect for me because after I did a bit of searching, I was immediately drawn to antique style engagement rings. I’ve narrowed it down to a few that I like which I hope to take to a private jeweler and have a similar design custom made for me. Here are some of the styles I’m loving so far:
Do any of you think on of these is better than the other? I would love opinions!
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