May 14, 2012
Hello ESB -
It's simple: I like old, he likes new. I like a story and a particular style, he likes shiny and flashy. I collect allsortsofthings and have a clear aesthetic identity, he... well, not so much.
We both work with our hands (he's a touring musician, I'm a photographer, mixed-media artist, waitress, and teacher) so our rings have to be durable.
I have been looking at a wide range of engagement rings from vintage/antique (eriebasin, ebay) to new but off-beat (catbird, bario-neal, conroy & wilcox) and just can't find something that's NEW (and according to him, doesn't have anyone else's SHIT attached to it) but has the kind of soul I want. Here are some rings that have appealed to me thus far and perhaps you can make some other suggestions?
Elisa Solomon Ancienne (with matching band!?)
Digby & Iona Bears
Erie Basin Deco
EraGem Deco
As you can see I am all over the place. HELP?!
Though we aren't even engaged yet, (yes I am thinking this far ahead), I want to engrave a wave-form into a ring kind of like Sakurako Shimizu (i do rings) but engraved rather than cut through for his band (don't worry, they will say something other than "I do..") and am looking for an artist who is capable and would enjoy a commission like this. (I might get a matching one too, just daintier.. but it would have to be just right...)
We just moved from down South to Boston for a bit, but don't know where we will be getting married. He travels all over so location isn't much of an issue for checking out rings. Thoughts?
Also, I love reading your smart-assery and I think you always have spot-on style suggestions.
kthx.
xo
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May 24, 2012
Hello Again Sweet ESB,
Sorry to be a bother again, but I saw your twitter post of one of the new Digby & Iona Diamond rings and figured you'd have the downlow on when the collection would be released and if one would have to be in some super-special club to get their hand in one.
(I emailed you a week or so asking about rings and I'M SORRY TO BE A SQUEAKY WHEEL AND ALL THAT CRAP.. I know you must get annoyed with obnoxious repeat emailers, last time, I promise.)
And I love their stuff. And I know my man is paying close attention to my strategically left open tabs of your posts about different ring styles I like and my fav vintage finds etc. as he has informed me he is doing it all on his own without consulting my friends or mother.
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Voila!
Leave this baby open for a few hours.
OH MY GOD THAT FIRST RING. I love rings. Especially ones like that.
ReplyDeleteHannah
The 7 stone D+I ring is wonderful!! I have been seeing similar rings lately and I can't seem to find a cohesive name for them. Someone told me they are called a "7 point ring" but I haven't seen them labeled as such. Anyone know if they have a proper name?
ReplyDeleteGreat choice ESB. My mom had a ring like that when I was a kid. I loved it because it looked like a flower to me. I must search it out and steal it from her pronto.
ReplyDelete@ honest : noooo no stealing. it may take sweetheart FH a bit to poke around enough to find the strategically left open tab in my browser window! also: reminds me of the flower ring the fox-version of Robin Hood gave to his Maid Marian.
ReplyDelete@ esb : thank you! you da besss & I will let y'all know how it all pans out!