Designing Your Own Wedding Ring

Okay, you’ve looked up and down the high street, you’ve searched early corner of the Internet, but you still can’t find a wedding ring that you like.  What do you do?  Panic right?  Well no, not quite yet.  Have you considered designing your own wedding ring?

For a little bit more money you can create your own wedding ring, how cool would that be?  Imagine wearing a totally unique wedding ring that you and your partner have designed.

Okay, if you want to build your own wedding ring the cost in doing so will be higher than if you purchase an off the shelf ring that everyone can buy.  However, you may be surprised that commissioning a jeweller specifically create your own wedding ring isn’t as expensive as you may think.

What’s more, the design will be totally unique; nobody else will have a wedding ring like yours.

So where do you start?

Typically the process of a handcrafted DIY wedding ring goes something like this:

First, if you intend to have a diamond wedding ring you need to decide how the diamond is to be shaped.  Generally there are six main designs, these are:

Round Shaped 

Princess Shaped

Marquise Shaped

Heart Shaped

Emerald Shaped

Oval Shaped

There are other shapes, but these are the most popular.  Next you need to select the carat size.

The larger the carat the bigger the diamond, and generally the more expensive the wedding ring will be.  You will also be asked how pure, you would like your custom diamond wedding ring to be. 

Obviously, the more clarity the diamond has the better the ring is considered.  When it comes to choosing the band of the ring then there are endless options.  However, to help you out, here are the most popular:

• Yellow Gold:

Typically, yellow gold is the most traditional and is a symbol of marriage and warmth.  You will be able to choose the quality of gold by specifying 14K, 18K or 24K.  The higher the number, the purer the gold is, but the softer it is too. 

• White Gold:

Is very popular as it matches very well with either silver or platinum.

• Platinum:

The hardest metal and therefore a wise choice when you design your own wedding ring.  Although it’s more expensive than gold there are no impurities and the quality of platinum wedding ring always shines through.

When my wife and I got married we decided upon a custom made platinum ring with a thin gold band directly above and below.  We have no regrets on our decision and the rings today look as good now as when we first purchased them.

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