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Wedding Jewelry Your Choice


Its Your Day

Before you start planning your wedding, you are anticipating your wedding jewelry, which, at the time, may seem to be one of your largest concerns. Your engagement ring is your first piece of wedding jewelry. Many couples select their wedding bands at the same time as the engagement ring, which is ideal, especially if your engagement ring and wedding band are meant to nest into each other.

Where to Start

There is no right way or wrong way or place to select your jewelry. For the best customer service and pricing, it is often preferable to visit the diamond districts of Boston, New York, or other major cities. For those who dont have access, any jewelry store and some major wholesale and retail establishments offer rings for affordable prices.

Two Months Salary

In the 1970s and 1980s, jewelers advertised by stressing to prospective customers that an engagement ring should cost the equivalent of two months salary. Since then, two months salary may be entirely too much money to spend on wedding jewelry. These are costly times, and a down payment on a home or gas for your automobile far outranks the priority of spending an exorbitant amount on wedding jewelry.

Bands

If you are planning a double-ring ceremony, it is not necessary that the bands be identical. Of course, tradition would suggest both rings be the same; it is your prerogative to remain tradition or to stray from the norm. If you find a matched set of bands, you can sometimes purchase them as a wedding jewelry set. Otherwise, youll have to purchase them individually.

The engraving on the inside is a more of a tribute than the ring itself. If you disagree with your fiancs choice of bands, it doesnt necessarily matteryou dont have to wear it. Of course, if the hesitation revolves around the price, compromise to find bands you can comfortably afford.

Neckwear

Many brides wear a piece of jewelry that has been handed down, or at the very least, borrowed from a currently (or previously) married relative. Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue applies to your wedding jewelry. Of course, old or new can relate to your wedding jewelry, although new really relates to your ring. If you can borrow a sapphire necklace from an older niece or grandmother, youll have something old, something borrowed, and something blue taken care of.

A necklace should only be worn if it can comfortably sit on your chest above your cleavage. You dont want anything hanging down between your breasts, or hanging on the dress over the top of a high-collared gown.

The most economical way of paying for a wedding dress is to not pay for it.

Handmade Wedding Favors
Weddings are so expensive that you must carefully decide how you are willing to spend your hard-earned money. These wedding decorations reflect what the bride and groom wish to convey to those witnessing the declaration of their vows. In that light, a wedding favor should be more than a simple trinket and should be, as much as possible, a thoughtful gift from you to them. Once you decide on the theme of your wedding program, take paper and pencil and start sketching some ideas. If playbills are not available, download theater-performance graphics from the Internet and try designing something around the artwork. The wording of the wedding program should be the same as on your invitations.

Also, make sure everything you are requesting is written down on the order form if they dont do it, and you cant prove they were supposed to, you might find yourself in a frustrating situation.
theknot. A wedding photographer will be able to capture the memories, joy and experiences of that special day. The best idea is to talk to the person officiating the wedding, and try to figure out how to best incorporate the sound of bells into the ceremony.