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Wedding Jewelry Your Choice


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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.

Its good to have an idea in your head of what kind of wedding ring you want before you walk into a jewelry store.

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This works well if you are trying to keep it simple and under budget. The design isnt fussy and the material ensures that the sun wont bake the blushing bride. Does the album look sloppy or has care been taken to safeguard the memories of the day? Borrowing a girlfriends wedding gown can seem tacky (its not a scarf or a sweater, after all), so another option in procuring a cheap wedding dress is to buy a used wedding dress. Tempting options with romantic names, such as the Garden of Love. The book neednt stop at recipes either.

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A small coloring book has the double advantage of making the younger guests at your wedding feel included and of keeping them busy during the less exciting parts of the reception. In fact, many use these rings as meditative tools to think upon their lives and where they might be headed. For example, if you want to wed in the fall, choosing a mixture of leaves and berries to compliment your flowers, of orange or brown shades, make for a beautiful and season celebration arrangement.