It was a partially successful search. We didn't even bother with "normal" shops - and a look at most "custom wedding ring" specialists left me rather disappointed. What a lot of very boring designs! Plain bands (mostly in gold or titanium or even stainless steel) sometimes with a narrow band of contrasting metal and sometimes with a single dimaond embedded somewhere. Dull dull dull. I'm sorry if this is your idea of a classy wedding ring, but it's definitely not mine.
Then, I found a lovely website based in the US - Jewelry by Da'oud at http://www.jewelrybydaoud.com/. If you like the unusual, this is hot stuff. Very organic designs inspired by nature - vine leaves, ivy, oak leaves, waves. All good stuff. Then we hit the downside. Apart from having to convert ring sizes from UK to US, they only accept credit cards, and they don't do Paypal. Bummer. Anyway, the designs they featured were lovely, but not quite what I had in mind.
So, taking that inspiration and running with it, skipping and turning cartwheels too, I designed my own that features both the grapevine and corn - both symbols of fruitfulness and abundance that honour our favourite deities, too.
We're off to Manchester this weekend to get our fingers measured and to see if we can find anything else to inspire us. I don't think we'll find anything as perfect for us as this, so we'll try and see if we can find a jeweller who can turn my design into the most perfect handfasting rings we could wish for. Please note that this is my own design, all rights reserved.
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