wedding Bands

as in jewelery, not as in music...i used to get all confused when i would read titles 'wedding band' in forums and think oh the musical kind and not the kind you wear on your hand...anyway i digress...

over the weekend C and I stopped into Island Gold out in Centereach for our wedding bands...i wanted something a little more sparkly, ala:
2 mm micropave prong set eternity band...LOVE it! except the jeweler told me that he'd actually recommend the half eternity because it can always be resized later, any altering would be easier and would maintain the look and shape better...eternity bands can be sized at a later time if i get fat or skinny or whatever, but a welt would be visible...so he recommended a white gold half eternity...i was sold, it took me 20 minutes...a setting was ordered for me to try on and we'll return in a couple of weeks for a looksie looksie...

then we moved onto C's wedding band...to be absolutely frank he would be happy if he didn't HAVE a wedding band at all, he's not the jewelry wearing type, but for me he'd don this symbol of marriage (what a trooper! ::snort::) anyway...that having been said though, he took his time in choosing something that he liked and was concerned with my opinion of it...(maybe he's not as averse as he originally let on right?) he didn't want shiny, and he didn't want ostentatious...so he picked something more muted and classic...ala:
5mm white gold satin finish band...its reflective of our generation, it's simple and honestly i think its pretty classy lookin..we considered titanium...but because it can't be sized, C was worried about the possibility of it getting stuck one day and we have to saw it off or something so we went with the gold...and in his words...he kinda liked the idea of a semi precious metal...his ring will arrive completed in like 2 weeks...

the plans are all coming along pretty smoothly...only 3 really big things left to finalize and i think we're square and ready to go...
1. florist... yea i know im procrastinating and prolonging the inevitable, but seriously i have a story on this one you DON'T wanna miss
2. honeymoon... we already decided where we're going and where we're staying, we just have to book it...yea...it's not going anywhere!
3. to limo or not to limo...i'm leaning towards limo...

How to make her sparkle...again

so a couple of months ago i went ring "window" shopping with my MOH and her bf (chris' groomsman and one of my bestest friends in the world) and we stopped into many of the top jewelers on 5th avenue, one of the places we stopped by was DeBeers...i was musing how pretty and sparkly the diamonds were compared to mine with all the grime and slime from everyday wear...so the wonderful british (i have an affinity for cool accents, and yes the english are among the many i am infatuated with) gemologist told me that all i had to do to get my ring to sparkle like the diamonds in the store/ like new was to do the following:

1. soft bristled toothbrush

2. use some dish soap (any kind that will cut through grease)
3. brush the ring under some warm water with the soaped toothbrush and voila!
alright you can't really tell but it does shine as if it was new...granted it is always better to get it professionally cleaned by a jeweler, but if you brush your little baby once a week it will be enough to keep it close to its top shape ;-)

note: this little trick happens to work on my diamond studs too, TRY IT! it will save you a trip to the jewelry store!