We went ring shopping today and found Sean's wedding band =) Now that we have both our sets, it feels closer somehow~ which once again makes me freak out that I don't have enough time!! Before I get to that, though~ Another project I've had on my mind had to do with the jewelry store as well; but this one kindof a different purpose. If you haven't seen my "right hand" ring- here it is:
This was my dad's pinkie ring and I love it but as I get older and have a beautiful ring on my left hand, I've been wanting to take the blue stone and put it in a more girly, grown up type setting. Basically a setting that isn't a man's pinky ring setting =) So I asked the jeweler about it today (and Busch is totally amazing by the way~ they have been SO nice to us!) And Sean had a great idea, which totally surprised me but I love it: Our plan is to take the stones out and reset them in whichever setting I choose, which apparently can be done pretty inexpensive, then (this is where Sean's idea came in) they can melt down the gold (the band is white gold) and form it into whatever type of band Sean picks and it can be a "right hand" ring for him. If it works out, I have another ring of my dads~ you gotta see this cause words can't describe it:
We can take out some of the diamonds and put them into both of our new rings. Sean said something sweet about it being like out gift from him for the wedding and like his blessing even though he won't be there. Regardless of the fact we didn't get along before he passed, I still like to think he would be happy for us and it means a lot that Sean thinks about that too even though they'd never met. So thats the plan and I'm pretty excited about it and hope we can get it done before the wedding!
As for Sean's wedding band, it gave me an excuse to try some ring shots. This was much harder to do than I thought, especially cause of the shape of my ring and since there is a band on either side, it doesn't really want to sit properly...
Yes my photography skills are sadly lacking...but these showed Sean's ring the best I could. And I got another look at my full set which I totally love and can't wait to wear it all together! Don't mind the ugly ring guard piece on my ring either~ apparently my finger shrank some over the winter so I got that put in so I don't lose it or anything. I'm super paranoid at work since I am constantly washing my hands and taking gloves on and off. After I have the full set together and in the summer I'll have to see if I am going to resize or if it will work better.
I have absolutely no further progress on any wedding projects whatsoever...productive aren't I?...but I did make a wedding related decision this week. Wedding and sanity related I suppose~ I'm meeting with a personal trainer this thursday to discuss a bridal bootcamp style training session. It will be 12 weeks of 3 days/wk workouts to help me feel better and look better by the wedding. I'm hoping this works like it is supposed to and is a stress reliever instead of causing more stress for the 3 hours it will take away from school/wedding. I am looking forward to it though, and Sean laughed because it is basically me paying to be held accountable and have someone make me schedule my workout in. Otherwise I just won't do it; if I've learned anything at all, its that I won't follow any sort of workout program on my own. And its one on one training so I can work specifically on the areas I need/want to, so I am excited however also scared out of my mind that I'm going to get my butt handed to me on a platter!!
Hopefully by the next blog entry I will have some progress on at least one wedding project...
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