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I am very glad that my wife was reasonable and agreed that I need not get her a diamond. She still wanted a ring, so I designed and made a claddagh style ring
by ensignavenger 14y ago
I am very glad that my wife was reasonable and agreed that I need not get her a diamond. She still wanted a ring, so I designed and made a claddagh style ring for her, with a blue topaz set in silver. It cost me less than $50, plus many hours researching, designing, and carving the wax mold. (I have a friend who is a jeweler, and he was able to provide expert assistance and tools to get the job done :)
Now, rather than bragging about how big and expensive the stone is, my wife happily shows off her ring and tells her girlfriends how I made it for her, and how beautiful and special it is.
My wife is the most awesome woman ever! (Source: Personal experience and careful study and observation).
- triplesec 14y agoThis is the kind of lady I'll be happy to find and bond with i just such a way! Congratuations!
- katbyte 14y agoI would be far more happy to have a ring made for me then one that was just bought from a store no matter what the price difference for all sorts of reasons (unique, easy to just spend money, hard to actually make one wtc)
- evilmushroom 14y agoMy girlfriend said the same thing. I did however get her a diamond (she doesn't know about it yet)... but it cost me 1/20th the price as I have a friend in that industry. I would not have paid retail for a diamond as I know how much of a rip off it is. The rest of the ring I'm including fragments from a martian meteorite, a lunar meteorite, and a deep space iron meteorite...... and then other gems from every continent. :) That is AWESOME that you made your ring. I'm having this one made... as I just... seriously lack the artistic skill to create what I want. :)
- kaybe 14y agoI think your collection of stones is quite awesome as well, and tells a far better story than just a diamond. Here's the obligatory xkcd comic: http://xkcd.com/260/ http://xkcd.com/260/ It's about glass, but the resulting piece is very cool because of the story.
- evilmushroom 14y agoXKCD is always relevant. She and I love traveling and travel a lot-- I wanted her ring to represent every place mankind has gone/will go to in our lifetime.... I bet there are few objects in the world that have been combined with pieces from so many distant origins.
- ensignavenger 14y agoI love the collection of stones! Great idea. I wish you and your girlfriend the best of fortunes in your life together!