Saturday, December 10, 2011

Get To Know More About Wedding and Engagement Rings Before You Purchase

By Caitlyn Mortimer


What is so distinct when engaged or married couples wear their rings on the left hand and in the finger known as the ring finger? Actually, behind this practice is a common meaning that in the ring finger is a vein known as vena amori and which is believed to be closely connected to the heart. Based therefore on the concept of love for each other, couples usually select wedding ring designs with the heart's icon very visible in a bed of gemstones. And since the rings are representation of various levels in the relationship of a couple, these ceremonial stages are often reenacted in the form of favorite writings or words of dedication or quotations, embedded inside or outside the rings.

Undoubtedly so far in the jewelry industry today, rings that are most preferred and lording it over other pieces of jewelry, are the wedding and engagement rings. Just imagine how many couples are getting engaged and eventually getting married every year is the clear proof on the huge demand for these rings.

Couples - groom and bride-to-be - are catered with different selection of wedding and engagement rings readily available. The type of settings for these rings distinctly follow the type of the groom or the bride. The latter for instance, falls into two categories, namely, modern or traditional brides. Such categorization sort of influences the match setting for the ring. Simple but elegant ring applies to the first bride category; while an antique look of a ring caters to the second category or the trendy bride. The most sought after style is combining yellow with other setting like white and rose gold adornment.

Nowadays, wedding and engagement rings come in a variety of designs to choose from. The one setting enjoying immense popularity among couples who would be bride and groom-to-be, is what jewellers term as the majestic diamond solitaire cut. Definitely, this kind of prong design would command a high price to pay.

The intricate industry of jewelry is never complacent that it always adapt to the current trends in the field of wedding and engagement rings. Having said that, today couples - groom and bride - are classified as the classic or the contemporary. Premised on this, different selections are offered to cater to these idiosyncracies.

If you want an extra special ring, again, these jewelry experts will be more than willing to help you come up with a customized or personalized engagement and wedding rings in your choiced prong setting, as well as the kind of metal you want. It is your choice whether you opt for a solitaire, or a stone held in a set of diamonds that will lend beauty to your customized ring.

The symbol that wedding and engagement rings want to emphasize especially in an actual wedding is by far the most significant thing for a couple. Your small budget can still go a long way as there are lovely but good quality rings which appear expensive in spite of their low pricemark.

Wedding and engagement rings are the all-time valuable purchase by a couple and the most sentimental a couple would likely to feel precisely because, these rings are the most precious pieces of jewelry they will ever possess. Aside from the couple themselves being a symbol of love for each other, there's of course their elegant rings which are undying representation of their vows to love and to cherish. After all, marriage is all about lifetime partnership bound by love and romance.

Getting married is one momentous occasion in the life of a couple for it is the ultimate stage in their relationship as a couple. Guided by their undying affection towards one another, marriage for them is not something out of the ordinary or something out of the blue. Neither is it an attempt done just to run away from problems. It's a pledge of love and a long time vow of affirmation to live together as husband and wife. The wedding or engagement ring plays a great role in the couple's great expression of their ardent and selfless love for each other.




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