Tag: jewelry

The unique engagement rings that are doing my head in

My engagement ring went from meh to amazing after drawing inspiration from these unique engagement rings...

My engagement ring went from meh to amazing after drawing inspiration from these unique engagement rings…

I needed to get my engagement ring re-set. So I’ve been obsessively looking up different unique engagement rings. That means I’ve been scouring the interwebs for months and months for awesome ring designs. And now the problem is I have too many awesome unique engagement rings to take inspiration from, and it’s doing my head in.

Wanna see my favorites? Lookie lookie…

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How is a green onion like a gemstone?

prasiolite

I think almost every small veg with a name I don’t recognize is green onions. Shallots (no). Chives (no). Scallions (yes)! Leeks (no). Scallop (no). If you say any of those words to me, I think of a green onion. This has been a long-standing joke with Jessica, and one recently shared with my friends Lisa and Alex.

A few months ago Lisa and Alex gifted me this tiny prasiolite with a note explaining that prasiolite means “scallion stone” and to “please make me into a piece of jewelry.”

It was one of the most thoughtful gifts I’ve ever received, and it meant a lot to me. It was a tiny marquise-shaped stone, and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it. Would it look to engagement ring-y if I made it into a ring? Maybe a necklace? Gah, I don’t know.

ring setting example

Then I stumbled up on this image. I found it on Pinterest with absolutely no source, of course. And a reverse image search came up with nothing. So I just had this crappy, tiny photo of the perfect fucking ring for my stone.

Armed with this crappy photo, I went to my jeweler and he thinks he can whip something up! I’m excited for a lot of reasons…

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Smaug jewelry holder: “I did not come to steal from you, O Smaug the Unassessably Wealthy”

smaug jewelry holder

How perfect is is that I turned my Smaug Pop Vinyl into a Smaug jewelry holder? Smaug has never been happier. Dude loves bling. (I also love that ring giraffe something fierce.)

I shared that image on with Offbeat Home’s Facebook, and it’s almost gotten 300 likes!

This idea came about after Aaron groaned about having yet ANOTHER toy sitting around our apartment. So I grabbed the necklace I was wearing at his birthday party, threw it around Smaug’s neck, and said “there, now he has a purpose — he’s not just decorative!” In yo FACE, Aaron. 😉

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