The Rings & Wedding Update
17May2004 Filed under: Wedding
Today Andreas went to Indianola to fetch our wedding rings from David Weinstock, our jeweler and family friend. This photo doesn’t do them justice (you can’t really see the wave that wraps around both rings), but you get an idea. So pretty! And I’m happy to have been able to incorporate the gold and a diamond from my grandmother’s wedding ring. Also: custom jewelry, YES. Mall-bought jewelry, NO. Support a local goldsmith, not a conglomerate. You’ll get better rates, and jewelry made for you.
It was interesting coming to the decision to use my grandmother’s diamond. As Anil so brilliantly said, Diamonds are for never. The industry is disgusting, and I wouldn’t ever give a cent to the diamond cartel. My concern is that by wearing a diamond, even if it is a family heirloom, I would be implicitly voicing support for the industry I loathe. Instead, I’ll use the ring as an opportunity to discuss the industry with anyone. Each time someone comments on how pretty the stone is, I can get all righteous.
Heh. Just kidding.
Ultimately, I decided that this ring is not about politics. It’s about incorporating my a piece of my family history into my contemporary life. Thanks, grandma.
In other news, I’ve just about finished our wedding website. I’m not posting the URL for privacy reasons I hope y’all can understand, but longstanding readers who are interested in seeing it can email me.
Also: today Andreas and I walked around Sacred Groves eyeing potential campsites for all our friends. WHEE! I got excited.
My biggest goal with this wedding is to make it simple enough that I’m able to actually enjoy myself. I’m also lucky enough to have the support of more than a few friends who have agreed to help me keep my sanity (Upper & Lower Location Managers, reprazent!), and my lack of desire for frou-frou-ness makes things much easier. (Er, table clothes? How about bedspreads? OK!) Seriously: my focus is about 70% on spending a fun weekend with my friends & family, 15% on dressing up and getting my picture taken, 10% on presents, and oh yeah 5% about saying vows and like, telling everyone how much I love Andreas. GO, SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE! So far, so good.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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patchoulli
May 17th, 2004 at 6:27 pm
Very nice!
Chasmyn
May 17th, 2004 at 10:19 pm
The rings are beautiful. I especially love that it was your Grandmother’s diamond. And yes, you CAN get all righteous, because since it is so old, as I understand it, it probably isn’t a blood diamond. And it’s a family heirloom. And a part of your grandmother.
dave
May 18th, 2004 at 8:58 am
Wow…. the rings are striking.
(ill-gotten-diamond-cartel-booty notwithstanding!)
As far as implicitly supporting objectionable industries… I think you can only go so far. I would be surprised if EVERY company that makes ANYTHING nowadays doesn’t have its multinational conglomerate megacorp fingers in SOME kind of entrerprise that would tweak-off left-leaning folks like ourselves. One can’t just STOP buying things. I think all you can do is be CONSCIOUS of your decisions, which clearly… you’ve done.
dani
May 20th, 2004 at 8:54 pm
Wave? What wave? Maybe it’s possible with different lighting to see it in a photo?