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Across the Fence:  do you wear a wedding ring?  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 10:40:56 PM
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if, of course, you are married?
hank and i had our first rings designed .. they had the jewish sign for "life" on them. loved it ...
we went to the bahamas on a rugby tournament .. and when i was getting out of the boat to party on a private island .. it fell off my finger .. and i guess it's either at the bottom of the ocean or a fish swallowed it!
a few years later, in a rugby game, hank broke his finger ..his knuckles 'swelled' and he can't get a ring over it anymore.
i had an antique one for some years .. then lost it! now i jus' don't wear one.
tell us YOUR 'ring' story.
True Friends * Frannie
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Maryjane
CA
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 10:52:09 PM
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I do wear a wedding ring! I have a solitaire ring of my engagement diamond, then I have a beautiful band that is over 100 years old with 2 karat of diamonds! Miner-cut diamonds. Thanks for asking a fun question, as always Frannie!
Hugs, Maryjane Lee
Farmgirl Sister #44
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 12:10:03 AM
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I have a pretty diamond ring...not a big flashy one..but pretty...set in gold and the band that sorta wraps around it...but I wear a simple silver band that says eternity around it three times. I am just too hard on the setting on nice rings. This one is just right for me..and I can wear my nice one if I get dressed up (and remember) husband is on about his 5th band since we married nearly 12 years ago..he loses them constantly.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Brew Crew
True Blue Farmgirl
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Molly
Arizona
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 05:49:46 AM
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We were really poor when we got married (at ages 17 and 19!) but DH wanted to get something that was 'grown up' that looked expensive. I ended up with a white gold band with 4 princess cut diamonds, put together to look like one large one. It is really pretty, but I have injured a number of my kids with it, and I was always taking it off to do the outside stuff, or dishes or what have you. Finally during my last pregnancy I just put it away, since it kept slipping off, and I haven't put it back on. DH asked about it once, and seemed sad I don't have it on, but I assured him that with 5 kids in tow hardly anyone could doubt that I was married. :) I really want him to get me just a small band (no diamond!) for my birthday, and I keep dropping hints....
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 05:57:04 AM
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Absolutely. I would be devastated and absolutely lost without my wedding rings. Justin worked so hard to get my engagment ring, and it sure does mean the world to me. It's from 1940, and has 4 little shamrocks holding the diamond in it's setting (and the diamond is small, to suit me--I'm small ;)). My wedding band is from 1910, but was never sold. The jeweler still had their stock from the original Covington store which moved to the "burbs" in 1960, and they sold it to us for $30.00!!! It also has little flowers and miligrained on the edge.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 05:59:54 AM
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diamonds .. they, like other gems .. surely can be lovely .. don't know why .. but i never had a desire for one .. (i think my sister got all those 'genes') ... when hank asked me what kind of diamond ring i wanted .. i told him 'i'd rather have a motorcycle!' ha! i got on his shortly after that .. and almost broke my leg .. this was in the day of 'bell bottom' jeans .. and i got the inside of that 'big bell' caught on the pedal and it threw me off balance and i couldn't steer straight .. THAT was the end of my desire to own my OWN motorcycle .. but i sure loved riding on the back and huggin' on honey-hunk's back while he 'drove'!
i once road all the way from D.C. to Connecticut on the back of a BMW motorcycle (with another guy friend) and i SWEAR .. i fell asleep snuggled up against him .. had my hands in his pockets. it's a wonder i didn't fall off the back and get squished like a bug. he didn't even KNOW i was asleep .. the ride was absolutely non-bumpy .. so peaceful .. it just lulled me off to la-la land like a baby!
hey .. there's another question .. what are your 'motorcycle' stories .. ohhh .. i'll start another 'thread' for that one.
oh i jus' love to hear gurlfrenz' stories .. that's what makes us gurlfrenz, i do believe. xo
True Friends * Frannie
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HeathersHeartfeltStitches
True Blue Farmgirl
440 Posts
Heather
Lancaster
OH
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 06:21:16 AM
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We got married very young, I was 18 and he was 19, fresh out of High School and so we have very simple gold bands. We were married in a church in front of an Adorable stained glass window and had the reception in his parents back yard, Now almost 11 years later I could think of somethings I would have done differently, Like renting a Hall and taking more pics. I still Adore my dress though, maybe one day my girls will year it...
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 06:33:47 AM
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I don't wear one!!! I lost the diamond out of it about 20 plus years ago and we couldn't afford to replace it! so I got used to not wearing a ring and it was never an issue! But since I"ve been working outside the home I've gotten HIT on!!!!! Sooo funny! I called my hubby after one incident and said-You HAVE to buy me a ring!!!! We are going to Maui this summer and we are gonna buy simple bands at the little hippie swap meets they have!!!!
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 06:49:45 AM
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I wear a ring and so does my husband. His is just a plain gold band, a "comfort" fit - he did not want anything flashy. When we went to purchase my ring, we also did not have a lot of money and DH told me that if we couldn't find a diamond that you could at least see from across the room, then would I be fine with just a band - which I said would be fine. To our surprise though, the jeweler was willing to "haggle" on the price of my ring. It is not a huge diamond, but I have a center diamond, with what is called diamond channel set on the bands and then surrounded by 4 marque cut rubies. I usually do not take my ring off, the only time I can think of it when it has had repairs done to it or when I was plastering the walls in our house.
Anne in Portland
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 06:51:55 AM
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Yes! I love mine. At the time DH worked at Pounders Jewelry so he got it at wholesale. Mine is not huge (.64 carat diamond solitaire) with three marquee saphires around it and then a row of tiny diamonds on the second ring. I will be without for a while though as I have lost one prong and part of another so it needs repaired before I lose the diamond. I am not a big jewelry girl by any means, but this is sentimental to me. DH is finally getting his sized up so he can wear it. He hasn't worn it in years and I really want him too. He has a fear of getting his finger "Caught" on something and "degloving" his finger. He is a paramedic and has seen a lot of this over the years, so he has a valid fear. So who knows if he will actually wear it once it is sized. I don't want to force him to wear it and then have him get his finger "degloved" and feel guilty!
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathie
Thonotosassa
Florida
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 06:58:13 AM
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Great idea for a thread!!
I don't wear one either!
I had one of course, when we got married.. It was a very pretty gold band we had matching rings.. there is a single etching all the way round right down the center.. with the prettiest little cuts going out from that center etch toward the rim.. Well the ring was perfect for my 16 year old finger.. However over 30+ years of marriage it simply does NOT fit anymore.. & has developed this crack on the INSIDE where that nice etching goes all the way around..! I've taken it to a couple Jewelrs to see about getting it fitted.. But they both felt that the ring would just crack in two! so.. it sits nicely packed away in an old Jewelry box..
My Husbands ring was worn for just a couple days.. then he went back to work at the Die Cast Plant.. where they weren't allowed to wear rings.. & he just never got used to wearing one..
About 10 years ago he decided I needed a nice pretty Diamond..
It was a very pretty ring.. But.. like you Frannie.. I'm just not a Diamond girl.. never been something I've wanted.. or needed.. I wore it though since it was from him.. & he was so pleased with himself for finding such a gorgeous ring on his own!!
I think i had it for maybe 2 years before i lost the stone out of it..
Poor Butch.. I think he's getting a complex now..
I do wear a ring on my left hand now though.. it's just a funky Silver ring.. I bought it myself..
But.. it's a ring.. & it makes him happy..
Kathie.. Farm Girl Sister #29
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sweetproserpina
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
meg
Vinemount
Ontario
Canada
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 07:35:40 AM
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Yeppers :) I found a beautiful antique ring on ebay and dropped a hint to the fella, lol. It's my engagement ring/wedding band - I don't need to wear two rings. I'm really not a ring kind of girl.
It's art nouveau, probably 1910, made from yellow and white gold, the band splays into two stylized flowers, set with 6 little old mine-cut diamonds (jeweler said probably 1880's), and in the center is a small pearl. My name means pearl, and it always make me think of the quote from when Anne and Gilbert get engaged "Give me pearls for my troth ring".
"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world."
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 07:36:00 AM
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I do! Mine is a really pretty white gold band (I am allergic to yellow) and has sapphires and diamonds inlayed. Rob searched for just sapphires because neither of us are fans of diamonds because of the diamond trade, but couldn't find one. I also wear a white gold ring that has a huge blue topaz-Rob's birthstone-that I saw and loved and ROb got for me.
Rob also wears his ring. Actually 2 rings. One is the one we married with and was my grandpa's ring. the other is one I got for him for Solstice and has a little message imprinted that means something to us personally. He doesn't ever take them off unless he is doing mechanical work. no need to lose a finger!
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 07:48:14 AM
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MEG!!!! gorgeous ring!!!!
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 07:54:07 AM
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Agreed, Meg...that's lovely and from what I've seen of your photo, it suits you to a tee.
J
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Dawn
Easton
MD
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:01:31 AM
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Yes, mine is the same gold band we bought at Walmart (we were not looking to spend a lot of money when we got married at the court house), his is matching and I have no desire to take it off.
He had my solitare diamond engagement ring reset after we were married into a thick gold setting as I was scratching the kids all the time but I only wear that on special occasions.
I am a plain gold band kind of girl. I feel very odd if I take off my ring.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:09:02 AM
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I wear my rings! Doug and I had picked out some rings at a jewelry shop here in Moscow that were nice, the ones I liked best at that shop, but I wasn't too wild about them. They just were if you know what I mean.
Then I went home to do some wedding planning last summer and in Billings there was a jewelry store having an estate sale! Oh my gosh! I found ring after ring that I just was dying to have, but one little wedding set jumped out at me!
The "engagement" part has a round diamond raised up and in front of that kind of flat to the profile of the ring are small elongated ovals that represent petals or leaves on a flower. Then the wedding band part curves to meet the engagement ring and has another oval diamond to complete the leaf/petal pattern.
I have a great picture of it- but it is on my camera which is out of batteries! I will make sure to add it as soon as I can!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:21:55 AM
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I need to clean mine if I ever wanted to show you gals a photo. It has some garden dirt in it! Maybe I'll do that tonight!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Rebekka Mae
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rebekka
Moscow
ID
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:30:12 AM
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My engagement ring was a delicate gold band with a rough cut ruby spinning around on it, so tiny and Erik knew I loved Beth Orduna so he picked the perfect one. Now I am too clumsy and pick up too many kids a day to wear it without worrying about hurting someone or breaking the ring so it comes out only on special occasions.
Brenda- Erik has stopped wearing his ring when he works for the same reason...once he started doing the engineering job at work there was too much to catch it on. Apparently firefighter and medics do get some terrible injuries from getting their rings caught. He is so cute- he wears it on a length of leather around his neck!!!
My wedding set was my Grandma Ressa's and it rarely comes off...she was such a classy lady, very San Francisco and she had the biggest heart;) My Grandpa Norman's Mama Rose owned a jewelry store- Bader's Jewelry in LA, and I am pretty sure the ring came from there. It is white gold with pretty, colorful diamonds (I would never have picked diamonds but since they were hers I am keeping them! They were married in the late 30's and I love the simple vintage design.
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Edited by - Rebekka Mae on Apr 17 2008 08:30:41 AM |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:33:06 AM
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My diamond came out of my engagement ring so I only where my band. It is gold with a silver band in the center. My husbands ring is also gold with a silver band in the center. It belonged to his father before he passed away. We both wear our all the time. The only time I take mine off is to mix meatloaf.
Farmgirl Sister #17
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jcbtxstars
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julia C
Midland
Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 08:42:25 AM
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I wear my grandmother's engagement ring, my mother-in-law's wedding band and my engagement ring...nothing matches(I like it that way)sometimes I just wear my engagement ring.
Miss Julia
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marmieto12
True Blue Farmgirl
213 Posts
laura
utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 09:30:47 AM
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When I was single I wore a "no pest strip" (ring)..after getting married and losing 2 rings in the 1st 5 years I do not wear one. DH does tho'. Been thinking a little simple band would be nice.
I love the ideas of the some who have rings with family sentiment or unusual settings.
I am not a "bling" girl, tho' I like funky bracelets and ear rings in the summer.
Laura;Dreaming of big girl farm...
Farmgirl # 148
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 12:54:42 PM
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I wear mine proudly. Although, the one I wear now is not the original. I cannot get that one on my fat fingers. But, the present ring was a gift for our 20th anniversary from dh. It has 9 diamonds, but four of them are tiny. The larger five represent each member of our family. I guess the tiny ones could be the pets. :)
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kate
Delano
Minnesota
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 1:09:03 PM
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I am no longer married, but when I was, I just had a plain gold flat band. My engagement ring was my Grandmother's diamond reset by my ex into a new cathedral setting that matched well with said plain flat band.
But I am a plain flat band kinda girl. If I ever married again, I would get another one, and probably forgoe the diamond ring if he were worried about having to get me one. But I wouldn't turn one down either. LOL
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Whimsy_girl
True Blue Farmgirl
576 Posts
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 1:09:55 PM
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We hadours deisgned. there is a small hear shaped diamond on top for the first band and the attatched wedding band is a v shape that fits snugly under the bottom of the heart with a row of 3 sapphires on each side and another little diamond in the middle.
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