Guide to Wedding Rings
August 22nd, 2006 by MaryBeth
Choosing a wedding ring is important! A wedding ring can reflect your culture, family tradition, relationship or personal style. It’s essential that you choose the wedding ring you love.
Wedding Ring Style
What is your wedding ring style? Whether you’re looking for a traditional or trendy wedding ring, here are some ideas to help you on your way.
Cultural Wedding Ring
- Irish Claddagh Wedding Ring: In a Claddagh wedding ring, the heart symbolizes love, the crown, eternity and the clasped hands, friendship.
- Jewish Wedding Ring: The traditional Jewish wedding ring is an unbroken gold circle representing pure and eternal union.
- Russian Wedding Ring: A Russian wedding ring has three interlocking rings representing the Holy Trinity.
Gold or Platinum Wedding Ring?
Most wedding rings come in gold or platinum. Both metals are beautiful so make sure to choose your favorite.
- Gold Wedding Ring: A gold wedding ring is most traditional and can be found in yellow, white or rose gold. Gold is soft. The purer the gold, the softer it is. As karat weight increases, price, vibrancy, and purity increase but durability decreases so keep this in mind if you are planning on buying a gold wedding ring. Although a 24k wedding ring might be the most beautiful gold, it will also bend, so you may be better off with an 18K or 14K gold wedding ring.
- Platinum Wedding Ring: Platinum is becoming a very popular wedding ring metal once again. If you buy a platinum wedding ring, you are sure to be at the height of wedding ring style.
Wedding Ring Settings
There are many setting available for your wedding ring. Here’s a list to help you decide.
- Shared Prong Wedding Ring Settings:Gemstones are held in place using grooved metal wire.
- Channel Wedding Ring Settings:Gemstones are set side by side into the metal so no metal shows between the stones.
- Pave Wedding Ring Settings: Small jewels are set into drilled holes so the entire surface of the ring glimmers with a “paving” of gemstones.
The Perfect Wedding Ring for Your Hand
When buying a wedding ring, you’ll want to buy a style that complements your hand. Whereas people with larger, wider hands may want to choose a larger wedding ring with large stones, a person with a small hand would probably do best to buy a delicate or narrow wedding ring. Take height into consideration when buying a wedding ring. A slim finger can look very graceful when wearing a wedding ring with a tall setting.
Your wedding ring should be a reflection of your love. Choose what you love and cherish your wedding ring always.
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