A respectable start of 12.30pm allowed us to begin with coffee and cake and sit down with the jeweller to re-confirm our preferences for style and size. It amazed us both to see that from one reasonably small piece of non-descript metal our two wedding rings would be formed! It was with some trepidation that we started helping our experienced jeweller as we helped roll our metal piece over and over to make it long enough to create our two rings.
The setting was so relaxed and you certainly didn't need to feel crafty to partake as you were supervised throughout. Soon we had the task of rolling our seperate pieces and then literally hammering them into the right size and shape! Some of these methods seemed quite old school which was great fun as we really got into the swing of things. Always we had one of the jewellers nearby and being us we managed to take a LOT of photos!
That was great though as it allowed us to use the special day for our invitations to our Wedding Party which is shown below. A lot of fun was had when we also filed each other's rings, especially when they gave us the machine with the pedal to do it! I think filing may have gone on longer than needed as it was so much fun. Something else that amused us was the procedure in how to make our jewellery into the matt finish. Quite literally a normal household scrubbing cloth was handed to us to give it a matt finish but it certainly did the job!
Both of us really enjoyed all the events of the day and the fact we contributed personally to something we can look back at for the rest of our lives. To finish the event we were treated to a very yummy meal and toasted our achievement with a glass of champagne!
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