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A Guide to Choosing Your Wedding Ring Online

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

With preparations under way for the big day, you would think that the wedding rings would be one of the most important items to arrange, yet they often get overlooked and left until quite late in the day to arrange.

Because of the limited choice of jewellery on the high street, much of which is mass produced and imported, many people looking for something a little bit different are turning to the internet to purchase their wedding rings.

Some people are a still a little nervous about making a purchase on the internet, especially when it is something as important as a wedding ring.

One of the biggest concerns is getting the ring size correct as many people, especially men, will not have worn a ring before.

From past experience people have made big mistakes when it comes to getting their ring size correct, from using bits of string or plastic to printing off scales from the internet onto bits of paper and wrapping around the finger. All of these methods are very inaccurate and should not be used.

Worryingly, a growing number of customers who have been into high street jewellers to be measured and have been given the incorrect size. This has happened so frequently in the past that you can only presume that this is done deliberately because the retailer knows that they won’t get a sale as the customer has admitted that they are going to buy their rings from the internet.

To overcome these issues, the ring sizing process easy is made easier for customers and make it hassle free for them to purchase their dream wedding ring online.

Since some rings are made to order, if customers really are unsure about size use professional wide wedding ring sizer hire from a website so that you have the opportunity of measuring your fingers in the comfort of your own home. This is important as having your finger measured just once is only a snapshot in time and that measurement could be as much as a whole size out since your fingers change shape throughout the day. Hands swell in the heat and your fingers are slightly larger in the afternoon. Cold weather makes your hands shrink and rings will become loose and could fall off and be lost if the ring is too big to start with.

Many ring designs on the internet are wider than those on the high street. The wider rings are becoming increasingly popular as wedding rings but you may need at least one size bigger if opting for a ring over 5 mm wide. As many of these custom designs cannot be resized it is doubly important right from the outset, to get the size correct.

The best advice to those looking to purchase wedding rings from the internet, is don’t add to the stress of the wedding preparations by leaving your rings until the last minute. Give the retailer plenty of time to ensure sizing is correct so that they can get their rings made with time to spare.

Stand out from the crowd, find your special wedding ring and know that you are supporting small independent designers based here in the UK making beautiful handcrafted pieces of jewellery. Love2have Wedding Rings really are worth waiting for.

Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/jewelry-articles/a-guide-to-choosing-your-wedding-ring-online-1516626.html

Choosing a Setting for a Ring that Will Need Frequent Sizing

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

There are some women who will wear the same size shoe and ring for the rest of their lives, no matter what they are doing. They may have a day or two with puffy fingers, but by day three their ring will fit just fine. For them, it does not matter what style ring you have their stone set into- sizing will not be a problem or concern. For other women however, their feet and fingers change sizes up and down every few years, sometimes more frequently. For these women, there are some ring setting styles that will not be good options. For them, the setting that you choose will have to be one that can handle frequent adjustments.

The setting that is the worst choice for the frequent size changer is the tension type. This setting is created with ultra-strong metal- small indents or grooves are cut into the side of the band and the edge of the stone is fit into those grooves. The strength of the metal itself is what will hold the stone in place. Once this ring is sized however, the setting is fairly permanent. Resizing the ring is something along the line of rebuilding it altogether and can prove very costly indeed, especially if it needs to be done more than once in a lifetime. If you know that your intended is planning a major weight loss or is in the early stages of a pregnancy for instance, consider choosing another setting style before committing to the tension setting.

If you do like the look of the tension setting but know that frequent size changes may be likely, an alternate option with some of the same look but less of the drawbacks is the invisible setting. With this type, the stone is set into a cup like setting and then attached to the ring’s band by a bypass design allowing the stone to look free floating while remaining very stable and secure.

Other setting styles are easier to size because the setting is not affected by the band as much. The most common setting, the prong setting for instance can be sized and resized as many times as possible without effecting the durability and functionality of the setting. Bezel and flush settings may also allow for some sizing changes to take place, but have their own drawbacks to consider.

Options like the channel settings ring or ring setting may become problematic with sizing if there is a large change to be made, especially if the ring is set all the way around as in eternity bands for instance. If this is the case then sizing may involve the need to remove or add stones- which can increase the expense of the procedure more than it is really worth. In this case if the ring is going to cost more than a new one would cost to purchase, then it would make more sense to buy new unless there is an overwhelming sentimental attachment to the ring.

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Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/jewelry-articles/choosing-a-setting-for-a-ring-that-will-need-frequent-sizing-1159307.html

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