My new wedding band!

How excited am I? VERY excited!

Kurt and I have been discussing a new wedding band for my ring for quite some time now. The engagement ring that we decided upon is beautiful, but the band that came with the set is very thin, and if you weren't looking close enough, you would think that I'm just engaged. I've been looking for a long time...you know, the typical websites, mall jewelry stores, etc.

One day I was looking around on the internet and found a fabulous jewelry designer here in Chicago with amazing designs. So, I emailed to inquire about pricing and she sent me a complimentary entrance into a HUGE art show called "The One of a Kind Show" (where we bought the painting seen below). We visited and I absolutely fell in love with her designs. Since they were more expensive than the ordinary stuff I had been looking at online (and being the cheap-o that I am), I conceded that I didn't need anything like that.

Then came Christmas Eve's Eve (the 23rd)...the day that Kurt and I open gifts...
First had come the Wicked Soundtrack, then the Wicked shirt...and one more gift. I opened the bag and box and there was a design from Ellie Thompson! Albeit a bit frightening at first (it almost look black, but I later found out that CAD designs don't show silver shades well), I was so excited!
Come to find out...

Kurt went to Ellie's studio a few weeks earlier and picked out a design based on the one that I really liked at the art show! What a guy! He knew that if HE didn't initiate the ring design, that I certainly wouldn't do it myself.

SO...fast forward to this past Saturday. We went in to review the design and select stones for the ring (it's going to have purple and light green sapphires as well diamonds). How much fun! She showed us other designs she was working on as well as pieces that she's working on for her Spring and Fall release events. She has "soirées" twice a year where she invites her clients to...they are in her design studio which overlooks Millennium park. How exciting!

Now...I'm just waiting for the ring...2-3 weeks. She also has my engagement ring - she's repairing it and giving it a new, more secure head for the diamond to sit in.

I can not wait!!!!!

Here's the link to her designs...

http://www.ellieco.com/time.htm