Most couples in the UK have choose to exchange wedding rings during their wedging ceremony. Even though this is a long-standing tradition, a few new trends have been emerging over the years. This little article contains the top six things to think about when choosing your wedding rings. 

One: There are different routes you can go down for your wedding rings. You can find a jewellery designer and ask them to design the wedding bands for you, or you can even attend a one-day workshop where you can make each other’s wedding bands and choose from different designs and incorporate your own ideas. Or you can choose your wedding bands in a jewellery shop or even buy it online. You can go to shops in the high street, or even look at Pawn Shops for antique wedding bands that come with a great price tag.

Two: Go shopping together. Dedicate some time and go to a few jewellers and try on different styles of rings before handing over payment. Also, the trend is to have individual rings. So you don’t need to find matching rings, but can choose what you really like, and your partner’s ring can be entirely different.

Three: Think about the metal you want for your wedding rings. Some jewellers recommend the material of the wedding band to be the same as the engagement ring, but you can of course have different metals. They say that if two different metals are worn beside each other, the softer metal ring can be worn away or scratched by the ring with the harder metal. The most common choices are: silver, white gold, rose gold, yellow gold, palladium, platinum, titanium. Titanium is particularly good  as it is hypo-allergenic which is therefore perfect for those with sensitivities to jewellery. 

Four: Don’t leave buying your wedding bands until the last minute. Unless you go shopping in a wholesaler, it is unlikely that the ring you decide on is available in your preferred material and ring size. Most wedding bands are made to order elsewhere. The average time for ordering wedding bands is between 6 and 8 weeks. Wholesales might have a larger selection, but more bespoke jewellers will only have display samples in stock.

Five: Think about any engravings you might want in your wedding bands. There is no standard engraving suggestions, but many couples engrave the wedding date in their wedding bands. Other people choose to have the partner’s name engraved, or a personal message. You can also have the partner’s finger print inside the wedding ring, or the wave form of his heart beat or their voice. The options are endless.

Six: Diamonds in wedding bands are becoming more and more popular. So it’s best to check the diamond quality of your engagement ring so that the diamonds in both rings have the same quality. Diamonds can vary in colour quite dramatically which can look strange when the diamonds are beside each other.