Aileen’s Ruby Ring

John wanted to commission a new ring for Aileen to celebrate their 40th Wedding Anniversary.

John & I debated about wether or not we would make the ring as a ‘surprise’ or wether Aileen needed to be ‘in on it’ to help with the design.

I started by sourcing in a number of rubies for John to have a look at – this is one of my favourite parts of a commission. We picked 3 oval stones and quickly realised that Aileen needed to see them.

Aileen new straight away what she wanted – in fact John & I really couldn’t have decided her style between ourselves lol! Aileen wanted one of my two-band curl rings with a sweeping curve at the front to hold the ruby – and of course to be set with diamonds!

I worked through some design ideas and Aileen choose a mixture of a couple of styles. The ring was made up entirely by hand and it was ‘fitted’ to the finger Aileen wanted to wear it on.

It’s a fabulous ring – elegant, decorative and full of vibrant colour.

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