Despite Michael’s jewelry wardrobe being entirely silver, he surprised himself by choosing a yellow gold wedding band. Keeping to the theme of the bracelets, Lauren bought him a gold bracelet that he could wear to match his new wedding band. Bracelets make great gifts because as the person wears the piece, they get to enjoy seeing it. While necklaces and earrings are also timeless gifts, there is something instantly gratifying about looking down and seeing the gift from a loved one on your own wrist.
The bride gifted each bridesmaid a Dani Designs bangle (along with other goodies and heartfelt personalized notes). Lauren wanted her bridesmaids in yellow- toned jewelry, so DD offered to style the bridesmaids’ other pieces. The most popular piece was the starburst necklace, shown here on Kiersten.
Lauren was very surprised when Michael proposed as we custom-made Lauren’s engagement ring without any of her input. We went off of what we knew from her personal style—and Michael’s intuition. Since she loves layering her jewelry, we designed a solitaire engagement ring so she can bling up the stack with as many wedding bands as she’d like. Michael’s wedding band was made by hand. He is a fan of organic and imperfect jewelry, so we delivered a matte hand-hammered ring that looked naturally weathered. On her right hand, Lauren’s “something old” was her mother’s heirloom ring. After removing the center diamond from the ring, we left the negative space untouched for a creative way to give the ring dimension.
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