Wedding bands

“True Love Waits” Purity Rings

June 6, 2008

“True love waits” silver purity ring “True Love Waits” is the most common and popular inscription on purity rings. Curiously, this phrase does not have a direct correlation with any Bible verse (which is not a problem per se). This makes it more difficult to deal with common request to translate the words “True Love [...]

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Ideas for Engraved Rings. Part 1: Latin Quotes for Wedding Rings and Purity Rings

May 30, 2008

Here I have a few ideas that might provide inspiration for creating customized engravings on a promise ring, a wedding ring or a purity ring. The first set I am publishing contains Latin quotes. What needs to be said at this point is that looking for Latin quotations on the internet can be a very [...]

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Ideas for an Engraved Wedding Ring

May 26, 2008

Just published a new guide: Ideas for an Engraved Wedding ring A few suggestions for picking just the right thing to say on the single object you will cherish forever (if you are lucky).

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Wedding ring, preserved by Samuel Johnson

May 24, 2008

William Jones writes in his book “Finger-ring Lore”: The veneration for a wedding-ring is shown in the instance of the great lexicographer, Dr. Samuel Johnson. He writes under date March 28, 1753: ‘I kept this day as the anniversary of my Letty’s death, with prayers and tears in the morning. In the evening I prayed [...]

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