I had so much fun curating my bridal trousseau. I worked with 2 different antique dealers who specialize in costume jewelry from the early 1900’s, and together, they helped me procure both necklaces and bracelets. The necklace I chose to wear was designed by Albert Weiss, who’s distinctive style can be seen by his use of “pave icing”, whereby delicate tiny rhinestones are set on top of larger ones to evoke as much dazzle as possible. While my tiara, earrings, and brooches are vintage reproductions, I was very selective of their quality and authenticity of design.

Michael was also very selective of his wedding band, landing on a design that was very meaningful to both of us. He chose a braided style in yellow, white, and rose gold that symbolizes the scripture from Ecclesiastes, “though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves, but a cord of three strands is not easily broken.” He even wove that into his vows. For my wedding present to Mike, I got him the Tag Heuer watch he’d had his eye on. And even better, its navy face perfectly matched our wedding palette.

Mike’s wedding present to was the blue topaz Cinderella ring from the Zale’s Disney collection, which was my “Something Blue”. My engagement ring came from Diamonds Direct, in Birmingham and the art deco wedding bands (fused together) were designed by a lady in Isreal. In spite of her not having my ring on hand, with the help of digital calipers and pictures, she was able to customize it so perfectly that my engagement ring fits snugly inside, just like Cinderella’s slipper.