FINALLY...My Ring is Done!!!

Finally after a long drawn out process Shawn's wedding ring that I had designed into a ring for myself is finished. If you don't remember what I'm talking see this post ://taleoftwocoins.blogspot.com/2009/08/it-came-to-me-in-dream.html. Basically, the idea for Shawn's wedding ring came to me in a dream.

A few days after the dream I took Shawn's wedding ring to a local jeweler with a picture of exactly what I wanted the ring to look like. I also told them the significance to this ring and what had happened. I wanted to make sure they would be extra careful with Shawn's ring and not lose it. That was in mid-August and I was told the ring would be ready in three weeks. So I waited patiently. A few days after the three week mark I called to see if it was done. They said no, it would take a few more days. Several days went by and I called again. Still not done. At this point I was starting to get a little irritated. A part of me didn't care because I wanted it done right, but then again if it was going to take longer than three weeks I wish they just would have told me. Then last Thursday I was out at the mall so I figured I would stop in and see if it was ready. The jeweler, they guy making the ring for me told me it was 90% done and that if it wasn't done the next night it would for sure be done by Saturday. He told me that he had it finished once, but didn't like how it looked so he re-did part of it. I told him no problem because I wanted it perfect and I tend to be a picky person (especially when it came to this).

Saturday late afternoon they called and said the ring was finally finished. I got myself ready and my mom, sister and I ran out to the mall to pick it up. I have to admit I was a little excited to see what it looked like. We got to the store and I told the lady I was here to pick up a ring and gave her my last name. She went into the back and came out with a small envelope and then gave me the ring. I looked at it and was instantly upset, almost with tears in my eyes. Shawn's wedding ring had five small diamonds in it and they did not put the diamonds in the ring. Immediately I asked the girl where the diamonds were. She looked at me with this blank stare on her face and told me she new nothing about it. Of course she didn't! I told her there were five diamonds and I wanted to know where they were and why they were not in the ring. She told me she couldn't answer my questions because she did not make the ring. Of course she couldn't! I then told her how important this was to me and that I had also informed them of this before I left the ring. She proceeded to tell me that it was "probably" just a miscommunication between the two jewelers working at the store. Ya think!! Then I was given two options. Number one, I could take the ring with me as is and then bring it back on Monday to be fixed. Or, number two, I could keep the ring at the store and have them fix it first thing Monday morning.

Guess what...I picked option number two but I also made them call the jeweler at home after his shift had ended. First of all I was irritated that the diamonds were not out back in the ring. However, I was irritate at the fact that they didn't even give the diamonds back to me. What the heck did they think...that I wanted them to keep the diamonds? I know they were small, but come on I still wanted them back! It was almost like they were trying to steal them from me. Ok fine, if it was a miscommunication I get that, but the diamonds still should have been given back to me. Once the lady got off the phone with the jeweler he assured her he knew right were the diamonds were at and that he would re-work the ring and add the diamonds and it would be finished for me to pick up Monday night. Last night about a half hour before the mall closed they called me and said the ring was done. Needless to say I didn't go and get it last night. I did go and get it today though. This is what Shawn's wedding ring looked like before. I tried to crop my rings out but it wasn't working so well, so you get to see them again too.

A profile of the new ring.

The front view of the ring. If you click on the picture you can see it a bit larger. I tried to take on on my finger but it just wasn't working.

All in all even with all the extra drama getting the ring I'm really happy with it and the final version was exactly what I had envisioned in my dream. Now I have another part of Shawn with me and well, wearing "his" ring makes it just a little bit better.