The more often you tell your love story, the more special it feels. And if you’re ready to embark on a lifelong journey with your partner, you should celebrate your bond with a band as unique as your love.
Customizing your wedding band is a chance to put your true love and creativity on display.
In this guide, we’ll explain how the custom design process works and provide helpful tidbits to make the experience as seamless as possible. In the end, you may find that crafting customized wedding rings feels incredibly liberating.
With a custom wedding band to match your engagement ring, you can enjoy your love story your way.
The Custom Wedding Band Design Process
If you’re wondering how to design your own custom wedding ring, you’re not alone—and there’s no need to stress. The ideal custom design process should feel informative, collaborative, and transformative.
By fulfilling just three steps, you can receive your perfect wedding ring entirely stress-free.
Step One: Share Your Inspiration
Creation starts with inspiration. To customize wedding bands, you should begin by filling out a Custom Design Form. Here, you’ll go over a few logistics, such as your budget, custom ring size, and dream ring style.
Once you’ve got the details, you can dive into the fun part: bringing your vision to life.
Provide an idea of what kind of custom diamond ring design you have in mind. Do you like the baguette diamond shape, or are you interested in wedding ring stacking? You can be as specific as you’d like with your description (in fact, the more precise, the better).
After that, submit the form, and prepare to hear back from your future custom diamond ring design team.
Step Two: Review Details
For this next step, we’ll dive into the collaborative part of the custom jewelry design process. Once you hear back from the designer, they will:
- Share a sketch – A professional designer should come prepared with a handmade sketch of your wedding band based on the inspiration you provided. They’ll happily make any revisions to the drawing and work with you to create your perfect ring.
- Settle on price – They will review all the details in your form and settle on the final price. Your designer can also answer any questions about the cost of labor and materials.
- Finalize the design – Lastly, the both of you will decide on the total price and approve the final design. From there, they will begin the custom jewelry design process of making your wedding band dreams a reality.
Step Three: Await Your Order
After the order has been placed, all you have to do is wait. We know, easier said than done.
If you feel a bit overwhelmed while waiting to see the end result, don’t worry. Noémie custom rings come with free shipping and return so that you can try them on entirely risk-free. Instead of sweating the small stuff (like whether your custom band will fit), focus on the big day—aka, on waltzing down the aisle and declaring I do.
Custom Wedding Ring Tips
You want a wedding band to remain a timeless piece you’ll cherish forever, so your band must speak to your brand of style. Queer Eye fashion guru Tan France uses a system to help define personal style.1 Some key steps include:
- Looking to your own closet
- Finding fashion inspiration
- Experimenting with unique style choices
You can use these tricks to unlock your true style and design your perfect wedding band through these inspirations. We’ve translated these helpful tidbits into a ring shopping guide to help you get started.
Try On Your Favorite Rings
You can become acquainted with your personal style by going through any existing rings in your possession. Deciphering what you like in a ring can open your eyes to the possibilities in front of you.
When you try them on, ask yourself questions like,
- How often do I wear this ring?
- Does this ring look too big or too small on my finger?
- What about this design stands out to me?
- Does this style speak to my personality, or is it just trendy right now?
With some insight into your style, you’ll feel more at ease when provided with ring options.
Browse Ring Styles For Inspiration
Once you’ve identified a few styles that speak to you, start exploring some of the many ring styles online. Browse through Engagement Rings or Wedding Ring Collections and save the ones that jump out to you.
Even if you don’t love the entire design, taking note of small elements can be handy when designing your ring. You can point to them as examples when discussing your inspiration.
Think Of Your Love Story
One way to ensure your custom wedding band feels unique to you is to lean into your love story. Not only do we love to hear about your romantic history, but you may be surprised at how well details from your story can translate to wedding band design.
For example, perhaps you want to highlight the significance of joining your and your partner’s lives together. Here, a wedding band with intertwined elements can add meaning and significance to the design.
Likewise, maybe you want to highlight the creativity and joy you share with your partner. A wedding band that features stones in different shapes or colors can help you pay homage to your individual traits.
Ask Questions
With a trusted team of jewelry experts behind you, you never need to feel at a disadvantage. You can ask your jeweler for information, clarification, or recommendations during your customization process.
They can ensure your band provides bliss and beauty with no hassle required.
Start Your Journey with Noémie
Customizing your own wedding band acts as a beautiful tribute to not only your devotion, but also to your self-expression. At Noémie, we aim to fortify the connection between you and your partner through pieces that are meant to last—just like you.
Cherish your love and your life with a wedding band that says it all. Create your own happily ever after with Noemi’s customizable designs. You can also browse our carefully crafted Collection Pages full of elegant pieces for every occasion.
Say I do and so much more with Noémie.
Sources:
- MasterClass. How to Find Your Personal Style: 5 Tips for Defining Your Style. https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-find-your-personal-style#how-to-find-your-personal-style-in-5-steps