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custom rings

We’ve featured a ton of amazing custom wedding rings, handcrafted and designed just for the couple. You may also be into eco-wedding rings, non-ring alternatives, and ring tattoos! Oh and der: don’t forget about our Vendor Guide listing of alternative wedding rings and jewelry.

five carat moissanite engagement ring alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

These moissanite engagement rings are the affordable, ethical alternative to earth-mined diamonds

We trawled some of our fave indie jewelers to get the scoop on diamond alternatives such as lab created diamonds and moissanite engagement rings. It was illuminating and awesome — you can avoid hurting the environment and still get a truly unique and gorgeous ring..

We are making serious eyes at these swank & colorful engagement rings

We are making serious eyes at these swank & colorful engagement rings

Sure, diamond engagement rings are classic and timeless, but maybe not totally you? That’s where gemstones come in. The world is truly your rainbow when it comes to colorful engagement rings. Our partners at BBBGem specialize in custom jewelry and a massive selection of engagement rings and wedding bands. The best part? It’s all seriously affordable.

Truly offbeat men's wedding rings (and how to get your own)

Truly offbeat men’s wedding rings (and how to dream yours into existence!)

Whether it’s unique and awesome men’s wedding bands, adding in colored gemstones, or harnessing the power of layered metals, out-of-this-world meteorite, or even a solid DIAMOND band (it’s a THING!), your wildest wish is their command.

There's a geeky engagement ring style to tickle EVERYONE's Spidey senses

There’s a nerdy engagement ring style here to tickle EVERYONE’s Spidey senses

We’ve already schemed with our partners at Joseph Jewelry in the past about fandom-inspired rings and they’ve taken it up another notch to bring us these ideas for nerdy engagement ring styles. If you’ve got a nerd style that you want infused into a custom engagement ring (Star Wars! Disney! LotR! Music! Harry Potter!), bring some ideas to Joseph Jewelry and they will create it for you — made to order, to your specifications (seriously!), and beyond all your geektastic dreams.

That golden snitch ring? Done. A Labyrinth owl wing ring? Owned. Jack Skellington? Ring of Barahir? Cthulhu? Yep yep and yep…

df alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

The magic that makes handmade wedding rings become heirlooms

Looking at engagement rings and wedding bands can be an exercise in sameness. And if there’s anything we know about offbeat couples, it’s that they are into something different and something authentic to them. That’s why we get a little giddy when we find a jeweler that goes above and beyond to make customized handmade wedding rings and jewelry for couples who want something that isn’t the same old thing. And we’re extra giddy for our partner Hunt Country Jewelers.

Custom Blue Topaz and Black Diamond Fashion Ring alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

These are the biggest rings Joseph Jewelry has ever made, and they’re freaking glorious

We were shocked and delighted by their HUGE AF gemstone rings. So we thought we’d share with them you in a new post! Beyond gawking at the stupendousness of these bad boys, we can also talk about ways to make gemstones or make a diamond look bigger…