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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.

OBB Antique reproduction ring alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Engagement ring consultants are a thing: Your search for an engagement ring just got SUPER easy (and more affordable)!

Good news people: There are such a thing as Engagement Ring Consultants, and that fact makes everyone’s life better. Well, you’d hire an Engagement Ring Consultant for the same reason you hire someone to do your taxes or help you buy a house. The world of fine jewelry is complicated, it’s nuanced, and you don’t want to make an expensive mistake. You’d also hire our sponsor A Little Bird Told You as your consultants, diamond hunters and jewelry design experts, because Lia and Danielle are rad. Oh, and also they have a special deal for our readers…

custom fandom rings alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Rings gone adorkable: cute fandom rings

I’ve been scoping out rings and have been ultra inspired in a full-on geektastic way. Let’s start dreaming and scheming about fandom rings.

Snake Engagement Ring alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Awesome custom rings — so your ring is as unique as YOU

Let’s take a look at the most unconventional and awesome custom rings we could find. All of these rings can be customized with your choice of stones — simulated diamonds, lab-grown diamonds, natural diamonds, or Charles & Colvard Moissanite.

mario brothers ring and propsal alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

This Mario Brothers “mystery cube” ring will level-up your wedding day

You know we love custom-made nerdy rings. See: the D20 engagement ring, and the Golden Snitch ring. So we’re jumping up and down with excitement over this mystery cube wedding band!

andronyk recycled gold ring alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

Scientifically awesome wedding rings from space and Andronyk Jewelry

Andronyk Jewelry is a fine jewelry house based in Canada. In said jewelry house, Jeanie hand-makes all her pieces (like a bad-ass), out of sustainable materials (hell yeah), and inspired by planetary geology (OMG WUT!?).

Check these out…

Custom Blue Sapphire and Diamond Engagement Ring flat 100056 alternative wedding ideas from Offbeat Wed (formerly Offbeat Bride)

6 tips for designing your own custom wedding ring with Joseph Jewelry

We love custom options and making something standard into something that is totally YOU. We see custom dresses all the time, and we pretty much know how that all works; but when it comes to a custom engagement or wedding ring, it starts to get a little hazy. We’ve partnered up with longtime best custom jewelry-making pals, Joseph Jewelry, to see what a custom ring entails and how we can make it a REALLY fun and creative experience.