How to Create Your Own Celtic Wedding Band

Designing your own rings makes your wedding day even more personal and special than it already is.

Designing your own wedding band is another way to personalize your service and make your special day an expression of your unique personalities. Creating a Celtic wedding band is a powerful symbol of enduring love because the Celtic knot represents eternity. If you are artistic or sentimental, a customized Celtic ring could become a treasured possession passed down within your family for generations to come.

Things You'll Need

• Reputable jeweler
• Celtic design

Instructions

1. Choose your metal. Design your ring in yellow or white gold, titanium or platinum. Consider the intricacy of your design and that depending on how involved it is, it may need to be set in a softer metal such as yellow or white gold, as opposed to a harder metal like platinum or titanium.

2. Decide whether or not you want to incorporate stones. Consider carat (weight of stone), clarity (if going with a diamond) and color and whether you want to set the stone in a bezel (stone inset in metal without prongs) or a crown (which includes prongs that raise the stone above the metal and secure it in place).

3. Select a Celtic design that expresses your unique personalities and preferences. Meanings of Celtic designs are broad and varied, but Celtic knots generally represent eternity with their unbroken lines and therefore provide a timeless symbol for a lifelong marriage commitment. Consider using the Dara knot because it demonstrates power, destiny, wisdom, strength, endurance and internal fortitude, and decide whether or not you want to personalize your band with a trinity knot, lover's knot or heart knot, all of which communicate love and unending commitment.

4. Find a reputable jeweler to handcraft your ring. Look for a jeweler who has been in business for a number of years and who can provide references of satisfied customers who have also designed their own Celtic wedding bands. Search the online database of the Jewelry Information Center (JIC) for a recommended jeweler in your area; the JIC is the consumer education organization of the Jewelers of America (a national trade association for fine jewelers).

References

• Whats-Your-Sign.com: Dara Celtic Knot Meaning
• Celt Arts: The Symbolism of Celtic Design
• Jewelry Information Center: About JIC

Resources

• Jewelry Information Center: Find a Reputable Jeweler
• Tradeshop Incorporated: Custom Celtic Design Wedding Rings