February 11, 2024 • 33 mins
Host Yvette Sitters chats with Alex from Australian Wedding Rings to uncover insider tips on shopping for wedding rings. From saving money while maintaining quality to understanding the timeline for ordering rings, this episode is packed with valuable advice for brides and grooms-to-be. Learn about the importance of asking the right questions, supporting local artisans, and prioritising your wedding ring preferences. Whether you're considering traditional or non-precious metal options, this episode will guide you through the process with ease.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Manage my Wedding podcast, where we
believe your wedding is the mostimportant time in your life and
you deserve to feel supportedand organised when planning the
wedding of your dreams.
I'm your host, yvette Sidders.
Today, I am joined on thepodcast with Alex, who owns
(00:21):
Australian Wedding Rings, andthey will save you time, money
and stress, and that is whateveryone listening to this
podcast episode is all about.
They are Australian made andowned, lifetime warranty and
custom made fast, and I lovethose things about Australian
Wedding Rings.
So welcome to the Manage myWedding podcast, alex.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Thank you so much.
I'm so excited to be here andtalk about wedding rings.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I'm happy to have you .
You are the very first person,out of 200 and however many
episodes, to come and talk aboutrings.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Oh, wow, yeah, the wedding rings.
I feel because they are sosmall they almost forgotten
about on the wedding.
It is a small feature and it'squite a personal feature the
ring exchange.
So it's not like the flowersthat are very Instagram worthy
but, yeah, very important partof the wedding.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
It is, and that's why I think it's so important to
have you on here and to talkabout it.
I personally know how much Ilove my rings.
I have the same ones that Iordered at the time and I love
them.
I love them, oh, lovely.
Sometimes my husband's like oh,do you think you'll ever
upgrade them?
I'm like no, like this is thesymbol of that day, like it's
(01:37):
yeah and that's gorgeous, yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
And that's really gorgeous to see.
It's definitely that's the sortof feeling that you want to
have out of a wedding band,rather than thinking, oh no, I
need to upgrade this because itdoesn't look good anymore or I'm
not happy with it, so yeah,that's exactly the kind of
feeling that a wedding bandshould give you.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
And the fashion changes so fast.
But I just don't feel likethat's one of those things that
needs to change.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yes, that's the other thing too.
Yeah, classic is always bestfor that reason.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Absolutely, and I'm sure you're going to touch on
that.
Mine is very classic, sochoosing a wedding band, it is a
very I feel like it's abeautiful, significant decision.
So what do you feel like arethe key factors that brides and
grooms should consider when theyare picking a wedding ring?
That that complements theirengagement ring as well and
complements them and theirpersonality and their style.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yes, it's a very tough decision, but it's also
very exciting, and I think in myexperience, the most important
thing to think about is actuallythe comfort and practicality,
which doesn't sound veryexciting, but a wedding ring is
a functional piece of jewelryand you will be wearing it for a
long time, so it has to comeinto it.
(02:52):
To explain this, I like theusing the analogy of a pair of
shoes.
If you think about thedifference in the shoes that you
would wear to work or on anight out or to a picnic,
they're all different.
But if you had to pick just onepair of shoes to wear every day
and to do all those things,what type of shoes would you
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pick?
Because essentially, that'swhat you're asking from a
wedding ring You're asking it tobe the one ring you wear
everywhere and to do everything.
So it's comfort and durabilityhas to come into that, for sure.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
That is a very good point.
I'm so glad that you startedwith that instead of the design,
because it's so true, you'vegot to wear it every single day.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Absolutely Going back to the shoe analogy, if I was
to pick a pair of flats, I wouldget a lot more wear of them
than, for example, a pair ofstilettos.
It's the same with a ring.
If you choose a ring that'scomfortable and sturdy, you will
actually wear it and it will becomfortable.
Then you're also not going tobe worried about damaging it.
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That's the other thing.
If you have a ring that haslots of diamonds or it's very
dainty or very intricate, youmight actually find that you are
afraid to wear it because itcatches on your hair or it might
get damaged.
So these are the sort of thingsto think about when picking a
ring.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Yeah, that's good.
I didn't even think of thosethings as considerations, so
that's very valid points.
Wedding bands they come in, aswe know, so many various metals,
designs, styles.
Can you explain the differencebetween the whole popular white
gold, yellow gold, platinum,rose gold?
What factors should the couplesbe considering when they're
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choosing the right metal fortheir wedding bands?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I'm so glad you asked this question because I love
talking about metals and gold.
It's one of my favourite things.
So the different colour goldswhite, rose or yellow they're
essentially a mix of pure goldand other metals.
So, depending on what colourgold you want, pure gold is
mixed with other metals likecopper or silver or platinum, to
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give them the colour rose orthe colour white, for example,
and typically gold is alwaysmixed because it does make it
stronger.
I didn't know that.
Yeah, pure gold is just way toosoft for it to be a long-term
piece of jewelry.
I know that you can actuallyget jewelry that is very
high-carat 22 or 24-carat gold,but it's not durable jewelry,
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which is what you want in awedding ring.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
And I never knew that you mixed golds to make rose
gold.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yes, yeah.
So just tweaking the coppercontent in the gold will give it
a slightly rose colour.
Likewise with white.
If you mix it with platinum,that's what will actually give
it the colour, but it's still apure gold base.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Right, okay, now I understand.
I'm learning a lot myself today.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Excellent.
And then the other thing is thecarat.
So when people talk about carat, like 18 carat or 9 carat for
example, what that measures ishow much pure gold there is in
that mix of gold or alloy.
So, for example, with 18 caratit has 75% pure gold and 9 carat
has 37.5% pure gold, Thank you.
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And that's where the differencein price comes in, because
obviously if you have more puregold it's more expensive than if
you have less pure gold.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, okay, that makes sense.
I remember when I was picking Ipicked my wedding, my
engagement ring my husbandproposed to me with a pretend
one, because he wanted us to gotogether and experience that
together and do that together,which at the time I was like, oh
, I wasn't sure how I felt aboutthat.
(06:47):
But I'm so glad that's whathappened, because it was such a
beautiful experience to dotogether and I nearly opted for
white gold because it was infashion.
Yes yes, and I had to sit on itand really think about it.
Everyone was getting white goldat the time.
It was when the pear shape wasvery popular.
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I nearly was steered towards go, let's go the pear shape and
let's go white gold.
And I'm so glad now I didn't.
I stuck to.
I wear, sorry, yellow gold andI always wanted that princess
classic ring and I'm so glad nowthat I went with what I love,
not what the fashion was tellingme to do, because I nearly
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messed up.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Yeah, that's really interesting.
But very important it is areflection of you, so it's good
to think about that and not justsort of follow a trend.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Yeah it's definitely important.
Do people ever ask you whatthey should pick, or do you do
they usually?
Do you help guide them throughthat picking that, what colors,
right for them?
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Yeah, absolutely, because, as you said, I like
this, but this is trendy, andwhat I usually say to people
it's you know, trends come andgo.
So, like you said, white goldat that time was really popular.
Then yellow gold became reallypopular, and so that's why it
has to be really important thatyou choose something that you
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feel goes with your other pieces.
Also, for example, for men, ifthey have a dress watch or a
sports watch that they wear,pick that color, because you're
less likely to go out and changeyour watch every so often.
Same with women.
I say well, do you wear otherjewelry?
What color is that?
Or is there more of one coloror another, or you could have
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both.
If you really can't make upyour mind, have both the two.
Tone is gorgeous, and there area few ways that you can do it
so that it looks really nice andpurposeful, and then you
actually all your options openbecause you can wear any color
then.
So that's a really clever ideaas well.
Yeah, the best of both worlds.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Yeah, I like that.
I do like that, mine, actually,when I look at it, because
you've now got my thinking.
My bands, my wedding bands, areyellow gold.
My engagement ring is yellowgold, but is it the claw?
Is that what it's called?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, the setting that would hold the diamond,
white gold, ah, so you wouldhave a mixture of the two.
So if you wanted to add a whitegold element, obviously you
already have your wedding bands.
But if you wanted to add whitegold in the wedding bands, then
you already have that in theengagement ring as well.
So you could definitely mixthem in and then all your
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options are open.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Yeah, I love that.
I do love that.
Customization, we know, is amassive growing trend in wedding
bands.
What do Sins do couples havefor personalising their wedding
bands and how can they maketheir rings unique to them and
their love story?
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Yeah, it's, as you said, very trendy and it's
actually at the core of what weoffer at Australian wedding
rings, because even a classicring can be personalised, and
that's by choosing specs likewhat gold colour or how wide the
ring should be.
And then, for example, ifyou're matching it with an
engagement ring, there are acouple of classic options, for
(10:13):
example, having the engagementring sorry, the wedding band be
the same width as the engagementring band or be a lot wider
than the engagement ring band,so just in the actual shape and
specs of the rings you can haveyour own style.
And then, of course, myfavourite way of personalising a
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ring is with an engravedmessage.
I just find that such a sweetway of personalising it, and it
could be something verytraditional, like your wedding
date or your names, or even asimple I love you in the band.
That would be lovely.
And you can also get verycreative.
(10:55):
For example, you could do thecordon that's the way you met.
That's, I think that's just someaningful for the both of you.
Or even something funny, like alittle inside joke that only
you're going to get, so anythingthat's personal and that's
going to bring a smile to yourface when you see it in five
years time.
So that's a beautiful way ofpersonalising the rings, and
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then you can also take it a stepfurther with a personalised
ring box or something that hasyour names or your initials, and
it's just a beautiful keepsakefor after the wedding.
But also photographers lovethem because they can create an
even better visual story withyour wedding bands and your
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personalised box and they justlook beautiful in photos.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Yeah, I didn't even think of that.
Do you ever get one of thepartners calling up and adding
something as a surprise?
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Absolutely.
Yes, we do that quite a bitactually.
I think it's so romantic, sothey will coordinate with the
engraving separately and they'renot going to show them to each
other until the day, and oh yeah, that just gives me goosebumps.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Yeah, I had a couple who were doing that and but they
also wanted to make sure thatthe rings were the right fit
when they received them.
So they got their best man tohelp them out with the sizing so
that they wouldn't look at theengraving while they were trying
them on for size.
So that was a really nice wayfor the best man to be involved
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as well.
I thought that was reallyspecial.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Yeah, that's nice.
I love that Mine aren'tengraved and you've now got me
thinking I've got very tinyhands, so my mine are very tiny
rings.
They're like kid sizes.
Very minute Can you stillengrave, no matter what the size
is?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
You can, but you will be limited to how long that
message is.
So the traditional handengraving you probably wouldn't
get too many characters in there.
But something we do is laserengraving, and with the laser
engraving, because it iscomputerized, we can actually
fit more characters on and alsoyou can choose what font you
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want, so you can personalize iteven more.
But yes, you would be limited.
Obviously, the bigger the ringthe better, but not impossible.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yeah, yeah, you've got me thinking.
Now I'm like for everyonelistening, if you're wondering
oh my gosh, we just we want toget each other a gift, but we
don't want to waste any moneyand we can't really afford it,
but we still want to buy a gift.
This is like the perfectpresent idea.
Like go and speak to Australianwedding rings and I'm
organizing engraving.
Like I think that's reallyspecial.
(13:38):
Like as it would be surprised,like that would be so nice.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Yeah and yeah, you'll have that gift forever.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
They can wear it inside as well.
Read it inside as often as Ilike.
I love it.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Yeah, I like imagining couples sort of taking
it off and reading it every nowand then and just thinking
about the wedding day and itbringing a smile to their faces.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Totally.
My husband surprised me on thewedding day.
Well, I kind of worked it out,but he was a smart still.
So you can't hide much from awedding planner, right?
No, but I have.
My wedding band and myinternity ring were both given
to me on the wedding day.
They're quite fine and they'reboth identical.
(14:26):
So he gifted to me on thewedding day the eternity one, so
that I could wear the whole setas matching for all the
pictures.
Oh beautiful.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
Oh, yes, so that would have made some really
lovely pictures.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
It, did it was really lovely and it was such a nice
idea it was really lovely.
I was, yeah, very blessed.
Oh, but they weren't expensiverings, you know.
But they're a great quality andthat's probably why he could do
it in the budget, because itwasn't excessive, but they're
excellent quality.
That's 10 years on and theystill look brand new.
(15:01):
So it goes to show prices andalways people are like, oh, I
have to spend all this crazymoney.
To say I spent all this money,and it's not always the case.
You just you really needquality.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
That's right.
That's right and something thatyou touched on before with the
design if it's something veryclassic, it's going to look
fabulous in five, 10, 30 yearstime.
So something like a classicband that doesn't have gemstones
on it will do those two thingsit will save you money, because
you're not spending money ondiamonds, but also it's going to
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look great at any given time.
It's just going to stay freshand always be fashionable.
You're not going to look atthis ring and say, oh my gosh,
that looks so 2023.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Yeah, yeah, it's so true.
It's so true, so you touched onit before, and a couple of
times actually, because it isimportant about the sizing and
the comfort because it's prettycrucial for wedding bands.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Especially men, right , because they're not used to
wearing one.
Oh, men are hesitant.
I know my husband was, andthey're meant to be worn every
day.
So how do couples get theirmake sure they're wedding bands
fit comfortably and securely,and what should they do if they
need to have it resized in thefuture?
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Yeah, that's I'm.
We hear that a lot with guys.
They're not used to it.
For a lot of them this is thefirst and only ring they're
gonna wear and Because they'renot used to it, it will
definitely feel weird and heavyand constricting, even if it's
the right size.
So my advice in that case is toGive it time, because the more
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you wear it, I promise you getused to it.
It will get more comfortable.
It's just that you're not usedto it.
That's why it feels strange.
But the other thing that peopledon't realize with hands is
that your hands and your fingersSwell in hot weather and shrink
in cold weather.
So and there could be anywherebetween half a size to two sizes
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different between your summerhands and your winter hands.
It's very important to not rushinto resizing.
Unless the ring is falling offor it's constructing your
circulation, then definitelyneeds to be resized now.
But if it's not, just give ittime, give it a good 12 months,
go through the seasons, work outwhat the best happy medium is,
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and Remember that in summer yourrings will get a little bit
tighter and in winter they willbe a little bit looser again, as
long as they're not falling offor cutting off your circulation
.
So that's really important.
And with resizing, if you gofor a Band that doesn't have
diamonds all the way around, ora band that's really fine and
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doesn't have a lot of gold, thenresizing is usually quite
straightforward.
So yeah, so long as you stayaway from those rings, and it
can be resized at any time.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
That's good to know.
Mine has little diamond.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
He's only on the top though, so yeah, that's perfect
then, because it leaves there'slots of room at the back, yeah,
to work on.
But yeah, if the diamonds goall the way around, yeah, you
just can't.
You wouldn't actually have toget a new ring made.
So that's really important tokeep in mind.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Oh, because I nearly went all the way around and now
know why the guy must havesuggested that.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Yeah, it's.
It's really locking you intoone size and Hands change, so
it's.
I think it's unrealistic toexpect to be the one size for
the rest of your life.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Yep, totally, and my husband?
He was very old.
This is so strange and yeah.
He thinks that's strange.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
So you just yes, it's any girl.
Yeah, it really is just down togetting used to it, feeling
comfortable and, as I said, evenif it's the right size, he
might feel that it's just tootight, and that's just because
he's not used to it.
But, yeah, give it time, bepatient with it and yeah, I
promise you you will get used toit.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Yeah, you will.
I agree.
Now we know that budget is amassive concern for most couples
, especially at the moment whenwe're talking at the end of 2023
.
It's always a concern forpeople planning a wedding,
especially at the moment.
Can you give any tips on how tofind the perfect wedding bands
that align with the couple'sbudget While maintaining their
(19:35):
quality in the craftsmanship aswell?
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
I mean, that's one of the non-negotiable things that
we do here at Australian weddingrings Trying to save money
while maintaining a high quality.
But if you're shopping in a moretraditional way at jewelry
stores, some of the things thatyou can do is, when you're
looking at different rings, makesure that you get all the
measurements and all the specsfor the band when you get your
(20:01):
quote, because sometimes twowedding bands may look the same
on your hand, but they will be adifference in price, because
maybe one has quite a differentthickness and so it's heavier,
and the other one maybe is a bitFiner and Ways less, and you
may not be able to pick up onthat straight away, but one of
them is going to besignificantly more.
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So always ask those questions.
Also, if there are any diamondsinvolved, always make sure that
you know what those diamondsare, so that you're comparing
Apples with apples.
Yes, the other thing toremember is that don't be afraid
to ask where the ring is made,because if it's an Australian
made ring, it will be adifferent price than if it's
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something that's imported fromoverseas, and while that might
save you money in the firstinstance, it might actually cost
you more in the long run, justin repair work or warranties
that sort of thing.
So yeah, buying Australian madeis usually a good way to save
money in the long run, for sure.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Yeah, I agree and support local.
I say, and that's the otherthing?
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Yeah, absolutely.
Especially at this sort of time, I think it's a lovely thing to
do as well.
And then, of course, dependingon budget, there are lots of
other non-precious metalalternatives that you can look
at.
There are so many options outthere, for example, zirconium,
titanium, silicon, wood.
(21:31):
Any of these materials as wellcan make for a beautiful ring at
a completely different pricepoint.
The only thing to remember withthose is that they do have
limitations, like, for example,most of them are not resizable,
so if you need to resize in thefuture, you probably will need
to buy another ring.
Also, some of them, dependingon your line of work, may not be
(21:54):
recommended because they can'tbe cut off in an emergency.
I'm sorry, yeah, just be aware,with those non-traditional
metals, that they do have somelimitations.
Yeah, that's good to know, it'ssimple.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
So how far out does and I get asked this quite often
and it'd be good to me I'mwanting to answer, as well as my
listeners.
But how far out does anengagement ring and a wedding
band actually need to be ordered?
Because we talk about weddingdresses all the time and we're
all like minimum six months wedon't talk about the rings, and
some people can leave it rightfor the last minute.
(22:30):
Then they're stressed out.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
It is.
Yeah, I think a lot of peoplewho may go to a jewelry store
would expect to actually walkaway with the ring right on that
day, which is not how it works.
So for engagement rings, let'stalk about those first.
In an ideal world, you wouldstart the process 12 or six
months before you need it, andthat's because it's like buying
(22:53):
a house or a car.
The actual purchasing processis really fast, but you're time
to do your research, to findwhat something you'd like to
view diamonds, to choose the onethat you like.
They might not be available inAustralia.
They may have to be imported in.
All those things take time.
So I would say at least sixmonths before you actually need
(23:16):
it, just to be on the safe side.
Of course, you could look atready-made options as well, but
that might not give you theexact diamond or the exact
design that you want.
Yeah, yeah.
So trading rings are a littlebit more straightforward, which
is good, but I would stillrecommend that you go and look
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at least six months out, makeyour decisions, work out what
you like and then ask yourretailer when you need to action
.
That, because the standard timevaries anywhere between two and
eight weeks, depending how it'smade or where it's made.
Having said that, I have heardof people who have had to
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postpone their elopementsbecause the wedding rings
weren't ready.
They were delayed, so the moretime you have up your sleeve,
definitely the better.
But yeah, so I would say, sixmonths out, go on planet, talk
to your jeweler and then askthat question, because the
answer will vary.
For example, with us we're veryfast, so if you were to order
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it today, it would be on yourhand in about 12 days.
Oh wow.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
That's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
It's very fast, and we have had couples who have
left it till the last minute andwe were able to give them a
beautiful wedding band in timefor their wedding.
So we love doing that too, butI would say, don't leave it till
the last 12 days either.
Yeah, because that does placeunnecessary stress.
Yeah, so how do?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
you get them to size it, to have it turned around
that quickly.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
We do have a free size that's available on our
website.
You can request one and that'sactually sent to your house, and
so you can measure your fingeryourself.
There's a full instructions andit's very easy.
It's surprisingly easy and alsosurprisingly accurate.
It's very accurate.
So if you are getting marriedin a hurry, we do have an option
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for Express Post, or be in yourhouse in a couple of days and
place the order.
Let us know when you're gettingmarried and we'll prioritise it
so that you do have it in time.
We haven't missed a wedding yet, so let's put it that way.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
I love that.
I love that sizing idea.
That's fantastic.
What a great service you'vecreated.
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
It is, and the idea is that you can do all that.
You can organise all that fromhome on your own time.
After hours, or because you aretime poor, when you're planning
a wedding, there is no time togo and just find your size and
look around.
So that's what we're trying tosave you just the time to do all
these things.
They come to you.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Oh, I think I said at the start when I introduced you
guys that Ozzie made and ownedyour lifetime warranty custom
made, and you're all about whatwas it?
And I see this everywhere.
You like save time and moneyand stress and I'm like, oh my
gosh, absolutely.
That is everything I'm allabout, because they're all the
key stresses of wedding planning.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
So exactly and yeah, I found out about that when I
was planning my own wedding andI thought, wow, for somebody who
has to go out there and workout what they need, go get sized
, that's a lot of time.
So if we can condense that andthen give it to you in a way
that you can shop on your owntime when you can, you can do it
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while you're commuting to workor after the kids have gone to
bed.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
That's what we're all about.
Yeah, that's fantastic.
I love that, especially at atime where it feels like
everyone is just so much busierthan they were.
It feels like everyone youspeak to at the moment is so
busy.
And then you add weddingplanning on that.
Oh gosh, You've got anotherfull time job right.
Absolutely, it really is a fulltime job.
It is so I love that you canoffer that service.
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That's fantastic.
So tell us I know we've talkeda bit about rings and everything
that you do.
It's a great service that youhave.
What is your number one weddingplanning tip?
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Oh wow.
This is actually something thatmy husband and I did when we
were planning our wedding.
So my tip is to sit downindividually and make a list of
the things that you imagine atyour wedding.
Just go nuts.
And then split those up intofour groups.
There's the must have, the niceto have, the I don't mind if I
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don't have it or not, and the Idon't want, and that really
helps to visualize what'simportant.
And then bring those two liststogether and what you'll end up
with is a little bit of ablueprint of what's important to
you.
And then, obviously, that willalso help you prioritize where
to allocate your money and yourtime and also, if you need to
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cull.
Also, you know exactly whichcolumn to cull from first so
that worked really well for us.
And then, in thinking aboutwhat sort of things to put on
the list, I think I would saydon't feel that you have to have
things at your wedding justbecause they are tradition or
because you think that they areexpected.
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I think one of the trends thatI'm seeing is that a lot of
brides are not comfortable withthe garter toss and so and
they're asking the question I'mstressing about this because I
don't want to do it, but we needto do it.
The reality is, if you don'twant to do it, you don't need to
do it.
So, yeah, I think that would bemy twofold wedding tip.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Oh, alex, you are.
I feel like you've done my calmbride planner course actually,
because the very first thingthat we do in the very first
lesson is that we actually dopretty similar to what you said,
is we get them to put downeverything that they think of
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imagine and then, yeah, thenthat's the first lesson.
Then further down in the course, we do exactly what you said,
we break it down, and so that issuch a great tip.
I'm like, oh, I love what yousay.
It's so important and a littlewedding vision, right Like it
creates the wedding vision, andit's just so important.
Speaker 2 (29:29):
Yeah, so important and it worked really well for us
.
So it was.
I could see that it actuallyworks because you're stressed
and you have to tell things andyou know exactly where to go or
what's important to you and yourpartner.
So I think that also reducesthe amount of arguments that you
have.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
It does.
It also helps you makedecisions like there's always
one partner that's really intothe planning more than the other
, yes, and if you know what theywant and they're busy, you can
make a decision because that'swhat they wanted to, or that
they didn't want that, so youwon't have that.
So it just helps so much withthat decision making, which
speeds everything up.
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It's so important.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
Great tip and good on you for doing that, because so
many people miss that step atthe start as well, so it's
really important.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing that.
Tell the listeners I've lovedchatting with you.
I've learned so much myself ohgreat, About rings today.
I can't believe how much I'velearned.
Tell the listeners where canthey find Australian Wedding
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Rings?
And find you and see more aboutwhat you offer.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Yes, so the best place is our website.
It'sAustralianweddingringscomau, and
I think the other place wouldbe Instagram.
Our handle is at AustralianWedding Rings.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Yeah, perfect, very easy.
And I'm going to linkeverything in the show notes as
well so that the listeners cango there and link through and
have a look at your rings andyour service.
And if you have any questions,guys, and you're just not sure,
alex is more than happy to talkto you and answer your questions
as well.
That's what they're there for.
They're there for a properservice as well, so make sure
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you answer them Absolutely.
Thank you so much, alex.
It's been so nice to talk toyou.
Thanks, yvette.
I've had so much fun.
Thanks for having me on, I'mglad.
Thanks for that.
Welcome to the Manage my Wedding podcast, where we
believe your wedding is the mostimportant time in your life and
you deserve to feel supportedand organised when planning the
wedding of your dreams.
I'm your host, yvette Sidders.
Today, I am joined on thepodcast with Alex, who owns
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Australian Wedding Rings, andthey will save you time, money
and stress, and that is whateveryone listening to this
podcast episode is all about.
They are Australian made andowned, lifetime warranty and
custom made fast, and I lovethose things about Australian
Wedding Rings.
So welcome to the Manage myWedding podcast, alex.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Thank you so much.
I'm so excited to be here andtalk about wedding rings.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I'm happy to have you .
You are the very first person,out of 200 and however many
episodes, to come and talk aboutrings.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Oh, wow, yeah, the wedding rings.
I feel because they are sosmall they almost forgotten
about on the wedding.
It is a small feature and it'squite a personal feature the
ring exchange.
So it's not like the flowersthat are very Instagram worthy
but, yeah, very important partof the wedding.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
It is, and that's why I think it's so important to
have you on here and to talkabout it.
I personally know how much Ilove my rings.
I have the same ones that Iordered at the time and I love
them.
I love them, oh, lovely.
Sometimes my husband's like oh,do you think you'll ever
upgrade them?
I'm like no, like this is thesymbol of that day, like it's
(01:37):
yeah and that's gorgeous, yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
And that's really gorgeous to see.
It's definitely that's the sortof feeling that you want to
have out of a wedding band,rather than thinking, oh no, I
need to upgrade this because itdoesn't look good anymore or I'm
not happy with it, so yeah,that's exactly the kind of
feeling that a wedding bandshould give you.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
And the fashion changes so fast.
But I just don't feel likethat's one of those things that
needs to change.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Yes, that's the other thing too.
Yeah, classic is always bestfor that reason.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Absolutely, and I'm sure you're going to touch on
that.
Mine is very classic, sochoosing a wedding band, it is a
very I feel like it's abeautiful, significant decision.
So what do you feel like arethe key factors that brides and
grooms should consider when theyare picking a wedding ring?
That that complements theirengagement ring as well and
complements them and theirpersonality and their style.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Yes, it's a very tough decision, but it's also
very exciting, and I think in myexperience, the most important
thing to think about is actuallythe comfort and practicality,
which doesn't sound veryexciting, but a wedding ring is
a functional piece of jewelryand you will be wearing it for a
long time, so it has to comeinto it.
(02:52):
To explain this, I like theusing the analogy of a pair of
shoes.
If you think about thedifference in the shoes that you
would wear to work or on anight out or to a picnic,
they're all different.
But if you had to pick just onepair of shoes to wear every day
and to do all those things,what type of shoes would you
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pick?
Because essentially, that'swhat you're asking from a
wedding ring You're asking it tobe the one ring you wear
everywhere and to do everything.
So it's comfort and durabilityhas to come into that, for sure.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
That is a very good point.
I'm so glad that you startedwith that instead of the design,
because it's so true, you'vegot to wear it every single day.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Absolutely Going back to the shoe analogy, if I was
to pick a pair of flats, I wouldget a lot more wear of them
than, for example, a pair ofstilettos.
It's the same with a ring.
If you choose a ring that'scomfortable and sturdy, you will
actually wear it and it will becomfortable.
Then you're also not going tobe worried about damaging it.
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That's the other thing.
If you have a ring that haslots of diamonds or it's very
dainty or very intricate, youmight actually find that you are
afraid to wear it because itcatches on your hair or it might
get damaged.
So these are the sort of thingsto think about when picking a
ring.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Yeah, that's good.
I didn't even think of thosethings as considerations, so
that's very valid points.
Wedding bands they come in, aswe know, so many various metals,
designs, styles.
Can you explain the differencebetween the whole popular white
gold, yellow gold, platinum,rose gold?
What factors should the couplesbe considering when they're
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choosing the right metal fortheir wedding bands?
Speaker 2 (04:43):
I'm so glad you asked this question because I love
talking about metals and gold.
It's one of my favourite things.
So the different colour goldswhite, rose or yellow they're
essentially a mix of pure goldand other metals.
So, depending on what colourgold you want, pure gold is
mixed with other metals likecopper or silver or platinum, to
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give them the colour rose orthe colour white, for example,
and typically gold is alwaysmixed because it does make it
stronger.
I didn't know that.
Yeah, pure gold is just way toosoft for it to be a long-term
piece of jewelry.
I know that you can actuallyget jewelry that is very
high-carat 22 or 24-carat gold,but it's not durable jewelry,
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which is what you want in awedding ring.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
And I never knew that you mixed golds to make rose
gold.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Yes, yeah.
So just tweaking the coppercontent in the gold will give it
a slightly rose colour.
Likewise with white.
If you mix it with platinum,that's what will actually give
it the colour, but it's still apure gold base.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Right, okay, now I understand.
I'm learning a lot myself today.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Excellent.
And then the other thing is thecarat.
So when people talk about carat, like 18 carat or 9 carat for
example, what that measures ishow much pure gold there is in
that mix of gold or alloy.
So, for example, with 18 caratit has 75% pure gold and 9 carat
has 37.5% pure gold, Thank you.
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And that's where the differencein price comes in, because
obviously if you have more puregold it's more expensive than if
you have less pure gold.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, okay, that makes sense.
I remember when I was picking Ipicked my wedding, my
engagement ring my husbandproposed to me with a pretend
one, because he wanted us to gotogether and experience that
together and do that together,which at the time I was like, oh
, I wasn't sure how I felt aboutthat.
(06:47):
But I'm so glad that's whathappened, because it was such a
beautiful experience to dotogether and I nearly opted for
white gold because it was infashion.
Yes yes, and I had to sit on itand really think about it.
Everyone was getting white goldat the time.
It was when the pear shape wasvery popular.
(07:08):
I nearly was steered towards go, let's go the pear shape and
let's go white gold.
And I'm so glad now I didn't.
I stuck to.
I wear, sorry, yellow gold andI always wanted that princess
classic ring and I'm so glad nowthat I went with what I love,
not what the fashion was tellingme to do, because I nearly
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messed up.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Yeah, that's really interesting.
But very important it is areflection of you, so it's good
to think about that and not justsort of follow a trend.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Yeah it's definitely important.
Do people ever ask you whatthey should pick, or do you do
they usually?
Do you help guide them throughthat picking that, what colors,
right for them?
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Yeah, absolutely, because, as you said, I like
this, but this is trendy, andwhat I usually say to people
it's you know, trends come andgo.
So, like you said, white goldat that time was really popular.
Then yellow gold became reallypopular, and so that's why it
has to be really important thatyou choose something that you
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feel goes with your other pieces.
Also, for example, for men, ifthey have a dress watch or a
sports watch that they wear,pick that color, because you're
less likely to go out and changeyour watch every so often.
Same with women.
I say well, do you wear otherjewelry?
What color is that?
Or is there more of one coloror another, or you could have
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both.
If you really can't make upyour mind, have both the two.
Tone is gorgeous, and there area few ways that you can do it
so that it looks really nice andpurposeful, and then you
actually all your options openbecause you can wear any color
then.
So that's a really clever ideaas well.
Yeah, the best of both worlds.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
Yeah, I like that.
I do like that, mine, actually,when I look at it, because
you've now got my thinking.
My bands, my wedding bands, areyellow gold.
My engagement ring is yellowgold, but is it the claw?
Is that what it's called?
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, the setting that would hold the diamond,
white gold, ah, so you wouldhave a mixture of the two.
So if you wanted to add a whitegold element, obviously you
already have your wedding bands.
But if you wanted to add whitegold in the wedding bands, then
you already have that in theengagement ring as well.
So you could definitely mixthem in and then all your
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options are open.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Yeah, I love that.
I do love that.
Customization, we know, is amassive growing trend in wedding
bands.
What do Sins do couples havefor personalising their wedding
bands and how can they maketheir rings unique to them and
their love story?
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Yeah, it's, as you said, very trendy and it's
actually at the core of what weoffer at Australian wedding
rings, because even a classicring can be personalised, and
that's by choosing specs likewhat gold colour or how wide the
ring should be.
And then, for example, ifyou're matching it with an
engagement ring, there are acouple of classic options, for
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example, having the engagementring sorry, the wedding band be
the same width as the engagementring band or be a lot wider
than the engagement ring band,so just in the actual shape and
specs of the rings you can haveyour own style.
And then, of course, myfavourite way of personalising a
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ring is with an engravedmessage.
I just find that such a sweetway of personalising it, and it
could be something verytraditional, like your wedding
date or your names, or even asimple I love you in the band.
That would be lovely.
And you can also get verycreative.
(10:55):
For example, you could do thecordon that's the way you met.
That's, I think that's just someaningful for the both of you.
Or even something funny, like alittle inside joke that only
you're going to get, so anythingthat's personal and that's
going to bring a smile to yourface when you see it in five
years time.
So that's a beautiful way ofpersonalising the rings, and
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then you can also take it a stepfurther with a personalised
ring box or something that hasyour names or your initials, and
it's just a beautiful keepsakefor after the wedding.
But also photographers lovethem because they can create an
even better visual story withyour wedding bands and your
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personalised box and they justlook beautiful in photos.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Yeah, I didn't even think of that.
Do you ever get one of thepartners calling up and adding
something as a surprise?
Speaker 2 (11:48):
Absolutely.
Yes, we do that quite a bitactually.
I think it's so romantic, sothey will coordinate with the
engraving separately and they'renot going to show them to each
other until the day, and oh yeah, that just gives me goosebumps.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
I love that.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Yeah, I had a couple who were doing that and but they
also wanted to make sure thatthe rings were the right fit
when they received them.
So they got their best man tohelp them out with the sizing so
that they wouldn't look at theengraving while they were trying
them on for size.
So that was a really nice wayfor the best man to be involved
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as well.
I thought that was reallyspecial.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Yeah, that's nice.
I love that Mine aren'tengraved and you've now got me
thinking I've got very tinyhands, so my mine are very tiny
rings.
They're like kid sizes.
Very minute Can you stillengrave, no matter what the size
is?
Speaker 2 (12:46):
You can, but you will be limited to how long that
message is.
So the traditional handengraving you probably wouldn't
get too many characters in there.
But something we do is laserengraving, and with the laser
engraving, because it iscomputerized, we can actually
fit more characters on and alsoyou can choose what font you
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want, so you can personalize iteven more.
But yes, you would be limited.
Obviously, the bigger the ringthe better, but not impossible.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
Yeah, yeah, you've got me thinking.
Now I'm like for everyonelistening, if you're wondering
oh my gosh, we just we want toget each other a gift, but we
don't want to waste any moneyand we can't really afford it,
but we still want to buy a gift.
This is like the perfectpresent idea.
Like go and speak to Australianwedding rings and I'm
organizing engraving.
Like I think that's reallyspecial.
(13:38):
Like as it would be surprised,like that would be so nice.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Yeah and yeah, you'll have that gift forever.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
They can wear it inside as well.
Read it inside as often as Ilike.
I love it.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
Yeah, I like imagining couples sort of taking
it off and reading it every nowand then and just thinking
about the wedding day and itbringing a smile to their faces.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Totally.
My husband surprised me on thewedding day.
Well, I kind of worked it out,but he was a smart still.
So you can't hide much from awedding planner, right?
No, but I have.
My wedding band and myinternity ring were both given
to me on the wedding day.
They're quite fine and they'reboth identical.
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So he gifted to me on thewedding day the eternity one, so
that I could wear the whole setas matching for all the
pictures.
Oh beautiful.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
Oh, yes, so that would have made some really
lovely pictures.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
It, did it was really lovely and it was such a nice
idea it was really lovely.
I was, yeah, very blessed.
Oh, but they weren't expensiverings, you know.
But they're a great quality andthat's probably why he could do
it in the budget, because itwasn't excessive, but they're
excellent quality.
That's 10 years on and theystill look brand new.
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So it goes to show prices andalways people are like, oh, I
have to spend all this crazymoney.
To say I spent all this money,and it's not always the case.
You just you really needquality.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
That's right.
That's right and something thatyou touched on before with the
design if it's something veryclassic, it's going to look
fabulous in five, 10, 30 yearstime.
So something like a classicband that doesn't have gemstones
on it will do those two thingsit will save you money, because
you're not spending money ondiamonds, but also it's going to
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look great at any given time.
It's just going to stay freshand always be fashionable.
You're not going to look atthis ring and say, oh my gosh,
that looks so 2023.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Yeah, yeah, it's so true.
It's so true, so you touched onit before, and a couple of
times actually, because it isimportant about the sizing and
the comfort because it's prettycrucial for wedding bands.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Especially men, right , because they're not used to
wearing one.
Oh, men are hesitant.
I know my husband was, andthey're meant to be worn every
day.
So how do couples get theirmake sure they're wedding bands
fit comfortably and securely,and what should they do if they
need to have it resized in thefuture?
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Yeah, that's I'm.
We hear that a lot with guys.
They're not used to it.
For a lot of them this is thefirst and only ring they're
gonna wear and Because they'renot used to it, it will
definitely feel weird and heavyand constricting, even if it's
the right size.
So my advice in that case is toGive it time, because the more
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you wear it, I promise you getused to it.
It will get more comfortable.
It's just that you're not usedto it.
That's why it feels strange.
But the other thing that peopledon't realize with hands is
that your hands and your fingersSwell in hot weather and shrink
in cold weather.
So and there could be anywherebetween half a size to two sizes
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different between your summerhands and your winter hands.
It's very important to not rushinto resizing.
Unless the ring is falling offor it's constructing your
circulation, then definitelyneeds to be resized now.
But if it's not, just give ittime, give it a good 12 months,
go through the seasons, work outwhat the best happy medium is,
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and Remember that in summer yourrings will get a little bit
tighter and in winter they willbe a little bit looser again, as
long as they're not falling offor cutting off your circulation
.
So that's really important.
And with resizing, if you gofor a Band that doesn't have
diamonds all the way around, ora band that's really fine and
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doesn't have a lot of gold, thenresizing is usually quite
straightforward.
So yeah, so long as you stayaway from those rings, and it
can be resized at any time.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
That's good to know.
Mine has little diamond.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
He's only on the top though, so yeah, that's perfect
then, because it leaves there'slots of room at the back, yeah,
to work on.
But yeah, if the diamonds goall the way around, yeah, you
just can't.
You wouldn't actually have toget a new ring made.
So that's really important tokeep in mind.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Oh, because I nearly went all the way around and now
know why the guy must havesuggested that.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Yeah, it's.
It's really locking you intoone size and Hands change, so
it's.
I think it's unrealistic toexpect to be the one size for
the rest of your life.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
Yep, totally, and my husband?
He was very old.
This is so strange and yeah.
He thinks that's strange.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
So you just yes, it's any girl.
Yeah, it really is just down togetting used to it, feeling
comfortable and, as I said, evenif it's the right size, he
might feel that it's just tootight, and that's just because
he's not used to it.
But, yeah, give it time, bepatient with it and yeah, I
promise you you will get used toit.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Yeah, you will.
I agree.
Now we know that budget is amassive concern for most couples
, especially at the moment whenwe're talking at the end of 2023
.
It's always a concern forpeople planning a wedding,
especially at the moment.
Can you give any tips on how tofind the perfect wedding bands
that align with the couple'sbudget While maintaining their
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quality in the craftsmanship aswell?
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
I mean, that's one of the non-negotiable things that
we do here at Australian weddingrings Trying to save money
while maintaining a high quality.
But if you're shopping in a moretraditional way at jewelry
stores, some of the things thatyou can do is, when you're
looking at different rings, makesure that you get all the
measurements and all the specsfor the band when you get your
(20:01):
quote, because sometimes twowedding bands may look the same
on your hand, but they will be adifference in price, because
maybe one has quite a differentthickness and so it's heavier,
and the other one maybe is a bitFiner and Ways less, and you
may not be able to pick up onthat straight away, but one of
them is going to besignificantly more.
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So always ask those questions.
Also, if there are any diamondsinvolved, always make sure that
you know what those diamondsare, so that you're comparing
Apples with apples.
Yes, the other thing toremember is that don't be afraid
to ask where the ring is made,because if it's an Australian
made ring, it will be adifferent price than if it's
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something that's imported fromoverseas, and while that might
save you money in the firstinstance, it might actually cost
you more in the long run, justin repair work or warranties
that sort of thing.
So yeah, buying Australian madeis usually a good way to save
money in the long run, for sure.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Yeah, I agree and support local.
I say, and that's the otherthing?
Speaker 2 (21:09):
Yeah, absolutely.
Especially at this sort of time, I think it's a lovely thing to
do as well.
And then, of course, dependingon budget, there are lots of
other non-precious metalalternatives that you can look
at.
There are so many options outthere, for example, zirconium,
titanium, silicon, wood.
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Any of these materials as wellcan make for a beautiful ring at
a completely different pricepoint.
The only thing to remember withthose is that they do have
limitations, like, for example,most of them are not resizable,
so if you need to resize in thefuture, you probably will need
to buy another ring.
Also, some of them, dependingon your line of work, may not be
(21:54):
recommended because they can'tbe cut off in an emergency.
I'm sorry, yeah, just be aware,with those non-traditional
metals, that they do have somelimitations.
Yeah, that's good to know, it'ssimple.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
So how far out does and I get asked this quite often
and it'd be good to me I'mwanting to answer, as well as my
listeners.
But how far out does anengagement ring and a wedding
band actually need to be ordered?
Because we talk about weddingdresses all the time and we're
all like minimum six months wedon't talk about the rings, and
some people can leave it rightfor the last minute.
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Then they're stressed out.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
It is.
Yeah, I think a lot of peoplewho may go to a jewelry store
would expect to actually walkaway with the ring right on that
day, which is not how it works.
So for engagement rings, let'stalk about those first.
In an ideal world, you wouldstart the process 12 or six
months before you need it, andthat's because it's like buying
(22:53):
a house or a car.
The actual purchasing processis really fast, but you're time
to do your research, to findwhat something you'd like to
view diamonds, to choose the onethat you like.
They might not be available inAustralia.
They may have to be imported in.
All those things take time.
So I would say at least sixmonths before you actually need
(23:16):
it, just to be on the safe side.
Of course, you could look atready-made options as well, but
that might not give you theexact diamond or the exact
design that you want.
Yeah, yeah.
So trading rings are a littlebit more straightforward, which
is good, but I would stillrecommend that you go and look
(23:36):
at least six months out, makeyour decisions, work out what
you like and then ask yourretailer when you need to action
.
That, because the standard timevaries anywhere between two and
eight weeks, depending how it'smade or where it's made.
Having said that, I have heardof people who have had to
(23:58):
postpone their elopementsbecause the wedding rings
weren't ready.
They were delayed, so the moretime you have up your sleeve,
definitely the better.
But yeah, so I would say, sixmonths out, go on planet, talk
to your jeweler and then askthat question, because the
answer will vary.
For example, with us we're veryfast, so if you were to order
(24:22):
it today, it would be on yourhand in about 12 days.
Oh wow.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
That's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
It's very fast, and we have had couples who have
left it till the last minute andwe were able to give them a
beautiful wedding band in timefor their wedding.
So we love doing that too, butI would say, don't leave it till
the last 12 days either.
Yeah, because that does placeunnecessary stress.
Yeah, so how do?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
you get them to size it, to have it turned around
that quickly.
Speaker 2 (24:54):
We do have a free size that's available on our
website.
You can request one and that'sactually sent to your house, and
so you can measure your fingeryourself.
There's a full instructions andit's very easy.
It's surprisingly easy and alsosurprisingly accurate.
It's very accurate.
So if you are getting marriedin a hurry, we do have an option
(25:16):
for Express Post, or be in yourhouse in a couple of days and
place the order.
Let us know when you're gettingmarried and we'll prioritise it
so that you do have it in time.
We haven't missed a wedding yet, so let's put it that way.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
I love that.
I love that sizing idea.
That's fantastic.
What a great service you'vecreated.
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (25:37):
It is, and the idea is that you can do all that.
You can organise all that fromhome on your own time.
After hours, or because you aretime poor, when you're planning
a wedding, there is no time togo and just find your size and
look around.
So that's what we're trying tosave you just the time to do all
these things.
They come to you.
Speaker 1 (25:59):
Oh, I think I said at the start when I introduced you
guys that Ozzie made and ownedyour lifetime warranty custom
made, and you're all about whatwas it?
And I see this everywhere.
You like save time and moneyand stress and I'm like, oh my
gosh, absolutely.
That is everything I'm allabout, because they're all the
key stresses of wedding planning.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
So exactly and yeah, I found out about that when I
was planning my own wedding andI thought, wow, for somebody who
has to go out there and workout what they need, go get sized
, that's a lot of time.
So if we can condense that andthen give it to you in a way
that you can shop on your owntime when you can, you can do it
(26:41):
while you're commuting to workor after the kids have gone to
bed.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
That's what we're all about.
Yeah, that's fantastic.
I love that, especially at atime where it feels like
everyone is just so much busierthan they were.
It feels like everyone youspeak to at the moment is so
busy.
And then you add weddingplanning on that.
Oh gosh, You've got anotherfull time job right.
Absolutely, it really is a fulltime job.
It is so I love that you canoffer that service.
(27:07):
That's fantastic.
So tell us I know we've talkeda bit about rings and everything
that you do.
It's a great service that youhave.
What is your number one weddingplanning tip?
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Oh wow.
This is actually something thatmy husband and I did when we
were planning our wedding.
So my tip is to sit downindividually and make a list of
the things that you imagine atyour wedding.
Just go nuts.
And then split those up intofour groups.
There's the must have, the niceto have, the I don't mind if I
(27:42):
don't have it or not, and the Idon't want, and that really
helps to visualize what'simportant.
And then bring those two liststogether and what you'll end up
with is a little bit of ablueprint of what's important to
you.
And then, obviously, that willalso help you prioritize where
to allocate your money and yourtime and also, if you need to
(28:05):
cull.
Also, you know exactly whichcolumn to cull from first so
that worked really well for us.
And then, in thinking aboutwhat sort of things to put on
the list, I think I would saydon't feel that you have to have
things at your wedding justbecause they are tradition or
because you think that they areexpected.
(28:26):
I think one of the trends thatI'm seeing is that a lot of
brides are not comfortable withthe garter toss and so and
they're asking the question I'mstressing about this because I
don't want to do it, but we needto do it.
The reality is, if you don'twant to do it, you don't need to
do it.
So, yeah, I think that would bemy twofold wedding tip.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Oh, alex, you are.
I feel like you've done my calmbride planner course actually,
because the very first thingthat we do in the very first
lesson is that we actually dopretty similar to what you said,
is we get them to put downeverything that they think of
(29:09):
imagine and then, yeah, thenthat's the first lesson.
Then further down in the course, we do exactly what you said,
we break it down, and so that issuch a great tip.
I'm like, oh, I love what yousay.
It's so important and a littlewedding vision, right Like it
creates the wedding vision, andit's just so important.
Speaker 2 (29:29):
Yeah, so important and it worked really well for us
.
So it was.
I could see that it actuallyworks because you're stressed
and you have to tell things andyou know exactly where to go or
what's important to you and yourpartner.
So I think that also reducesthe amount of arguments that you
have.
Speaker 1 (29:46):
It does.
It also helps you makedecisions like there's always
one partner that's really intothe planning more than the other
, yes, and if you know what theywant and they're busy, you can
make a decision because that'swhat they wanted to, or that
they didn't want that, so youwon't have that.
So it just helps so much withthat decision making, which
speeds everything up.
(30:06):
It's so important.
Speaker 2 (30:07):
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1 (30:09):
Great tip and good on you for doing that, because so
many people miss that step atthe start as well, so it's
really important.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing that.
Tell the listeners I've lovedchatting with you.
I've learned so much myself ohgreat, About rings today.
I can't believe how much I'velearned.
Tell the listeners where canthey find Australian Wedding
(30:29):
Rings?
And find you and see more aboutwhat you offer.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
Yes, so the best place is our website.
It'sAustralianweddingringscomau, and
I think the other place wouldbe Instagram.
Our handle is at AustralianWedding Rings.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Yeah, perfect, very easy.
And I'm going to linkeverything in the show notes as
well so that the listeners cango there and link through and
have a look at your rings andyour service.
And if you have any questions,guys, and you're just not sure,
alex is more than happy to talkto you and answer your questions
as well.
That's what they're there for.
They're there for a properservice as well, so make sure
(31:08):
you answer them Absolutely.
Thank you so much, alex.
It's been so nice to talk toyou.
Thanks, yvette.
I've had so much fun.
Thanks for having me on, I'mglad.
Thanks for that.
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