A friend who runs a bridal gown shop said last year that come 1st January brides to-be across the country wake up and think Oh my God, I'm getting married this year. Her busiest time of the year is between January and March. We make all types of gold jewellery but a large proportion of our clients are people wanting bespoke wedding rings. Brides must go and order their dresses then think about their wedding rings because the busiest time for us is Febuary to May for summer weddings and September to October for winter ones.
The clients who come to us for handmade wedding rings tend to want something a bit out of the ordinary, or perhaps I've already made their engagement rings and they need it matching up but in either case it begins with a meeting and a discussion about which colour gold they want, what width, shape and weight they want and what their budget is. People think that handmade jewellery is going to be a lot more expensive than something bought from the high street that's been machine made. That's not always the case, often weght for weight handmade will prove cheaper, that's because with handmade you pay for the amount of gold used, not some nominal idea of what a ring is worth set by a high street store that has a huge infrastructure to support. For value, quality and individuality handmade will always beat machine made and because no two items can ever be replicated exactly when made by hand which means your bespoke piece will be the only one there is in existence.
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