An alternative to traditional wedding rings

When Brenda first wrote she thanked us for having this alternative to the traditional wedding ring. She said she'd known she wanted wood wedding rings for a long time. These beautiful blackwood and blue spruce rings will be winding their way to Jamaica in a few months.

She wrote "We love our rings... Everyone we've shown is very impressed as well. Not only by the beauty, but also by the idea of a wooden ring instead of metal. We'll keep in touch and send pictures of the wedding! My expectations have far been exceeded!
Thank you both so much!"

And you are both so welcome Brenda. It's been our pleasure!

Hawaiian Koa wood ring with an oak band.

"Just got back from the UK to find the ring here waiting for me, thank you so much it looks stunning! She’ll be thrilled with it. Thank you again for all your hard work and kind emails."

This pretty ring now lives in New York City. It was lovingly designed using a dark Hawaiian koa wood and a grainy oak inlaid band. It's a size 5 1/2, 4mm wide and gently rounded.

Wooden rings with two hearts

This Michigan couple designed their Touch Wood Rings to be made of juniper heart wood, with purple heart wood liners and narrow golden koa inlaid bands.

Their rings are 5 and 7mm wide with slight tapers.

In just a few days these folks will be married.

We'll be thinking of you and sending our love!

Rosewood friends

Often our conversations with people start months before the work actually begins and so it's always gratifying to hear back from folks after our work is done. I get pretty attached to folks while chatting with them over a period of months and David develops a special relationship with people through making their rings. Dani and Schmick have been in our lives for awhile ~ another couple of wonderful people whose kindness humbles us and whose friendship we value.

Upon receiving their rings, Dani wrote ~ "I was wondering how you would package our rings and I was very pleasantly surprised to see the beautiful card they were in. The rings are absolutely beautiful. They feel and look very elegant on our fingers. It's kinda funny but, in the pictures you don't get a sense of how delicate they actually are and I can't imagine the skill, care, and patience it must take to make them. They are perfect.

Since we both make a living with our hands, we are having a friend weave hemp necklaces for us to put the rings on while we are at work so now we are searching for some nice wood beads to put in the necklace. We would like to thank you, not only for all your time, effort and love that you put into this process, but also for being the beautiful people you are and for providing people with such a fantastic way to symbolize their commitment and love.

Words cannot express how much I have enjoyed this process starting from the moment I found your website and instantly knew I was in the right place. You will always be in our hearts."

Juniper heart wood rings for another lovely Canadian couple

When Caroline and Loch designed their Touch Wood Rings they described what they liked about the juniper heartwood;

“We love the grain of the juniper heartwood and its varied colours. We would prefer not to have the grain only parallel (horizontal) all of the way around the ring (though we don't mind that for a bit if that is the way the wood goes) or too vertical. We like the natural flowing lines of the grain.”

Here are the rings David made for them. They are lined with birds eye maple and inscribed.


Caroline writes: “ The rings are absolutely gorgeous. They are exactly what we were hoping :) They are absolutely stunning and fit perfectly. Also - we love how you featured the grain of the wood. Thank you so much - we love them.”

Wooden rings designed by a Canadian couple

Lianne and Stu first made contact with us last summer. They designed their rings incorporating two striking woods. Their rings are made of Grenadilla with wide dark koa wood bands and koa wood liners.

Here is what Lianne wrote to us the other day.

"Hi Nicola and David,
We got our rings yesterday, and we LOVE THEM!!! They are stunning. I knew they would be lovely from the photos, but as happy customers on your site say, the photos do not do the rings justice! Stu and I agreed not to try them on at the same time, until we are married ;) but we eagerly took turns trying our lovely rings on as we sat on the couch, by the fireplace. They also fit perfectly, so thank you for all the love and hard work that went into making them perfect!! We will definitely send you some photos from the wedding!
take care, Lianne "

David and I look forward to those wedding photos and as always we are so grateful to all the lovely folks who, like Lianne and Stu, wander into our lives and let us share in their joy.

Wood you marry me?

He sought an alternative to diamonds and gemstones.
He will ask his sweetheart to marry him and will be proposing with this wooden ring he designed especially for her.

This wooden engagement ring was made of Hawaiian Koa with two bands of blue spruce and a center band of zebra wood.

We await the good news and won't say anymore for now :)

Sabrina and Eric's Touch Wood Wedding Rings

A lovely couple (newlyweds) from Nebraska and the pic they sent to us from their wedding day wearing their wooden rings. (photographer Bob Meier)

"We just wanted to thank you again for our beautiful wedding rings! Our wedding day went just fine and we received many compliments (and still do) on our Touch Wood Rings. We love wearing them!

It was wonderful to "meet" you both, --we just cannot say how fortunate we feel to have stumbled on your website during our search for wedding rings--we are so happy with them and just loved the experience of working with you and David. It makes our rings truly something special. We will keep up with you both on your websites--we love seeing the photographs you post on your blog."

Sabrina and Eric designed these walnut rings with juniper heartwood liners and oak bands.

More wood rings

A wood ring from the orchard

For this ring, MLE secretly collected three woods from her fiance's orchard, she sent the wood to David, waited for the wood to dry and cure ~ (it was tucked into the end compartment of our wood cook stove for a couple of months) ~ and then left it in David's hands to create something beautiful using her three woods.


In her own words ~

"How do I love the ring, there are not the words to describe. My fiance was very touched by the whole thing, the thought behind the ring, the inscription, the workmanship (it fits perfectly). I am thankful for the whole experience and wish you both continued health and happiness."