Live Oak and Lovely People

"Hi Nicola, I thought you would enjoy seeing the wonderful ring you and your husband were so instrumental in creating for Maggie and I.  We were married in September on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Thank you for being a part of that and thank you for the magnificent wedding band. We both love it!  Most sincerely, Andrew"

 David created Andrew's ring from South Carolina Live Oak ~ kindly sent to us by Maggie's parents from their family property.  Teresa; Maggie's mom also sent along this photo of the tree from whence the branch wood came. Her photo is from early Spring when the azaleas were blooming and the oak hadn't yet leafed out.

 

The center inlay of Andrew's ring is Canadian Quartz ~ sent by Andrew from the area of Eastern Canada where he was born and where his father's family hails from.

It's heartwarming and humbling to see things come full circle.  From Andrew's first email contact in May of this year, to getting to know Andrew and Maggie and Maggie's mom a little through emails, receiving their lovely oak wood and quartz in the mail, creating Andrew's ring ... and then their photos ~ sharing a little of the magic of their wedding day with us.  Bright blessings to you both, Maggie and Andrew.

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As a little aside to the story of Andrew's Touch Wood Ring;

 if you are ever in the city of Travelers Rest, South Carolina stop in to

Swamp Rabbit Brewery and Taproom.  Maggie's parents; Teresa and Ben have been renovating the old post office for months as they get ready to open their local craft microbrewery (planned for January 2014) located just off the Swamp Rabbit Trail at 26 South Main Street in TR. 

Not a Swamp Rabbit : ) but it seemed a good opportunity to post a pic of this little bunny. Here, David is snuggling the wee one who had to be moved out of harms way on a warm spring day.

Winter Whites and the Bright Colours of Love

Our first real snowfall of 2013 in the first light of morning.

November 15th.

 

and from the winter white of the meadow to some beautiful colour ... 

thanks to Melissa for sharing these photos of her wedding with us!

She writes: "We loved the ring you did for Daniel so much - thank you for all the time you spent with us making this unique wedding ring.  I thought i would share some of the photos from our day!

Thank you again for everything - we will definitely recommend you.   Melissa and Daniel"

 Daniel's Touch Wood ring

and at their wedding; Melissa and Daniel's rings nested together.

 ~ Melissa and Daniel ~

May your days always be filled with bright colours and warm smiles!

It was a real pleasure working with you and we are honoured to share in your happiness.

Much love ~ Nicola and David

A marmot, a cat, a very cool Canadian couple ... and their Touch Wood Rings

In March of this year, Dawn and James contacted us to inquire about Touch Wood Rings for their wedding rings.  Upon their return from a trip to South Africa, we discussed designs and woods and tapers and that kind of thing... and in May David got to work creating their rings.

  

          In mid June, when they received their rings, Dawn wrote ....

We wanted to let you know that we received our rings and they are absolutely stunning! They both fit perfectly.  We're still puzzled at how David exactly does what he does and how he does it so well! The rings are incredibly light in weight and so vibrant in colour and tone.  We'll be sure to send you photos of them (and us on the sidelines!) at our wedding.  

Truly, thank you both for making such beautiful rings, and for making the process very easy for us!  

I think it has been one of the most enjoyable parts of wedding planning!

Take care and we'll be in touch soon! 

           James and Dawn celebrated their wedding in August and although their beloved pets weren't at the ceremony ( how do you include a cat and a marmot??) I wanted to share these two beautiful photos that Dawn shared with us in June.  Mu is their sweet kitty and Herman, as Dawn explained,  is a little Vancouver Island Marmot that she raised after he was rejected by his mother for being too small and not growing normally.  He's less than a year old in this picture, but is almost 4 years old now. (What a sweetie!!)

 

Earlier this month we heard from Dawn and James again with those promised wedding pics!!  Beautiful!

Dawn writes:  We wanted to send along some photos from our wedding that your rings played a major part in!  Everything went very well and any glitch was barely noticed or didn't matter.  There was so much colour, the rings were a perfect complement!  We've had many people admire our rings and think the whole concept is awesome.  We've even passed on your website address to more than a few!  

Thank you again so much to both you and David! We're both still very much in love with what you made us.

It's heartwarming to see our work being worn with love by two people so obviously in love.  Thanks so much to you both Dawn and James.  What an absolute pleasure it's been working with you!  And love to your sweet critters too!  We're pretty partial to Marmots on the meadow.