Wise Guys: His Wedding Band {Part 2- WE LOVE LASHBROOK}

Happy Monday!  For those of you who might be having a case of the Mondays - I thought I'd brighten your day with some man-bling.  If you didn't read Part 1 of our great ring search - you should!  

As you know - we were finding ring shopping to be wayyy harder for my fiancé than we expected.  After landing on a "simple is better" mindset - we decided we should look at a few more places before making a decision.  One day while we were in Mystic, we decided to stop in Mallove's - where our DOC Jen works!  It was fun to get to work with her and check out the different rings they had available.  One of the brand thats immediately caught our attention was Lashbrook.  While we were looking at them Jen explained that they do 100% customizable rings - with literally endless possibilities!!  There was one that almost immediately jumped out at Ant {you'll have to wait until part 3 for that!} but I thought their designs were so unique and interesting I wanted to share them all with you!!!  For any couple that is having trouble deciding what style works for your guys…this is the place to go.  You can take any element from any of their designs, and mix and match!  They can also do custom styles - one guy had his wife's fingerprint put on the inside of his ring…another guy got a custom puzzle cut into his!  Below are a few {20ish} that show you the range available.

For your more rugged/outdoorsy man - they have these options: {wood, antlers, camo & tire tracks}

I love the contrast in some of these mixed metals:

Darker colors were not right for Ant - but I think these dark styles look so bold and sleek:

Does your guys want bling?  Lashbrook's got it!  Here are a couple of styles with both black and traditional diamonds.

Here are a few more styles I really liked.  These are probably some of my favorites - they fall into the category of "simple is better" while still having some interesting design to them.  

Now comes the cool custom stuff!  This one you could put any coordinates you wanted on:  maybe where you first met, or where you got married - or any other special spot!

These last four I took off of their Facebook page.  They always post new custom designs they've made, and again…HOW COOL???  Diamonds and wood and dark metal - okay!  I legitimately think it would be impossible to not find one here that would work for your fiancé.

 

That last one was made with pieces of rock a guy saved from all of the different climbs he had been on!  Lashbrook was able to take pieces from each rock and create this beautiful unique titanium ring with them!!! Are you sold yet? :)  We were!  I'll get into more details about the style that Ant ultimately fell in love with on my next Wise Guys post!

The April List: 4 months to go!

The April List:
First: the things that are rolling over..

-Invitations - get wording from Jen. If we like the coloring of the sample when it comes in - ORDER IT.

-Call Kathy at Branford House to update her with timeline info

-Mock up current place card idea. -**enlist help of way more artistic family for this.  Ally is overdue for a visit anyway…so I'll have to bribe her over to help me with wine :)

Now: the new things on the list for this month…

-Walk through BH with Jen - finalize timeline stuff, discuss room layout, etc.

-Coffee or BH visit with Pat - discuss ceremony music & other song ideas.
-Contact caterer with finalized timeline stuff.  Make a decision about chicken.  Stop talking about chicken, finally:)
-Mock up at least 1 table # - decide if we like the idea or not.
-Practice seal - decide if we need to order new color or not
-Email BMs about shoes and hair
-Email Amy about setting up a date for hair trial & timeline of the day
-Buy Ant's shoes/belt
-Pick ties for Ant & groomsmen - order 1 to test
-Send updated timeline stuff to Rachel {yes, I'm going to continue to call it "stuff"}
-Send AAC check, FINALLY. Yikes.
-Meet with videographer…book?
-Pay $xxx.xx of our Honeymoon balance


Alright…I'm going to stop there.  I could keep going - but I'm trying to keep the lists reasonable. and detailed. and it's hard to follow my own rules sometimes.

What are you trying to accomplish this month??  Hopefully, in between all of these wedding things it will be warm enough that we can start taking real advantage of our neighborhood.  Ant and I took a walk the other day in our 600 acre backyard, and while it was beautiful, it was still a bitttttt too cold…so we had to cut it shorter than I would have liked!

The March List: Recap

Good-bye March!! and hello Spring??? Please??

I try not to make these posts too repetitive. But my recaps generally want to start with something along the lines of holy crap. I can't believe it's been a month! But I think you will all be proud of me - I kicked butt in March!!!! Let's see if you agree. 

The March List:

-Invitations - get wording from Jen.  Order full sample. - Sample with custom colors ordered! Realized it wouldn't be with my wording anyway, so didn't need that yet. Hopefully the sample comes in soon! And that we like it.

-Call Kathy at Branford House to update her with timeline info - grr. Yes, I just grr-ed. I called, and left a message, but haven't gotten a call back. I'd like to check it off, but I won't until we actually talk. So there it stays! I plan on trying again this week. 

-Follow up on wedding gift idea - confirm if I need a new one or not.  If not - book! - DONE! Booked! Thrilled. Excited. Wish I could tell him...but I guess I have to wait until 8/8. 

-Get the official word from the Groton Town Hall. - Done...got the official word, don't like it...but I guess we're on to plan B. I've already started the research. Fingers crossed!

-Taste & order wedding cake - DONE! Tasted & ordered. Yum!!  Oh the joys of wedding planning.
-Pay our portion of the photographer balance - Paid. Trying to be a smart wedding budget-er, so yay for that!

-Send "the6monthsprint" mail.  I know what this means, that's what matters. - Done! :)

-Get my favorite best man/groom duo inside a Men's Warehouse at the same time. - Done! And an epic fail…but it led to us finding the suits, so I'll take it.

-Start a conversation, either via email or coffee with Pat about ceremony music - I'm sort of cheating by crossing this off. But technically I did start a conversation. Now I just need to finish it :)
-Decide on table "numbers" theme - Done! We decided on a theme that we are going to try. And hopefully like. and then I can cross yet another item off the master list.
-Mock up current place card idea. -**enlist help of way more artistic family for this. - Not done. But I also haven't gotten said family member to my house to be able to enlist her! An easy fix next month!
-Order Ant's wedding band (???) - Done!!! And so excited to see the final version :)

So…pretty good, right??  Now, I will hopefully get back to you tomorrow or Wednesday latest with my April list……but if it doesn't stop with the crazy weather the only item on my April list is going to be wishing for sun, and spring to finally show up.  Because this stuff is going to make a girl crazy.  This is what my weekend looked like:

Sunday morning our poor house decided to take a bath, and looked like this….

Because our dam looked like this… {dams don't work so great when the water pours rapidly OVER them, in case you were wondering.}

LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER, ON MARCH 31st…my parking lot at work looked like this.  Yes, the caps suggest I am yelling.  I wanted to.  Luckily, the snow is basically gone, and hopefully it was just March getting everything out of it's system.

BUT! We handled our anger like adults, and rallied by booking our hotel for the Newport wedding we have this June!!! I appreciate my friends choosing a fabulous spot like Newport for a summer wedding - we are making a weekend out of it! :)  That helps my winter blues.

How was your March?  Ours didn't go out quite like a lamb…but it is gone nonetheless.  Ready for some April showers???