Jamie and Ashley – My Favorite People Volume 4

 

I am so excited to finally show off on of my favorite couples! Meet Jamie and Ashley. These ladies are so fun as individuals, but as a couple they exude an incredibly magnetic and loving energy. Hearing their story and designing their custom rings has truly inspired me.

I first met Jamie when she attended my yoga class. I was totally blown away when she emailed the nicest testimonial immediately after class. Unfortunately, I stopped teaching that class soon after and Jamie had been traveling, so our paths did not cross for some time. Imagine my surprise and excitement when I was contacted by Ashley to design an engagement ring for Jamie!

Ashley and Jamie met last year at the Gay Pride festival in New York. Ashley had decided to make the trip from Florida after having come out to only a few close friends. She worked up the courage to approach Jamie at a “girl bar” just minutes before midnight.

The next morning Ashley was already calling her friends to tell them she wanted to spend the rest of her life with Jamie – the feeling was mutual. After a vacation together in California and another week spent with each other, Ashley was quitting her job and packing for a move to New York. No wonder they told me she is the spontaneous one!

Ashley contacted me in February even though she had decided to wait for their one year anniversary in June to propose. I could tell in the beginning that Ashley was a little nervous about the design process. She didn’t know me so it was a major leap of faith on her part. She mustered great level of trust as I helped her source a previously owned diamond (Ashley was especially excited to could be, “eco-friendly and cost-friendly, too!”), place it in the perfect setting, and follow it all up with the wedding bands.

Let’s check out those beautiful rings!

Jamie’s engagement ring is a distressed white gold solitaire with an impeccable .86 carat previously owned diamond. Her wedding band has a wider style to mimic the look of her mother’s wide wedding ring next to a thin engagement ring combination. It is 14K of brushed white gold.

 

Ashley’s wedding band is made from 14K pink gold. She liked the pink gold and rounded edges but opted for the same distressed texture as Jamie’s engagement ring. They told me it represents, “the unique harmony in our relationship and the way we balance each other.” Two individuals who have become one!

Designing these rings was a wonderfully memorable and beautiful experience for me. They are such a lovely and loving couple, I know their lives together will be amazing. As they said it: “we both feel incredibly fortunate to have found our ‘other’, the one person we know we can rely on and trust.” They look forward to a future of “starting a family…in addition to our 3-year old Shih-Poo, Gus.” It sounds like a great plan to me!

I also have to share some of their favorite parts of the ring design process:

“It wasn’t a question of whether or not we would have our rings custom-made, but whom we would trust with this intimate, important responsibility. We wanted to take the time to create something we knew we would cherish for the rest of our lives, and we found we could trust Tracy to steer us in the right direction.” -Ashley

“We enjoyed filling out the questionnaire on Tracy’s website, sharing personal information about our story. We knew this would factor into our ring design, contributing to the uniqueness of the final product. Being part of the creative process and having that reflected in our rings—and knowing that we weren’t being “sold to” but, rather, creating something that represented both of us.” -Jamie

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