Thankful Thursday

This week I am thankful for my new yellow socks

For not having any spiders fall in my hair...yet

And for well-paired wine with Netflix marathons

The best way to spend Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day, we drove up to Seattle and met with Stephanie, owner of With These Rings, a handmade wedding ring workshop.

Kevin and I spent the day cutting, hammering, melting, soldering, sanding and polishing a bar of white gold that ultimately became each other's wedding bands. Thanks to Stephanie for photo documenting the whole process, and an even bigger thank you for the entire experience.

Sawing the metal

Hammering into a rough circle

Soldering my ring

My turn to use that torch

Hammering into a perfect circle now that the ends are melted together

Filing the rough edges

Sanding. We used three grades of sandpaper before...

...the final polishing

This machine terrified me. I was told it could scalp me,
but once I got used to it, this was my favorite part!

Finished products

Toasting to a romantic day's labor

Grandpa Joe

Dear Grandpa Joe,
You told me nothing would stop you from being at my wedding. I still believe that. I'll be saving a seat for you.
Love, Brittany

(1/7/34 - 2/3/14)