Do you have one? where would you recommend getting one? I've decided I want one and I'm not sure where to begin looking. I want a good quality one that will last. I'm not married and do not plan on it probably ever. My girl's are my commitment so basically I want a ring signifying the 3 of us instead of husband/wife that I will pretty much wear all the time
my son and daughter in law bought me one for Christmas one year. I also got one when my kids were small from my parents... a black hills gold one.
I wear 3 channel set rings on my right ring finger every day all the time. Each one I got in sometime after the birth of each of my children. Each is different with different color stones which you could do based on their birthstone. My intention is to wear them and then give each child his or her ring when they are adults.
I started this because when I got married to my (now ex) husband, I received as my wedding band a gold channel set diamond ring that had been given to his mother from his father some 30+ years before after he had been born. I loved the sentimental part of that and appreciated the fact that it was now my wedding band. So I decided to do the same for my kids. That is what I have for my "mother's rings" I guess.
I have seen some neat things in a catalog called Red Envelope as well and had considered buying myself something that had all 3 of their birthstones on it considering eventually I won't have these 3 rings when I pass them on.
Good luck.
D.
I never really liked the standard mother's rings and so I never got one, until I went to Gould's in Anoka. They have some really cool ones that are different and really beautiful. Good luck.
I have a mother's necklace my hubby got me for mother's day last year, it has figures of a family all holding hands in the shape of a heart, and then has a stone on each child figure, one for my sone, one for my daughter, and one for the baby we lost to miscarriage. It was a very sweet and nice gift! I didn't want a ring, cause we are still in the diaper years , so I don't wear rings with stones( don't want to get stuff on the rings, or scratch the kids with the stone settings), just my plain smooth wedding band. Maybe later I will get a ring.
Mine is like this with 3 kids: http://www.lifetimemothers.com/prodinfo.asp?number=317500
Here is a link to Yahoo Images for Family Birthstone Ring:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0oG7lR...
This site has some traditional and more contemporary designs:http://www.mothersfamilyrings.com/sisters-ring-with-three...
First, I think this is a great idea!! A few suggestions, though:
The actual "Mother's Rings" in jewelry stores are not the most fashionable.
Figure out their birth stones, find a design you like, and either stack two or see if the store can get the ring with the stones you need. (I'm lucky that both of mine were born in the same month, so I just picked out a Sapphire ring with two stones!)
Get GOLD. White gold or yellow gold, 10K or 14K, doesn't really matter, but don't get silver or even sterling silver. If this is something that you will be wearing non-stop forever like you would a wedding ring, it needs to be good quality to withstand that.
Best of luck!
As someone else mentioned, some of the specific mother's jewelry isn't always the prettiest. What my husband and I did was pick out a 3-stone ring, then asked to have it custom set with 3 diamonds that are the same size, one for each of our children. It turned out beautifully. Also, as I am quite spoiled, we designed a pendant as well. Again, we picked a design of 3 stacked stones, but had them tweak it slightly so all the stones are the same size, not graduated. The pendant is set with the manufactured versions of my kids' birthstones. Both of my pieces are just perfect for me, and as lovely as my children!
I just ordered mine and I can't wait til it gets here, 3 more weeks :( I always knew I wanted one I just wanted to wait until I knew I was done with kids. My husband thought he was going to be included in the ring and I told him sorry it is a mothers ring. The wedding ring I wear daily is for you and my appreciation for you but this ring is just for the kids. the one below is a image of the ring I went with
http://www.jewlr.com/products/JWL0028-square-birthstone-a...
Although if you are going to get one I'd go with the 14k gold/white gold and genuine stones might as well go all in if you can.
I looked into one at a jewelery store a couple tears ago and they were too expensive for me. My husband would have bought it for me if I truely wanted one but good thing I didn't because we had an unexpected but absolutly wonderful baby last year!
What kind of "mother ring" are you looking for. A company I've been VERY happy with makes them. Their customer service is so wonderful, and they happily do custom pieces.
I love artisan handmade ones, there are some beautiful ones here:
http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?q=mothers+birthstone+...
some of the stacking ones are beautiful
I also want one, but for now, me and my girls wear BFF bracelets, and they have their own neclaces that they wont let me wear (their so mean lol), so Thanks for making me want one again, ill be looking into it
