How to Make Your Wedding Ring Express Your True Love

A wedding ceremony is a function, where the bride and groom profess in public and in the midst of their kith and kin, their mutual love and commitment. There are a set of ceremonial events like the entry of the groom and grooms men, the processional wedding party and the dramatic entrance of the bride.As a part of actual marriage ceremony and tradition there is the event of the giving away of the bride, the exchange of wedding vows and placing of wedding rings on the groom’s and bride’s left ring finger.The depth of the ceremony and its symbolism should be properly understood and appreciated along with the materials used to construct wedding bands.



Symbolism of the Wedding Rings

Many cultures practice the exchange of wedding rings traditionally. It is rather difficult to trace the origin and original making of this custom.The circular wedding bands are supposed to symbolize the eternal love between the couple, having no beginning or end. The circular rings are thought to be the symbols of orbs and relationships found in the heavens. The relationship is similar to that between the sun and moon, and the night and day time.

The rings carry a certain mystique. They were supposed to protect the wearer when it was blessed or when an incantation was there. Even today the officiating clergy blesses the rings before they are exchanged.

Construction of the Wedding Ring

The metals and designs used are the two aspects in rings. Wedding rings are made of precious metals, gold, silver, platinum and titanium. They can be embedded with precious stones like the diamond. Wedding rings are also engraved with symbols, dates or words. Many couples have their initials and dates of the wedding day and their names. It is generally on the inside of the wedding bands.

The Celtic wedding ring has also popular engraving. These rings are engraved with a symbolic intermingling of tendrils and vines that represent the inextricable intertwining of two lives and loves combined in to one.