Oh happy day!

Today is a very exciting day, as I am now sporting my beautiful engagement ring made by Kate Bajic, whom I blogged about a few weeks ago!

T went to collect the beautifully packaged engagement and wedding rings earlier and I just had to take a few photos to show you! (Apologies, my macro photography skills need some work!)

You will have to wait to see the wedding rings, but they are equally lovely!

Em xxx

It won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I absolutely love it. Thank you Kate!

If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it...

1. Disa Allsopp 2. Liz Oppenheim 3. Hattie Rickards 4. Annina Vogel

So T did the safe thing and didn't choose a ring for me. As I'm not a massive 'ring person' I knew this was going to be a tricky one, knowing more the things I DON'T like than the things I do.

I set about looking around and the rings above really caught my eye, I particularly love the Victorian studded fox ring from Annina Vogel, but a niggling feeling made me think that on this occasion I should probably sit on the more conventional side of taste (boooo - but in theory I will be wearing this for the rest of my life!).

I decided it would be nice to try and find a local designer/maker, and after several disappointing web searches, I finally came across Kate Bajic via the Made in Leicestershire website.

This is the one my engagement ring will be based on...eak!

We met with Kate (a very lovely lady, fyi) and talked about how she could work the design I liked into an engagement ring with a small stone setting. I decided I wanted either an aquamarine or a sapphire.

In the meantime, I've been wearing a Disney-Princess-esque costume ring, which I have to say I've grown quite attached to. However, and super excitingly, we are heading over to Kate's in the morning to 'View The Stones', which sounds very grand despite the fact they will be only around 2mm in diameter!

Very exciting anyway, I can't wait to see the finished article, and I'll post it here too when it's finished!

Em xxx

EDIT: We picked the stone!!! Kate's house is a-ma-zing...but if you were interested, I chose a cabochon sapphire. Aqua marine was lovely but would just fade away in it's setting, and the cut sapphire just didn't look....real, if that makes sense. The cabochon was just right, and almost matches the colour of my eyes. Not long to wait for it now!

Where it all began...

Some of the gorgeous features around our hotel in Benahavis

We've been thinking for a long time about starting a blog, and while we don't intend for this to be all about weddings, when T proposed on the last night of our holiday in July, it seemed as good a time as any to begin!

There is soooo much to share, but I thought the best place to start would be the beginning, with a couple of snaps from The Holiday in beautiful Benahavis, Andalucia in Spain.

Cava and Passionfruit cocktails in mugs! Also note T's Zombie t-shirt....braaiinns

The teeny tiny pool at the Hotel Amanhavis

As much as I secretly fancied a night out in Marbs, Benahavis was the perfect place to get away for a week and do absolutely NOTHING! (except eat and drink).

We stayed at the Hotel Amanhavis which is a rather bonkers, yet rather wonderful little hotel with themed rooms (we stayed in the Christopher Columbus Berth - but trust me, it isn't as cheesy at it sounds!).

Yummy food, hot hot sunshine, bustling cobbled streets and a surprise proposal at the end...I wish I was still there!

Em xxx