Wedding Ideas

Your fiancé purchased a beautiful engagement ring for you and proposed. Or perhaps he gave you an heirloom engagement ring that has been in his family for generations. Now it is time to choose wedding bands for yourself and your husband-to-be, and you would like to get the best possible price. You are not looking for a good deal on a trio wedding ring set, which is a great way to save money, because you already have an engagement ring. Fortunately, some online jewelers such as My Trio Rings offer discounted wedding band sets to help you stick to your wedding budget even if you already have an engagement ring on your finger. It is easy to pick a ring set that works for you.

How to Choose an Inexpensive Wedding Band Set

1. Decide on a budget before you start looking. If you don’t already have a plan in place, it can be easy to trick yourself into thinking that you can afford something after you fall in love with it, when in fact the opposite is true. If you are on a tight budget, your best bet is to crunch the numbers ahead of time. High-quality, low-cost gold and diamond wedding band sets start at $326.99 from My Trio Rings.

2. Agree on a look for your inexpensive wedding band set that you can both agree on. You will want to pick a ring style that reflects both of your tastes and personalities, as well as a style that will coordinate well with the engagement ring that is already on your ring finger. If you wonder what will look best if you are not purchasing a coordinating trio wedding ring set, then your best bet may be to choose the most simple style that fits your budget. Otherwise, consider choosing a modern wedding band set to go with your modern style engagement ring, or a classic wedding band set to match your classic style engagement ring. If your engagement ring is a plain diamond solitaire ring, then it is likely to coordinate with a variety of wedding band styles, depending on your taste.

The U.S. economy may still be weak, but that is no reason to put your wedding plans on hold. You have met the love of your life, and you are ready to take the next step to make a lifetime commitment to each other. The weak economy just serves as a good reminder to use your resources wisely by spending your hard-earned money on a high-quality, low-cost three piece wedding ring set, especially a set composed of diamond cluster rings.

Diamond cluster rings are a wise investment, since they are real diamonds of a smaller size grouped together for high visual impact and low cost. Many popular jewelry designers today offer larger diamond solitaires supplemented with clusters or bands of smaller diamonds, but the diamond solitaire makes such rings much more expensive than diamond cluster rings without a large, central diamond.

Even if you can afford the ring options from a standard jeweler, the choices are much more complicated. By exploring your options online, you can avoid feeling pressured by salespeople in an in-person jewelry store.

On the My Trio Rings website, it is easy to navigate the three piece wedding ring set choices as well as the options of other combinations of rings, if you already have one of the rings in hand. All you need to do is pick a style you like that fits into your budget, and you can make decisions about your three rings with one easy click.

On jewelry websites which do not offer such combination deals, in addition to being far more expensive, it is complicated to navigate the various ring designs and figure out which rings coordinate with each other. For example, on popular jewelry websites such as kay.com or jared.com, you must search for each ring type separately, based on different styles and collections of each type of ring. For those of us who aren’t jewelry insiders, even the online ring search on such sites is frustrating and confusing. You may find an engagement ring that you like, but is it in your budget? Will it coordinate with a beautiful but budget-friendly wedding band?

Take the complicated guesswork out of the equation, and make your life a little easier with one-stop-shopping for a three piece wedding ring set.

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While shopping for wedding ring sets online is a relatively new convenience, the wedding rings themselves belong to a tradition that dates back thousands of years.

The wedding ring was first used in ancient Egypt, where grasses and reeds were woven into circles symbolic of eternity and completeness. The Egyptians were also the first to place the ring on the fourth finger of the left hand, believing that the vein from that finger led directly to the heart (the Romans called this the vena amoris, or “vein of love”). Over the course of time, temporary grass rings were replaced by rings made of leather, bone, and eventually soft metals.

Romans chose to use iron in their wedding bands, believing the strength of the metal to symbolize the strength of their love. Gold gained popularity in later centuries, and by the Middle Ages, the diamond was routinely used in wedding rings, along with other gemstones. The use of silver in rings had a brief revival in the Renaissance, and rings were inscribed with sentimental phrases and poems.

Wedding rings were almost entirely reserved for women until the mid-twentieth century, when the many separations caused by World War II (and increased marketing from jewelry companies) spurred men to begin wearing rings to serve as sentimental reminders of home. Before 1930, only 15% of marriages used wedding ring sets for both partners, while a mere fifteen years later, 80% of married men sported a band.

One of the first wedding ring sets may have been the sixteenth-century European gimmels. These rings combined to make a trio ring set that would have been separated prior to marriage – one ring for the prospective bride, one for the groom, and the third for a witness – and then rejoined into one ring to place on the bride’s hand on her wedding day. Tiffany and Co. introduced the solitaire diamond ring in 1886, but recent innovations in ring manufacturing, including the development of diamond cluster rings and trio ring sets have made it affordable for anyone to join in the historic tradition of exchanging rings to symbolize true love.

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So you know that this is the girl you want to spend the rest of your life with. You’re ready to propose. But which do you buy? The bridal ring set comes with the Engagement Ring and Ladies Wedding Band. The Trio Set comes with the Engagement Ring, Ladies Wedding Band, and Mens Wedding Band. Which one is better?

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It’s a matter of preference. One isn’t better than the other. The Trio Ring Set comes with three rings that all match one another because they are made together to be a set. The Bridal Ring Set has the eye-catching engagement ring and ladies wedding band. Maybe you don’t want a flashy ring and want something simple instead. You could purchase a Bridal Ring Set and buy the mens wedding band separately. If you’re one of the people who need things to match perfectly and maybe want a little extra shine on your finger, then the trio ring set is a wonderful choice as well. Both are great choices. Remember, it’s the thought that counts. The shining diamond ring is just a little extra.

Summer is almost here, and you’ve been thinking that you are ready to propose to your girlfriend. Pick out an inexpensive trio ring set that includes a beautiful real diamond engagement ring, and surprise your girlfriend with a proposal at your closest beach. Here are a few creative proposal ideas to get you started.

1. Find a large stick to write “Marry me!” in the wet sand close to the water. Be certain that your girlfriend reads your message before the waves wash it away. Slip the engagement ring from the trio ring set onto her finger when she says yes.

2. Take your girlfriend on a special picnic at the beach. Tie the engagement ring to the handle of her fork while packing the picnic, or hide the ring box in the picnic basket until the perfect moment to unpack it.

3. If you’ve got a bigger proposal budget, hire an advertising airplane to fly a banner over the beach that says “Will you marry me?” while you are splashing in the waves or soaking in the sun with your girlfriend.

4. Take a walk on the beach at sunrise or sunset with the engagement ring from the trio ring set in your pocket. Get down on one knee in the sand when the moment is right.

5. Get tickets for a short whale-watching trip or a dinner cruise if neither of you is prone to seasickness. When you are out on the water, find a private moment to pull your girlfriend aside and ask her to share your life.

6. Build a sand castle with your girlfriend. When she is not looking, put the ring box in her bucket, on her shovel, on top of the castle, or some other place where she will see it right away.

For more proposal inspiration, you may wish to read 5 Creative Proposal Ideas for Easter, Creative Proposal Traditions from Around the World, Creative Proposal Ideas from Books and Movies, or 10 Romantic Ways to Propose this Christmas.

Not every engagement ring is created equal. All women are very different, and they have very different tastes in wedding and engagement rings. If your girlfriend hasn’t dropped any hints about her engagement ring preferences, you may feel overwhelmed by the variety of options available when you shop for trio ring sets. When you are ready to propose, you may wish to look to your girlfriend’s taste in clothing and jewelry to give you clues as to what her engagement ring preference might be. If you’re still stumped, use this easy guide to get you started.

Simple Trio Ring Sets

Not all women desire a loud, expensive engagement ring and wedding ring that will capture the attention of perfect strangers. If simple elegance and classic lines are more to her taste, look at an inexpensive wedding ring set such as this one that features a simple row of brilliant diamonds on each 10 k white gold ring. $489.99 is an amazing price for three conflict-free diamond rings that feature such timeless grace.

Romantic Trio Ring Sets

If your girlfriend is a romantic at heart, you may wish to shop for memorable trio ring sets that feature softer lines. One lovely option is a 10 k white gold ring set that uses the beauty of nature as its inspiration. Delicately curving lines embrace real diamond clusters in a pattern that resembles flowers and leaves. For only $399.99, these beautifully romantic rings are sure to please your girlfriend.

Modern Trio Ring Sets

For a truly unique but inexpensive wedding ring set with a more contemporary look, you may wish to consider a 10 k white gold set that features clean zig-zag lines with conflict-free diamonds nestled in between. The engagement ring also features a round cut diamond set above the other diamonds for greater visual impact and impressive sparkle. For only $619.99 for all three rings plus free shipping and an excellent warranty, this may be the ring set for you.

Buying a trio ring set, which includes a matching engagement ring, women’s wedding band, and men’s wedding band, saves you time and money. However, not all jewelers that offer trio ring sets offer the same affordable prices. Some jewelers are more expensive due to in-store mark-ups, high shipping costs, expensive warranty plans, and misleading pricing policies. For the most affordable trio ring sets, real diamond cluster rings from low-pressure, low-cost online retailers such as My Trio Rings are probably your best bet.

Scenario 1:

*My Trio Rings:

My Trio Rings offers a trio ring set with 10k white gold and a collection of small diamonds totaling 1/4 carats. This affordable diamond cluster ring set costs $379.99 with free shipping and a one year warranty.

*The competition:

Zales also sells a trio ring set with 10k white gold and 1/4 carat diamonds. At first glance, you might think that you are about to get an amazing deal, as band costs $194.65. The total cost for this ring set is $617.95 before tax. the price is listed “from $152.15.” When you click on the link, though, you will discover that each ring is actually priced separately. The ladies’ wedding band costs $152.15, the engagement ring costs $271.15, and the men’s wedding band costs $194.65, all sale prices.

Scenario 2:

*My Trio Rings:

My Trio Rings offers a 14k yellow gold trio ring set with 1 carat total diamond weight, including both princess and round cuts. This diamond cluster ring set sells for $614.99 and includes both free shipping and a free 1 year warranty.

*The competition:

Fred Meyers Jewelers sells a trio ring set that is roughly equivalent: 10k yellow gold and 1 carat total weight in round cut diamonds. The price for this wedding ring set is $1,399.00, which is more than twice as expensive as the comparable My Trio Rings set. Even though Fred Meyers Jewelers also offers free shipping over a low minimum purchase price, the My Trio Rings set is a much better bargain.

*Please note that all product and pricing information was updated on January 15th 2010.

Weddings are a beautiful (and often expensive) event in a couple’s life. Most couples need to work within a budget to pay for formal wear, food, music, flowers, and photography in order to start their life together without going into debt. Fortunately, it is easy to find inexpensive, high quality trio wedding ring sets that will celebrate your relationship for a lifetime. Here are the best ways to find high quality, affordable wedding rings:

1. Buy Online

Purchase rings online to avoid paying the overhead costs associated with expensive jewelry boutiques. Online jewelry stores are less likely to have a pushy sales staff encouraging you to purchase a more expensive ring than you can afford. Online jewelers with a strong customer service record can give buyers more information and assistance with less pressure and fewer costs.

2. Buy Direct from the Source

Purchase your wedding rings directly from the manufacturer in order to take the middleman or wholesaler out of the equation. Jewelers that sell rings straight from the source can save you a significant amount of money.

3. Buy All Three Wedding Rings Together

Purchase a trio wedding ring set rather than purchasing the engagement ring and each wedding band separately. It is much less expensive for a retailer to manufacture, package, and sell rings as a set rather than individually, and it saves you time shopping as well. Many couples prefer to have matching rings, so purchasing the rings as a set makes the process easier as well as more affordable.

4. Choose a Cluster Head Instead of a Solitaire

Choose a cluster head of smaller diamonds, which are less expensive than a single solitaire diamond. A cluster of small, high quality diamonds can have a bigger visual impact at a much lower cost. Cluster rings also have the advantage of making it more affordable to purchase conflict-free diamonds.

5. Avoid Expensive Brand Names

Avoid purchasing expensive brand name wedding rings. Experienced jewelers can design a beautiful and affordable bridal ring set for you and your future spouse without a designer price tag. Well-known, high-priced jewelry brands do not hold a monopoly on beautiful rings. A unique ring design will likely impress your family and friends more than something run-of-the-mill.

Photo Credit:Angelia Herring (My Trio Rings Customer)

Around the world, wearing a wedding ring sets the tone for the commitment of marriage, as it is a public symbol of one’s wedding vows. The traditional practice of exchanging of rings and wearing them on the fourth finger has a history and significance that has changed over thousands of years. Depending on a person’s country of residence and religion, they may wear their engagement and wedding rings on the left hand or the right.

People wear wedding rings on their left hands in many Western countries, such as the United States, Mexico, Chile, Slovenia, Iran, and European nations including the UK, Italy, and France. In Asian countries, people also tend to wear the band on the left hand.

In Northern and Eastern European countries, including Denmark, Norway, Russia, Poland, and Bulgaria, it is more common to wear the wedding ring on the fourth finger of the right hand. In Portugal, Spain, and Greece, this is also the custom. Swedish brides wear unique wedding ring sets of three: the engagement ring, the wedding band, and the ring of motherhood.  

Traditional Indian practice is to wear the wedding ring on the right hand, because the left hand is considered unclean. However, modern Indians may wear the ring on the left hand to match the custom in countries such as the United States. Orthodox Greeks also wear the wedding ring on the right hand, in accordance with Roman tradition; the word “left” in Latin means “sinister,” whereas the word for right is “dexter,” the root of “dexterity.”

In Brazil, the fiancé and fiancée wear plain bands as engagement rings on their right hands, and upon saying their vows, they switch the rings to the left hand. It is common in Germany and Netherlands to do the opposite: that is, to wear engagement rings on the left hand and wedding rings on the right.

In the Jewish tradition, the groom slips the ring on the index finger of the bride because it is the most prominent finger. Today, the bride typically moves the band to her ring finger after the ceremony.

Whether one wears engagement and wedding rings on the left hand or right varies by country and religion. However, there are wedding ring sets to suit any tradition, and the customer service staff at My Trio Rings is more than happy to help find the set for you.

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Presenting the one you love with a wedding trio set is a great idea for many reasons. Purchasing a wedding ring set from My Trio Rings allows you to purchase all three rings you need at once, saving you time and money. Also, the act of purchasing and presenting all three wedding rings at once shows your partner that you are responsible and dedicated.

Before the conception of wedding ring sets, someone looking to propose would first buy an engagement ring. However, after the proposal, the person would have to browse through countless more rings to find suitable wedding bands, which often wouldn’t match with the original engagement ring.

To make the process simpler and to allow for matching designs, trio ring sets were invented. Through this invention, three wedding rings, which include the engagement ring, the original engagement ring, the men’s wedding band, and the women’s wedding band, would be created at the same time, and packaged together. This invention meant that the designs would always match, and would be consistent in terms of diamond cut and quality.

Trio wedding ring sets have skyrocketed in popularity over the last decade, and it isn’t hard to see why. Through economies of scale, it is cheaper for manufacturers to design and create all three rings at once, rather than to manufacture, package and retail each item individually. Because producing and selling a trio ring set allows for significantly lower manufacturing, packaging, and retailing costs, consumers are able to purchase a trio ring set for much cheaper than they would be able to purchase wedding rings of similar quality separately. Thus, while price shouldn’t be the only consideration when looking for wedding rings, a wedding can be an extremely expensive event, so it certainly helps to get a great deal on the rings themselves.

Another reason why trio rings have become so popular, is that it is also much easier for a consumer to purchase all three wedding rings at once rather than individually shopping for each ring. The customer only has to visit one retailer, and choose one style and type of ring he wants. For those we are about to get engaged, the convenience and time savings that purchasing a trio ring set allows is priceless.

Thousands of happily married couples have already chosen to purchase trio ring wedding sets as the symbols of their love and commitment. Take a look at our testimonials as proof that a matching ring set is the way to go when looking to purchase rings, and when you’re convinced, browse the diamond and gold ring selection at MyTrioRings.com for affordable yet excellent wedding trio ring sets.

Presenting the one you love with a wedding trio set is a great idea for many reasons. Purchasing a wedding ring set from My Trio Rings allows you to purchase all three rings you need at once, saving you time and money. Also, the act of purchasing and presenting all three wedding rings at once shows your partner that you are responsible and dedicated.

Before the invention of his and her wedding ring sets, someone looking to propose would first buy an engagement ring. However, after the proposal, the person would have to browse through countless more rings to find suitable wedding bands, which often wouldn’t match with the original engagement ring.

To make the process simpler and to allow for matching designs, trio ring sets were invented. Through this invention, three wedding rings, which include the engagement ring, the original engagement ring, the men’s wedding band, and the women’s wedding band, would be created at the same time, and packaged together. This invention meant that the designs would always match, and would be consistent in terms of diamond cut and quality.

Trio wedding ring sets have skyrocketed in popularity over the last decade, and it isn’t hard to see why. Through economies of scale, it is cheaper for manufacturers to design and create all three rings at once, rather than to manufacture, package and retail each item individually. Because producing and selling a trio ring set allows for significantly lower manufacturing, packaging, and retailing costs, consumers are able to purchase a trio ring set for much cheaper than they would be able to purchase wedding rings of similar quality separately. Thus, while price shouldn’t be the only consideration when looking for wedding rings, a wedding can be an extremely expensive event, so it certainly helps to get a great deal on the rings themselves.

Another reason why trio rings have become so popular, is that it is also much easier for a consumer to purchase all three wedding rings at once rather than individually shopping for each ring. The customer only has to visit one retailer, and choose one style and type of ring he wants. For those we are about to get engaged, the convenience and time savings that purchasing a trio ring set allows is priceless.

Thousands of happily married couples have already chosen to purchase trio ring wedding sets as the symbols of their love and commitment. Take a look at our testimonials as proof that a matching ring set is the way to go when looking to purchase rings, and when you’re convinced, browse the diamond and gold ring selection at MyTrioRings.com for affordable yet excellent wedding trio ring sets.

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