Put A (Properly-Sized) Ring On It

Beyonce was right you know...if you like it then you should put a ring on it.

BUT it's a whole lotta useless if that ring doesn't fit!

At this time of year, when husbands, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, mums, dads and various other friends and relatives are wracking their wee brains for gift ideas for their loved ones, anything, ANYTHING to make it easier is an absolute blessing.

So, imagine our delight when jeweler friend of ours Christina Rose Leon posted about her jewelery sizing service.

She visited Mimi, Weese and the rest of The Kennedy Cupcakes at their rehearsal at Shona Halford's Dance Studio Lanarkshire  in East Kilbride last week to demonstrate just how great an idea this is. Christina is a genuinely lovely, warm, friendly and evidently very knowledgeable when it comes to jewelery.

Christina came to the studio and gave us all a sheet on which we indicated our jewelery preferences, including: preferred metal, preferred colour of stones, preferred necklace length and preferred finger for rings. 

She then also sized us all using a contraption that looked like a set of jail keys. 

She was full of EXTREMELY useful information on how best to size, what to think about (e.g. my (Mimi's) hands are CONSTANTLY cold, therefore this makes my fingers contract) as well as advice on what metals to wear together (note: NEVER wear gold next to a hard metal like platinum..the gold will wear off super quick).

Christina then collected all of our information and compiles a wee personalised file. This information can then be emailed to your spouse, friends or family (or discreetly popped inside a potential gift-giver's coat pocket), avoiding the whole debacle around guessing sizes and jewelery preferences.

Let's face it, if you're going to spend a lot of money on a piece of jewelery, you better make sure it's RIGHT.

Christina herself has some beautiful ready to buy items available through her website. She also does bespoke items (you can find a photo of Weese's gold and ruby ring Christina made for Lisa's 30th birthday here). So not only can Christina come and measure you while taking note of preferences THEN provide you with all that information in one handy file...you can then purchase some gorgeous accessories from her or have something made just for you. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Who knows, even Cupcake baby Finlay will be buying mummy Lynne a gorgeous diamond necklace with matching ring from Christina for Christmas this year...he has no excuse now he knows her size! 

Mimi x