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Antoinette Corbishley
9th March 2009 13:37

Romantic Proposal with a Bespoke Engagement Ring

 

Hi All,

Working in the profession we do, we get to meet so many lovely people and hear some really wonderful and romantic stories of how people met and their proposals. Its great to find out what actually happens to our bespoke engagement and wedding rings.

I have just designed a diamond set loop style bespoke wedding ring for a lovely couple Jason and Emily, which our workshop is now hand making. Jason is a returning customer; he originally came to us with an engagement ring design he had come up with for Emily, and with the help and guidance of one of our designers Rebecca and the craftsmanship of Ryan, Jason's stunning and unique design was brought to life. When Emily and Jason came back for an appointment with me to discuss the wedding rings, I found out how Jason proposed which is a really romantic story and something a little different too. Emily and Jason have kindly let me share it with you – get ready to go aahhhhhhh!!!!

bespoke engagement ring proposal story
bespoke engagement ring proposal story
bespoke engagement ring proposal story
bespoke engagement ring proposal story
bespoke engagement ring proposal story

'For the proposal I took Emily away in my small single engine aircraft from our home in Exeter to Goodwood airfield near Chichester. Two days before I spent 10 hours making my proposal message out of large sheets of wood which I painted her favourite colour pink to simply read 'Emily marry me?'. The message was covered with plastic sheet to protect from the poor weather at the time. On 29th May 2008 I flew over the message enroute which I had placed along the runway at Dunkeswell airfield near Honiton. I presented the engagement ring to her in the air as we flew over the message. I commissioned Harriet Kelsall Jewellery Design in Hertfordshire to make the ring from my drawings and model that I supplied them. The ring took 4.5 months to complete and everything about the design symbolises my love for her.

After landing at Goodwood Airfield we went to our final destination, Amberley Castle near Arundel, a picturesque 14th century castle, with a twin tower gatehouse and fully operational portcullis that is closed every night and opened each morning. Our luxurious, most romantic room had Emily's favourite pink Champagne and flowers awaiting her on arrival. From our room we had a secret door to exit our room and up an old stone staircase onto the original battlements and walk along them to enjoy the romantic view over the castle gardens and watch the portcullis being lowered just before midnight.

Early the next morning I took delivery of a Ferrari 360 spider (her dream car) that I hired to take her out for the day to the Zoo as this is her favourite place of all to visit, she absolutely adores animals, especially big cats and monkeys!

For our evening meal after the Zoo I had reserved the Mistletoe Lodge, a romantic, magical thatched tree house, reached by a rope bridge and walk way situated inside the Castle perimeter in a large old oak tree, just for the two of us to enjoy fine dining alone, without any disturbance to enjoy the stunning views of the surrounding gardens, lakes and castle.'

Did you go aahhhhhh?

Anyone thinking of proposing I hope this has given you some ideas!

Bye for now

Antoinette

Antoinette Corbishley
 

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