Love and Lobster Coastal New England Weddings

Oh Etsy, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways. Our latest find on the endlessly inspiring crafting site not only manages to bestow even more meaning onto a cherished wedding tradition, but the artists live right in our backyard. That’s, sigh, already two ways.

Brent and Jessica Williams of Topsham, both graduates of Portland’s Maine College of Art, create by hand one-of-a-kind wedding rings featuring you and your sweetie’s fingerprints. Using a lost wax casting process, they imprint the rings – in platinum, palladium, sterling silver or gold – so you can wear your hubbie’s fingerprint and he can wear yours. As the Williams (aka fabuluster on Etsy) put it, you’ll have your intended “literally wrapped around your finger.” After placing your order, you collect the prints with a kit that arrives by mail. The Williams then sculpt the prints onto either the inside or outside of the bands, creating an exact reproduction that preserves your fingers’ original textures.

All that for an exceptionally reasonable starting price of $365. No wonder the rings finished among the top 20 in the Martha Stewart Weddings-Etsy DIY Wedding Craft Contest. Make that three ways, and counting.