Our favorite way to create a truly one-of-a-kind, personalized ring design? Custom engraved rings! We work with an incredibly talented local artisans in San Francisco who artfully hand-engraves any symbol, pattern, message, or image you can imagine to personalize your engraved ring and make it truly yours. Keep scrolling for some of our favorite hand engraved rings we've made to date!
Cosmic Engraving
Our most requested engraved rings (and what we're most well-known for), are of course, our cosmic star and constellation creations. Peruse just a few ideas below and know that there's an endless amount of celestial engraving ring ideas available in the infinite, star-filled universe.
Night Sky Dream
Let's immortalize the positions of the stars when your amor was born or your astrological constellation, or even just a perfectly random collection of constellations.
Stars & Comets
Shooting stars and comets cascade over both the basket and band of this incredibly detailed celestial engraved ring. Wear the sky on your finger.
Diamonds In The Sky
Hand-engraved stars of every size and brightness - from faraway speckles to light golden etchings to deliciously diamond embedded. It's written in the stars.
Nature Engraving
Flowers, trees, mountains, and streams, there's no end to what nature can dream when we can hand engrave it on your ring to make the perfect nature inspired engraved wedding band.
Into The Wild
For the nature lover, hand-engraved mountains and towering tall trees - the picture of serenity and peace.
Field of Flowers
For the #moreismore flower fairy, a magical mosaic of flowers and milgrain to fulfill all your garden fantasies.
Dolphins & Diamonds
Golden dolphins frolicking in the cascading waves under a sparkling diamond moon - paradise found for the ocean loving lass.
Ornate Linework
Add a little extra opulence to your design with luxe, hand-engraved art deco inspired linework for your engraved wedding band.
Art Deco
Big and small, hand-engraved art deco bands for you and your amor. Add extravagance at any scale.
Twin Engraving
Create a sumptous set with ornate engraving on your engagement ring and wedding band alike.
Gilded Curves
Add even more drama and detail to an already eye-catching curved gold diamond band.
Leave no gold unadorned
For the detail-loving connoisseur, an intricately engraved creation with not a single unadorned inch.
Flapper Fantasy
Take us back with this Gatsby-inspired, flapper-vibes band that feels like shimmying to the sax.
Elaborately lavish
No surface is spared in this deliciously lavish, meticulously engraved art deco white gold dream.
Words With Meaning
Whether hidden inside or right on top, we love a handwritten engraved message with meaning.
Message in a Band
Keep your message close and right against your finger with a hand-engraved word or phase on the inside of the band.
Loud & Proud
Wear your message out loud (and see it all day long) with perfectly curvy cursive engraving on the outside of your band.
Bae Band
Our bestselling Bae Band - a meaningful ode to a person, word, or affirmation that deserves to be etched in gold.
Anything You Can Dream Up
The limit does not exist for what we can create, and we love dreaming up new ideas we've never hand engraved before! Send us a message or book a free virtual consultto chat about what's possible for your engraved ring!
Just Bee
We love a surprise symbolic ring booty, and what better omen than the earth-saving humble bee?
Pirate's Booty
Name a more badass ring booty! And it is giving golden treasure booty of the high seas variety ;)
Cheers To That
A signet ring to hold any symbol you can envision. Cheers to one-of-a-kind hand-engraved realness.
Your ring engraving questions answered
How to get engraving on a ring?
Rings are either engraved by hand or with a laser. We opt for hand-engraving always - it's more special and the possibilties for design are endless.
How much does it cost to engrave a wedding band?
At Gem Breakfast, engraving costs $12 per character for words and sayings, and patterns cost between $150 and $400 depending on the size and intricacy of the design.
Can you engrave a ring after it's made?
Definitely! Many couples get their rings engraved with special phrases, words, or patterns after they purchase their rings.
Should I engrave my wedding band?
Engraving a wedding band can be a super special way to personalize a ring - whether it's a saying, a word, an image, or a pattern, you can create a ring that symbolizes your patnership or your partner in a lasting way.
Can a jeweler engrave a ring?
Most jewelers are able to do simple engraving like words and letters and will use laser engraving. For more intricate engraving, we work with a Master Hand Engraver who carves the most complicated of art completely by hand with amazing precision and artistry. See some of her work for Gem Breakfast here.
What is traditionally engraved on a wedding band?
Traditional examples of engraving on wedding bands include: you and your partner's initials, the day you got married or the date of your first date, or a phrase from your partner. Some engravings we've done for Gem Breakfast couples: their partner's favorite mountain range, each of their zodiac constellations, their favorite animal, a meaningful phrase or message, a field of their favorite wildflowers, ocean waves, and so much more can be hand engraved!
Shop all our in-stock and made to order engraved rings and engraved wedding bands here or fill out the form below to create your own custom hand engraved ring design!