Monday, December 13, 2010

Your story :)

This is the first (hopefully, of many) of YOUR STORIES.  If you have any fun, funny, adorable, thoughtful, unique, or heart-melting engagement (or wedding) stories send them our way and you may find yourself on the RFS blog. 

Josh and Kerri - Our friends from Syracuse, NY.

Josh is in med school at SUNY Upstate and is your textbook nice guy (no really, they do exist).



Kerri is a very energetic, fun-loving teacher with a hard not to love, infectious laugh.


Josh and Kerri went to the same church as kids, where his father is a minister.  Kerri's two brothers and Josh were childhood friends.  Josh eventually moved away.

Years later, they ran into each other at Al's Whiskey Lounge, in downtown Syracuse.  Picture.... former cigar bar, huge wine and liquor selections and a WIDE array of cheeses to be paired with the wines. 

Josh, the ice-breaker, commented on Kerri's cheese plate, perhaps after a drink or three.  She later learned, he was sincerely interested in her cheese.  He likes cheese. 

A couple dates and two and half years later.  Josh popped the question.

Josh and Kerri went hiking at the Taughannock Falls in Ithaca, NY. 

He set up the camera in front of the falls and set the timer to catch them both in front a beautiful background. 

Ehh, a little displeased with the photo, Josh stayed put and sent Kerri to set the timer again.

This time, at precisely the moment the photo was being taken, Josh got down on one knee and proposed to Kerri.


OF COURSE, she said YES!




Josh and Kerri are getting married this Memorial Day before Josh starts his residency (perhaps we can get him to choose Miami and bring Kerri with him). 

Love is in Miami!

Oh wait, you live here? In South Florida?!  You saw the 'Love is in the Air' package and thought we forgot you?!  Don't fret my pet!  We, first and foremost, want to take care of you, that's why we moved to Miami!

We also offer a package called 'Love is in Miami' for those of you that will not be flying in from far, far away but we do want to make choosing the ring a special, very personal experience for you and your other half.


'Love is in Miami' offers you a luxurious suite in downtown Miami's Viceroy Hotel, bottle service alongside their infinity pool 50 floors up at Club 50,  meals in their fine dining establishments, treatments in their 28,000 square foot full-service spa, and a private viewing and design consultation with Tara Rose and the RFS team to create the perfect engagement ring in the privacy of your suite. 

Sounds like the perfect plan, right?  For additional information and pricing, please call (786) 888-4515.


Thursday, December 9, 2010

Up, Up and AWAY!! Ring Finger Studio's Love is in the Air Package

RFS is one of a kind, from diamonds, to experience, to... options custom, personal, special options.  Our newest option is the Love is in the Air package.

This includes:

Round Trip Private Jet Service
Limousine Transport
A Suite at the Viceroy Hotel in Downtown Miami
Viceroy Spa Package
Full Concierge for your entire Getaway




You will be flown in a private jet down to Miami and stay in one of the unbelievable suites at downtown's Viceroy hotel where designer, Tara Rose will have dozens of diamonds at your fingertips.  Here, her and the RFS team will walk you through your private consultation to create your own one of a kind engagement ring!


For information and Pricing, please call (786) 888-4515!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Adventures in Art Basel

Art Basel, where do I start? Definitely something I could get used to..  There was so much going on and so many options every single day!! We started off the week right with some pre-Basel parties, the Gold for Life party and the Vanity Fair party at the MoCa.  The rest of the week was a whirlwind of galleries and parties.

We made to the MB Convention Center, of course, explored the Wynwood and Design District galleries, checked out the highly recommended Seven gallery, attended the Paper Magazine Party and Vogue Italia Party and even got to party right on our rooftop in Midtown.  Not bad for beginner Baselers!

Here is a quick look at our adventures through Art Basel.


Stardust by Adam Cvijanovic, 2010 at Seven



Both of these were VERY detailed in pencil and we saw them at Seven.  



In a Wynwood gallery.  The artist is named Calder.





More from a Wynwood gallery.





From the party in Midtown.



Only at Miami Beach Art Basel, temporary "ta-ta" tattoos!




This is an egg!!


The above three are from galleries in the Design District.



Vintage shopping!



The Vogue Italia party at SET.



Next  year's game plan - even more events and even less sleep!!  Basel tov!







Monday, December 6, 2010

World's Most EXPENSIVE Diamond Sold for.....

Last month Sotheby's, one of the world's oldest auction house, sold the most expensive diamond to date.  Check out the pic below!!



The Stats
This ring is a 24.78 carat "fancy intense pink", emerald cut, with rounded edges, diamond set in platinum between two smaller trillion cut diamonds and is said to be graded internally flawless.

The Buyer
British billionaire/diamond dealer, Laurence Gaff battled multiple bidders for the ring.

The History
The stone was last sold by New York jeweller, Henry Winston, over 60 years ago.

The Price
$45.72 MILLION, which is about two times more than the previous record holder for most expensive gemstone sold.

Unbelievable, right?

I'll take two please!


Credit Simon Bradley at swissinfo.ch

LIKE us, CALL us, FOLLOW us, CHECK-IN with us, RFS wants to hear from you!

Things are finally starting to settle down for RFS in Midtown.  We had the grand opening party, got Rachael on board, got home for the holiday, and made it through our first Miami Beach Art Basel (which we will do a full RFS adventures through Basel blog post this week).

Now we will be adding more content to our blogs such as interesting wedding related posts and events we attend in Miami.  We also want to add your stories from pre-engagement to the big day!!

With that being said you can contact RFS in many ways now, which are listed below.

Rachael can be emailed at Rachael@ringfingerstudio.com.  Send her all of your stories!
Twitter.com/RingFingerMiami
Facebook.com/RingFingerStudio
and of course here, www.ringfingerstudio.blogspot.com

You can also find us on an array of websites for info and reviews, which are listed below.  Search for us at:
http://www.modernluxury.com/
http://www.yelp.com/
http://www.citybest.com/
http://www.where2butlers.com/
http://www.blackbookmag.com/
http://www.weddingchannel.com/

Looking forward to hearing from you and learning about you all!  Hope to (expect to) hear from you soon!! :)

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Vanity Fair Party at MOCA

So, night two of the Pre-Basel events we attended the Vanity Fair Party at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami.


The party coincided with the opening of Bruce Webber's Haiti/Little Haiti - a series of photos of Miami's Haitian community in response to the U.S. immigration system in which Haitian citizens were detained indefinitely unlike refugees from other countries who were usually released to family or friends while awaiting asylum hearings.  

It also featured sculpture by Johnathan Meese, which are essentially "frozen surrogates" for Meese.  Against the opinion of a very sweet elderly named Myrtle, who was convinced that Johnathan Meese is a "Sicko" because of the abundance of male genitalia, we all really liked the work.

We left MOCA and made a stop at "Cheese Me", one of Miami's most talked about food trucks.  There is definite reason for the buzz.  The sandwiches were amazing!




The night continued with an after party thrown by the MOCA Shakers Bardot just a couple of blocks away from us in Midtown with music by AGAPE featuring Nadia Harris, who has an absolutely yummy voice even when she talks.  

Great time all around!


Some of the pics are by us, some are thanks to Llmar Saar.