For Delilah

It all started with a pencil.

One day, Delilah, you picked up a pencil and drew a ring.

Not just any ring. A ring with a big heart right in the middle, and little hearts dancing on both sides. You even wrote tiny letters next to them, B for blue and W for white, so everyone would know the colours.

Then you gave it to Aunt Frankie. And Aunt Frankie gave it to me.

I looked at it for a long time. I thought, this is a really good ring. Let’s make it real!

The very first picture of your ring.

Here it is. Every ring I make begins with a drawing. This one is yours.

We read your drawing very carefully. Here is what it said.

Every heart gets its own little gold hug.

In the first ring, every heart and every sparkle sits inside its own smooth gold frame. It looks like each one is being hugged.

The big light blue heart is in the middle. The little blue hearts and white sparkles sit on both sides, just like your drawing. Nothing pokes out, so it is soft and smooth, even when you play.

— Ring 1 · watch it spin —

— Ring 1 · from the front —

— Ring 1 · from the side —

— Ring 1 · on a mirror —

Tiny gold beads hold every heart up to the light.

In the second ring, the hearts are held by tiny round gold beads, like little hands holding them up high.

Because the hearts are held up, more light can get in. That makes them sparkle more! This time the big heart in the middle is a deeper blue, with light blue hearts, dark blue hearts and white sparkles all around.

— Ring 2 · watch it spin —

— Ring 2 · from the front —

— Ring 2 · from the side —

— Ring 2 · on a mirror —

Hearts and sparkles tumbling down the sides.

The third ring is the biggest and the sparkliest.

The big blue heart sits on top, held by little gold beads. Then the small hearts and white sparkles tumble down both sides of the ring, like a waterfall. From the front, it looks a little bit like a crown.

— Ring 3 · watch it spin —

— Ring 3 · from the front —

— Ring 3 · the waterfall, up close —

— Ring 3 · on a mirror —

Every finger is a different size. Yours needs measuring.

A ring has to fit just right. Not too tight, and not so loose that it slips off.

So Aunt Frankie is coming to measure your finger. When she does, we will write your size right here.

Your ring size: ________