Hello, hive! Mrs. Mouse here. Today, we’re relaunching a favorite series of old, where bee bloggers nominate their favorite Weddingbee posts of all time, and we re-run them here on the blog. I’m kicking off the series with one of my favorite posts, Mrs. Black Cat’s rundown on pearl engagement rings. I loved this post because I’d never considered a pearl engagement ring before, and she shared some gorgeous inspiration, as well as some clever tips. Stick around for more classic Weddingbee blog posts in the next few weeks. And if you’d like to see earlier “Best of the ‘Bee” posts, check them out here.

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Considering a pearl engagement ring" When Mr. B-Cat and I decided to get married, he told me he felt weird choosing my ring on his own. He didn?t want a reminder on my hand for all of time saying, ?Hey, I don?t totally get your taste, but I love youuu!? He did know that I wanted a pearl ring instead of a diamond, so we ended up doing a lot of research on pearl rings together. I thought I?d take some time to share a little of what we discovered while researching the perfect pearl ring, or from talking to jewelers.
Natural vs. Cultured vs. Imitation

Natural pearls are incredibly rare and valuable since they occur only by chance in the wild. Cultured pearls make up the majority of the market. Pearl farmers help their molluscs produce a pearl by placing beads of mother of pearl into them. The molluscs will then spend some...