{"id":1873,"date":"2013-01-10T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1873-the-romance-and-meaning-of-the-unique-gift.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:09:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:09:36","slug":"the-romance-and-meaning-of-the-unique-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-romance-and-meaning-of-the-unique-gift","title":{"rendered":"The Romance and Meaning of the Unique Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nOften the most meaningful gifts are the ones that you make yourself for the one you love. &nbsp;Buying a bunch of roses and a teddy bear from the gas station on the way home on Valentine&#8217;s Day although efficient, is not exactly romantic. &nbsp;Shapeways community member <a href=\"\/forum\/index.php?t=usrinfo&amp;id=221158&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">jrey<\/a> made <a href=\"\/forum\/index.php?t=msg&amp;th=12288&amp;start=0&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">a beautiful gift for his wife for their second wedding anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:32990 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"670\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bahamas_jewely2_3D_Printed_shapeways.jpg\" alt=\"Shapeways 3D Printed Gift of Jewelry\"><\/p>\n<p>Jrey&#8217;s wife is from the Bahamas so he designed a sea shell ring and set of earrings to remind her of home and had them <a href=\"\/materials\/silver\" target=\"_blank\">3D printed in Sterling Silver by Shapeways<\/a>. &nbsp;The jewelry looks beautiful and she absolutely loved them. &nbsp;Now this is the only jewelry of it&#8217;s kind in the entire world, made especially for one woman designed for her alone by her husband. &nbsp;This is the kind of gift that will be passed on for generations, with the grandmother telling the&nbsp;granddaughter the story of it&#8217;s creation, and the depth of meaning that far exceeds any item bought off of the shelf.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:32989 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"670\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bahamas_jewely3_3D_Printed_shapeways.jpg\" alt=\"Shapeways 3D Printed Gift of Jewelry\"><\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:32988 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"670\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bahamas_jewely_1_3D_Printed_shapeways.jpg\" alt=\"Shapeways 3D Printed Gift of Jewelry\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often the most meaningful gifts are the ones that you make yourself for the one you love. &nbsp;Buying a bunch&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[489,481],"tags":[513,482,490,944],"class_list":["post-1873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products-and-design","category-shapeways","tag-39-fashion","tag-6-inspiration","tag-jewelry","tag-whats-hot"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bahamas_jewely_1_3D_Printed_shapeways-625x431.jpg","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - 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