ZPJ Love Stories - Josie, Liam & Ziggy

We thought it was time to share one of our favourite stories on the blog... an engagement ring mishap starring one hungry labrador, Ziggy.

To start things off, Liam proposed with a placeholder ring - a lovely little sapphire bezel set in a fine gold band. He got the big YES and Josie and I designed the engagement ring together. An important detail, as I am not sure how it would have all played out if Josie had no idea an engagement was in the works.I sent the new, redesigned engagement ring up to Liam and Josie, and unfortunately, a naive courier driver left it within reach of this hungry labrador. Josie got home to find bits of cardboard packaging, a half-eaten diamond certificate, most of a ZPJ linen bag, a few splinters of a wooden ring box, and no sign of an engagement ring. Josie has her own business, Friday Arvo, and is the guru behind all our care cards, illustrations and packaging design - this was not how I expected she would first see them all in the flesh.

After a few days of searching led to nothing it was a trip to the vet where not only was the ring seen to be inside Ziggy, but the metal hinge from our wooden box also.

"The first look we got of the ring was in the x-ray, haha, along with the hinges of the ring box. It was nice to know we didn’t have to keep searching the garden but had to collect her 💩 and wait for the sparkly goods." - Josie

Once it was recovered, I was very impressed to hear Josie was wearing it! But it did make a trip back to me for a buff and a polish, as the metal seemed to have oxidised while in Ziggy's stomach...

"On day 5 we got it! The reaction was hilarious because it had been such a long-awaited arrival thanks to Zig, and the ring went a bit orange from being inside a dog’s stomach. Besides the colour, it was absolutely perfect… and sent back to Zoe who very kindly fixed it up for me 😅😅 Working with Zoë is like chatting with a friend, she is so accommodating with ideas (and dog mishaps)" - Josie

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