Commemorative Figurines

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Ok so this is going to sound really odd and before we start I just want to say, Yes I am male.

I was around someones house a while ago and on a shelf they had 4 figurines, one was a guy proposing to the girl, another was them holding a baby, etc. Basically commemorating special events in their lives.

Now I personally love this idea but I cant get in contact with them to find out where they got them from, and the nearest I can find are Willow Tree figures as below:
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Which are great but dont hold the range I would like.
Personally I want them for silly little things. First time we met, first time we moved in together, proposal, wedding, baby, all that stuff! I just think they would be more enjoyable then just photos and a nice talking piece! But I cant find a broad enough range (and no I cant make them myself, I have no practical skills :p )

So my question is, does anyone know of anywhere that does similar but a much greater range? I have googled all over but cant find any!

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Now that i'm thinking about it I could go for 3D printing! Theres a shop around the corner from me which does it and it could be super detailed :p
 
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I admire the sentiment but wonder about the practicality. How many of these figurines are you envisaging buying and what's the criteria? You might end up spending more time worrying about the figurines than you do enjoying the moments which initiated them.
 
[FnG]magnolia;28208690 said:
I admire the sentiment but wonder about the practicality. How many of these figurines are you envisaging buying and what's the criteria? You might end up spending more time worrying about the figurines than you do enjoying the moments which initiated them.
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I was thinking the basics, mile stones for both of us, first times etc.
First Date
Proposal
1 Year living together
Wedding
Pregnancy
Birth
Our first house

Lets just say a few of these things we both have difficulties with and they are real achievements! We have done several already, we are a long way in to the relationship, but we dont really have any mementos from those moments other then, obviously, the ring and some photos of the others!
 
1%er biker clubs developed a series of patches for this type of thing brown wings red wings and so on. You could take that path.

(more serious response you can associate events with objects less literally and probably achieve the same thing, purchase a piece of art which is linked with the place you married (I have a mono print of eve masturbating in the church yard I married in), buy an antique together on your anniversary and so on)
 
Do they do one for first time I knocked one out and one for the first time I fumbled in a girls pants at the local discoteque?
 
Tut me thinks this isn't being taken too seriously :p I like the idea of the artwork though, could have a wall of pictures and sketches and only we would know what they relate to. That could be cool.
 
I think the Elvis Presley Dambusters Clock Plate of Tutankhamun was the best one..a true work of art
 
Each to their own but my wife and I always cringe when we see these in peoples houses. Strangely they are all the couples we know who have turbulent relationships!

Much prefer something truly personal, these are so generic.
 
This one celebrates the first time we did the 'No, you put the phone down first' thing

This one celebrates the three months wages I blew on an engagement ring...

This one's from the time I realised my wife wears the trousers and I'm completely under-the-thumb..

....And finally here's my wife's favourite, my actual testicles pickled in a jar.
 
I bought a couple of Trollbeads for the Mrs' bracelet for our first daughter.
"Paternity" and the letter "F". Bit if a waste of money but she likes them.

These porcelain figures... kind of thing I'd expect of people 60+ years old.
 
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