HI:Date: 5/10/2009 11:17:29 AM
Author: AGBF
Wow, Sharon! I now know why you chose the Gehry! It has presence! Is it physically comfortable? It looks like something a Queen might wear for the opening of Parliament or other State occasions!!!
Deb, very impressed!!!
AGBF
HA!! No not easily pleased, I know Coati and know she did her work in selecting this for her Mom. She can teach us all a thing or two!!!!Date: 5/12/2009 12:41:08 AM
Author: AGBF
Skippy and Lisa are too easily pleased. Not enough detail here, coati. Who is making it? How did you find the goldsmith? Do you have any pictures of his (or her) other work? I put my heart and soul into this search for your mother''s ring and I expect a little more information back from you when it is your turn to have information! Come on. You can do better.
AGBF
Date: 4/7/2009 3:54:22 AM
Author: Imdanny
Please forgive me for the mini-thread hijack, but I need advice from the prospective of gold enthusiasts, and this is the thread for gold enthusiasts.
I'm buying a solid band that's available in 18kt gold and platinum. The platinum alloy is ruthenium. They're both the same quality ring, the same ring, as I said.
I have gone back and forth about whether I like gold or not, whether I want gold or not, and whether I want platinum or not.
I can choose ONE.
So, gold and jewelry experts, my question is what do you think of the FINISH of gold vs. platinum?
I want to know what the ring is going to look like in 5+ years and how much am I going to be able to bring it back as closely as possible to its original finish.
I want to run my current thinking by you and please tell me what you think.
I'm concerned that since platinum develops a patina (the molecules being moved around instead of worn off) if I get platinum, it's going to a) not shine and then b) I'll have to have someone polish it- and I wonder if polishing it will move the molecules around so that the shape of the original ring doesn't stay, if that makes sense.
I'm thinking that a) gold holds its finish better and b) I could polish it myself.
My #1 concern in choosing between them is the finish. Long story short, I don't like scratches (yes, I know everything scratches), and over a period of time, I don't want the ring to not shine. That is the thing I think is more important to me (more important than weight, more important than the choice of yellow or white).
I've thought about this a lot to narrow it down this far. But I have to make a decision.
Please help! Thanks.
. Is this the Lucida band to which you referred in Who's Who or something else? I will see if you have a separate thread started in Jewelry Pieces about this, if not I will see if you are discussing it in your Who's Who thread. I am so sorry not to have responded!.
Ditto, maybe Deb she is super excited since this is a gift of love and I am betting she put her heart and soul into the design of the perfect ring for her dear mom. I mean many of us buy stuff for ourselves all the time but buying gifts for others is quite special and we want it to be perfect for the person we love!!! I would love to hear about more people buying gifts of loves for others; I think it is extremely sweet.Date: 5/12/2009 12:51:56 AM
Author: Kaleigh
HA!! No not easily pleased, I know Coati and know she did her work in selecting this for her Mom. She can teach us all a thing or two!!!!Date: 5/12/2009 12:41:08 AM
Author: AGBF
Skippy and Lisa are too easily pleased. Not enough detail here, coati. Who is making it? How did you find the goldsmith? Do you have any pictures of his (or her) other work? I put my heart and soul into this search for your mother's ring and I expect a little more information back from you when it is your turn to have information! Come on. You can do better.
AGBF
But yes would love to hear more....
Date: 2/22/2009 2:55:41 PM
Author: AGBF
coati, I hope I am not repeating myself...but I may be. I 'found' this vendor today, but I may have found her before and posted a link to her in this thread before! She is on Etsy. This band was only $595.00. I do not know if you gave up on the idea of a band with stones for your mother, but I wanted to point out the vendor. I hope I didn't point her out twice. (It is also possible, of course, that someone else pointed her out and that now I have found her. I apologize if I am doing that, too!)
Senile Deb
. I know Coati has been working on the project for ages and I have every confidence the ring will be exactly what her mother wanted. Coati asked for help in this thread a long time ago and we all got interested in the project.
Date: 5/12/2009 1:29:14 PM
Author: AGBF
Hey, Skippy! I'm just dragging this old posting out from the middle of the thread to show that I love Coati and and her mom and want her mom to have the best ring in the world
I was just teasing and I didn't want you to think that my teasing Coati was meant seriously!!!
AGBF
I took a look at the site and the result was that I went on a search for multi-strand circle link necklaces to match my earrings since I didn't see any on your site, Sharon! I'm not saying I'm going to buy this necklace, but I'm tempted! My earrings are 14K, so they would match! I didn't know what to search for when I searched, though! I didn't know what to call those soft circles of metal that make you want to play with them! Here is a link.
Sharon, Deb,Date: 5/13/2009 8:12:24 PM
Author: AGBF
I took a look at the site and the result was that I went on a search for multi-strand circle link necklaces to match my earrings since I didn''t see any on your site, Sharon! I''m not saying I''m going to buy this necklace, but I''m tempted! My earrings are 14K, so they would match! I didn''t know what to search for when I searched, though! I didn''t know what to call those soft circles of metal that make you want to play with them! Here is a link.
AGBF
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