Murano glass, sterling and gold charm bracelets

[diamondfan]

Rising, I love it! Your middle bead is the Saturn flower and I love it, and I love the spacers. I did all three of my bracelets symmetrical, and the owner of the store loves them now. I did not do any with gold yet, but plan to a bracelet like yours in all gold, and not fill it all the way. Trolls combo beads were not that great looking to me, so I stayed with the silver and glass ones. (the store here that does sell Pandora is owned by or run by a very unpleasant group and I do not want to give him my business to be honest!) I am liking the colors and textures. It is really a lot of fun to chose and collect and design your bracelet. It will always remind me of being down here and spending the time with friends and family!

 

[risingsun]

Thank you, ladies!
diamondsrock: you are now on your way to a Pandora obession! I think you''ll enjoy it! Let us know what beads you choose next.
monnie: there is a method to my madness, with my right hand for mixed metals LOL
diamondfan: I''d love to see pics of your bracelets. A gold one would be great!

 

[katebar]

Marian your bracelet looks absolutely stunning. I love the simplicity of it and this is the look I might go for rather than loading on 15 charms.
Plus I got the smallest size bracelet and although i have a slim wrist I''m cross I did''nt get one size up. This means I can''t have too many charms so oh well the ones I have are going to be spectacular!! I got the silver with the gold clasp.
Carolyn I think i will get another plain silver and use that for my murano beads and silver. You mentioned one of yours is ''full'' of charms so did you get a bigger size for that one?

 

[diamondfan]

Kate, I took the 7.1 size. It is pretty full, and looks chock full of stuff, but I like big bracelets on my wrist, which is small. I am not a patient girl so I really wanted it to be full right away, I have enjoyed playing with it and choosing the beads. For the gold, I would not invest in the bracelet and lock (over $1100.00 without any charms) and then cover the entire chain up. I like the look of the gold on the wrist at that point. I am very happy to take pics of them and my Chopard watch when I am home, as long as Andrey can post them for me. I could have done a smaller bracelet with fewer charms but this worked. The place I got mine from allows you to trade up bracelet lengths, since if you buy one and only have a couple of charms you need a smaller size and as you add them you lose space and need to go larger. Maybe the place you buy would allow that.

 

[risingsun]

Kate~I also have the 7.1 size. I will probably fill this bracelet up. I like the way it looks now, but I feel the need to keep on going

If I had a gold bracelet, I would follow Caroline''s idea and have more of the bracelet showing.

 

[katebar]

Date: 8/29/2007 6:47:27 PM
Author: risingsun
Kate~I also have the 7.1 size. I will probably fill this bracelet up. I like the way it looks now, but I feel the need to keep on going

If I had a gold bracelet, I would follow Caroline''s idea and have more of the bracelet showing.

risingsun thanks for that I was a little peeved that I had got it too small. I seriously have a very slender wrist(the only part of me that is lol) but I could''nt return it as my gf bought it for me in her home town and it is too difficult.
I have no charms as yet but am itching to get it going

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My daughter''s is the same size and we have got her 5 charms and her GM got a gorgeous pink Murnao bead. Her birthday is on Sunday and when she has loaded it I will take it for a spin

 

[risingsun]

Katebar~I bought my bracelet out of town. My local auth Pandora dealer has said if anything goes wrong with my bracelet, she will take care of any exchanges. I wonder if a local vendor, to you, would consider an exchange for a longer bracelet?

 

[dragonfly411]

Murano glass is made in Italy. I have a murano blown glass heart pendant that has various colors of blue, pink, gold and white in it. Remind me to get some good pictures to show you guys as it really is lovely. I also have a sterling silver wire ring with two murano glass cube beads on it that are cobalt blue. I''ve been meaning to get pictures of everything but the lighting has been terrible for me. I''m not sure what to try anymore. That bracelet is just lovely!

 

[risingsun]

Date: 8/31/2007 2:49:41 AM
Author: monarch64

Date: 8/31/2007 1:36:22 AM
Author: diamondfan
Monnie, isn't it addicting?! I am seriously enjoying just deciding what to put where and why! It is so much fun! I wish I could see the ones you did...

I love when they are centered or themed, and I also love the appearance of the ones in the advertisements/posters where they consist of one color or only YG, or whatever...I know I'm missing the whole point of personalizing them, but I guess I just love symmetry. Risingsun's really got me inspired, hers is so symmetrical and I just love how it looks, hee hee.

Monnie~I want your job. You have entirely too much fun at work

As you noticed, I'm looking for visual symmetry. I may or may not repeat the same beads, but I look for an overall look that pleases me. It has to do with my own sense of order, proportion and beauty. I'm waiting for the fall selection to come out before getting anything else. Do you know when they will be coming in? BTW--no excuses, take pics!!

ETA: I'm thinking of getting the gold matrix bead with diamonds. Also the gold bead with the stars or hearts cut out. How do they look in person?

 

[diamondfan]

I did three, but with Troll beads. My symmterical issues made me repeat beads, but I love the way they look. One is mostly pinks with some teal blue, one is blues and greens, and the other is mutli but has some pinkish red and some blues and greens to mimic the one bead that I really liked. All three look great next to each other. I am thinking I want to do one with the saturn flower pandora bead in the center, and a bunch of sterling and gold beads mixed. I also would do one on the gold bracelet with just all gold beads. I like tonality, it does not have to be matchy but I love for all of the tones to blend well.

 

[monarch64]

Date: 8/31/2007 9:43:18 AM
Author: risingsun

Date: 8/31/2007 2:49:41 AM
Author: monarch64

Date: 8/31/2007 1:36:22 AM
Author: diamondfan
Monnie, isn't it addicting?! I am seriously enjoying just deciding what to put where and why! It is so much fun! I wish I could see the ones you did...

I love when they are centered or themed, and I also love the appearance of the ones in the advertisements/posters where they consist of one color or only YG, or whatever...I know I'm missing the whole point of personalizing them, but I guess I just love symmetry. Risingsun's really got me inspired, hers is so symmetrical and I just love how it looks, hee hee.

Monnie~I want your job. You have entirely too much fun at work

As you noticed, I'm looking for visual symmetry. I may or may not repeat the same beads, but I look for an overall look that pleases me. It has to do with my own sense of order, proportion and beauty. I'm waiting for the fall selection to come out before getting anything else. Do you know when they will be coming in? BTW--no excuses, take pics!!

ETA: I'm thinking of getting the gold matrix bead with diamonds. Also the gold bead with the stars or hearts cut out. How do they look in person?

Hee hee, yeah, I have lots of fun at this job, that's why I chose it! I think fall beads will be out in September, not sure of an actual drop date, though, sorry. I'll try to find out when I get back to work on Tuesday and let you know here on this thread. As far as pics, so you don't have to wait until next week, I will hop on the Pandora site and try to replicate the bracelet I built and post the pic here. (Did you know you can do that on their site? You can literally drag and drop each charm you like onto a virtual bracelet and build it that way, it's almost as much fun as doing it IRL!)

I really like the symmetrical look, I know what you're saying about proportion and order for sure. That's the way I put together the samples I designed at the store, I just thought they naturally looked more appealing with a theme and pattern and color scheme. But I've seen tons of people come in with really random designs that were also beautiful, so obviously one is not better than the other.

I haven't seen the gold matrix bead in person, we are a "silver level" retailer (smaller buy-in), but I HAVE seen the gold bead with stars and hearts cut out, it's gorgeous. Honestly, I haven't seen a shabby looking bead yet, they all seem to be of very good quality and we get them in several times a week because we're constantly re-ordering them. I haven't found a quality issue in anything since I started this job and discovered the line, I'm soooo dying for a bracelet of my own! I already have a YG traditional charm bracelet started though, and DH and I have been adding onto it here and there, so now I'm sort of afraid to start something else and never finish my original one, ya know? Oh well, I will probably start a Pandora anyway, hee hee!

 

[monarch64]

Just built a whole bracelet on the website but it would not let me save a pic of it...sorry!

 

[risingsun]

Date: 9/2/2007 12:57:10 AM
Author: monarch64
Just built a whole bracelet on the website but it would not let me save a pic of it...sorry!

Try taking a screen shot

 

[katebar]

My beautiful daughter turned 16 yesterday and celebrated in bed with the flu!

. Lots of her friends gave her charms and in fact there is only room for 2 more charms. I tried it on and it fits but I wonder if i should return my 7.1 and get the 7.5. Caroline you said yours is filled did you find it snuggish?
Her favourite charm is a silver with a gold pacifer or dummy as we say in Australia. I gave it to her because a baby she was the dummy queen and she used to have 7 dummies in her cot lol.
Dh took them off her when i was on a fun run once when she was 3 and for years and i mean years I would find her in the baby aisle at the chemist whistfully looking at tthe dummies. When she was 7 she told me she would buy all the dummies she wanted when she grew up.
So now she has a glam one

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[diamondfan]

My bracelet still has a bit of give to it, I have a small wrist and we knew we were filling it so we kept trying different sizes.

I love the pacifier!!! We called them binkies and my oldest LOVED his, and my doctor was fine with them til 18 months. At 17 months he got so stuffy with a cold that he had to give up binky or not breathe, so I just removed them all...I had them all over the house in every room. He only liked one brand so I would buy a boatload and stash them. Anyway, he was fine, I told him the Binky fairy had come and taken them for other babies who now needed them. He really was fine with it til my second was born, about a year or so later....he then decided HE should have one again. Meanwhile, my second (and my third) HATED them and would spit them out immediately. But I love the charm with it, too funny!!!

 

[diamondfan]

Monnie, I think I want to buy some Pandora two tone beads to do one more bracelet, with some Troll beads. I was told that the Pandora beads fit on the Troll bracelet. Do you like Saturn flower as a center, with the silver and gold flower clip and the silver and gold tipped flower (two of each) mixed in with some of the troll beads that have gold in them? there is a gorgeous pink one with gold in it, and I thought it would look neat to have some two tones, all of my bracelets so far have been all silver beads and colored beads with no gold. What do you think? Since you sell the Pandora and I really only saw the Troll beads I was not sure...thanks again!