thorstedswife
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Jun 12, 2016
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Thank you! To be honest, I think that tone of pink coral might just be universal. I can't imagine a skin tone they wouldn't suit. They're just so gentle.Very pretty, and a great tone on you!
Oh, if you only know how much I debated whether to have them as leverbacks or traditional studs... But in the end my desire for comfort won over. I don't regret the decision, they're very wearable and don't hurt the side of my neck every time I take a phone call.Oh I love your two rings and the earrings! I, too, am a sucker for blue. Anything that's blue I want, lol. The earrings are so sweet and they look perfect on the leverbacks.
To be honest, that thread is full of so many spectacular creations... I kinda feel I wouldn't really contribute all that much. But I have added them to the similar thread we have on the CS forum! You know, less of an audience over here.You need to add your rings to this thread! https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/show-me-your-blue-sapphire-rings-ps-addition.263598/
Very nice
And now for the reason I dug this thread up from the archives... The newest addition, still in the modest category, of course, but very wearable and just my style.
I bought this pendant from @gingercurls. I was browsing LT, and I saw that eye-catching orange, and the decision to write and make an offer took less than a day, which for me is a very short amount of time. She agreed to sell it to me, and ship it half way across the globe, and to be honest, after what I suspect she went through organising it, she'd be a saint if she ever agreed to send anything internationally ever again.
Waiting for it to arrive ate my nerves. Nibbled on them for so many days, when I finally had the pendant in my hands and needed to untangle the chain, my fingers were too shaky and the whole process took 5 times as long as it needed to.
And it's not just the usual "well what if it's lost" business. @gingercurls sent the package on the 1st of September, and it landed on our airport on the 6th. And from that point on, until now, it was stuck in the limbo of the local slow and infuriating postal service. It flew thousands of miles and went through a dozen transit stops in 5 days. And then the last 20 kilometers took two weeks. But hey, at least it arrived, eventually!
The gem is a precision cut spessartite garnet by Gene, weighing 3,365ct and measuring 8,260 in diameter, from Loliondo, Tanzania. I am not familiar with the trade names of spessartite and have no idea what is considered mandarin or fanta, so we'll just call it a spess and that's that. The setting is 14k yellow gold by DK.
And it's here just in time for autumn, which is just perfect.
Here's something curious. Now, don't be too rash to call me insane, I needed something to occupy my thoughts while I was waiting for customs to clear the package. But I found the original image from Gene in the Web Archive, from 7 years ago. I wanted to be able to compare when it finally arrived. I'd say it's pretty accurate.
Of course, what the pictures can't quite capture is just how neon-levels of glowy this baby is. I stuck it under the desk and it still glowed - I have no idea where it found light to capture, but it amazed me.
And in direct sunlight it transforms into a tiny shining sun.
Soooo... lucky me, I guess.
I love this pendant and I'm happily jealous you have it. It's just one of those pieces that's going to be coveted by me forever. Perfect signature classic.
Can they retip the prongs back the way they were? If not, then there really isn't much else to do unless they recast it.
No, we can't retip the prongs, because it's not the prongs, it's the main body of the ring, the main design, that's been altered. I don't want to place blame. My main suspicion is that whoever from the bench worked on the ring... overdid it, let's say, but the vendor so far prefers to assume sole responsibility. Undeniably professional, and also why I don't want to react harshly. Mistakes happen, after all.
I've actually been offered to have the ring recast and remade entirely. I did not expect it, honestly, it must be so much extra work for the vendor to make it happen. I believed I would have to make peace with missing out on it entirely, and it's not like I could just have it remade locally, it would be a huge infringement on the designer's work.
So now I'll just have to wait for a while. I'll gladly accept some unexpected wait time if it means I get to own this beauty.
Yes, but… sparkles
Ahh you need super sparkles? I’ve seen some really sparkly blue sapphires! Assuming the right yellow could do the same?
Am a fan of yellow diamonds though as I do own one! And yes, it sparkles!