New stones on the way! Woohoo!

[Kelli]

I've never had a spinel before (never even saw one in real life aside from crappy ones at the local gem show), and I've been wanting something different and bright and pastel. I've also been thinking for a while about a set of small stones for stackers, so I saw these little babies and added to cart immediately. I'm thinking about three bezeled stackers with thin twisty shanks for my right hand middle finger but am open to other ideas in case anyone has anything genius.

Here is the link: http://www.acstones.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=141&idproduct=4606

 

[Bex]

Those are lovely!! I really like the color combination; they'll be perfect for stackers.

 

[digdeep]

SCORE!!!

 

[minousbijoux]

Double score - beautiful stones and Barry's cutting.

 

[swissmiss]

Super cute! Can't wait to see what you do with them.

 

[NKOTB]

Nice! I got the last pair he posted, similar colours. They are super sparkly!

I think stackers is a great idea!

 

[FrekeChild]

Love the pastels! So gorgeous!

 

[mochiko42]

Those look super sparkly and pretty. Congratulations

 

[Snowyrin]

Yes, stackers pls!! Dying to see someone create one real soon. Any inspiration photos of your idea to quench our thirst?

 

[armywife13]

Oooh! I am so happy a PSer got these. They look gorgeous.

I love the stacker idea.

 

[Starzin]

Kelli you're unstoppable!

Great buy and looking forward to seeing those stackers soon.

 

[txgreeneyes]

*drool*

Definitely stackers! What color metal? Would look great with white gold or yellow gold!

 

[endless_summer]

Stackers all the way - they will be beautiful - I really like all three colors together!

 

[FrekeChild]

You realize that you're going to spoiled from all other spinels now, right? Barry's been your first and all. You won't ever be able to look at a non-precision one again...trust me on this.

 

[Kelli]

Thanks everyone! Your approval is much appreciated, and I am SO excited to see these in person. I really love the thin twisty shank I have for both of my tourmalines, so I think I'll start there, and will probably do silver to keep costs down. I always feel like prongs show off sparkle a little better than bezels and I definitely want to play up the sparkle of Barry's cutting... BUT... I really like bezels better for stackers so I'm kinda torn. Opinions?

 

[Kelli]

This would be the bezel, except in all silver instead of two-tone, and if course the stones are 2mm smaller. With prongs I'd keep the same shank with a different head.

 

[FrekeChild]

I prefer prongs for Barry stones because he does an amazing job with faceting the girdles.

 

[minousbijoux]

I prefer prongs for Barry stones because he does an amazing job with faceting the girdles.

This. His stones are perfection. I would not want to hide any more than I had to.

 

[Kelli]

Here is the crown one I like.

 

[Kelli]

Huh. One of my posts is missing. I was wondering what kind of prongs would look best. The ones pictured wouldn't sit flush, but then the bezels wouldn't have either. Or do you guys think more of a peg head type thing would be better?

 

[Kelli]

Like either of these?