Pearl dsisy necklase project

[Daisys and Diamonds]

If the gold pearls are Freshwater then they are dyed. Not that it matters for fun jewelery.. just a 'heads up' .

Thanks Katbran
Fun is perfect for this

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

So got my Pandora delivery today
blinkin' heck
Those charms are tiny and exspensive
And the dangle is one sided
Never to mind
Ill have a play around and post a picture latter

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Gary's gone to bed but i have to wait for my pbone to charge so my alarm goes off a 5 tomorrow for work
So i have time for a bit of a play

You know the pandora ring was great value at $45 but the tiny silver dangle charm i want to put on the end of the extender is well .... tiny
Its a dear wee thing but its also only one sided
The coloured pandora charm also looked tiny but i think that's just a mind thing because it was more than 3 times the price of the 'big box store' daisy
Anyway just mucking around
No hurry
From left to right
Daisy Duck Disney silver Pandora charm
Pandora silver daisy dangle
Pandora dangle
Micheal Hill Emma and Roe deleted daisy
the warehouse $25 silver daisy charm
Micheal Hill daisy charm

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Ok i know this is getting into the faux jewlery territory but when im reasy to knot ill sort everything out into the correct place
but i have this
its actually a hair piece
Ive never worn it
There are about 23 daisies
Beside the other charms for comparison
I tell you this would be lucky if it even cost $15 down Porirua mall at the costume jewlery place next to K-mart

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

The troublesome little project that isnt going away
Just bought 3 more dsisy charms from the big box on line
the 3 for 2 deal is till the end of this month
i really need another one but thought id buy another 2 to get the bonus free one but stock was really low

This project has already been through one range deletion so im feeling a bit nervous as these daisies do not really match the Micheal Hill Emma and Roe one
Might pop into the local store next week and drop by the jewlery counter and see if they can sauce from another branch (our town only has the one branch)

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Well i think i have enough white daisies now
I have 9 from the big box all with the 3 for 2 deal
i think i only want 7 for the white daisy pearl necklase and two for the longer one with the pandora daisies

i just scored a brand new purple daisy pandora charm for NZ$40 on trade me which is practically half price plus free shipping
Too bad it has CZs so its destined for the faux forum pearl necklase
Ironic that necklase is going to the more exspensive one

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

So just as well i got the $25 Daisy charms from the big box store when i did
I was buying some more winter sheets (is it even August ? and they are on clearance already) and went to look for the daises to get a spair or three and the whole range of charms and bracletes had disapaired
I guess the trend is dying ???
Must have been why they were doing the 2 for 3 deal but too bad for anyone starting to build one of their bracletes

At least with those add a pearl necklases the American ladies reminisce about - you can still buy a pearl for !

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Just looking at findings options

Opal?

Hi all - I was rummaging through my jewelry box and came across a set I've had for years but haven't worn lately. They are my favorite color - and I used to wear them all the time. But the bracelet broke and two of the stones shattered so I just put it away for fear of more damage. Unlike the...

www.pricescope.com

Thank you @bright&shiny
I shell me happy if my finished necklase is half as wearable as your opals

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

so 2021 is almost history and i thought id update this thread if for no other reason than for myself

many a night i have gone to bed thinking about how i will incorporate the large borred braclette charms onto a knotted pearl necklace

i even in a few minutes of near insanity serously considered hot glue to bung up the hole, going as far as to google how to get hot glue safely off a glued CZ

i have looked into those silcone bumper things and braclete stoppers plus my slightly hooky idea of jamming silver beads into the charm

however now as im getting to the selecting and buying stage of the pearl componant im thinking the Wen prices are so good i'll just buy an extra strand and if a charm scratches a pearl or two i'll just swap the pearl out when it needs restringing and of course i might just find someone with a good idea in the mean time

i would never do this with a beautiful Molain (excuse spelling ) pearl or anything up to Yssie's eye but this is a fun project making an everyday fun and wearable necklace, not adding to the British the crown jewles

remembering my white silver and enamel charms only cost $25 ea and most of those aquirred on clearence - i have 9 with a 10th as a spaire

again just yacking away to myself
but ive decided whiteness is the most important thing for the white daisy necklace because the charms are very white

I'm going to follow the advice of PC and get some of Wen's AAA's but im also keen to see some potato pearls for the pandora coloured daisy strand -

saddly (for my pocket) the mall strand i paid several $100 dollars for 4 years ago just isnt up to it luster wise (that strand is now destinated to be restrung with a fun and totally fake black sparkly cameo from down the accesory store from the Porirua mall)

and as prevously stated when the Pandora daisy necklase is complete i will transfer it to the fashion jewlery forum because of those pesky Pandora CZ's

i got most of the Pandora daises either on special or at least freight free
its going to be predominatly purple because a seller on trade me (NZ ebay) sells the pandora purple one's for NZ$40 freight free which is like half price
i also ended up with 3 stirling silver Daisy Ducks and a Donald for $35 ea for a bit of added whimsy

Then i completly innocently/ nievely fell into the hole of buying some knock offs - I have no idea who EZ tuxedo are ? but the charm looks almost identical to the pandora one just kind of less curved and without being branded as such making it a total fake
i mean as nice as the pandora ones are they are hellishly overprices at NZ$75 to NZ$85 and from reading reviews the little cz doesnt always stay in there these days anyway

but if i brought these look-a-like charms off Amazon the freight price makes them almost the same as the genuine thing from Pandora which shows you how redicoulse the exchange rate and shipping is right now on a US$21 dollar charm of unknown quality that states it has no warrenty claim if brought from overseas

but again ...still rambling to myself..... i figure a necklace is going to be more gentle on a charm than a braclete ever would be so just going to keep plodding along with what i can find on trade me weather that be the genuine Pandora or the other, i only need a couple of extra daises now if my design stays as it is at present and there might just be a Valintine's day sales at Pandora if i dont have them all by then

i am going to start having a play around on the bead making board thingy i brought when i got the electronic calipers (to size the pearls i want -using grapes if you must know )
so when i get my phone back from the repair place (it is waiting on a new charging port that can't be ordered till the 5th) i'll post some pictures on the fashion jewlery forum - trying to abide by the rules

but anyway im feeling very happy with myself having mangered to almost do this on my part time bakery job

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

...So nearly 8 months latter
here i am
oh dang !
No !
another of Daisey's weird projects
this was never going to go away it just went onto the back burner till i was ready to order the pearls

these are hopefully for the default Pandora daisies, in blue, pink and purple as opposed to my white ones which until i can afford Mikimotos' (i hope i spelt him correctly) will be my signiture piece - so for that necklace, never fear i will be taking help and advice on those pearls

... i can't even remember how i ended up with this Pandora necklace idea - a 2nd daisy necklace but the charms cost too much not to keep going (i really wish they didn't have CZ's in them)
so i just ordered these potatoes
as apart from the colour i want these to look different to the white daisy necklace

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

my first Wen order got here in less than 2 weeks so I've only ordered one strand so far
this is what the charm looks like beside these 6 - 6.5mm
i have ordered only marginally bigger ones

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

thank goodness for PS as ive lost all my notes when my phone died

just ordered the last two coloured daisies to finish the alterntive daisy necklace
just going to keep it simple
and about to finally order the pearls for the origional project
just going to go with Wen as just need to get these finished and around my meck

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

ordered some pearls feom Wen pearls to finish the origional white daisy necklace
the daisy charms cost $20 - im not trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear so thought
these will be fine
but i bet i made a boo boo

AAA 7.3-8.4mm white near round potato freshwater pearls,custom drill big hole pearls for leather​

the diasy charms have big holes too
ideas for knotting ?
can you get really thick bead thread ?

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

pearls are here
i guess this means they are ready to go to the stringer lady ....

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

pearls are here
i guess this means they are ready to go to the stringer lady ....

the pearls are too small
ordreered some more and requested the whitest she has

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

sigh
i think im just going to have to reverse my idea of buying cheaper pearls to match the $25 silver and ennamel daisy charms
the pearls that arrived had too many fish bites and next to no luster
so i might just bite the bullet and buy them next month for my birthday
...back to the drawing board

 

[Catmom]

sigh
i think im just going to have to reverse my idea of buying cheaper pearls to match the $25 silver and ennamel daisy charms
the pearls that arrived had too many fish bites and next to no luster
so i might just bite the bullet and buy them next month for my birthday
...back to the drawing board

I'm sorry they didn't work out for you.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I'm sorry they didn't work out for you.

thank you Catmom

it just means i really have to buy nicer pearls
its all a learning curve and fun while im at it
worst case ill have interesting xmas tree decorations this year

this is going to be my fun signiture piece, so i just have to put the price of the silver & enamial daisy charms at the back of my mind, but while still being realistic ...
making a silk purse out of a sow's ear does comes to mind

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

talk about the slow burn
im just having trouble finding the right pearls at the right price, i want very white pearls to match the white enamel of the daisy charms
but but but
some encouraging news today
i had this bracelet charm i wanted to incorparate into a bracelet, it has the hole the same size as the daisies
the jewler is just going to make a silver disk for each end of the hole to stop it spinning on the strand
this will work with my white daisies too so im very happy

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

i couldnt find my own thread because the spelling was soooooooooooooooooo bad


anyway new year (well are into the 4th month already)
and ive had a complete rethink
the one white necklace is definatly still a go.... eventually
but all these little odd Pandora and co daisies are not
my problem has always been i make things too busy, it was going to look like an overpriced kintergarden project
so i am using 5 white daisies not destined for the white daisy necklace and im putting them with pearls and ...daaa da da da daaaaa !
some moss agaite !!!!
only two colours -white peals and white daisies with the green agate and silver findings

the white enamel has really yellowed which really annoyes me because have you seen the price of those things ?
and they have never been out of the box (ok its been 7 years)*
anyway hoping my guy or his knotting lady can give them a clean- a silver cloth didnt really do it -maybe i didnt try hard enough ?

* the $20 ones from the big box dept store are all good and sparkly white like a tooth paste add on tv

so im going to just use the pink pandora daisies with some rose quartz beads and maybe a few pearls to wear on Wednesdays
just for fun inspired by my jewellers lovely new rose quartz and pink saphire piece, sigh mine will have Pandora CZs

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

another year almost over
its been too hard to get very white pearls to match the whitness of the daisy charms
im thinking maybe i go with coloured freshies ........