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Hi, guys! ::Mary-Tyler-Moore-twinkle::
I haven't been abducted by aliens, and I haven't forgotten about the thread, or the project - it's just become One of Those Months.
So! At this point, I corresponded with Lary Van Craeynest, who was a delight to speak with: I came away with the impression that while they could and would modify any of their existing designs within reason, they weren't really looking to do full-on custom work to the degree I was interested in, complete with new motifs and different heads and the whole shebang. So, no harm, no foul, and I will look forward to working with them in the future on a different project.
I've been going back and forth on designs with GreenLake (who are very patient, and have a fabulous system for working with long-distance clients: I'm deeply impressed), but so far none of the drawings have really taken off for me.
Ditto for Single Stone: I checked with them about existing designs, and they have one dragonfly design that's almost exactly what I want ... but not quite, somehow. I'll post a pic below, as it's definitely still in the running (perhaps with some tweaks to make the head more fishtail-like and to elongate the wings of the dragonfly), but ... I haven't had that Love At First Sight (TM) feeling that I usually have to have to be happy with a purchase. I don't crave it like I craved the original. The notion of doing a refurbish is getting more and more likely, I think, though there's no rush: if I go with that option, I'll probably wait and give myself the full year before the official five-year anniversary to search and see if anything else catches my fancy before I send it off.
And, in the meantime, I couldn't resist this deeply underpriced eBay setting, currently holding a vintage synthetic sapphire (I hope it's okay to post it): I figured that if it arrived and I loved it, I'd swap the stones, and if it arrived and I loved it ... a little less ... I'd simply make it my baby gift from me-to-me and have it set with a real stone. Well, it arrived: http://www.ebay.com/itm/290619366092?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649. And I love it, but a little less than the original setting, so ... off to my usual jeweler it will go once I know for sure what this kid's birthstone will be (that, or I'll go with a nice cushion sapphire I have hanging around).
In the meantime, the hunt continues: if any of y'all stumble across a setting or design that screams "everyday wearable Art Deco that seems like it'd fit the aesthetic of my weirdo Internet friend," by all means, point me in the right direction. And, dragonfly ring below ....
I haven't been abducted by aliens, and I haven't forgotten about the thread, or the project - it's just become One of Those Months.
So! At this point, I corresponded with Lary Van Craeynest, who was a delight to speak with: I came away with the impression that while they could and would modify any of their existing designs within reason, they weren't really looking to do full-on custom work to the degree I was interested in, complete with new motifs and different heads and the whole shebang. So, no harm, no foul, and I will look forward to working with them in the future on a different project.
I've been going back and forth on designs with GreenLake (who are very patient, and have a fabulous system for working with long-distance clients: I'm deeply impressed), but so far none of the drawings have really taken off for me.
Ditto for Single Stone: I checked with them about existing designs, and they have one dragonfly design that's almost exactly what I want ... but not quite, somehow. I'll post a pic below, as it's definitely still in the running (perhaps with some tweaks to make the head more fishtail-like and to elongate the wings of the dragonfly), but ... I haven't had that Love At First Sight (TM) feeling that I usually have to have to be happy with a purchase. I don't crave it like I craved the original. The notion of doing a refurbish is getting more and more likely, I think, though there's no rush: if I go with that option, I'll probably wait and give myself the full year before the official five-year anniversary to search and see if anything else catches my fancy before I send it off.
And, in the meantime, I couldn't resist this deeply underpriced eBay setting, currently holding a vintage synthetic sapphire (I hope it's okay to post it): I figured that if it arrived and I loved it, I'd swap the stones, and if it arrived and I loved it ... a little less ... I'd simply make it my baby gift from me-to-me and have it set with a real stone. Well, it arrived: http://www.ebay.com/itm/290619366092?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649. And I love it, but a little less than the original setting, so ... off to my usual jeweler it will go once I know for sure what this kid's birthstone will be (that, or I'll go with a nice cushion sapphire I have hanging around).
In the meantime, the hunt continues: if any of y'all stumble across a setting or design that screams "everyday wearable Art Deco that seems like it'd fit the aesthetic of my weirdo Internet friend," by all means, point me in the right direction. And, dragonfly ring below ....
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