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This is my first time doing a SMTB, and I'm really shy about this. But because I have too many photos here and don't want to flood anyone else's entry, I thought I'll begin an independent entry instead. Thanks for looking!
So, the story goes that I share the same fascination as my mother for jewellery and that she probably played a major role in cultivating and encouraging such "expensive" (subjective! Since my jewels are nowhere as grand as some of the really gorgeous ones here on Pricescope!
) tastes and hobbies when I was a kid. Since I was young, it was a customary sight for my mother to pull out her little boxes of jewellery periodically, clean them lovingly and "stock-take" for them. Despite her admonishment and anxiety (she was afraid I would drop and lose them!), I would scurry to her side and try to pick up her sparkly pieces for a closer examination. She always settled down with a resigned sigh and instead, told me engaging stories of how the jewels came to be in her possession. Some were gifts from my grandparents; some were bought with her meagre pay as a young working adult; and there were also pieces that she bought from her friends and siblings to help them cash in some money and tide through financial times. There were also stories of joy when new jewellery were acquired in celebration of a particular life milestone, and there were stories of heartbreak and resilience when complementary pieces were pawned to bail our family out of financial difficulty. Every piece was greatly treasured, no matter how humble-looking or lavious-looking they were.
As I grew older, I realized that she was also stocktaking and collecting pieces diligently in preparation for my wedding trousseau. The thought touched me immensely. Finally when I married last year, I was given 3 painstakingly-accumulated full sets of jewellery (earrings, necklace, bracelet/bangle and ring) - a diamond one, a pearl set and a yellow gold one, together with a couple of other incomplete sets of trinkets from her collection.
I'm particularly partial towards the detachable hoop diamond earrings I received and ended up wearing them for my wedding with a borrowed pair of halo studs from my mother (for more drama!). Now, years ago, it was the time before detachable earrings came into rage but my mother already had the brainchild to design a pair of detachable diamond dangles for my wedding. She slowly dismantled other gifts from my grandparents over the years in order to piece together a pair of heirloom diamond earrings. She also used some leftover Mikimoto pearls (after shortening my wedding pearl necklace) and made some dangly pearl drops for my everyday wear too. Although my mother isn't someone who keeps in touch with latest fashion, her idea was probably born out of her sensibilitities to get the most bang for the buck So here I am, with these beautiful earrings, thanks to her.
Fast forward a year later, I spotted some beautiful South Sea pearls at a local jewellery fair and snapped 2 pairs up at a good price - a white pair with blush and purplish sheen, and a peacock-coloured pair. They were inexpensive due to some minor surface blemishes but I thought they would be lovely with my mother's diamond hoops. Methinks they go well with diamond studs too for evening functions!
So without further ado, here are some photos of different combinations of my detachable earrings! There is also a photo of my pair of 8+carat tanzanites (total weight) that I bought a few years ago, and I am saving up funds to turn them into detachable diamond halo trillion drops too.
The diamond earrings, as my mother had designed it
How I wore them at my wedding, with a borrowed pair of halo studs from my mother. Not very clear though because it is an enlarged photo.
South sea pearl beside the small Mikimoto. It was difficult trying to capture the blush and purple hues of the pearls, and I don't think I've done a good job ops.
The white South Sea pearls on their own, looking rather pale gold instead of the blush and purple white IRL. I guess it's good that their colours shift so interestingly though.
One of my current favourites - peacock colour South Sea pearls. Horrendously hard to photograph too, but I hope I managed to make the purplish-greenish tone apparent here.
And my tanzanite pair, 4+ carat each, width is approximately 12mm.
One of them shows a more distinctive shift to purple colour in different lighting and angles.
Earshots for perspective. These are taken with a mobile phone though...apologies they are rather blurry and with poor lighting. I'm bad with selfies!
Paired with diamond hoops:
Paired with diamond studs:
Thanks for looking again!!!
So, the story goes that I share the same fascination as my mother for jewellery and that she probably played a major role in cultivating and encouraging such "expensive" (subjective! Since my jewels are nowhere as grand as some of the really gorgeous ones here on Pricescope!
) tastes and hobbies when I was a kid. Since I was young, it was a customary sight for my mother to pull out her little boxes of jewellery periodically, clean them lovingly and "stock-take" for them. Despite her admonishment and anxiety (she was afraid I would drop and lose them!), I would scurry to her side and try to pick up her sparkly pieces for a closer examination. She always settled down with a resigned sigh and instead, told me engaging stories of how the jewels came to be in her possession. Some were gifts from my grandparents; some were bought with her meagre pay as a young working adult; and there were also pieces that she bought from her friends and siblings to help them cash in some money and tide through financial times. There were also stories of joy when new jewellery were acquired in celebration of a particular life milestone, and there were stories of heartbreak and resilience when complementary pieces were pawned to bail our family out of financial difficulty. Every piece was greatly treasured, no matter how humble-looking or lavious-looking they were.As I grew older, I realized that she was also stocktaking and collecting pieces diligently in preparation for my wedding trousseau. The thought touched me immensely. Finally when I married last year, I was given 3 painstakingly-accumulated full sets of jewellery (earrings, necklace, bracelet/bangle and ring) - a diamond one, a pearl set and a yellow gold one, together with a couple of other incomplete sets of trinkets from her collection.
I'm particularly partial towards the detachable hoop diamond earrings I received and ended up wearing them for my wedding with a borrowed pair of halo studs from my mother (for more drama!). Now, years ago, it was the time before detachable earrings came into rage but my mother already had the brainchild to design a pair of detachable diamond dangles for my wedding. She slowly dismantled other gifts from my grandparents over the years in order to piece together a pair of heirloom diamond earrings. She also used some leftover Mikimoto pearls (after shortening my wedding pearl necklace) and made some dangly pearl drops for my everyday wear too. Although my mother isn't someone who keeps in touch with latest fashion, her idea was probably born out of her sensibilitities to get the most bang for the buck
So here I am, with these beautiful earrings, thanks to her.Fast forward a year later, I spotted some beautiful South Sea pearls at a local jewellery fair and snapped 2 pairs up at a good price - a white pair with blush and purplish sheen, and a peacock-coloured pair. They were inexpensive due to some minor surface blemishes but I thought they would be lovely with my mother's diamond hoops. Methinks they go well with diamond studs too for evening functions!
So without further ado, here are some photos of different combinations of my detachable earrings! There is also a photo of my pair of 8+carat tanzanites (total weight) that I bought a few years ago, and I am saving up funds to turn them into detachable diamond halo trillion drops too.
The diamond earrings, as my mother had designed it
How I wore them at my wedding, with a borrowed pair of halo studs from my mother. Not very clear though because it is an enlarged photo.
South sea pearl beside the small Mikimoto. It was difficult trying to capture the blush and purple hues of the pearls, and I don't think I've done a good job ops.
The white South Sea pearls on their own, looking rather pale gold instead of the blush and purple white IRL. I guess it's good that their colours shift so interestingly though.
One of my current favourites - peacock colour South Sea pearls. Horrendously hard to photograph too, but I hope I managed to make the purplish-greenish tone apparent here.
And my tanzanite pair, 4+ carat each, width is approximately 12mm.
One of them shows a more distinctive shift to purple colour in different lighting and angles.
Earshots for perspective. These are taken with a mobile phone though...apologies they are rather blurry and with poor lighting. I'm bad with selfies!
Paired with diamond hoops:
Paired with diamond studs:
Thanks for looking again!!!
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