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Help with gift, resetting a pin?

P: 4/18/2007 6:04:30 PM
mercoledi Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,667 Last Post: 10/5/2009 Member Since: 6/20/2006	Hi everyone! I have a good friend who's in grad school with me and will be getting her PhD in the next year. I'd like to get her a nice gift, but I (having not graduated) don't have tons to spend on it. She doesn't have any "nice" jewelry, not even any mall pieces. I'd like to get her a nice stone or little diamond. I think earrings would be nice, but I had an idea about making a pendant, and I'd like some advice. I was thinking of resetting a vintage/estate pin as a pendant. I have some minor silversmithing skills, so I may attempt it myself, or have someone else do it depending on the piece. The question is, is resetting a stick pin like those pictured below likely to make a nice pendant? She's tiny, so it doens't have to be very big, but I don't want it to be too small either ( I think a solitare 0.3 ct pendant would probably tow that line). Is a .5-1" pendant a nice size on most people? Opinions please!
Posted: 4/18/2007 6:04:30 PM

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P: 4/20/2007 7:55:10 PM
FireGoddess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 12,145 Last Post: 3/23/2009 Member Since: 1/25/2005	I think it's a very unique and cool idea. The size of a half to full inch seems reasonable. Are you thinking of soldering some sort of bail to the back of the piece so that it doesn't show?
Posted: 4/20/2007 7:55:10 PM

P: 4/22/2007 8:44:04 PM
surfgirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,438 Last Post: 5/19/2009 Member Since: 4/5/2007	I think that sapphire set east/west on a nice delicate gold chain would be lovely.
Posted: 4/22/2007 8:44:04 PM

P: 4/22/2007 8:52:04 PM
poptart Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,852 Last Post: 9/27/2007 Member Since: 5/23/2006	I think that sapphire would make a lovely pendant, and a very thoughtful gift. M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Don't take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway." Anonymous
Posted: 4/22/2007 8:52:04 PM

P: 4/22/2007 9:16:53 PM
neatfreak Ideal Rock Total Posts: 13,464 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 2/17/2007	I personally love small pendants as long as the chain is the right length (i.e., on the shorter side so it hits just below the indent in your neck). I really think that sapphire one would be very pretty as a pendant.
Posted: 4/22/2007 9:16:53 PM

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