Two4MeTy
Rough_Rock
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- Sep 8, 2011
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Hi All! Long time lurker...first time poster here. Warning: long winded, over explanatory post to follow.
I am **finally** getting a few jewelry projects finished/started/addressed as it is such a shame that I have some beautiful & sentimentally so important pieces just languishing in my jewelry box. See exhibit 1A below. As well, I will be posting in colored stones re: an emerald, and showing off in SMTB a 1ct mrb beauty I inherited when my grandmother passed that I just had bead set in a stuller bezel as a pendant (yay!!!! after 3yrs of also sitting in my box. boooo!!! My avatar is what that ring was...so now I have 2 cts of nice baguettes but alas that's yet another topic).
These earrings were given to me after the birth of my first son so they are sentimental to me. Unfortunately I do not EVER wear them. They were initially set in yellow gold baskets. I was in a "yellow gold is gross" stage so I had them re-set in white gold double bezel studs. After a very short time I started being bothered by the fact that my ear piercings are uneven and they point outward, not forward. Studs highlight this fact, so I had them put on lever backs. When I went to pick them up, they were way too long & I had them made a bit shorter. Alas, many years later, I still do not wear them because A) I don't think they hang right and B) I work from home & lets just say I am a "casual" dresser (read: I have only ever done yoga when I'm pregnant but have 20 assorted pairs of yoga pants) so I feel like this length of lever back seems a bit dressy.
Oh and studs aren't an option because for some reason my ears get sore/red when I wear studs now. Weird, I know...and I have tried different types of posts (first screwbacks, then non-screwbacks, then pousette (sp?)) on these while they were still studs.
Soooo...that makes: 2 settings, 3 post types, 2 variations of length of lever backs, and a jeweler bending them all around and I still don't wear them. Seriously all I wear are a pair of pawn store small thick gold hoops that were $80. I don't want to think about how much $ I have already spent on these settings, but for a probably $4k pair of sentimental diamonds I am willing to spend a bit more.
I'd like to wear them as earrings as I have a blingy wedding band & e-ring and as a RHR I wear a yummy high carat yellow gold trinity rolling ring made for me (and my sister) by my mom (I am back to loving yellow gold).
Suggestions on resetting or fixing the existing setting or other usage?
They are both 5.8mm h si1 faint blue flour, are matched well to my untrained eye, face up beautifully, and are very good performers.
P.s. HEARTFELT THANK YOU all for making this site so educational & approachable for someone like me who LOVES jewelry but just doesn't have a lot of technical knowledge nor lives close to any kind of jewelry store to try anything on or get ideas (with little kids it's not even a consideration unless I have a sitter & if I do...I'm getting a massage!!!!!!).
I am **finally** getting a few jewelry projects finished/started/addressed as it is such a shame that I have some beautiful & sentimentally so important pieces just languishing in my jewelry box. See exhibit 1A below. As well, I will be posting in colored stones re: an emerald, and showing off in SMTB a 1ct mrb beauty I inherited when my grandmother passed that I just had bead set in a stuller bezel as a pendant (yay!!!! after 3yrs of also sitting in my box. boooo!!! My avatar is what that ring was...so now I have 2 cts of nice baguettes but alas that's yet another topic).
These earrings were given to me after the birth of my first son so they are sentimental to me. Unfortunately I do not EVER wear them. They were initially set in yellow gold baskets. I was in a "yellow gold is gross" stage so I had them re-set in white gold double bezel studs. After a very short time I started being bothered by the fact that my ear piercings are uneven and they point outward, not forward. Studs highlight this fact, so I had them put on lever backs. When I went to pick them up, they were way too long & I had them made a bit shorter. Alas, many years later, I still do not wear them because A) I don't think they hang right and B) I work from home & lets just say I am a "casual" dresser (read: I have only ever done yoga when I'm pregnant but have 20 assorted pairs of yoga pants) so I feel like this length of lever back seems a bit dressy.
Oh and studs aren't an option because for some reason my ears get sore/red when I wear studs now. Weird, I know...and I have tried different types of posts (first screwbacks, then non-screwbacks, then pousette (sp?)) on these while they were still studs.
Soooo...that makes: 2 settings, 3 post types, 2 variations of length of lever backs, and a jeweler bending them all around and I still don't wear them. Seriously all I wear are a pair of pawn store small thick gold hoops that were $80. I don't want to think about how much $ I have already spent on these settings, but for a probably $4k pair of sentimental diamonds I am willing to spend a bit more.
I'd like to wear them as earrings as I have a blingy wedding band & e-ring and as a RHR I wear a yummy high carat yellow gold trinity rolling ring made for me (and my sister) by my mom (I am back to loving yellow gold).
Suggestions on resetting or fixing the existing setting or other usage?
They are both 5.8mm h si1 faint blue flour, are matched well to my untrained eye, face up beautifully, and are very good performers.
P.s. HEARTFELT THANK YOU all for making this site so educational & approachable for someone like me who LOVES jewelry but just doesn't have a lot of technical knowledge nor lives close to any kind of jewelry store to try anything on or get ideas (with little kids it's not even a consideration unless I have a sitter & if I do...I'm getting a massage!!!!!!).
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