AGBF''s Traditional Charm Bracelet - Photos

[AGBF]

I am starting a thread about my charm bracelet, as I said that I would, and modeling it after Whitby's thread on her beautiful bracelet. I just looked up the title of her thread and when I did so I saw how colorful and plentiful her charms were. I cannot compete! Mine are almost entirely made up of yellow gold. The only relief from yellow gold, so far, are the ruby eyes of one of my Labrador retriever charms! If I ever get the Tiffany cupcake charm I may get some other colors into the bracelet. Since I love yellow gold, however, I am not complaining.

The bracelet itself is 14K gold, I think. Most of the charms, except for the Rembrandt ones, I was surprised to find, were 18K, though. (I had a chance to examine them when I was photographing them.) Some of them I couldn't see...and I didn't have my loupe or a magnifying glass close at hand!

AGBF

 

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This is the Labrador retriever with the ruby eyes. He is made out of 18K gold and was added to my bracelet in honor of my beloved yellow Lab, Biscuit.

 

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The bracelet as a whole.

 

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I had to have a dog dish charm.

 

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Given the nature of my daily life, it was only fitting that I had a grocery cart charm, too!

 

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Given its importance, the colander really should have been much bigger and heavier! Several grams of gold, at least! My daughter lived on pasta for years. (And not because I refused to feed her other things!)

 

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Before I found the Lab with the ruby eyes I had bought this one. I wish I had had two in real life!

 

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This is another picture of the other Lab.

 

[AGBF]

These are charms from two of my husband''s and my schools.

 

[monarch64]

I LOVE IT! I think my favorites are the colander and the grocery cart, those are just too freakin'' cute!!!

 

[AGBF]

Date: 2/20/2010 6:59:39 PM
Author: monarch64

I LOVE IT! I think my favorites are the colander and the grocery cart, those are just too freakin' cute!!!

Thanks, monnie. I just realized that I didn't put up any close-up photos of my Jeep charm, although I took some! I'm on my third Jeep in real life. When I had a baby somebody told me it was easier to put a baby into a higher wehicle. What that person neglected to mention was that lifting a 90 pound, arthritic, Golden Retriever into a higher vehicle would not be easier! I had to learn that on my own! But poor Brit didn't live too long after we had the baby; there was only a one year overlap. And I can't blame getting Biscuit and a Jeep at the same time on ignorance. I went into getting a huge Lab and a Jeep knowing that when he got older he might get arthritis!

AGBF

 

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Here is a photo of my Jeep charm.

 

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Here is another shot of my Jeep charm.

 

[whitby_2773]

LOL AGBF!

after i looked at rachel9's a-m-a-z-i-n-g bracelet and monarch's detailed beauty and lovingdiamond's incredible car charms, i decided mine were flimsy! comparison is an evil thing....

i LOVE your bracelet! i totally want a colander and i definitely want a dog bowl!! this is gorgeous, deb. i love it.

ETA and what about gayletmom's grandmother's classic beauty and socool's lovely bracelet...which she doesn't even *wear*!! all comparison's are bound to lead to disappointment!

and ETA 2 - i would enjoy a few more pics, to be honest...if you have time....

i could look at these frigging things all day!

 

[vespergirl]

Beautiful bracelet!

 

[mrssalvo]

I love it and I just love the special meaning of each charm!

 

[Laila619]

It's lovely! How sweet.

 

[Rachel9]

Lovely bracelet! The jeep is to die for! Thanks for posting them AG

 

[Gayletmom]

Hi Deb,

Thanks so much for sharing your bracelet. I just love it and adore the stories behind each one. I''m also enjoying the fact that another charm bracelet lover is also a yellow gold groupie. I''m glad to know that I''m not the only person figuring that everyone else will come around one day!

I''m getting so many fun ideas about what I want to add to my bracelet. We took the kids skiing in Colorado last week and I walked across a spacious plaza in my ski boots-no easy task-to check out a jeweler that was advertising charms. Skis, boots, sleds and all sorts of inspiration.

 

[AussieNic]

I love your lab with the ruby eyes, and the dogs bowl is just cool! Some amazing details in your charms

 

[AGBF]

I have wanted to add a saucepan and a frying pan charm to my bracelet for a while. I recently bought what was advertised as a "two-tone" 14K gold pot and lid charm and that looked, in a picture, like a rose gold and yellow gold charm. In reality it was disappointing. Not only was it one tone (plain yellow), but it was small. It did not have a moveable lid as some charms have (which I had known). (I had foregone that in order to get the "two-tone" I had been promised.)

It is now being soldered onto my bracelet. This is a picture (from the ''net) of the charm, however. I may have a frying pan custom made. I saw a vintage one whose lines I really liked. I may have that look copied by someone. Most frying pan charms are not very graceful!

AGBF

 

[risingsun]

I love your bracelet, Deb. I have a Pandora, but that has a very different type of feel to it.

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Lovely bracelet and of course great charms, Deb. Thanks for sharing!

cheers--Sharon

 

[loriken214]

Hi Deb!

Your bracelet is priceless...so unique!

Lori

 

[krisalyn]

whitby,

Look at this dog bowls! isn''t it cute with a little diamond bone in it?

 

[krisalyn]

here''s another one!

Sorry, i got the picture mixed up.

the previous one came with diamonds and sapphires

 

[Diamond*Dana]

Beautiful bracelet, what a great collection!

I love the dog bowl with the diamond bone, that is so cute!

 

[Luckyeshe]

Nice! Love your charm bracelet!

 

[AGBF]

Thank you whitby, vespergirl, mrssalvo, Laila, Rachel, Gayle, AussieNic, Marian, Sharon, Lori, Diamond*Dana, and Luckyeshe! I really appreciate having such a warm community of women looking at my unfinished charm bracelet and encouraging me with such great compliments! This community is awesome about doing that (which is probably why it is so enabling!). I do have to point out that I do not own the cute charm of the dog bowl with the diamond bone! I do not want to sail under a false flag .

I am still awaiting the making of a cast high karat gold cupcake charm by an Etsy artist who usually works in fine silver clay. When it is done, I will have it and the Tiffany cupcake charm that I recently purchased added to my charm bracelet. As I think I said above, it has had a sauce pan soldered onto it since I last photographed it, so when I take another picture it should be sporting three more charms. I am still looking for or planning to make the right frying pan .

Thank you for your support!

Deb/AGBF

 

[whitby_2773]

krisalyn -

those dog bowls are beautiful! where did they come from?