Catmom, wanna play?

[Catmom]

You could complain....but we won't feel sorry for you.

How about a halo...I will post my Simon G soon.

Cool, I can't wait to see it. Just about everything I own is a halo.............how about my tanzanite pendant.

OMG, I love Tanzanite!!!!

I have several really nice ones I need to get set one of these days. You know I'm getting ideas from this thread, don't you?

Oooo, have you posted any of your stones yet? I can't wait to see them set and I hope I was able to give some ideas.

 

[luckynumber]

Catmom, I love your collection and I'm so pleased that you have a great attitude to sharing and inspiring others!

 

[Catmom]

Thank you so much luckynumber, that's so nice of you to say!

 

[rubyprincess]

I'm pretty new to PS and I just want to say I found both your breathtaking collection and charming disposition to be so lovely! I feel honored to have gotten a peek at your beautiful jewelry. I look forward to seeing more!

 

[bookworm240]

Yes, how about some more?

onyx?
bezel set?
charm bracelet?

 

[stci]

OMG! Your diamond flowers necklace is to die for!

Catmom is a queen!!!!!

 

[Catmom]

I'm pretty new to PS and I just want to say I found both your breathtaking collection and charming disposition to be so lovely! I feel honored to have gotten a peek at your beautiful jewelry. I look forward to seeing more!

Oh rubyprincess, thank you so much. You are so kind to say that!!

OMG! Your diamond flowers necklace is to die for!

Catmom is a queen!!!!!

Thank you Sylvie!

Yes, how about some more?

onyx?
bezel set?
charm bracelet?

bookworm........more..........ok

1) Here is my onyx and mother of pearl cameo pendant

2) How about double bezel? This is a prasiolite necklace that I absolutely fell in love with the setting and DBY chains but not so much the stone. I bought it under the premis that I would switch out the stone with something else but as time has passed I'm sort of coming to like the prasiolite. It may stay as it is.

3) I had a lovely charm bracelet when I was in my teens but it has been long lost. How about a gold flower bracelet?

 

[bookworm240]

Do you live/work at a Gem Shop???

That necklace is too much. Mostly I am running carpools and changing diapers. Would it be too much for everyday???

 

[Catmom]

Do you live/work at a Gem Shop???

That necklace is too much. Mostly I am running carpools and changing diapers. Would it be too much for everyday???

No, I wish I did though. I just have a great jeweler. I wear it as an everyday piece with my jeans and whatever top. I'm retired so it's shopping and an occasional dinner out for me.

 

[Andelain]

You could complain....but we won't feel sorry for you.

How about a halo...I will post my Simon G soon.

Cool, I can't wait to see it. Just about everything I own is a halo.............how about my tanzanite pendant.

OMG, I love Tanzanite!!!!

I have several really nice ones I need to get set one of these days. You know I'm getting ideas from this thread, don't you?

Oooo, have you posted any of your stones yet? I can't wait to see them set and I hope I was able to give some ideas.

Hi Catmom, no I haven't, sorry. I don't have pictures of them right now and they're in my safe in the US and I'm stationed in Iraq. I promise when I go on leave I'll snap some pics. I'd love to show off a 17+ ct VVS1 VERY saturated purple-blue. That's an incredible stone.

 

[Catmom]

You could complain....but we won't feel sorry for you.

How about a halo...I will post my Simon G soon.

Cool, I can't wait to see it. Just about everything I own is a halo.............how about my tanzanite pendant.

OMG, I love Tanzanite!!!!

I have several really nice ones I need to get set one of these days. You know I'm getting ideas from this thread, don't you?

Oooo, have you posted any of your stones yet? I can't wait to see them set and I hope I was able to give some ideas.

Hi Catmom, no I haven't, sorry. I don't have pictures of them right now and they're in my safe in the US and I'm stationed in Iraq. I promise when I go on leave I'll snap some pics. I'd love to show off a 17+ ct VVS1 VERY saturated purple-blue. That's an incredible stone.

Oh Andelain, thank you so much for serving and please stay safe!!! I will eagerly await when you go on leave. I'd love to see that 17+ct beauty.

 

[iota15]

That necklace is divine! I would love to see how it hangs on you.

If you're not too tired of this game, would you be willing to show us:

a) an emerald;
b) a hair adornment; and
c) something super blingy! (whatever you interpret that to mean)

 

[Catmom]

That necklace is divine! I would love to see how it hangs on you.

If you're not too tired of this game, would you be willing to show us:

a) an emerald;
b) a hair adornment; and
c) something super blingy! (whatever you interpret that to mean)

Thanks iota. Here's a neck shot of the necklace. I don't mind the game. It's going to be 95 here again so I'm having fun playing inside.

a) Even though emerald is my birthstone, the only ones I have are in that baby ring I already posted. I don't really like emeralds and would much rather have tsavorites.

b) I don't have many hair adornments but here is a mother of pearl one that I used to wear all the time, not so much any more though now my hair is short.

c) Hah, many people would say that most of my jewelry is super blingy. What can I say, I like sparklies. It's a toss up between my sapphire earrings or ring. The earrings are so blingy that I had them redone so that I could just wear the bottom portions most of the time and if I do want super blingy I can still put them together. My ring is certainly the largest that I have at nearly 5 carats in the center stone and a carat and a half of F vs1 diamonds in the setting. It can be blinding and garners a lot of attention.

 

[bookworm240]

Love that ring!

a) earring with interchangeable dangles
b) If you were given a diamond - how would you set it to add to your collection?
c) something pink

 

[Catmom]

Love that ring!

a) earring with interchangeable dangles
b) If you were given a diamond - how would you set it to add to your collection?
c) something pink

a) I have some very small hoops that I use for the charms I have. I currently have diamond charms, blue topaz and the bottoms to my sapphire earrings. Next up will be pink sapphire charms like the topaz ones I think.

b) I need more deets woman before I can decide, lol. What shape? How big? What color diamond?

c) Here's my pink sapphire ring and yes, believe it or not it's not haloed.

 

[rosetta]

Gah, I've died and gone to sparkly heaven. What a stunning and varied collection catmom! I defy anyone not to find at least one piece they want in there.

 

[Andelain]

Gah, I've died and gone to sparkly heaven. What a stunning and varied collection catmom! I defy anyone not to find at least one piece they want in there.

Can't be done!! At least not by yours truly!


Catmom, the piece you wanted the longest before it was finally yours...


Oh, and thank you for the kind words! I'll do my best go get those tanzanite pics just for you!

 

[cushioncutnut]

This is better than going to the movies! I will get my popcorn! Great thread! You know how much I love your collection Michelle!!!

 

[Catmom]

Aww thanks rosetta and CCN!

Gah, I've died and gone to sparkly heaven. What a stunning and varied collection catmom! I defy anyone not to find at least one piece they want in there.

Can't be done!! At least not by yours truly!


Catmom, the piece you wanted the longest before it was finally yours...


Oh, and thank you for the kind words! I'll do my best go get those tanzanite pics just for you!

The piece I waited the longest for would be my current ER. My original ER was a .30 carat stone which was my hubby's grandmother's stone. When we got engaged we had little money so we were lucky that hubby was given this stone. At that time hubby swore to me that we would upgrade and someday I would have my dream ring. For our 15th anniversary we upgraded my stone to a 1.54ct princess. This was of course pre-PS and any sort of diamond knowledge so it wasn't the greatest stone by any means. At the time we thought it was a J SI1[it ended up being a k-l SI2]. Over the years we started talking about upgrading again to a 2 carat and a better quality stone and decided that for our 25th anniversary which also happened to be a big birthday year for me, we would upgrade again. Well the time came and we even had some stones called in but when I saw the cost I just couldn't do it. We had 2 kids in college and I couldn't justify the cost at all so I had the princess reset into a three stone setting. I would dream of a two carat but never thought it would happen. I also discovered the gorgeous world of colored diamonds which were becoming big at that time. One day while we were at my jewelers getting a new watch battery we spotted the most gorgeous colored diamond ring in his showcase. I had to see it closer and he was happy to oblige. My jeweler told us that he had spotted this stone at a show and had immediately fallen in love. He looked a long time for the perfect setting to compliment it and finally had found this setting. Hubby and I played with this ring for a long time but of course handed it back. Over the course of the year I would visit it and anytime we were in the store we would have him take it out to play with. Hubby and I would talk about that ring a lot but it was just talk. About a week after our 27th anniversary hubby went on another Asian work trip and was gone for a week. The day he came back he told me that he thought of that ring the entire time he was gone and decided that I deserved that ring and there was no reason we couldn't get it. We both loved it and it was a special ring even to our jeweler so go get it. I was literally shaking as he spoke. I hadn't been in to my jewelers in a while and I didn't know if he even still had it. I was scared that he didn't and scared to call to see. I rushed out there and there it was. I later learned that there was another woman that wanted it badly and sent her husband in to buy it but my jeweler steered her husband to another ring knowing that eventually this one was going to be mine. Is that a wonder jeweler or what? What could have been a 2 carat upgrade at 25 years ended up being a 2.5 carat upgrade with a beautiful colored diamond. I waited 27 years for my dream ring. Sometimes it's better to wait I think.

 

[Fly Girl]

I just love this story of your beautiful yellow diamond ring. I think you have told it before, but I still get teary eyed reading it. Thank you so much for sharing your beauties.

 

[Catmom]

I just love this story of your beautiful yellow diamond ring. I think you have told it before, but I still get teary eyed reading it. Thank you so much for sharing your beauties.

Thank you Fly Girl!

 

[bookworm240]

sniff, sniff...what a story.!!!

I have a feeling you collect watches as well. Wanna show a few?
How about a piece that you bought for your daughter?

 

[Catmom]

sniff, sniff...what a story.!!!

I have a feeling you collect watches as well. Wanna show a few?
How about a piece that you bought for your daughter?

LOL bookworm. I don't really collect watches but I do have a few I wear.

The first is a tri-colored gold Geneve. I don't wear it as much anymore because it is small and I have a hard time reading the numbers. So most of my watches a larger.

The second is a stainless and diamond Concord.

The third I got on a trip to Amsterdam. It;s a rose gold Armani.

This last one I kinda took over from my hubby. I love it and wear it quite often. Its a stainless and gold Baum & Mercier.

 

[Catmom]

sniff, sniff...what a story.!!!

I have a feeling you collect watches as well. Wanna show a few?
How about a piece that you bought for your daughter?

Here is a picture of the ruby and diamond pendant we bought for our daughter for her college graduation. This ruby glows.

 

[bookworm240]

Love the Armani!! How did I know you were buying beauties for your daughter???????????

You'd think I would be running out of challenges!!! But not to fear...

1) A pendant without a halo
2) an earring without a dangle
3) 3 of your fav. stackers.

 

[Catmom]

Love the Armani!! How did I know you were buying beauties for your daughter???????????

You'd think I would be running out of challenges!!! But not to fear...

1) A pendant without a halo
2) an earring without a dangle
3) 3 of your fav. stackers.

bookworm, ok...............

1) No Halo? This is a hard one but here is a diamond cross, 5 round diamonds and 5 tapered baguettes. Ok I'm cheating here. It's not mine but I love it and thought I would show it. We bought this cross for my daughter for her 18th birthday. I covet this piece, lol.

2) No dangles? You're killing me here. I had to dig hard for this one. Here is a shot of my diamond jackets with a pearl stud.

3) I think my favorite is my ruby and diamond one closely followed by my pink sapphire one and my diamond band. I do have two of the diamond bands and they make great flanking rings. I just realized that I really need a blue sapphire stacker that is bigger than the one I currently have.

 

[bookworm240]

I just realized that I really need a blue sapphire stacker that is bigger than the one I currently have.

Your welcome!!!!

I am hoping other ps'er will help with the challenge. I was encouraged when you said you had to dig!! There must be layers we haven't tapped yet. Be back later with another list. :

 

[MrsDubDeez]

Wow, Catmom, your collection is breathtaking!

I have a few requests

1) something jade

2) something oxidized

3) something orange

 

[Catmom]

Wow, Catmom, your collection is breathtaking!

I have a few requests

1) something jade

2) something oxidized

3) something orange

Thank you MrsDubDeez, love the name by the way. Thank you for playing!

1) Here are a couple jade pieces my hubby brought back from one of his Asian trips. I love the little gold swans on these. I really should have him bring back some more but I have him checking out Hanadama pearls right now.

2) Here are some marcasite earrings that I bought to go with a marcasite necklace I found at a local antique store.

3) I don't have much orange. I think I need to get a spess or two. Here is a sunstone ring that I have. I don't know much about it, it's from pre-PS days.

 

[MrsDubDeez]

lovely pieces, especially the jade set! and i love the color on the sunstone