gemstone earring help

[misspinky]

So my newest project is going to be custom earrings for each of my bridesmaids. The colors of my wedding are black and ivory with a touch of light pink, so I thought about going in the pink family. Any suggestions for stones, vendors, pretty earring designs? I could always do classic studs, but some kind of drop earrings would be pretty too. Your suggestions are definitely appreciated!

 

[innerkitten]

Whats your budget like for the earrings?

 

[misspinky]

Date: 7/10/2008 12:36:01 PM
Author: innerkitten
Whats your budget like for the earrings?

Hmmmmm that''s a good question. Probably a max of 200/set so that would be 100ish per stone. They don''t have to be super expensive, just something nice that they can all wear for the wedding.

 

[partgypsy]

I think for the price range you are looking at you may want to get preset earrings, because 1) you would have to find a whole bunch of matched gemstones to make earrings for everyone into and 2) the setting cost might eat up your budget.

Stones you could look for are onyx and mother of pearl, pearl (pink or ivory). Other pink stones are pink tourmaline, rose quartz, kunzite, morganite. Pink sapphires are very pretty but will be small for that price range.

Here are a few I liked on overstock:
http://www.overstock.com/Jewelry-Watches/14k-Gold-Diamond-Pink-Freshwater-Pearl-Earrings/857455/product.html?

http://www.overstock.com/Jewelry-Watches/14k-Pink-Gold-Purple-Freshwater-Pearl-Earrings-11.5-13-mm/3267030/product.html?
http://www.overstock.com/Jewelry-Watches/14k-Gold-Morganite-and-3-8ct-TDW-Black-Diamond-Earrings/3160769/product.html?

 

[innerkitten]

How about plain studs
http://www.bluenile.com/pink-tourmaline-earrings_5677?nav1=earring_channel.asp

 

[misspinky]

Those are all so pretty!

I love the morganite/black diamond ones and the tourmaline studs. Maybe I''ll do the studs for my ''maids and the morganites for myself