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Brilliant_Rock
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Geez, now that I'm redesigning my diamond ring, I'm finding more things with which to become peeved. Prongs. I'm prong phobic, anti prong, a de-prong advocate. Please don't prong me. That leaves bezel which is a peeve and tension set which is a no no so I suppose the only non prong peeve option is glue, lol.
Laser drill it! Then you wouldn’t even have glue residue to irk you. Just tunnel straight through the stone! It’d probably do horrible things to the light return on a ring-size stone and you’d need nerves of steel during the lasering, but you’d nicely circumvent prongs, bezels and tension settings!
Ach, no holes in my diamond please. Maybe eensy teensy velcro strips.
Aaaaargh! Stupid Van Cleef and Arpels bracelet and necklace clasps - such a PITA!
OMG.
I thought I was the only one!!
My Sweet bracelets are impossible.
My Vintage bracelet is better.
I LOVE my 5-flower Frivole bracelet - in huge part because the clasp is so easy to deal with!! The jump ring that the clasp hooks into is actually attached to the back of the fifth motif, so the weight of the motif holds it still long enough to catch it and hook it...
I won't get into my angsting over the Perlee clovers clip (again)![]()
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I learned this handy little trick ages ago
@doberman and @yssie Bracelet clasps can be SO annoying! I learned this handy little trick ages ago and it works so well! Here's a very short video that shows how to use a paper clip for clasps of bracelets.![]()
@doberman and @yssie Bracelet clasps can be SO annoying! I learned this handy little trick ages ago and it works so well! Here's a very short video that shows how to use a paper clip for clasps of bracelets.![]()
The whole chocolate diamonds advertising spiel.
Sky-high settings. Setting height should be in proportion to stone size. Small stones can look magical but space needle settings kill me.
Now I have to admit that I wore the hell out of toe rings and cheap chokers in the 90s.
They looked great with my brown lipstick and platform flip-flops. The absolute epitome of style![]()
I use blue painters tape to tape one end to my wrist while I work the clasp with the other hand.
It works!
I will have to remember that trick for when I don’t have my husband around to do it up for me.
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.
GENIUS.
I'll start doing this!!
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Hi,
I think this peeve is a carryover from childhood. My parents had gold wedding bands, not too thick and not too thin.(to me). When neighbors visited and I looked at their very skinny wedding bands, I thought they were poor. I may have been around ten when I made this judgement, and I haven't been able to shake it since then. I dislike thin bands, no matter what kind of ring. If you wear a silver thin band, at first I will still think you may be poor.
Annette
The year 1950
The whole chocolate diamonds advertising spiel.
Sky-high settings. Setting height should be in proportion to stone size. Small stones can look magical but space needle settings kill me.
Now I have to admit that I wore the hell out of toe rings and cheap chokers in the 90s.
They looked great with my brown lipstick and platform flip-flops. The absolute epitome of style![]()
Ive grown to appreate non white diamonds but i read so much Wilbur Smith over the years, his stories in the diamond fields - anything but white was undesirable
And although i now love the Champaign and chocolates and greys, i just shake my head in wonder at good marketing
I may or may not be sporting a diamond toe ring under my fuzzy socks...![]()
This is making me giggleI recently told my hubby I just wish my diamonds could just float on my finger and on my ear! I don't want any metal I just want them to somehow float or stick on my ear lol! I'm not well
I'll have to tell him about tiny velcro and superglue lol!
I’m not saying who but my dear friend who’s a PSer glue dotted a diamond to her finger while deciding if it was a keeper.. She’s ahead of her time ❤
Omg YES!!! the question I have now is did the superglue mess up the diamond? And did she love the diamond? This would be epic to see a diamond glued on her finger!!! Thanks for the giggle Missy, just what I needed today. Hugs to you!