Rainbow sapphire bracelet project

[Bron357]

I guess one of the good things about middle age is that I now wear what I want and everyone is too nervous of the scary, eccentric, peri-menopausal woman to criticise, even if they wanted to!

You go girl.
Wear them jewels EVERYWHERE.

Me wearing my Art Deco diamond bracelet while walking the dogs.
Lovely dogs.
- Thank you.
Oh my, are those diamonds?
- Yes.
And you’re just out walking dogs?
- Yes

 

[peacechick]

Truly a once in a lifetime piece! The range of colours is amazing and wonderful. May you enjoy wearing it everyday, all the time! And yes, it goes with everything. I wouldn’t worry about matching as your wrist is far from your body, it doesn’t have to go with an outfit like a necklace does.

 

[theredspinel]

Truly a once in a few lifetime’S, piece. Congratulations!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

i just want to see it again

 

[Mreader]

It’s exquisite!! What a statement piece!

 

[theredspinel]

Basically this is what I imagine exists at the end of a rainbow. I’ve been chasing rainbows my whole life!!

You found the treasure at the end of the rainbow!

 

[NexivRed]

Amazing. I have such a soft spot for the greens amongst it. The jeweller spaced them out great.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

this NEEDS to be your avitar picture !!!!!
just i noticed you dont have one )

 

[Nancewbl]

Absolutely exquisite! I love it. So special and unlike anything I have seen.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Absolutely exquisite! I love it. So special and unlike anything I have seen.

off topic sorry lonysis
but Nancewbl, i gotta say i love your avitar pic
is there a thread somewhere where you have talked about it yet ?

 

[Ionysis]

this NEEDS to be your avitar picture !!!!!
just i noticed you dont have one )

Good idea!

I’ve been sleeping with it by the bed and leaving it on the shelf in my living room so I can just look at it whenever I fell like it

 

[Tartansparkles]

@Ionysis did you find a dress/outfit to go with your bracelet for your new year's party? Would love to see some wrist/arm shots of you have any.

 

[Ionysis]

@Ionysis did you find a dress/outfit to go with your bracelet for your new year's party? Would love to see some wrist/arm shots of you have any.

I did - I wore jeans and a white silk shirt LoL! Everything goes with that!

ETA luckily we were only at a BBQ at the golf club so didn’t need to dress fancy.

 

[MMtwo]

I guess one of the good things about middle age is that I now wear what I want and everyone is too nervous of the scary, eccentric, peri-menopausal woman to criticise, even if they wanted to!

Yes! a bonus for making it to middle age. The bracelet is STUNNING. I love the diamond accents and the scattered pattern of single diamonds that come together to add interest. Just beautiful!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I did - I wore jeans and a white silk shirt LoL! Everything goes with that!

ETA luckily we were only at a BBQ at the golf club so didn’t need to dress fancy.

i think that beautiful bracleete will take you from brunch at a beach side cafe to coctails on a really flash expensive night out at the best place in town !

 

[Ionysis]

i think that beautiful bracleete will take you from brunch at a beach side cafe to coctails on a really flash expensive night out at the best place in town !

Thank you. Just need the covid numbers to start going down so I can attempt to re-start my social life - otherwise I will only be wearing it for PCR tests and to the co-op!

 

[boxbits]

Oh my god, Ionysis, your bracelet is absolutely beautiful! What an incredible piece! If I were you, I'd be wearing it all the time for any reason at all. Grocery shopping, picking up the dry cleaning, cleaning the bathroom, etc. I would not be able to take it off such a gorgeous thing. Enjoy it in good health!

 

[Nancewbl]

off topic sorry lonysis
but Nancewbl, i gotta say i love your avitar pic
is there a thread somewhere where you have talked about it yet ?

Yes, here is the thread I started about it. Thank you for the compliment and I dont want to distract from this most excellent bracelet.

Fanta Garnets

So this is the first time that I have something interesting to post. I was able to purchase two special Fanta garnets from David at Skygems. In fact, I found them because he posted on a blog about these amazing saturated stones and I convinced him to part with two of them. Due to mail...

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[Nancewbl]

Could you share who made the setting as it is really beautiful work.

Thanks,

Nancy

 

[Ionysis]

The designer is a lady called Farah Barakat. She also arranged the layout for my emerald cab bracelet and earrings and my pad sapphire cluster earrings which are floating around on here somewhere.

Farah Jewellery (@farahjewelleryofficial) • Instagram photos and videos

instagram.com

 

[bright&shiny]

Im going to wear the hell out of it. I reckon it goes with denim right? As long as I’m in jeans I think I can get away with this. Jeans, plain shirt, block colours, anything other than patterns.

Obvs will be better when I sort out the matching earrings in the new year Got to be done.

Denim and jeans and silk. Classic!!!! It’s stunning. Congratulations - wear it in good health!

 

[MjK1]

Oh WOW!! This is just stunning! I love your placement of the stones and colours. So happy to see it completed!! Did you wear it over the holidays?

 

[Beagles]

I'm so late to this thread but wow, your completed bracelet and the journey to collect the sapphires is wonderful!!! Enjoy wearing it all the time!

 

[voce]

Late to this thread also, but congrats! In this instance, a picture is worth more than a thousand words!

 

[Ionysis]

So finally I’ve got round to the matching earrings.

I was going to do four stones on each ear but I thought it might be overkill as my lobes aren’t very big. So I’ve gone for three only.

The stones aren’t a perfect match, but that’s the way I like it. This was my sketch for the bench.



Just got the CADs this morning.

 

[LilAlex]

So nice to be able to revisit this thread and the amazing bracelet!

I think they are lovely. As a "student" of these stones, you may perceive that they are funkily mismatched but to my eye at first, I thought they were well-matched. So if you are going for a semi-matched look, I think they are perfect -- and I like the design, too. OTOH, if you were going for some artful or playful asymmetry, they may be too close...? Also, I do not have a good sense of scale so maybe put a dime or penny in there...? (The earring wearers in my family -- all female so far -- prefer "danglies." EDIT: that is false -- the youngest wears a lot of studs and whatever else catches her eye.)

 

[Ionysis]

That’s a good idea. When I get them from the bench I will put something in the photo for perspective.

They are close enough to pass as matched I think, in shape / size, given they are earrings. I was going for that “estate” vibe where things aren’t 100% perfect (as if they’ve just come off a mass production line) but instead have been put together by hand and one of a kind. Otherwise I could have just bought pairs of identical stones and spilt them.

Am hoping to pick them up next week.

I just bought a new work jacket in rainbow tweed and I want to wear them to work!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

That’s a good idea. When I get them from the bench I will put something in the photo for perspective.

They are close enough to pass as matched I think, in shape / size, given they are earrings. I was going for that “estate” vibe where things aren’t 100% perfect (as if they’ve just come off a mass production line) but instead have been put together by hand and one of a kind. Otherwise I could have just bought pairs of identical stones and spilt them.

Am hoping to pick them up next week.

I just bought a new work jacket in rainbow tweed and I want to wear them to work!

would it be too much to hope some kind of a brooch is also in the works .......?

 

[Ionysis]

would it be too much to hope some kind of a brooch is also in the works .......?

Hahahahahahahaha!! You know me too well!

Probably, let’s face it. Convertible to a pendant would be nice.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Hahahahahahahaha!! You know me too well!

Probably, let’s face it. Convertible to a pendant would be nice.