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So, I caught some fire....ORANGE fire...

FrekeChild

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junebug17|1385830057|3565208 said:
I cannot get over the mesmerizing glow coming from that stone, it is just amazing and so beautiful! I am really happy the jeweler was able to do such a wonderful job changing the setting, so nice to be able to use your mom's setting - keeps her close to you. It looks fantastic! :love:

And please, don't tell me you live somewhere where you can be by a pool and orange trees at the end of November! Ok, you can tell me but please know I will be extremely jealous!!! ;(
Thank you junebug!

I do...but I wouldn't get in the pool! In fact, I don't think you could really pay me any amount of money that would get me into the pool right now. Hah! 60s-70s during the day, but 40s at night, and I'll stay nice and dry, thankyouverymuch! If I'm truly honest though, I'd love to live near snow right now. Snowball fights, snowmen, and snow angels sound amazing right now. Here are some pics of my backyard right now, just for fun.

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Thank you so much for the links! I just drooled over those as well. Great looking backyard too:)
 

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Gorgeous color....awesome setting!

Love your back yard...looks like heaven.

Lori
 

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Oh Frekechild, your backyard really does look like heaven…here in NJ, winter is just starting, cold and damp, and I'm so depressed already! :cheeky:

Forgot to mention that your collection of CS rings is amazing, I was trying to pic a favorite and it was just impossible. Love how you reset your mom's diamond too!
 

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Beautiful stone!! Nice way to use your mom's setting and keep her near to you. I'm sorry for your loss.
 

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Kelli - Thanks! This was right after the gardeners left. About three minutes later, there were leaves on the ground! Hahahaha!!!! I have too many links, and I've named them weird things over the years! It's a lot to wade through and hard to find specific things.

Junebug - funny you should say that, it's going to get down into the 30s this week at night, which is unsual for these parts. Thank you for the compliment on my collection - I have a hard time picking out what to wear any given day. I actually tend to try each on and see which strikes my fancy first. They are all so very different, it makes it hard to choose!

Laila - Thank you. Tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of her passing (also, sadly, it would have been my parents 39th anniversary) so I will have to pick between orange and white tomorrow in her honor.
 

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Freke- What an awesome stone! I love that you put it in your mom's setting. I can't get over those last few pictures of it glowing. Amazing!
 

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Loves2Laugh|1386277781|3568315 said:
Freke- What an awesome stone! I love that you put it in your mom's setting. I can't get over those last few pictures of it glowing. Amazing!
Thank you! Those last few pictures are my favorites too - I showed my husband, but he couldn't fake the excitement of how cool it looked for me. The jerk.
 

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Here are some more pics!

These are my "around 8mm stones". The spess is 8mm, the blue sapphire in the six prong is 7.8mm, the blue spinel with the tapered baguettes is 8.2mm and the tourmaline is 8.3mm. I just need 7.9 and 8.1 to complete my series. :tongue:

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You can kind of see what inclusions can do in the sun in the middle picture - the blue sapphire and the spess are both riddled with tiny inclusions that make them glow in direct sunlight instead of black out like the much cleaner tourmaline and spinel.

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Those are fantastic learning examples - your point about sun and inclusions is incredibly well made showing the glow of the spess and sapphire vs. the somewhat blacking out of the other two. Thank you! Perhaps we can add an addendum to the educational pinned thread and add those pics in as examples. Hmm, will have to go look...
 

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Thank you, as always, for the informative pictures. You always add some education with your sparkle!

Beautiful stone and meaningful story. I love the contrast to the rest of your collection.
 

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I am late to the party here, but this is a great thread. I just wanted to add my thanks for posting the pics - there are some great photos in here. I really love the latest ones as well, showing the inclusions in sunlight.

Your collection of rings is always inspiring to me, I adore the blues and lavenders especially. Congrats on your wonderful orange addition and I hope you enjoy wearing your mom's ring.
 

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minousbijoux|1386285783|3568407 said:
Those are fantastic learning examples - your point about sun and inclusions is incredibly well made showing the glow of the spess and sapphire vs. the somewhat blacking out of the other two. Thank you! Perhaps we can add an addendum to the educational pinned thread and add those pics in as examples. Hmm, will have to go look...
A couple fun photos for this line of thought.

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velouriaL|1386300172|3568564 said:
Thank you, as always, for the informative pictures. You always add some education with your sparkle!

Beautiful stone and meaningful story. I love the contrast to the rest of your collection.
Thanks VL, I often learn a lot myself!

I need to warm it up a bit, eh? I have some stones that need to be set eventually that will probably perk up the collection a bit, so we shall see! I don't know that they will be this retina burning type color, but you never know!
 

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katharath|1386301372|3568572 said:
I am late to the party here, but this is a great thread. I just wanted to add my thanks for posting the pics - there are some great photos in here. I really love the latest ones as well, showing the inclusions in sunlight.

Your collection of rings is always inspiring to me, I adore the blues and lavenders especially. Congrats on your wonderful orange addition and I hope you enjoy wearing your mom's ring.
Awww!!!! These things are so nice of you to say katharath! Thank you for all of the compliments. Very kind of you to say such nice things!
 

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Wow, the orange just glows and the setting is so simple, but still different - I love how the prongs worked out and you are lucky to have a bench willing to take on the challenge! Also jealous of your ring collection - I don't know how you can choose one to wear everyday - I'd probably leave my house looking like Mr T everyday if I had so many pretties to choose from!!!
 

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carmen1|1386331147|3568693 said:
Wow, the orange just glows and the setting is so simple, but still different - I love how the prongs worked out and you are lucky to have a bench willing to take on the challenge! Also jealous of your ring collection - I don't know how you can choose one to wear everyday - I'd probably leave my house looking like Mr T everyday if I had so many pretties to choose from!!!
Lol! Funny you should say that - I actually put all of the rings on my left hand last night, and was looking at all of them with just the Christmas tree lights. I took a video that was pretty awesome, but the still shots just aren't the same.

Sad thing is, I only wear one ring per day, so these suckers are pretty well taken care of, considering that they might only see the light of day once a month, unless I take them out for a bath or pictures.
 

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FrekeChild|1386285063|3568398 said:
Loves2Laugh|1386277781|3568315 said:
Freke- What an awesome stone! I love that you put it in your mom's setting. I can't get over those last few pictures of it glowing. Amazing!
Thank you! Those last few pictures are my favorites too - I showed my husband, but he couldn't fake the excitement of how cool it looked for me. The jerk.

Sounds like my hubby! Haha!! Enjoy it and I'm using it as my inspiration that I will find something out there similar!
 

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I love the princess with the baguette eternity. So classic.

The orange rocks too. I have a YG setting that is sitting empty, so I understand the challenge. I am a white metal person, but I have a lot of YG.
 

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I'm loving the orange! It is a beautiful ring, and such a lovely way to use your mom's setting!
 

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Loves2Laugh|1386363300|3569004 said:
FrekeChild|1386285063|3568398 said:
Loves2Laugh|1386277781|3568315 said:
Freke- What an awesome stone! I love that you put it in your mom's setting. I can't get over those last few pictures of it glowing. Amazing!
Thank you! Those last few pictures are my favorites too - I showed my husband, but he couldn't fake the excitement of how cool it looked for me. The jerk.

Sounds like my hubby! Haha!! Enjoy it and I'm using it as my inspiration that I will find something out there similar!
Hahaha! Thanks! Good luck with your quest!
 

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pregcurious|1386372559|3569102 said:
I love the princess with the baguette eternity. So classic.

The orange rocks too. I have a YG setting that is sitting empty, so I understand the challenge. I am a white metal person, but I have a lot of YG.
It was kind of an unlikely combo that I didn't really see going together, because of the very different cuts but ended up loving together.

Thank you! I hope this serves as some inspiration - I love your champagne setting, but alas, have nothing that would fit AND go, if that makes sense. Have you thought about getting it rhodium plated?
 

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Trill|1386378576|3569167 said:
I'm loving the orange! It is a beautiful ring, and such a lovely way to use your mom's setting!
Thank you!
 

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Love your spess!
 

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Ohhhh my goodness FrekeChild - the stone just GLOWS! You don't even have to try for a fire shot because it simply just is a ball of orange fire! It's gorgeous, and I love the orange tree pics, and wow - the oasis that you've created in your backyard is awesome!
 

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derbygal|1386459712|3569739 said:
Love your spess!
Thanks! Me too!
 

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endless_summer|1386538438|3570088 said:
Ohhhh my goodness FrekeChild - the stone just GLOWS! You don't even have to try for a fire shot because it simply just is a ball of orange fire! It's gorgeous, and I love the orange tree pics, and wow - the oasis that you've created in your backyard is awesome!
Lol! Thanks ES!

I wish I could take credit for the backyard, but we actually only moved into the house a couple months ago, so it mostly came like this. We actually had some gardeners come in and trim things up and clean up some stuff, and it's grown back in a bit. It was one of the major selling features of the house though!
 

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FrekeChild|1386540035|3570103 said:
endless_summer|1386538438|3570088 said:
Ohhhh my goodness FrekeChild - the stone just GLOWS! You don't even have to try for a fire shot because it simply just is a ball of orange fire! It's gorgeous, and I love the orange tree pics, and wow - the oasis that you've created in your backyard is awesome!
Lol! Thanks ES!

I wish I could take credit for the backyard, but we actually only moved into the house a couple months ago, so it mostly came like this. We actually had some gardeners come in and trim things up and clean up some stuff, and it's grown back in a bit. It was one of the major selling features of the house though!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! We purchased our place about a year and a half ago, and it's still fresh enough to remember to rat race, racket, and stress that it entailed - a home is a major accomplishment - I'd take a pic of your backyard and post that in your 2013 completed projects thread :)
 
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