The Random Bling Thread!
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Here are some of my random blings that I haven't shown before as I thought they were too small for SMTB. All these items cost $100-$500, with the average being around $300. Much of it was bought in sales. Enjoy!
First up, 14k large rose gold knot earrings from Blue Nile.
First up, 14k large rose gold knot earrings from Blue Nile.
I love this ring, but never wear it as it's the wrong size. It's sapphire leaves in 18k gold. I got it on a skiing holiday in Andorra about 12 years ago. It cost 160 pounds equivalent back then. I love the deep blue, and it reminds me of that holiday.
Found another one. I think this is all I have to show - I do have gold and silver pieces, but am saving them for the gold thread and a silver thread that someone started a while ago.
These are 14k brushed white gold earrings with three tiny round diamonds in kite-shaped settings, which actually sparkle a lot more than you'd think. The earrings are sold and weighty. I think they cost a hundred pounds equivalent in Aruba about 12 years ago. (I used to work for the Aruba Tourism Authority so went there quite a lot, back when jewellery prices were cheap compared to now.)
These are 14k brushed white gold earrings with three tiny round diamonds in kite-shaped settings, which actually sparkle a lot more than you'd think. The earrings are sold and weighty. I think they cost a hundred pounds equivalent in Aruba about 12 years ago. (I used to work for the Aruba Tourism Authority so went there quite a lot, back when jewellery prices were cheap compared to now.)
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HI:
My new bangle. Could not be happier with the product and service received from Mint66. I'll be shopping there again!
http://www.66mint.com/p-1136-tiffany-co-frank-gehry-torque-bangle.aspx
cheers--Sharon
My new bangle. Could not be happier with the product and service received from Mint66. I'll be shopping there again!
http://www.66mint.com/p-1136-tiffany-co-frank-gehry-torque-bangle.aspx
cheers--Sharon
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Smith, all of your pieces are so pretty, you have a fantastic collection! I really like the amethyst set.
Wow, gorgeous bracelet Sharon! A show-stopper!
Catmom, I love your rose gold and diamond band, what a beautiful design!
Wow, gorgeous bracelet Sharon! A show-stopper!
Catmom, I love your rose gold and diamond band, what a beautiful design!
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justginger|1380899093|3532081 said:arkieb1|1380858241|3531913 said:Another photo lifted from Leibish:
Love your new Argyle stone, ginger I love them too!!! Although it is somewhat twisted irony that you live in WA where the Argyle mines are and you bought a stone from the US? Are there no decent jewellers selling them where you live?
Leibish is located in Israel, not the States - they do such a cracking colored diamond trade that their prices are roughly half that of ANY local Argyle vendors. I do find it ironic, but considering the overhead costs of running a shop front in WA, it's not really a surprise.
I should have been an engineer, so I could have been employed by Argyle!
True the markup on diamonds here is way more than the US and many online vendors. Leibish have offices in the US and Israel now I think.... One of my best friends has a darker pink Argyle in her e-ring and a white and pink band also Argyle but she got the stones from Perth and somewhere else on your side of Oz because they are even more expensive at places like Calleija and the jewellers that stock them over this side of the country. Curiously places like Calleija and others have a mix of stones only available to a select few via the tenders they put out but they also have some of the nicer stones that do not go into the tenders.....
It was Kenny that pointed out to me and it is generally fascinating who actually has access to & sells the rest of the stones that are mined that are not part of the tender process. Leibish is at a guess buying the rough and cutting it in Israel.... Anyway if buying from them gets you a better priced pink diamond then I think that is cool!!!
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junebug17|1380899465|3532085 said:
Thank you for encouraging me!
Love all this bling...Catmom love that band wow, where did you get that at?
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arkieb1|1380954042|3532598 said:justginger|1380899093|3532081 said:arkieb1|1380858241|3531913 said:Another photo lifted from Leibish:
Love your new Argyle stone, ginger I love them too!!! Although it is somewhat twisted irony that you live in WA where the Argyle mines are and you bought a stone from the US? Are there no decent jewellers selling them where you live?
Leibish is located in Israel, not the States - they do such a cracking colored diamond trade that their prices are roughly half that of ANY local Argyle vendors. I do find it ironic, but considering the overhead costs of running a shop front in WA, it's not really a surprise.
I should have been an engineer, so I could have been employed by Argyle!
True the markup on diamonds here is way more than the US and many online vendors. Leibish have offices in the US and Israel now I think.... One of my best friends has a darker pink Argyle in her e-ring and a white and pink band also Argyle but she got the stones from Perth and somewhere else on your side of Oz because they are even more expensive at places like Calleija and the jewellers that stock them over this side of the country. Curiously places like Calleija and others have a mix of stones only available to a select few via the tenders they put out but they also have some of the nicer stones that do not go into the tenders.....
It was Kenny that pointed out to me and it is generally fascinating who actually has access to & sells the rest of the stones that are mined that are not part of the tender process. Leibish is at a guess buying the rough and cutting it in Israel.... Anyway if buying from them gets you a better priced pink diamond then I think that is cool!!!
I know that Argyle still cuts at least some of its non-tender rough. I don't know where the rest goes, but Leibish is certainly capable of cutting, as they have demonstrated with their incredible tender win of a FIP, which they managed to turn into a FVP with a very tiny recut.
True story, one of my coworkers' father is employed at Argyle. Sometime last year he won a pink diamond from them! Apparently they have monthly raffles - everyone who hasn't taken a day off that month is put in the raffle, and they draw for a diamond. Anyway, her dad won. She described it as if it were perhaps 2 mm, so not an insignificant stone at all! She said it was pink, but not PINK. But it was cut and polished, a little round one, and came directly from the workshop at Argyle.
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Rosebloom|1380909549|3532201 said:
Rosebloom, don't be jealous! I'll bring it with me when I'm in NYC so you can cuddle it for the day.
I do plan on setting it, eventually. I need to find a totally amazing design to incorporate it, my FIB, and my FIG. The main reason I wanted to change cut types with my new pink (my old one was a baguette) was that the difference in how the stones handled light drove me crazy - I never could have had them set together. The broad flashes from the baguette next to the sparkle of the oval and radiant was just not ok. So now I have an oval, radiant, and princess, which are far more suitable to share space.
I'd really like to hand them to Mike R. I'm sure he could come up with a totally awesome, quirky design that perfectly integrated them. However...I don't have the budget for that sort of project right now (not after my NYE tickets, lol!).
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