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Thought that counts (joint NYE photo shoot)

Gypsy

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The idea was a good one, the execution... meh. But there were enough okay pics that I decided to post them anyway. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Neatfreak and I have been meaning to do a joint photo shoot of our bling but when the lighting conditions are ideal we're usually otherwise occupied and without a good camera around. So even though it was pitch-dark night and there was no equipment other than a camera and we had dogs and cats running about, sick twins, sticky pie, plumbing code research to be done, and a half-finished kitchen remodel around us we decided to take a few shots anyway.

One of these days we'll turn the bling and camera's over to our perfectionist husbands (who were talking about light boxes and 'real macro lenses' and indirect versus direct lighting) and have the ideal pics we'd like to post. But since life keeps interfering, hopefully you guys can enjoy these in the interim.

Here are our (blurry) diamond rings and my BGD pendant (NF has two lovely diamond solitaire pendants but somehow they didn't make it into the ultrasonic).

From the bottom up.

Gypsy's Aurora band by BGD.

Neatfreak's 5 stone trellis, setting by BGD, with transitional cuts of approximately .25 to .30 points each.

Gypsy's half eternity Scott Kay wedding band, from Pearlmans, carat weight lost in the depths of her swiss cheese memory. :twirl:

Neatfreak's three sided pave wedding band by Facets that Neatfreak will have to spec out for you all.

Gypsy's asscher engagement ring, setting by Ocean Pearlman through Wink Jones of High Performance Diamonds, in a plain shank platinum halo setting.

Neatfreaks's cushion engagement ring, stone sourced by ERD and platinum bezel setting by ERD as well.

NYE NF GYP interchanging.jpg
 
Neatfreaks STUNNING milgrain bezel OEC studs... Not sure about the ctw (for some reason I'm thinking 1.2 ctw but I could be completely wrong, they get great coverage though), but they are the perfect size and hopefully Neatfreak can chime in on the details tomorrow. They are like flashlights on her ears, just beaming light.

Also in the frame is Neatfreak's Jeff White sapphire asscher in a three stone baguette setting and my bezel clover earrings from Pearlmans (1 ctw).

NYE NF bezel milgrain studs.jpg
 
Better picture of the two pairs of earrings and the sapphire ring (okay not a whole lot better the stones still look dark and gray, but at least you get all of the pieces in there).

NYE NF GYP triple bling.jpg
 
Neatfreak's Transitional Cut Trellis Five Stone and Gypsy's Aurora band (talking about myself in third person is strange and I suck at it).

NYE trellis and aurora.jpg
 
Close up of Neatfreak's five stone (my photography skills leave a lot of be desired).

NYE NF trellis fivestone.jpg
 
And three attempts (and admittedly failures) at artsy shots of our bling.

NYE Gyps Aurora.jpg

NYE NF trellis.jpg

NYE Gyp Marg Pendant.jpg
 
awesome collections! I love it all :-)
 
Beautiful collections! Gypsy do you have a link to your ering, love the plain shank?
 
WOW. Good god, there's about a million dollars just chillin' on your finger.
 
I think you're being too hard on yourself - I like the pictures and see a lot of detail in them.

Between the two of you, that's quite a collection and we always love to see the pictures! Thanks for sharing all your lovely lovelies ladies. . . really pretty jewelry!!
 
LOVE pictures like these, bling ****. Great job and such pretty pieces.
 
Awesome photo shoot! both your collections are beautiful and those bezel miligrain studs, lovely :love:
 
Really enjoyed the photos of your bling. Happy New Year, you two! :wavey:
 
:love: Wonderful eye candy!!! Thanks for sharing!

Happy New Year!!

Cachette :))
 
Definitely drool worthy! :love: Happy New Year!
 
Awsome pictures, awsome bling, thanks for sharing :mrgreen:
 
Wow, what a gorgeous collection of bling!! I love each and every piece, it's a pleasure to look at them. I think these pics are good Gypsy, thanks for posting them!
 
I am jealous of both of your collections!
 
You both have lovely collections! :love:

Thank you for sharing pictures! :))
 
lknvrb4|1293885243|2811549 said:
Beautiful collections! Gypsy do you have a link to your engagement ring, love the plain shank?
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/drumroll-please-my-setting.72011/page-6']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/drumroll-please-my-setting.72011/page-6[/URL] is the link to my engagement ring.

Thanks so much for bolstering my confidence in my photography skills. Yeah, when we pull out all the pieces they look like a nice hoarde... the hubby's take a look and are like, "So you guys have enough now, right? No more bling." Naive men. :nono:

I love Neatfreak's bezel studs... and maybe covet them. :Up_to_something:

HAPPY NEW YEAR! :wavey:
 
Gorgeous stuff, ladies! I can tell, you guys had a FUN night with all those goodies to play with!!
 
swingirl|1293920831|2811865 said:
Gorgeous stuff, ladies! I can tell, you guys had a FUN night with all those goodies to play with!!

It was fun swingirl. Hectic but fun. We'll have to do a GTG soon.
 
Thanks for posting these, Gypsy! Both collections are just stunning, and I may have to get in a fist fight with you for those milgrain OEC studs - those are stunning!

I absolutely love when PSers get together and take pics of their bling together. I love looking at pics of pieces I recognize, but one someone else's hand, etc. I haven't posted them yet because the pics weren't that great, but in October Strawdermangrl, Cellentani, Alj and me had a BLAST in a NYC hotel room with all of our bling spread out all over the place! Stuff all over the bed; I almost had a moment of "I really want to roll around in this pile, Scrooge McDuck style".
 
Thanks everyone.

I think this is the first debut for the bezel studs. I've been TOTALLY swamped lately, so haven't posted them. They are about 1.30 ctw (if I remember correctly they are about .65 each?) OECs and the milgrain is SO delicate. Got them on ebay actually! I have some jackets, a few pendants, and of course my PS gift studs that didn't make it in either!

Gypsy was a superstar last night! Bling pictures, brought over delicious food (kitchen remodel in process) AND helped when one of my little ones got a bloody nose. Superstar!!
 
HI:

Great way to bring in the NY.... :appl: Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cheers--Sharon
 
neatfreak|1293933254|2811974 said:
Thanks everyone.

I think this is the first debut for the bezel studs. I've been TOTALLY swamped lately, so haven't posted them. They are about 1.30 ctw (if I remember correctly they are about .65 each?) OECs and the milgrain is SO delicate. Got them on ebay actually! I have some jackets, a few pendants, and of course my PS gift studs that didn't make it in either!

Gypsy was a superstar last night! Bling pictures, brought over delicious food (kitchen remodel in process) AND helped when one of my little ones got a bloody nose. Superstar!!


Ahh, she gives me goals to aspire too. We'll have to take some more pics of the bling that didn't make it soon.

Thanks everyone. Lauren, I would have had to give into the impulse. Just rolled on the bed.
 
Ooo, I am loving these pics! Gypsy and NF, both of your e-rings have been on my "favorite" list for a long time, so to see them both at once is great! I've loved NF's sapphire ring for a long time as well. I'm also a sucker for trannies and those OEC studs are gorgeous--such a great find. Gypsy, I am really loving that aurora band!
 
Happy New Year Gipsy and Neatfreak!

What a drool-worthy photoshoot, and what collections! Each and every piece is JUST stunning! It must have been so much fun getting together for a play :)) (wish I was there!).

Neatfreak, please post a thread on your bezel studs. I recently posted in SMTR looking for info on OEC milgrain bezels. I got an .69 OEC, initially for a pendant. The vendor said he had a match, and whilst I was having a think over Christmas, it sold ;( !
Did you source the stones separately on eBay, or bought them as a pair, or already set?

dinamit
 
Both of you have beautiful jewels...thanks for sharing!
 
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