Today is a big day...

[FrekeChild]

No pictures yet...

But...

My jeweler called me to tell me my wax is ready.

AND

I got a total of 38 stones in the mail.


Pictures will be up after I go by the jewelry store.

OMG I'm SO excited.

 

[DiamanteBlu]

What are you making? Can''t wait to see!

 

[LD]

Ooooooo so exciting - I can''t wait to see piccies!

 

[icekid]

Um.......... I''ll be waiting!!

(run!)

 

[Gailey]

Whaddya mean 38 stones in the mail? Is this something we were all expecting - what are you up to?

Are you going to take pictures of your wax for us?

 

[yingh]

Ditto - since when you hid 38 stones up in your sleeve? Winter is over you know, and the sleeves are getting shorter

Date: 4/4/2009 5:02:18 PM
Author: Gailey
Whaddya mean 38 stones in the mail? Is this something we were all expecting - what are you up to?


Are you going to take pictures of your wax for us?

 

[CharmyPoo]

Wow wow! 38 stones!! I can''t wait to see what you have up your sleeve.

 

[mochi]

38????

Freke, you need to buy a couple of cameras so that the battery won''t die...

 

[MonkeyPie]

Pictures, vamos!

 

[ilovesparkles]

Can''t ............ take............ the...... waiting! POST PICTURES Freke!

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Yay, Freke!!!!!!!! This is KILLING me!!!!!! I leave for Hawaii in about 12 hours, so I''m hoping for pics before then!!!!

 

[FrekeChild]

I forgot to take pics of the wax.

Now for detail about the stones....

Miscellaneous:
1 triangular citrine, golden orange, reminiscent of mandarine oranges
1 round golden imperial topaz
1 round peridot
1 round London blue topaz
1 oval champagne colored oval sapphire (bought in 1984)
1 funky beigy pink round sapphire (1984)
1 sky blue zircon scissor/step cut fat rectangle with cut corners
1 sky blue zircon skinnier scissor cut rectangle with cut corners

8 total miscellaneous

Garnets
4 light-medium dusty rose pink hearts
1 raspberry pear
1 slightly purple pink pear
1 copper round
1 orangey red triangle/trillion
1 rosey pink pokey triangle
1 raspberry red tanga cushion (cut by Barry)
1 burnt orange round (pretty sure it was cut by Barry)
1 pure dark red round
1 slightly orangy red round
2 pure deep red rounds
1 golden orange round
1 light-medium pink garnet
1 medium rose pink round

18 total garnets

Tourmaline
1 silvery light green baguette
1 dark lime green baguette
1 light teal oval
2 medium gray green marquises
1 teal long emerald
1 teal almost square emerald
1 evergreen round
1 medium yellow green round
1 medium blue green round
1 light-medium yellow green round
1 teal baguette

12 tourmalines total

38 total stones.

And now I have to go take pictures...

 

[mochi]

waiting.....

 

[cushioncutnut]

What? 38 stones!! I can''t wait to see pics.....and the finished wax piece!!!

 

[FrekeChild]

If you want any pics of any specific stones, let me know...

This is what I saw after I opened up his package. He (Barry) didn''t send them in boxes because...well there are 38 of them and he''s running low on boxes. Soooo....I had to rearrange my stones so I could fit them into boxes...

 

[FrekeChild]

The gem packs...

 

[FrekeChild]

And then I started opening....

 

[FrekeChild]

...

 

[FrekeChild]

After I put them into boxes...

Some garnets...

 

[innerkitten]

Wow Freke, Looks like fun! What inspired this shopping spree? More pics please.

 

[FrekeChild]

Tourmaline...

 

[FrekeChild]

Citrine, peridot and topaz

 

[FrekeChild]

Thanks IK...it wasn''t really much of a shopping spree...explanation to come later...

Zircons and sapphires.

 

[FrekeChild]

Garnets, but specifically the tanga garnet cushion...

 

[innerkitten]

Nice greens!

 

[FrekeChild]

Pink hearts and little garnets...

 

[FrekeChild]

All of them in their boxes...

 

[MonkeyPie]

Ok I love that teeny tanga garnet! The emerald cut tourmalines are making my heart pitter patter, too.

 

[EricaR]

PINK HEARTS!!!!!!! I love them so!

 

[FrekeChild]

To give a closer view of the coppery colored garnet with the hearts...