Victorian repro splendour from Black Opal Direct, M'sOpalWorld, and CvB - B&W opal/OEC earrings + bracelet

[Bonfire]

Elegance with old world charm! Truly captivating!
Congratulations to you and Caysie on a stunning collaboration.

 

[luv2sparkle]

@Bonfire is 100% accurate, and could not be said better! Elegance with old world charm. Perfect. I do not think I have ever seen a more beautiful collection of opals or a more delicious pair of earrings. They are stunning on you with your beautiful dark hair. I am sure you will receive many compliments on them, but most likely people will just want to stare at them. Just fantastic. Your taste is wonderful as always but you managed to put together these earrings perfectly. They are definitely 'holy cow' pieces.

 

[arkieb1]

Wow, they are breathtaking, it's kind of cool to see more people appreciating Aussie opals!!!! Congrats!!!

 

[LLJsmom]

Love the opal lesson. Really. Thank you @yssie

 

[elizat]

Those are really fantastic and unique- love them! What a great outcome. Very special earrings!

 

[bright ice]

Wow, those are absolutely stunning and unique, a rare combination! You wear them well @yssie, enjoy them.

 

[whitewave]

Stunning heirloom pieces

 

[RockOnReen]

OMG, Yssie, these are amazing! I hope you find many reasons to wear them often! They are absolutely stunning.

 

[soxfan]

Just amazing. EVERYTHING you have is amazing!!!

 

[Queenie60]

One of a kind art. Enjoy them - stunning earrings.

 

[Catmom]

GAH, I'm dying here. Those earrings are absolutely stunning!!

 

[Crystal_Dreams]

Oh my... these are just STUNNING. You have absolutely nailed the asymmetry here. They’re classic, yet interesting and a little quirky. The airline around the opals gives lightness to the overall feel of some otherwise VERY substantial earrings. And those teeny tiny prongs that Caysie does SO WELL... that minuscule milgrain... wow.

I’m loving the bigger black opal, but it doesn’t even matter that they aren’t exact matches... because they’re asymmetrical. Each stone is lovely and has its own character. These are such gorgeous heirloom earrings- as with ALL of your pieces!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Oh man. I so so love these! I’m such a sucker for opals, vintage, and quirky and this is a killer combo of all those and more!!! No way anyone else has anything like these gorgeous girls. Stunning!

 

[m-2-b]

Beautiful new earrings once again! You always put so much thought and consideration into each piece that you own, including this one! What a masterpiece!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Oh my... these are just STUNNING. You have absolutely nailed the asymmetry here. They’re classic, yet interesting and a little quirky. The airline around the opals gives lightness to the overall feel of some otherwise VERY substantial earrings. And those teeny tiny prongs that Caysie does SO WELL... that minuscule milgrain... wow.

I’m loving the bigger black opal, but it doesn’t even matter that they aren’t exact matches... because they’re asymmetrical. Each stone is lovely and has its own character. These are such gorgeous heirloom earrings- as with ALL of your pieces!

^^ What she said!

Honestly, they are gorgeous and I love that they are different colors! Such a quirky and unique choice. Perfection.

 

[mrs-b]

@yssie -

I sent you an email the other day. I know you have email issues and things get lost in obscure folders on occasion. So this is just a heads up.

 

[yssie]

@mrs-b Thank you for your note here!

Your email did in fact to to an unexpected location - I wouldn’t have seen it for another couple of days

Responding!

 

[MissGotRocks]

Beautiful earrings Yssie - enjoy them!!

 

[liaerfbv]

DH happened to look over my shoulder as I opened this thread and his immediate reaction - "Whoa. Those are awesome. Get those." Well, um, okay, honey, if you insist.

I LOVE that they are asymmetric, I love the settings, I love the colors, I just love everything. A gorgeous addition to your collection. I request a family shot of all of your earrings!

 

[Natylad]

@yssie, first of all, you are such a beautiful, beautiful, girl!
About your earrings: When i first saw them, i heard my daughter (who had supposedy gone to bed half an hour before) calling me from her bedroom and i literally kept ignoring her and drooling over the earrings, until all of a sudden i saw her standing by my side and also looking at the monitor of my computer! Her reaction to the photo of you, wearing the earrings was: Wow! Is she a princess? Me: Yes, she is!!!
Congratulations on these beauties! They made my heart sing when i saw them! They are truly unique and look wondeful on you...princess! Wear them in good health

 

[Madam Bijoux]

Beautiful and fascinating! Congratulations

 

[Lucy-In-The-Sky]

THUD.

Oh my... These are beyond stunning. And you're making me want opals, now....

 

[TweetyBird23]

WOW! Just WOW!

 

[icy_jade]

Your new earrings are stunning and you take such beautiful photos. Love the details on the earrings.

 

[lissyflo]

They are so beautiful! I especially love the colour play of the black opals - I would love one in the future.

 

[lambskin]

I love these earrings!!!!!!! The black and white opals remind me of the black and white pearl earrings. Having an earring of each really makes one appreciate the different opal type and truly makes these earrings unique. The settings are stunning and beautifully crafted. The diamond size is really great too!

 

[telephone89]

Wowzies! The detail is impeccable!

 

[TweetyBird23]

I just had to go back and gawk at these again. They’re amazing and every other synonym in the book!

 

[D&T]

Beautiful! love that yin/yang look! Opals are so glowy.

 

[yssie]

Well, I’m two weeks late here… but better late than never?


@bludiva Thank you!! I lost one of the earring backs at the HPD GTG in ID week before last my replacements just came in today. I was wearing them as often as I could possibly get away with - and I plan to get right back to it


Thank you @tyty333!! I so wish I’d known more about opals fifteen years ago, when I was living on the other side of Queensland rather than on the other side of the world


@diamondseeker2006 Thank you love

You and @mrs-b were my inspirations - for opals and melee!! I can’t wait to see what you do with your white - it has so much red in it! More than mine, I believe. It would look phenomenal in pink gold

Caysie’s got my last two opals - another gorgeous white from Jordan and a really bright mackerel sky black. I’d slated them for a second pair of earrings, but now that I’ve got these… I doubt I’d ever reach for any other opal earrings! So now I haven’t a clue what to do with them.

An old video of all six together - all are solid stones from Lightning Ridge. I actually think this video illustrates their different personalities well - the four opals in these earrings (the four on the bottom in the video) really shine indoors, under halogens and LEDs… which this video, taken outdoors on a cloudy day, definitely does not showcase! And their fancy, formal settings suit them perfectly. The two top stones will be my daytime dazzlers - once I, y'know, figure out what to do with them

@canuk-gal Oh my goodness. Thank you so much Sharon, what a sweet and generous thing to say!

My jewellery box has had an indulgent year! I’ve been trying to explore more - away from diamonds, away from daily-wear... I think this is the first year I’ve been truly open to the idea of “wearable art” over “artistically wearable". And if all my projects end as happily as this one - I’ll be over the moon


@lovedogs Thank you!!