J Marcus
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My youngest daughter was married just about 2 years ago, so I made her a brooch to wear with her wedding dress. I used an abalone mabe' that I'd put together and put it in a setting of 18K yellow and white gold, 14K rose gold and sterling. Then I sprinkled it liberally with diamonds, amethyst, tourmaline, and rhodolite garnets. It's a sunset on the pacific design, which that mabe' was perfect for. It was quite labor intensive. It took me a day more than I'd hoped to finish it. When I was done, I hastily took a series of photos of it, zipped back home, threw my clothes and things in the car and took off at about 7:00 PM, headed for Santa Rosa. I made up a bit for lost time on the way and got there the morning after I'd planned to arrive. We had a wonderful time and it was a beautiful wedding at the Mark West Lodge a few miles north of Santa Rosa. By the way--they have the 7 oldest known domestic grapevines in the US--175years! They're right out by the highway and the state of california has built a trellis for them that goes over the highway so that one must drive under them!
You can see and decide for yourselves if the brooch was a success, She wore it in front on her sash, (I think that's what that is...) and yes, she did design her own wedding outfit.
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J Marcus
http://www.flyrodjewelry.com/home.html
You can see and decide for yourselves if the brooch was a success, She wore it in front on her sash, (I think that's what that is...) and yes, she did design her own wedding outfit.
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J Marcus
http://www.flyrodjewelry.com/home.html
