claudenancy
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Here is another project on the drawing board. What really jump started me on all of this was my growing collection of little sapphire briolettes. As I started to look around for a possible design, I encountered the golden lombok pearls--love at first sight--I fell so hard!!
I recently attended a design class. Before going I "rough strung" one of the 5 golden pearls that I have from Care with some briolettes from my stash (see pic below for my 4 inch "trial" section). I think that I have enough to make a "choker" length necklace (15-16 inches_ with the five pearls and with the sapphires. I have some high k gold beads, head pins, etc. that I am saving too for this necklace as well as some little canary diamond briolettes that I could include.
I have some slightly larger untreated sapphires in this color range to use for the central part of the necklace, and am trying to design the central part--one of the five pearls is a larger baroque with beautiful luster--it is ringed but in a very attractive manner with virtually no flaws (I will snap it later too). I want to drop this central pearl on the headpin possibly with the little diamonds and a few of the best sapphires and use the other four round pearls as on the trial section below. I am not quite certain where I am going with this design, and could at this point consider other options (translation: an excuse to collect more golden Indo .pearls!!) I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions.
Thanks again, Beth
I recently attended a design class. Before going I "rough strung" one of the 5 golden pearls that I have from Care with some briolettes from my stash (see pic below for my 4 inch "trial" section). I think that I have enough to make a "choker" length necklace (15-16 inches_ with the five pearls and with the sapphires. I have some high k gold beads, head pins, etc. that I am saving too for this necklace as well as some little canary diamond briolettes that I could include.
I have some slightly larger untreated sapphires in this color range to use for the central part of the necklace, and am trying to design the central part--one of the five pearls is a larger baroque with beautiful luster--it is ringed but in a very attractive manner with virtually no flaws (I will snap it later too). I want to drop this central pearl on the headpin possibly with the little diamonds and a few of the best sapphires and use the other four round pearls as on the trial section below. I am not quite certain where I am going with this design, and could at this point consider other options (translation: an excuse to collect more golden Indo .pearls!!) I would appreciate any thoughts or suggestions.
Thanks again, Beth
