Lech - it's a type of quartz, I think. It's organic and sparkly looking at the same time which = <3
― ENBB, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
I just got a new stone in my engagement ring! The place I originally got it from does upgrades - you trade in your old stone for exactly what you paid for it, and then pick a new one. I always wanted a princess or emerald cut, but settled for an oval bc that's all they had. Swapped it out for an slightly bigger emerald cut lsat week, so happy.
― just1n3, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
that's really cool, j! congrats! E, that is very pretty. I like sparkly. I ordered three grown up pairs of earrings (aka not from Claire's/Ardenes) a few weeks ago from Stella & Dot - one is very similar to those. Excited to receive!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks! I don't really buy myself expensive stuff mostly just costume but my grandmother passed away last year and I splurged on these using a little money she gave me (~ $100 which for me is a splurge on this sort of thing) so I'd have something to remember her by. I don't wear them very often because they seem like special occasion accessories to me so when I do I feel all fancy and shit.
― ENBB, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
awww, I think that's one of the nicest ways to remember a person - especially if you can get an actual piece they wore! My Grandma's house was broken into last year & all her jewelery stolen which erased that chance for me. Bah. Which reminds me, I wanted to do a web search to find a similar necklace to her favourite.. thanks!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I have a hard time spending a lot of money on single pieces of jewelry - my wedding set, including cost of new stone, came in at just over 500, and several years later that still feels like an appalling amount of $ to spend on two rings.
― just1n3, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
woah nice justine. i didnt even know you could do that sort of thing.
I have my moms old white gold wedding band with a grip of diamonds around it from when she was married to my evil step father. She told me to get it melted down and design something I would like to wear. Feels like bad luck.
― Seafin out! (sunny successor), Friday, 9 November 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
My mum tried to give me her diamond solitaire ring from her first marriage to a wife beater. unsurprisingly, I declined.
― just1n3, Friday, 9 November 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
blood diamonds :(
― real men have been preparing manly dishes for centuries (elmo argonaut), Friday, 9 November 2012 23:36 (eleven years ago) link