Found a jeweler to reset a ring mom gave me that had a cz in it. Am changing it to a white sapphire I bought online for around a hundred dollars. Jeweler is charging 35 dollars to reset the stone, and she says the sapphire is beautiful!
Found a jeweler to reset a ring mom gave me that had a cz in it. Am changing it to a white sapphire I bought online for around a hundred dollars. Jeweler is charging 35 dollars to reset the stone, and she says the sapphire is beautiful!
Flowers: what a great way to balance the gift exchange desires of others while staying true to your own values.
Tybee: it sounds like you will end up with a great ring for a very reasonable price. Nice!
Rosa, I was just glad that this jeweler thought it was a nice stone. Mom would buy old jewelery and then put cz's in them, and I like the idea of a white sapphire. I also just bought an aquamarine from India for 15 dollars, can't wait to see how that turns out.
I hear you about pillow forms. I had to pay a ridiculous amount to get a bolster style pillow form. Most of them are long term out of stock.Originally Posted by flowerseverywhere
For square pillows, and I will need a few of those, I can use ones from the thrift store. But bolster shape is hard to find there.
Flowerseverywhere, I love your ideas for gift giving. That is a good source for pillow filling. I am still covering forms I have collected for 20 years from all kinds of places. Even found one of those expensive bench pillows so popular now for $4. Gave a bunch to Mom so she could finish some Christmas pillows a few years ago.
Flowers - Does this mean you are all done with Christmas gifts?! I love handmade, functional gifts and yours sound wonderful.
Tybee - If I may ask, what are you having done with the aquamarine? I've recently become a little enamored of aquamarine, even though I'm not a jewelry person.
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Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
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Happy, I am going to make it into a ring that I will wear for a few years, then pass on to my granddaughters, as I want to give them each a nice ring when they turn 15, like my grandmother did. Here is the setting I am using:
Very pretty, Tybee. I love silver!
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
Me too! Lots of nice silver settings from India now.
all except my grandchildren. I’m having them send a list and I pick one or two things after consulting their parents.
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