Some random stuff...
The body portion of a Christmas gnome
A broiler pan that I thought went months ago
Some plastic cups that don't get used
A collapsible chair that was in our garage
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Some random stuff...
The body portion of a Christmas gnome
A broiler pan that I thought went months ago
Some plastic cups that don't get used
A collapsible chair that was in our garage
WHERE IS THE GNOME’S HEAD and why did you decapitate him???!!!!!!
hahaha, I am just kidding you here.
Old wood sitting on a platform on the driveway- took two tractor cart loads and it's GONE to no man's land up the hill. AND dug out a clethra bush that had gone berserk and was just not worth the space. Long hard work, but DONE and also in no man's land!
It was made from a container with a lid. The head and arms were attached to the lid and the body was the bottom part of the container where you can fill it with candy or whatnot. So basically I kept the lid and plan on putting it on a little side table in our living room for the Winter months. I made sure it would look cute like that before I tossed the body and it did. I wouldn't have a spot for the whole thing since I rearranged some decor. I still liked it and wanted to keep it so i had to get creative.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
" I made sure it would look cute like that before I tossed the body and it did."
That's what she said, on "Snapped"
Funny because I recently paid $60 for a Clethra 'Ruby Spires.'Quote:
Originally Posted by nswef
I had the clethra for many years. It was in a front flower bed and I never saw it much....butterflies liked it and hummingbird insects, it smelled wonderful..like vanilla. It just is in the wrong place and I have no where else to give it space.
I had to look up Clethra And yes I’ve seen that around here. It’s a nice little shrub, maybe I will get one. I wonder if deer eat it?
Sold some more diving bits and pieces. $450 made in the past week but that overlaps some with August b
Turned a dollar store salad bowl (that lived on top of my fridge unused for 7 years) into a planter of succulent starts from my garden, gave it to a friend for her birthday today. The bowl was orange, her favorite color, and she has been wanting a little succulent garden. Win-win!
IL, The deer eat the hostas in that same flower bed but have never munched on the clethra.
I gave my Dil a bunch of gold and diamond jewelry and sold most of the rest since gold is high. I kept my favorite pieces to wear but without working just wasn’t wearing it.
Way to go! I love it that you are giving it to her and she can wear it now, and you keep what you actually wear!Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
Took a bunch of keys that I have no idea what they unlocked off my keychain. Didn't toss them just in case I do find what they unlock but at least now I don't have to fumble through a bunch of keys to find my house key.
:laff:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
My Dil was very excited and I let her pick what she wanted after I took out my favorite pieces. If I had grandchildren I would have saved what I sold for them but that’s not happening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
This talk of passing on gold jewelry reminds me of a pair of gold (probably just gold filled?) Victorian earrings from my mother’s side of the family. They were screw back earrings. I wanted to convert them to something that would work for pierced ears because screws back HURT.
But my mom said “oh no! That would ruin them!” So the dumb things sat around for years with no one wearing them.
But when my mother died, I had a jeweler change then to pierced earrings and they are quite nice. And now useful.
sorry, Mom!
DHs father left him a gaudy gold ring with three largish diamonds and it has been sitting in a box for years now. I suggested we have new wedding bands made from it (I'll take the diamonds please) so at least they are being worn. Although having a bunch of jewelry around I never wear feels like clutter, I figure the grand-daughters might like looking through it someday. It all fits in one container so not a big deal to keep.Quote:
gold jewelry
Sold a pair of boots on Poshmark.
If it is a big gold ring you should see how much you could get for it. Gold is high. The diamonds are likely near worthless.Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkytoe
Get the diamonds appraised--my grandmother's ring that I inherited is worth way more than my diamond, and it is smaller. I love it--it is from the 1920's, my favorite era in jewelry. It is also platinum.
What a piece of jewelry appraised for is light years away from what you can actually sell it for. You always take a big loss if you need to sell jewelry. Appraisals are for insurance purposes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Very true, but it's still worth more than my newer diamond, that was what I was trying to say. Just because it's old does not mean it is worthless, like IL was saying. I wouldn't sell either of them but will give them to my granddaughters.
I picture a typical honkin’ man’s ring with itty bitty tiny diamonds pretty close to chips. Of course, I do not know what it really looks like.
Here is a 3 stone diamond ring that totals 1 ct for all three stones--she did say "largish"
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-y73h...242001.jpg?c=2
That might not be your taste, but it's something you could do with three not huge diamonds
Yes, you’re right the diamonds might be worth a little something. I’m still assuming it’s a man’s ring, but perhaps it is not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I think women must like jewelry the way we’re talking about this ring belonging to someone else, and we haven’t even seen it!
I am obsessed with old jewelry settings--I love looking at them-- it is very exciting to reset an old family stone in something new. I worked with this jeweler to reset a family stone and it turned out really beautiful.
(This is not that one, this is one they have that looks kind of like Grandmother's ring.)
VINTAGE DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING 1.72ct ROUND CUT YELLOW GOLD MARQUISE ACCENTS (ivyandrose.com)
They are easy to work with and very nice and fast, too.
That is nice. I have a great aunt’s diamond engagement ring from 1918 that I like.
my family are not jewelry people so this was always considered a flashy ring by us. In my youth I thought it was rather awful in its gaudiness, but now I like it.
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Very cool! Do you know if it's an old mine cut or Old European cut? From picture looks like old mine?Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
It’s one of those cuts, but I don’t know the difference between them, so your guess is probably right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
I groomed all 3 of my cocker spaniels on Monday. Today I went through the box and bag of grooming tools, cleaned them all, boxed up the ones I do not use to send to a cocker rescue group. Will drop off at the post office tomorrow. Win-win, everything neatly fits in one easy to access box now.
We are overhauling the big garden bed on the south side of our house. I dug up and gave away 5 big pots of Siberian irises.
It is nice you found a home for your Siberian iris and did not compost them.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
Growing up, my family had several Cocker Spaniels. They are great dogs!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mschrisgo2
That’s a beautiful ring Tybee!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Isn't it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
Here is a fuzzy pic of the ring DH got from his father. It is gaudy to me as I don't often see ordinary men wearing diamonds but it was from the 80s I think.
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To be fair, there are some in the compost bin, but I'm ready and willing to pull them out if I get sufficient demand from my Facebook offer!Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
You could turn it into 3 rings for your daughter and granddaughters:
Elsie Engraved Ring - Brilliant Earth
You can take the size of the stone down on this visualizer to 1/2 ct or whatever they are, it looks different with the smaller stones. If you measure it in mm, you will have a better way to tell how many cts they are
or one three stone for you
3ct Three Stone Diamond Engagement Ring 14K White Gold (pompeii3.com)
or a pair of earrings, etc.
http://www.simplelivingforum.net/ima...BJRU5ErkJggg==