Jewelry

[Azcowgirl]

I keep thinking about taking this loooooong strand of turquoise that I never wear and making it into shorter strands.....just don't like one looooong strand , seems what ever I try to do, even twist it into a torsade .....I'm not really liking it......does anyone have any ideas ? Thanks girls !

[jenbisous]

On 7/10/2014 kathoderay said:

I received my necklace today, one emoticon sums it up!

I received mine too!!!! And it is soooooooooo beautiful! I am so glad I jumped on it before it sold out. It is very wearable and the three strands stay in place which is wonderful. I plan to wear it a lot, but I got it specifically to wear to my grandma's 90th birthday party. We are all suppose to wear white, and so I am going to wear a simple white dress and wear this with it. I am so excited! I also received the triangle turquoise earrings and they are beautiful too! I will wear them with the necklace to the party. The earrings really make the turq in the necklace pop!! They are very comfortable on, and they have a lot of turquoise presence. So far thee two pieces are my favorites that I have received!!!

I also received my 36 inch turq necklace with is amazing! My neck is larger than I thought lol and doubling it has more of a choker look, but it is beautiful long or doubled.

And lastly I received my OTO silver ring. It is perfect! The open work really gives this bold ring a light feeling........if that makes any sense lol. I am debating whether or not to return it for a larger size as now it fits on my middle finger which I love, but now seeing it in person I think that wearing it on my pointer finger would be awesome. Decisions, decisions lol

Overall, I am so pleased with all of my new lovelies!! I can't believe that we will have to wait until October to get the rest of out goodies

Thanks for letting me share

~Jen

[Jugtown]

On 7/11/2014 Azcowgirl said: I keep thinking about taking this loooooong strand of turquoise that I never wear and making it into shorter strands.....just don't like one looooong strand , seems what ever I try to do, even twist it into a torsade .....I'm not really liking it......does anyone have any ideas ? Thanks girls !

Are you referring to the 80"? I have that one and love it. I like to wear it as a 3 strander - with the strands spaced out - or 2 high up together and 2 low. Sometime with an enhancer nested in the middle. If none of those work for your - I could understand breaking it up - maybe you could make a double or triple strand? Let's face it, it's ALL good!

[Jugtown]

Congrats Jen! So much fun when ya love it all . . happy playing!

[Qulia]

Reporting in on my haul.

Favorites: My number one, favorite piece this go around is, hands down, the red coral naja. It's stunning. I just want to stare at it. I'm so thrilled with it. I also love the coral bead 17" necklace. Gorgeous red color. It layers great with sterling native pearl necklace, an older lapis necklace I have, my assorted turquoise necklaces, and the new gardenia necklace that I ordered and it arrived in the mix. It works with the red coral naja but I am more likely to pair the naja with a contrasting color necklace rather than the coral.

On the fence: Not sure about TSV cuff and the Kingman magnetic enhancer. I'm going to look at them a few more days, wear around the house, mix with other AW and CP that I have to see. Not totally sold on the construction of the cuff -- the magnet is fine and seems very strong. It's just I prefer a smooth inside on a bracelet and the unfinished inside feels a bit rough to me. On the enhancer, I'm not sure about the brass. I thought I'd actually like it but in person I'm not sure. To me it makes the piece more casual. Again, I'm on the fence and could decide to keep them, but if I'm not in love in a couple of days, back they go.

Not for me: I thought I'd love the green turquoise and leather toggle bracelet. I thought the same about the brown leather coil bracelet with the charms. And again about the single memory wire bracelet with the coral beads. All have already been dropped off at the P.O. The green turquoise was too casual on me. I felt the casualness of the leather limited it's wear-ability for me. The leather was so soft and it was comfortable, but I didn't like it on my wrist and for that price I have to be in love with it. The charm coil didn't do it for me either. I would have kept the leather and coral bead bracelet if it had had some silver on it. But the findings were all brass and that I felt that limited how I would wear it. Didn't realize it until I tried it on and saw all my coral pieces have sterling.

Just because some of those pieces weren't for me, I want to be clear that they were all beautifully crafted and first quality. It really came down to a style issue and wanting more bang for my bucks, particularly for the green turquoise toggle bracelet. Some lucky lady on waitlist will get the ones I sent back and I hope she loves them.

[Azcowgirl]

Qulia....you and Haca have convinced me to Put the coral Naja on my bucket list....also the native beads .....Jug...I will try your ideas, thank you...just need to give it another try (:

[Qulia]

On 7/11/2014 Azcowgirl said: Qulia....you and Haca have convinced me to Put the coral Naja on my bucket list....also the native beads .....Jug...I will try your ideas, thank you...just need to give it another try (:

Always happy to enable others in their Southwestern jewelry habit. You're gonna love it!

[Beguile]

Holy Cow! There was an 80"" turquoise necklace that I somehow missed???????

[Jugtown]

Qulia - congrats on those GORGEOUS coral pieces . . sooo bright and pretty! There's just somethin' about coral . . love it. As far as your other pieces go - it's always best when you're on the fence to give it a few days . . test them out. Glad to hear everything was made well otherwise. So funny - I'm the opposite - I tend to like more casual pieces with my lifestyle these days. Enjoy!

[Jugtown]

On 7/11/2014 Beguile said:

Holy Cow! There was an 80"" turquoise necklace that I somehow missed???????

And it's G O R G E O U S ! ! There is one for sale at the bay for a good price. Let me know if you want the link.