Pandora bracelets... continued!!!

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The new beads look great but I will also need to see them in real life before I make comment on them. How gorgeous is the blue CZ lights bead!

This morning I won a bead on ebay - the S/S & 14k clutch purse. They retail for $118 here in Australia and I won it for $66 AUD so I consider that a good bargain!

I'm still debating a white mystic murano. I might have to go to the Jeweller and see them on my bracelet before I decide if its worth it. I think I just want one to go with my other white S/S muranos.
 
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shinylizard said:
I've read of a couple people's clips breaking. Is this common? I'd like to invest in 14k clips, as I like those better than ss ones. It makes me think I should purchase clips from an authorized dealer, rather than our trusted ebay dealers. Ideas? I do a lot of bracelet rearranging, so they wouldn't just sit. Thanks for any opinions.
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The hinge onn the clips is pretty small and made of soft metal, so you can imagine that they can't take a lot of stress. Mine broke after being opened and closed many, many times while I experimented.

If I may make a suggestion for those of us who like to play around with our beads -- put the beads on the bracelet without the clips until you have the beads the way you want them, and then, and only then, put on the clips. That will save them a lot of wear and tear. I think mine broke from simple over-use. I certainly didn't want to suggest that they aren't good quality. They are. But I don't think they were made to be opened and closed 75 times.

The other thing to be careful of is not to stress the clips at the end of an over-full bracelet. If you try to close a clip right at the end and there isn't enough room, of course the clip will bend. I did that a couple of times.

I've gone through my large assortment of beads and have settled on three more bracelets, using as a base the beads I already have.

One will be my existing animals and lime green Muranos and lime green crystals with silver beads - a fun bracelet.

Another wil be the Rainbow design I saw in all the jewellery shops when the Pandoras came out here in BC last Christmas. It's another fun design, perfect for jeans. It just so happens I have all but one of the exact muranos used in that bracelet. I bought way too much Murano in too many colours, and I didn't know what to do with such an eclectic and ill-considered mish-mash -- but now I have the perfect answer.

The last one will be silver with lots of moonstones and various white crystals.

Those three bracelets will use up most of my beads, leaving me with a few matching colours for my lariat. And that has to be it for this year!:p
 
#693
dalmunchkin said:
That is a great story. I remember my grandmother used to send me letters with 50 cents in them, and she thought it was a lot of money. But so sweet. Both of my grandmothers passed away years ago and I always wished I had some jewelry or something sentimental to remember them by. I think that having a couple of meaningful beads from your nana will be so special.
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Thanks dalmunchkin - that's exactly what I want to spend her money on now, something meaningful! Going to spend my money tomorrow I think!
 
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Sally T said:
Well, at long last my first bracelet is almost complete!

I still have to buy a safety chain - and I will add at least one more murano at some stage and move a couple of beads on to my second bracelet - but for now I'm happy and will wait to see what new beads come out before I decide on my next design.
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Sally, your bracelet is gorgeous just the way it is. I wouldn't change a thing.
 
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Sally T said:
Well, at long last my first bracelet is almost complete!

I still have to buy a safety chain - and I will add at least one more murano at some stage and move a couple of beads on to my second bracelet - but for now I'm happy and will wait to see what new beads come out before I decide on my next design.

This is just too, too addictive - I often (always!) find myself trawling Ebay and Etsy when I should be getting on with my work. It's a good job I work for myself or I'd be sacked by now!
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Your bracelet is geogeous Sally - very symmetrical and well thought out. Mine's a bit of a mix match bracelet although I;m only putting beads on there that I absolutely love!
 
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Lillia: I love the one with silver with lots of moonstones and various white crystals. I;ve kind of done that with my first one, but with pink, clear and some light amethyst for color. I only have two Muranos because the do add nice color.

I'd also like to do gold, sliver and clear cz.
 
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Hi Lillia and Nelly4 - thank you for your lovely comments about my bracelet. It's always good to have the endorsement of fellow Pandora-holics!

Lillia - sorry to hear about your clips - I really hope you can get them replaced. I have to say that I have noticed a great difference between how my two silver and two gold clips close. The gold ones close very tight but the silver ones appear to have more of a gap along the join when they are closed. All four were bought from an authorised Pandora store so its not as if they should be in any way sub-standard.

To save me constantly opening my clips when I'm in a re-arranging mood, I use a pipe cleaner to try out different designs. It's a great way to play around with the bead designs easily and has the added benefit of cleaning the inside of the beads at the same time!

Nelly4 - I love the story about your Grandma. Whatever beads you choose, they're sure to be extra special.

And on the subject of the wooden beads, like you I wasn't convinced. However when I went to buy a murano a couple of weeks ago the Pandora Concept store had them in. I have to say they look great mixed with a silver and gold combination - especially the two light colours that really seem to bring out the colour of the gold. I was very pleasantly surprised and might even add one or two to the next bracelet as I want the thems to be 'nature' - the countryside, sea and space.
 
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Hi everyone, I'm new here and have been reading the posts for a little while. I recently got into the pandora craze after a store in our local mall began carrying them and now the obsession has started! I know there has been a link to the new fall charms posted, but here is another one that has some of the pictures & you can click on the charms for a closer view.

http://www.pandoras.web-log.nl/
 
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grrlstar said:
Hi everyone, I'm new here and have been reading the posts for a little while. I recently got into the pandora craze after a store in our local mall began carrying them and now the obsession has started! I know there has been a link to the new fall charms posted, but here is another one that has some of the pictures & you can click on the charms for a closer view.

http://www.pandoras.web-log.nl/
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Welcome Grrlstar - and what a brilliant first post.

Thank you for posting this link - it is great to see a close up of some of the beads - I have to confess I am now more impressed with some of them than I was - and the John Greed video is amazing. It's wonderful to see tha actual stages that the beads go through before we add them to our bracelets. :D
 
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grrlstar said:
Hi everyone, I'm new here and have been reading the posts for a little while. I recently got into the pandora craze after a store in our local mall began carrying them and now the obsession has started! I know there has been a link to the new fall charms posted, but here is another one that has some of the pictures & you can click on the charms for a closer view.

http://www.pandoras.web-log.nl/
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Welcome and thanks for the link! Pretty bead pandoras.web-log.nl/pandoras/images/2009/09/07/7941100.jpg A must have for me.:nuts:
 
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grrlstar said:
Hi everyone, I'm new here and have been reading the posts for a little while. I recently got into the pandora craze after a store in our local mall began carrying them and now the obsession has started! I know there has been a link to the new fall charms posted, but here is another one that has some of the pictures & you can click on the charms for a closer view.

http://www.pandoras.web-log.nl/
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I agree, what a great link. I also noted there was a Pandora forum link and even though I can't understand whatever language it is, there were come pictures of people's Pandora's.
 
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