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#451
EpiFanatic said:
Looks great! I love layering vintage with sweets.
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Thank you. By the way, since you also layering VA with Sweet, do you know by any chance if connecting two might put too much stress on delicate chain of sweet pendant? The reason I’m asking is that I extended my sweet since I don’t like a “choker” look on my neck. However when wearing together with VA, the distance between motifs is too short for my liking. So now I just connected both and weight of guilloche instantly put my sweet alhambra at a good length and prevents tangling. The issue is that guilloche is much heavier compared to a sweet chain, therefore I’m worried that later can break over time due to an additional weight. I believe someone commented on some sort of extender that also helps with tangling, but unable to find that specific thread. Any advice?
 
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#452
cromagnon said:
Thank you. By the way, since you also layering VA with Sweet, do you know by any chance if connecting two might put too much stress on delicate chain of sweet pendant? The reason I’m asking is that I extended my sweet since I don’t like a “choker” look on my neck. However when wearing together with VA, the distance between motifs is too short for my liking. So now I just connected both and weight of guilloche instantly put my sweet alhambra at a good length and prevents tangling. The issue is that guilloche is much heavier compared to a sweet chain, therefore I’m worried that later can break over time due to an additional weight. I believe someone commented on some sort of extender that also helps with tangling, but unable to find that specific thread. Any advice?
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I can’t really visualize what you’re doing. But I definitely would not hook a guilloche onto the chain of a sweet. It could be perfectly fine but I’m conservative and wouldn’t want to risk compromising the chain of my sweet pendant. And not to mention the guilloche is a heavier VA pendant as well.

I would actually extend the length of your guilloche pendant as well. Tehran maybe layering would be easier.
 
#454
cromagnon said:
It is extended for 2 inches. I asked VCA to add another 1 for addtl price, but they refused stating that 2 inches is a max for alhambra motif. I’m sorry, but what is Tehran?
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Sorry, it's spellcheck going wild. The only other thing I can think of is to buy a separate extender. I think people on this forum can recommend a high quality 1-2 inch extender for the pendant that will hang lower, probably the VA piece.
 
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baglover4ever said:
Love the layer! What’s the length of both necklaces? Did you need to extend the link for the guicholle?
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VCA extends only for 2 inches. So, although I don’t recommend it, but I just link my sweet to guilloche on one end, and vice versa on other. Connecting those two I get one long necklace with two motifs. Weight of Guilloche automatically lifts up my sweet motif, and no tangles at all. However I’m worried about delicate chain of sweet, so I’m planning on getting a custom made extender/detangler soon.
 
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