Ugh I die! Just gorgeous! You have such an amazing collection and taste
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Big hugs, sis!! Do it!!!I die @jenayb Gosh girl, can you be more gorgeous.. I have been thinking of doing the white mop/pave 5 motif on and off and this picture made my decision so much harder to say no to!
This is amazing. Truly a spectacular piece.
Hope you don't mind me chiming in. Your idea of a pave PG and hammered alternating sounds wonderful.I’ve missed you, sweetie!!! And while I don’t always agree with you immediately….I do seem to come around eventually
Let’s start with the piece I declined: yes, a Liane. There are several reasons why I declined:
1. I don’t have so many pieces in my collection that I could keep myself from buying anything new during the time I would need to save up for this piece.
2. I am not convinced that it is versatile enough for me to wear it frequently enough to make it worth the purchase. I’m actually concerned that once the honeymoon phase of having this piece wears off, I might regret it. Whereas with my PG 20, it’s so easy to throw on with anything.
3. The requested colors would basically match my PG onyx set and again I’m not sure this is the best option right now, especially as I am transitioning away from YG to WG. Will I want a piece that matches my PG set?
4. I’m really not ready to spend that much on one piece. I think both my kids need to be out of college before I am personally comfortable at that point, and I’d like to have more pieces in my collection first.
Now, here are my concerns.
You are right, I love bling. However, I am also getting to a place where I’d like some more versatility in my pieces; moving away from colored stones. I do love the idea of Malachite, but all the pieces you mentioned are YG, unfortunately not PG (am I right on that?).
Although PG Malachite Pave would be gorgeous, I am not sure it’s versatile enough…although you’ve got me intrigued. My Magic earrings and pendant are YG and you’re absolutely right, an alternating YG Malachite Pave set would look perfect, but if I am ever approved, I would get the Magic earrings and pendant in PG and let go of the YG set, so this should be PG as well.
The Pave/WMOP set is stunning, but for me it is too much contrast. I suppose I could just avoid the SO route and get the GMOP alternating, but that’s probably too similar to the PG onyx.
Lol, I considered just a 20 PG pave, but that‘s probably the same price as the Liane.
I’m concerning your concept of texture/sparkle/pop/shine. Of course I love sparkle, and I do like pop, but maybe the issue is that I don’t think Pop works so well in an alternating piece? Im typing this, looking at my PG onyx/pave bracelet and I LOVE this combo (I think my SA would kill me if I tried to order the PG Onyx alternating 20, too redundant! But I really love it). I am trying to figure out why I love this combo, but not so much for the others…maybe there is no good alternating PG 20 option for me right now, and I should order a WG alternating instead…or table the 20 motif idea and focus on wg magic pave pieces…
…off to research…
Oh, BTW you are 10000% right about the Noeud. It’s absolutely near the top of my list, along with the Magic 3 motif!!!
Versatility - I think you do love bling, and the pave alhambra provides that. Paired with the hammered, the pave motifs will pop. It doesn't pop like WG pave pieces, but you don't expect it to. Since it's all PG, the whole piece is more neutral and versatile. PG on you is just stunning. It has enough color to pop on your complexion, but still compliments you. I think that is why you love the PG and onyx so much, which is such an inspired combination. The black is edgy and pops, but the PG also allows it to blend with your complexion, but not too much. TBH, I don't love WG pave alhambra as much as I like PG pave on you. If you do WG pave, I would prefer frivole to alhambra. And this would look amazing with your Noeud...
I totally agree with you about not preferring pop on alternating pieces, like malachite and pave. I find the contrast too extreme, but that's exactly what many other love about it. It's all personal preference. I prefer the alternating pave and similar shades, like @nicole0612's WG GMOP and pave. The PG pave and hammered fits that category. I would love to see such a piece.
Basic SOs (MTO), but I am glad to finally add these pieces after thinking about them for so long. WG GMOP 10 motif, 5 motif, Chalcedony magic WG earrings. I was planning to pair with WG pave, but inspired by the WG magic multicolor sets, I think I can pair chalcedony with GMOP for a casual look.
Nicole these are gorgeous and soooo unique!! The chalcedony also looks especially amazing in the magic size because you can see more of the beautiful striations. And the WG GMOP is such a stunner, in certain lighting it kind of looks like a much softer WG onyx with texture but then it catches the light and there’s the beautiful rainbow flashes! You have such a well curated and unique collection, congratulations on these lovely additions and please share mod shots with us if you are willing!
Thank you! I am still in awe of @jenayb's "really special" SO, but it is nice that these piece will be very wearable, but still fit my personality a bit more perfectly than what is offered in the regular line. I am at home finishing up some work in my house clothes, but I will add a photo of the earrings; I really like magic size in theory, but my ears are small, so the subtle color works really well in my opinion. I am tempted to add a magic necklace in Chalcedony as well, since I have the same issue with magic necklaces - I LOVE them in theory, but bolder colors look way too big on me. Part of me is still thinking about a WG pave magic pendant though...Nicole these are gorgeous and soooo unique!! The chalcedony also looks especially amazing in the magic size because you can see more of the beautiful striations. And the WG GMOP is such a stunner, in certain lighting it kind of looks like a much softer WG onyx with texture but then it catches the light and there’s the beautiful rainbow flashes! You have such a well curated and unique collection, congratulations on these lovely additions and please share mod shots with us if you are willing!
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Decisions decisions!! The subtleties and softness of chalcedony is also one of the reasons why I love the stone so much for something wearable and feminine. I think the magic chalcedony would be super wearable with all kinds of outfits, especially casual. But the magic pavè is also incredibly wearable and blingy to boot! I’m sure whichever one you decide to go with will fit right in with the rest of your collection.
These are gorgeous not ‘basic’! Please post pics when you wear - love to see the magic earrings on you.
Reading all your posts I would:
- SO the rg magic earrings and pendant and sell the yg ones - rg will mix and match more with your other pieces and I have seen you post this multiple times so no brainer
- focus on rings and bracelets while you wait for rg magic to see if that resolves your itch. Get the noeud, get the pave love or Juc.
I am coming around to the 20s. I only have RC one. I don’t see myself getting a second as I find the 10s more wearable with my necklines and the 10s work better casually. You have a diamond guilloche 10 - do you wear it? If not, why not? I love the look of a 20 alternating but to me it is not an everyday piece if it is pave. I find the 20 pave more formal, especially with pave. It may just be me, as I can load on the rings, bracelets and earrings for everyday wear. But I find a blingy long necklace harder to pull off. So I rather save the bling for other areas. You may feel differently. If I were to get a 20 in rg I would love hammered and pave as it would be everyday wearable and still have interest with the hammered design. Second would a lighter stone like mop pave as it would give you variety on light/dark to complement your onyx.
Spectacular. This looks beautiful in white gold
@nicole0612 GMOP with WG is amazing. The WG pulls out the cool gray/charcoal colors from the GMOP. I think VCA selected GMOP with much less green but just more dark and gray. The other color I notice primarily is pink, which works so well with the gray. Depending on the viewing angle and the light, the GMOP looks black, charcoal, light gray with pastel pinks, greens and blues and then some combination of gray, silver and white. All cool colors. When you have chance, can you take some mod shots? Congratulations on such amazing pieces that you can wear in so many different combinations. And the magic chalcedony earrings are just beautiful. The WG lover in me is dying to see these IRL.