ok so i went to my pandora and tried the 4 beads i was considering. i dismissed the seahorse because i realize that i currently have no dangles on my bracelet, and realize that i may not want to spend that much on a dangle if i am not going to wear it that often.
i took pictures of each one on my bracelet, so when i get home i will post them. at work right now, no way to upload them on the community computer
i tried the golden dragonflies first. i love dragonflies, and i love how simple and non fussy this bead is. the only drawback is that it is smaller than i expected. it is smaller than my buddha and bigger than happy fish. i would have liked this to be a center bead, but when the clips are bigger than the bead, that irks me. silly, i know.
then i tried the golden stars. the size is a little bigger, but i am taking this one off of the list because the gold didn't "pop" at all, which is surprising, since there seems to be alot of surface area that the gold covers. it just didn't seem to look like it was worth the money, and i was disappointed with what i thought, i honestly thought i would like this more.
then i tried stella. the size is perfect for a centerpiece bead. i was surprised how much i liked this bead on my bracelet. the diamonds sparkle, and the oxidized bead looked great on my oxidized bracelet. i then tried this on a silver bracelet, which i also have at home, and it looked too stark against the silver. but not that bad. i liked how this looked. i am just concerned about the wear, since it is oxidized. one of the SAs told me that the oxidization would wear off at the highest points, which makes sense. might look cool though.
then i tried gilded cage. for the price, it is, in my opinion, the most reasonably priced gold bead. it is very pretty, i have it already in sterling silver. but i don't know... it didn't seem to have much presence on my bracelet. i should have tried it on my silver, i bet it would have looked better on there. the style didn't seem to fit the rest of my bracelet.. i really want a gold bead, but i don't want to get one for the sake of getting one...
pictures later!
