Awww thanks for your kind comment. It was sweet of my hubby to surprise me with this early Mother's Day gift. I'm starting to think of the next charm to add to my bracelet
any recommendations ?
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Awww thanks for your kind comment. It was sweet of my hubby to surprise me with this early Mother's Day gift. I'm starting to think of the next charm to add to my bracelet
any recommendations ?
Oh that is gorgeous, welcome to the Pandora club, it's very addictive
We've had Mother's Day here in the UK a few weeks ago and my son bought me a Pandora bracelet 
it certainly makes it easy dropping hints for presents.I've not seen the centre charm before, it's very pretty
I've not worn it that much to be able to comment on scratches. I guess as there's no way to stop it moving it's unavoidable. You could just add clips or open work charms which you can fit the stoppers under.
Pandora give them out free. I've just popped in and asked whenever I'm passing.
Oh this is fabulous, really gorgeous
is the radiant heart in gold? I've only seen it in silver, I'd definitely love one.
Awww thanks for your kind comment. It was sweet of my hubby to surprise me with this early Mother's Day gift. I'm starting to think of the next charm to add to my bracelet
That would depend on your preferences. Have you decided whether you will stick to one theme or collect only meaningful charms? If you want a specific theme/colour, then start by choosing that. I for example do not have theme preferences, but I love blue, therefore my first complete bracelet has significant amount of charms with blue stones. I also prefer openwork round charms to others and I like bits of cz and gold and tiny details. For me, the aesthetic look is most important, Usually I do not assign meaning to my charms and buy only ones that I can combine with my other charms. Enjoy your journey!
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Dear Ladies
I have finally compleated my first bracelet to the point that it is full!
This is how I have arranged it. It is the first time that I am actually considering keeping it full for some time and wear it that way (until now, I just swapped charms between my two bracelets and usually wore them half-full or with just a few charms.)
So now, if fellow-addicts could help me with ideas, how to rearrange it, so It would look perfect, I would be most grateful.
I have finally compleated my first bracelet to the point that it is full!
This is how I have arranged it. It is the first time that I am actually considering keeping it full for some time and wear it that way (until now, I just swapped charms between my two bracelets and usually wore them half-full or with just a few charms.)
So now, if fellow-addicts could help me with ideas, how to rearrange it, so It would look perfect, I would be most grateful.
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It looks great, as is. If anything, how would it look if you put the fish and starfish more towards their mid-sections, like where your lucky clover and cupcake charms are? And put the clover and cupcake (or any of the other 2-tones) around the clasp instead? Or even put the fish and starfish next to the clips? Sorry if that didn't make any sense. Again, I think you're completed bracelet looks great already. I try not to dwell on perfect placement too much, or else I'd be arranging my bracelets all day and night. Lol.
Whatever your Pandora heart desires! I have 1 themed around my children, 1 about my husband/our family, 2 Disney ones, and 2 unintentional Christmas ones. I also have 2 other bracelets where the charms mean a lot to me but they're all random from each other, so they don't have any central themes. All of my charms have some kind of meaning to me, but it is very addicting and there have been times I've purchase a lot of "meaningful" charms all at once. Oops.Awww thanks for your kind comment. It was sweet of my hubby to surprise me with this early Mother's Day gift. I'm starting to think of the next charm to add to my bracelet
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Such a wonderful gift!
Gorgeous
AngelaPandora, I hope you don't mind, but I copied your pic, it's easier for me to explain what I mean by looking at the bracelet.
1 - spacer just seems out of place, I would just take if off, but then you lose the symmetry
2 and 3 - I would switch their places, seems to me there is enough room to do that
4 and 5 - I would move them directly after the clips, it's just a matter of personal preferences but since I love muranos (and all other glass charms) the most, I never put them close to the clasp. I tend to put my "less important" charms closer to the end, while the most important ones are front and center. But like I said, that's just my thing.
And btw this end result you achieved looks stunning, I love it!
Also, If you switched 2 and 3, then there might even be enough space to replace the spacer with a new 2-tone instead? Only if the bouquet/2 isn't as much real estate as the "love" openworks/3.
Or, if you insist the spacer stays, put it on the side where the blue tendril clip is? So it doesn't get lost next to the clear cz tendril clip and the other clear cz charm it's currently next to?
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The middle bracelet is so cute with the cats and mouse beads.
And I love the rock star clip, if that's what I see on your top bracelet. I've contemplated in the past getting an oxidized bracelet with those clips, but I went with something else. But I still lust after those rock star clips. Maybe I can still get them to have the option to alternate the clips on my oxidized bracelet. Just a bit harder to find cause they're discontinued.
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I absolutely love your bracelet! I hope I can get mine this full and balanced looking over the next few months or so. I like your style! I love blue as well, and the round openwork charms, or anything with intricate detailing. You and I have quite a few of the same charms
I don't have any suggestions on how to rearrange it, I think it looks great! I see lots of these ladies have already given you some great ideas though too. I just wanted to say how much I love the look of your bracelet!
Here's a kind of crappy photo of where I've got my bracelet to after just 3 months of owning it! I took advantage of the free bracelet promotion and got the heart clasp bracelet pictured in the photo (to replace the lobster clasp one I have a love/hate relationship with), as well as the floral heart locket, the seashell, and the royal blue geometric facets crystal.
Now I have to give some more thought as to how I want to arrange my charms on this new bracelet all together, or whether I want to split them between both bracelets that I now own. #FWP
I'm so glad that I found this forum, as I've been Pandora obsessed since Christmas and I just love looking at everybody else's charms and bracelets!
Now I have to give some more thought as to how I want to arrange my charms on this new bracelet all together, or whether I want to split them between both bracelets that I now own. #FWP
I'm so glad that I found this forum, as I've been Pandora obsessed since Christmas and I just love looking at everybody else's charms and bracelets!
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This is so gorg....love the two-tone charms and the blue accents! You've already got some very detailed and awesome advice, but I'll go ahead and add my .02:
I would use the three standout blue charms to divide the bracelet into 3 sections, spacing your charms out evenly between each. You have 14 other charms besides the 3 blue, so I'd do 5,5, and 4 respectively in each section. This is mostly to add visual symmetry.
As for how to arrange/what order, that's entirely up to you! You have a beauty on your hands, so no matter how you put it together, you really can't go wrong
Jeez, amazing progress in only 3 months!! I got obsessed at Xmas, too, when I received my 1st charm, but you're way ahead of me in terms of filling yours! The blue theme reminds me so much of water/the ocean/the beach...my favorite place to be in the world- something so calming and soothing about that color. Your bracelet really evokes that ocean-spirit!
I love your seashell charm...I really want the two-tone seashell to represent the beach, as I vacation there every summer and it represents amazing family memories.
Btw- is one of your clips the sun/moon clip? If so, I have that same clip, and I really like it because it reminds of one of my fav ee cummings quotes: 'yours is the light by which my spirit's born: you are my sun, my moon, and all my stars'.
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