The PANDORA thread

[xoelle]

I had it for less than 2 weeks and did not shower with it or anything, it turned slightly grey, Pandora said it should not have happened and they will let head office know that they will exchanbe it or return it...so i put more money in and got the joined together two tone hearts charm...

Ugh, no! I was afraid something like this might happen. That's even so soon, early on! I absolutely loved the white orchids but couldn't muster the courage to buy them after I've heard stories of some white Pandora enamel turning yellow.

I've been missing in action in the Pandora world. I'm stuck in a deep OHM Beads obsession lately, and I've been spending most of my charm and bead monies on OHM playing catch up.

 

[xoelle]

Okay, I kinda lied about being MIA in the Pandora world. Lol. @Mulberrygal, I finally ordered the open ended bangle today! With the current NA promo, I got the double mixed blue leather bracelet for free. (I think I'll put my sideways fish on it and call it my Pisces bracelet.)

Do you know if the open ended bangle is the same thickness as a Trollbeads or OHM bangle? I wonder if I can use generic stoppers on the sides, and style both the middle/focal point, and the ends with charms.

 

[Mulberrygal]

Okay, I kinda lied about being MIA in the Pandora world. Lol. @Mulberrygal, I finally ordered the open ended bangle today! With the current NA promo, I got the double mixed blue leather bracelet for free. (I think I'll put my sideways fish on it and call it my Pisces bracelet.)

Do you know if the open ended bangle is the same thickness as a Trollbeads or OHM bangle? I wonder if I can use generic stoppers on the sides, and style both the middle/focal point, and the ends with charms.

Good to see you back Xoelle, I'm sure you'll love the open ended bangle. I'm really pleased with mine, it's perfect for stacking. I don't like a heavy look but I'm happy to wear it with a full bracelet. I haven't got any troll beads or OHM so I can't comment if they fit or not, let us know when you try it. I daren't look at Trollbeads, can't get hooked on something else

I've promised myself no more Pandora, (other than the yellow gold Essence bangle) as I've this beautiful gift from my dear departed Mum & Dad............small Cartier Love bracelet. I'll wear it all the time, forever now, stacked with whatever the mood takes me.

Sorry not the best of pics, shown with my Essence two tone, gold clasp as I'm sunning myself by the pool at the moment

 

[new2oz]

Hi everybody,
I'm a long time lurker and have enjoyed seeing all of your beautiful collections grow. I have been reading the Pandora threads starting from years ago and though unfortunately quite a few ladies have stopped posting, there is so still so much inspiration to be found in all your lovely creations and combinations. I really love seeing other people's bracelets since they are a great way to see what charms look like in real life and how versatile Pandora can be.
I received my first Pandora for Mother's Day 2016 and since then have managed to collect a lot of bracelets, bangles, charms, etc. I'll post pictures of the different bracelet/bangle combinations I'm working on but first I'll start by posting the first one I got and then show all the rest. My collection is on steroids and my pockets are empty, but I do enjoy looking at my bracelets. I don't feel too bad 'cause I take advantage of the Pandora sales, the Facebook Tribe sales, Rue La La and I cash in credit card reward points that I can use at the mall which has a Pandora shop so I rarely pay full price.
This is how it all started: One bracelet and one charm. I chose this one because I'm a mum and I'm a language teacher and I speak a few languages so though I didn't think it was the most beautiful charm, it spoke to me.

Then after only one day I noticed that I really needed clips so I went back and managed to get the bracelet exchanged for one of the starter deals that comes with 2 clips:

 

[new2oz]

Story continues:
It was really bugging me how empty the bracelet looked and I did some research and discovered Facebook Pandora's Tribe and managed to get these spacers second hand:
By this time (beginning of June 2016), only weeks into my addiction, I decided that this was going to be my Heart & Family bracelet and cashed in credit card points to get a gift card and bought the Club Charm:

(to be continued).

 

[new2oz]

This is how my Heart & Family bracelet looks now in 2017 - moved it to a bangle and added the Flower Murano last year (love it) and 2 more hearts this Mother's Day 2017. Since everything is a work in progress I might end up moving the Vintage Heart (lucky to find this lovely classic charm in a Rue La La sale) to my two-tone bracelet and add some more colour to this bangle. And maybe some flowers to get away from too many hearts.


One more pic:


Thanks for looking and hope you enjoyed the photo spam. I'll show some more pics tomorrow of where my collection now stands. I have a two-tone bracelet, a midnight blue Reach for the Stars one, a green Mythical Forest Fairy one, a Purple Glam one, a Lucky bracelet, a beach one and some odds and ends and plans for a lot more. Cheers and good night.

 

[kiuty77]

I went crazy at the store. Lol

 

[swtstephy]

Okay, I kinda lied about being MIA in the Pandora world. Lol. @Mulberrygal, I finally ordered the open ended bangle today! With the current NA promo, I got the double mixed blue leather bracelet for free. (I think I'll put my sideways fish on it and call it my Pisces bracelet.)

Do you know if the open ended bangle is the same thickness as a Trollbeads or OHM bangle? I wonder if I can use generic stoppers on the sides, and style both the middle/focal point, and the ends with charms.

I think it's the same thickness as the regular Pandora bangles. I can check for you tomorrow if I remember.

 

[xoelle]

Beautiful additions on this page!

I think it's the same thickness as the regular Pandora bangles. I can check for you tomorrow if I remember.

Thanks! I haven't tried putting different brand stoppers on my regular Pandora Moments bangles because of the threading on the ends. It's okay... I just read Pandora will be coming out with stoppers of their own, that you can buy separately for their open end bangles. Yay.

I also ordered this to store my homeless charms that aren't housed on any of my bracelets/necklaces. I can't wait until it gets here! I went with a half-size box because I really need to limit my addiction, and cause I heard it gets tedious to remove charms from longer rods.

 

[new2oz]

Beautiful bracelets Kiuty77, especially love the use of the Purple seaglass muranos. Did you buy all that at once?
Xoelle, that box looks great, do you mind my asking where you can buy it? Most of my charms are on bracelets for now but I already have some loose ones that I just throw in a box. I heard they're going to start selling the Pandora jewellery boxes in Australia this year so I'll have to save up for that.
Mulberrygal - the Love Cartier bracelet is so beautiful, what a treasured memory from your parents.

Here's another one of my bracelets, this is my Mythical Forest & Fairy one. (I love the unicorn!) It's missing the Pixie Two-tone which I've already ordered and the Frog Prince which I would like to add at some point. Since the bracelet is only 17cm I'm not sure if I'll be able to fit in anymore charms. I guess it's an advantage to have the smaller bracelet since it costs less to add charms but it limits you on designs. I'd also like to change the safety chain but not sure which one. Any ideas?

Cheers ladies. Happy Sunday!

 

[Mulberrygal]

This is how my Heart & Family bracelet looks now in 2017 - moved it to a bangle and added the Flower Murano last year (love it) and 2 more hearts this Mother's Day 2017. Since everything is a work in progress I might end up moving the Vintage Heart (lucky to find this lovely classic charm in a Rue La La sale) to my two-tone bracelet and add some more colour to this bangle. And maybe some flowers to get away from too many hearts.

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Thanks for looking and hope you enjoyed the photo spam. I'll show some more pics tomorrow of where my collection now stands. I have a two-tone bracelet, a midnight blue Reach for the Stars one, a green Mythical Forest Fairy one, a Purple Glam one, a Lucky bracelet, a beach one and some odds and ends and plans for a lot more. Cheers and good night.

The bracelet is lovely and certainly come a long way, I look forward to seeing the rest of your collection. I too enjoyed looking through the thread at everyone's creations.

Your story is similar to mine, after saying I'd never get any Pandora, I received a few charms and a bracelet and really got the bug. I purchased other charms I loved and assumed I'd just swap the bracelet about but way, way too much hassle. I just purchased more bracelets which makes it a lot simpler and have several different themes, a gold & two tone memories bracelet, essence silver & two-tone an open ended bangle and my latest (just ordered) the gold essence bangle.
Those that weren't gifted were mostly sale, pre-loved from some lovely trusted sellers or discounted charms and I'm really enjoying wearing them all.............but my collection is complete now

 

[Mulberrygal]

I went crazy at the store. LolView attachment 3757376

They're great, what a haul, did you buy all of them at once

Can you add a pic of the open ended bangle when worn. Do you wear the ends under the wrist and the charms on top and does it move about! I've only tried mine with one charm and spacer at each end and worn with the open end upwards. I'd be interested to see what it looks like the other way and does it stay put?

 

[sanibelle]

Hello all!

I used to be a regular on here, took a break from collecting for awhile. But the new open bangle caught my eye!! I have the original style bracelet and the closed bangle, and one of my peeves was always that the charms fall "under" my wrist. Yes, I realize that I could adjust it, but I want carefree! Anyways, I saw a picture of the new open bangle, and how the charms stay "on top" of the wrist! Brilliant! But my concern is whether this new style could be pulled off if we snagged it somehow? The charms are not inexpensive (especially those two tones), plus I have some retired pieces now that I would be sad to lose.

So, how secure does the bracelet feel to you? Also, would adding a safety chain work for this bracelet?

Ah, first world problems lol...Thanks for reading and for any suggestions you may have!

 

[Mulberrygal]

Hello all!

I used to be a regular on here, took a break from collecting for awhile. But the new open bangle caught my eye!! I have the original style bracelet and the closed bangle, and one of my peeves was always that the charms fall "under" my wrist. Yes, I realize that I could adjust it, but I want carefree! Anyways, I saw a picture of the new open bangle, and how the charms stay "on top" of the wrist! Brilliant! But my concern is whether this new style could be pulled off if we snagged it somehow? The charms are not inexpensive (especially those two tones), plus I have some retired pieces now that I would be sad to lose.

So, how secure does the bracelet feel to you? Also, would adding a safety chain work for this bracelet?

Ah, first world problems lol...Thanks for reading and for any suggestions you may have!

I've never felt my open ended bangle could fall off, you have to bend it to get it on. It's quite stiff and a little difficult to get on and feels totally secure. I don't think a safety chain would work with it.

I purchased the medium and the large as I just couldn't decide which was right for me. The large feels totally secure too. I wanted the pave one and I was really surprised I liked the one with the Pandora ends too. I felt the Pave looked too much with other glitzy charms & the Pandora ends were understated.

I've only worn mine with the open side upwards with a couple of charms and it doesn't move around at all. These are some pics I took when they first arrived whilst I was trying them out. They stack beautifully with other bracelets when worn this way but I'm eager now to try with some charms in the middle if that's where they'll stay

 

[Maxt]

@Mulberrygal just a quick question, are those bangles hollow inside like the classic closed bangle or are they made from full silver?