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Thank you dinamit, if i used the murano i had an extra two tone charm that i did not know what to do with, the castle charm...i think i will wear the murano seperately...
Can i ask you for your input on one more design aspect, ...do the white and pink openwork hearts go together on the bracelet or should i switch to one color, either white or pink but not both?
I think they work together. They are both soft colours and balance out in terms of texture, so you don't have to go the same with colour, unless it bugs you.
Yeah I have only 1 pink ribbon murano. They add a but of texture to a bracelet. Ive been missing out on the gold spacers when they go on sale. £70 is cheap for those serinity spacers as they look more like full size charms. I have waves of activity when it comes to pandora. I'm at that point where I know I have enough two charms. So thinking of just getting muranos or coloured spacers to give my bracelets a different look. But yeah I'm same when I'm hooked Im go on a bit of charm shopping frenzy. But it gives me lot's of fun being creative with what I've got. It's very theraputicI really liked those spacers too, they got discountinued so soon after release. They went for about £70 in the sale but my heart just wasn't in it for a long time and now I regret passing on some opportunities too though seem to be making up for it now! Don't know what it is with me having babies and Pandora shopping; must have too much time on my hands waiting for my arrival.
I just ordered some of the long retired Pandora ribbon muranos; I believe you have the pink version. Also the olive green fasceted ones (which I could have had for £15 previously) and a two tone diamond retired charm I had been coveting for the past year. I found all these on a German website. Oftentimes they have stock of the retired charms and it is lovely to find them in new condition.
well u might aswell enjoy your pandora whilst you haven't got your hands full yet. 
I think your bracelet look very nice as it is. But of you want it so that your braclet looks like it has that symmetry and order. What I tend to do is use a triangular method. So all ball shape charms form 3 points. I start with those first and then the same with charms that are not of even shape like the carriage, bear and castle.
Another way is ball shape then barrel shape next to it and so on. So rounded shape charm next to charms with angles and corners and so forth. That's what I tend to do.
Waves of activity sounds exactly right. I though I went off Pandora completely as I had no interest for about a year. By the way, where is our friend Tabitha gone? I haven't been on this thread during that year and she doesn't seem to be around. Tabitha, if you are reading this, hello!Yeah I have only 1 pink ribbon murano. They add a but of texture to a bracelet. Ive been missing out on the gold spacers when they go on sale. £70 is cheap for those serinity spacers as they look more like full size charms. I have waves of activity when it comes to pandora. I'm at that point where I know I have enough two charms. So thinking of just getting muranos or coloured spacers to give my bracelets a different look. But yeah I'm same when I'm hooked Im go on a bit of charm shopping frenzy. But it gives me lot's of fun being creative with what I've got. It's very theraputic
I'm also into adding muranos to the collection but lust after the old ones mainly as there was more variety.
I miss Tabitha too. I miss the banter we all had few years back when all we can think of is completing our Pandora the angst we all had and so forth. There was a fair few of us. But now not as many. We use to all support each other with whatever was going good or bad in our Pandora world. Think its changed a lot now. Don't know if because people loose interest or Pandora changed direction in charm design so it alienated ladies who started 10 years ago as they don't make or design like how they use to. But for me I've found a way to keep my interest in Pandora going. Im more seasonal with things. I don't buy as many of the new stuff but do a lot of cherry picking the old stuff and maybe have the odd new charm that has something special about them.Waves of activity sounds exactly right. I though I went off Pandora completely as I had no interest for about a year. By the way, where is our friend Tabitha gone? I haven't been on this thread during that year and she doesn't seem to be around. Tabitha, if you are reading this, hello!
I'm also into adding muranos to the collection but lust after the old ones mainly as there was more variety.
When I got time. I think I will post a illustrated with descriptions and coloured markers of how I do it. But once mastered it's pretty handy technique. But also it helps to sort out what shape of beads you may want next and so forth or colours.That sounds like a really good way of doing it, I may try that myself
This is some of my formulas for creating my bracelets. I use a few methods. Triangular and alternating smooth and textured charms. Below is alternating method. Overall I'm trying to create either some harmony using colours so maybe same hues in the muranoes. Create a bracelet whereby the charms aren't too clashing in size and have texture but not so that is too busy. So not too many next to another. Hence I tend to do rough patterned texture next to a smooth one. Object to this is also so that the individual more intricate charms stand out more. Here's a photo below and illustrate what I was trying to do. Hopefully it's understandable and is helpful. 
This is an easier triangular method. But requires 3 charms that are the same or similar in shape and size. Its more foolproof method and works especially if you have multiples of the same sort of charms. If I had another pink opalescent charm instead of the blush splendor charm this bracelet would be pretty well balanced overall in symmetry. 
Oh Wowwwww! And I've been collecting pieces and assembling at random.
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There's absolutely no problem with assembling at random.
I can be a bit OCD sometimes but I also like to be creative. I do eclectic bracelets aswell not just put together ones. Im constrained with the beads I've got as I have slowed down a fair bit. So just create with what I have. You should post photos on here & share pics of your lovely bracelet. I often need inspiring
I have lots of charms that are pointy or irregular shaped like the queen bee, bear and frog so I tend to place them next to a ball shape or smooth rounded shaped charm. The bracelet still looks ecceletic not so put together. 