Van Cleef in action!

[nicole0612]

I would not say weird, I would say creative! Creative works for you, and it looks great.
I love color gemstones, and I love green. You can try and bling out with a 20 pave, but truth be told, it's color that always catches the eye's attention. Your malachite makes the eye stop, pause, and stare!

Since you are so daring and creative, here's an idea...
I have love white metal, black (oynx), and green (emeralds)... it's so 1920s Art Deco!
Do you have oynx? How does YG, oynx, and malachite look? You may want to major on the green with just a splash accent of oynx (e.g. one oynx 5 motif). What say ye Ms. Creative? Yay or nay?

Great idea!! Deco is my absolute favorite. I have YG onyx 20, 10, 5; Malachite magic bracelet and 5 motif in YG. The only WG onyx I have is the WG pave alternating with onyx. Even for me, the metal contrast is too out there. Should I try the 2 malachite + 10 yg onyx or the 2 malachite + 5 onyx? How fun!

 

[eternallove4bag]

I recently received butterfly earrings (WG pave + yellow sapphire set) and RG pave frivole earrings from DH as valentine’s gift. What kind of necklace would you wear with them? Will VA onyx or the RG GMOP pendant work for right now? I don’t have too many pieces to choose from - still in the starting stage to plan for a well curated collection. Thanks!

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What a gorgeous earrings set family! My eyes are especially drawn to the butterfly ones! I would pair it with either the yellow sapphire or the white gold pave butterfly pendant.

 

[eternallove4bag]

The yellow sapphire butterflies are gorgeous!
From my less curated collection, but collected with love, a weird combo I had been meaning to try and really love! With surprise and delight, Malachite magic and Rock Crystal, an unexpectedly pretty combo. I do not fear the clasp, and I feel lucky for that.

My heart just stopped at the sight of those gorgeous malachite motifs! You have a penchant for carrying your pieces effortlessly. You have a gorgeous collection btw and since you love it, mission accomplished in creating your perfect collection

 

[BigAkoya]

Great idea!! Deco is my absolute favorite. I have YG onyx 20, 10, 5; Malachite magic bracelet and 5 motif in YG. The only WG onyx I have is the WG pave alternating with onyx. Even for me, the metal contrast is too out there. Should I try the 2 malachite + 10 yg onyx or the 2 malachite + 5 onyx? How fun!

Okay... now you are asking me, a simple matchy matchy person, to be a creative person like you!
This is going to be a big and messy, but let's try this look and pull back once we see the aesthetic.
The theme here is flapper long swing... chains of Art Deco color.

The Pile On Long Necklace Look:
1) Put your 20 oynx on.
2) Next is your 20 rock crystal to act as the "white" go-between with the onyx and malachite. Oynx and malachite are severe side by side (and definitely with YG). You need something white. Hence Art Deco uses white metal with diamonds in addition to oynx and emeralds. The rock crystal is your "white".
3) Join your 10 oynx + Magic Malachite + 5 motif Malachite. You get 30". Put this on with the oynx only as filler for the back of your neck. The malachite is in the front showing.
This is going to be big busy look and only for people who like to wear three strands.
However, it's a test of color... Stare at it; see what you like, what you do not like. See if the play of the light rock crystal helps as a go-between. See if there is too much oynx? Too much malachite?

The Simpler Art Deco:
I do think you need the rock crystal as the "white" in Art Deco. Another idea:
1) Put on your 20 rock crystal.
2) Join your 10 oynx + both malachites. See if you can make the big Magic charm hang at the bottom. This should be ok to do since your eyes are blind to clasps. It's just another gold link to you!
Now you have the rock crystal as the base with a bit of oynx and a bit of malachite. Take off the rock crystal to see if you like it with just malachite and oynx.

The Long Single Necklace Flapper Look:
You could just make one long alternating oynx, malachite, rock crystal necklace. Think flapper long rope of pearls, you could try a long strand of motifs. It may be too much, but if you're the right size/shape, it may work for you.
For me, I think I may lean toward this option... a 5 oynx, a 5 malachite, a 5 rock crystal, and use your 20 oynx as the back of the neck base.

Try other options too and see if it works. It might be too busy, but you never know!

 

[nicole0612]

My heart just stopped at the sight of those gorgeous malachite motifs! You have a penchant for carrying your pieces effortlessly. You have a gorgeous collection btw and since you love it, mission accomplished in creating your perfect collection

Thank you! I love that we all choose our jewelry based on personal reasons of what resonates with us. It makes it so much fun to share photos and opinions with each other. Your beautifully curated collection is so soothing and I love to see it!

 

[nicole0612]

Okay... now you are asking me, a simple matchy matchy person, to be a creative person like you!
This is going to be a big and messy, but let's try this look and pull back once we see the aesthetic.
The theme here is flapper long swing... chains of Art Deco color.

The Pile On Long Necklace Look:
1) Put your 20 oynx on.
2) Next is your 20 rock crystal to act as the "white" go-between with the onyx and malachite. Oynx and malachite are severe side by side (and definitely with YG). You need something white. Hence Art Deco uses white metal with diamonds in addition to oynx and emeralds. The rock crystal is your "white".
3) Join your 10 oynx + Magic Malachite + 5 motif Malachite. You get 30". Put this on with the oynx only as filler for the back of your neck. The malachite is in the front showing.
This is going to be big busy look and only for people who like to wear three strands.
However, it's a test of color... Stare at it; see what you like, what you do not like. See if the play of the light rock crystal helps as a go-between. See if there is too much oynx? Too much malachite?

The Simpler Art Deco:
I do think you need the rock crystal as the "white" in Art Deco. Another idea:
1) Put on your 20 rock crystal.
2) Join your 10 oynx + both malachites. See if you can make the big Magic charm hang at the bottom. This should be ok to do since your eyes are blind to clasps. It's just another gold link to you!
Now you have the rock crystal as the base with a bit of oynx and a bit of malachite. Take off the rock crystal to see if you like it with just malachite and oynx.

The Long Single Necklace Flapper Look:
You could just make one long alternating oynx, malachite, rock crystal necklace. Think flapper long rope of pearls, you could try a long strand of motifs. It may be too much, but if you're the right size/shape, it may work for you.
For me, I think I may lean toward this option... a 5 oynx, a 5 malachite, a 5 rock crystal, and use your 20 oynx as the back of the neck base.

Try other options too and see if it works. It might be too busy, but you never know!

I love all of these ideas! I am looking forward to sneaking away once work is done and the family is in bed to try out the various combos! I am impressed, for a matchy-matchy person you have a lot of creative energy. I’m sure it is partially due to your knowledge of jewelry and jewelry history. I used to be only attracted to Edwardian and Deco aesthetics for jewelry. Lately I have been getting into Retro/40s/50s/60s (retro 60s vs hippie 60s) as well. Perhaps because time has passed and now the Retro era has more mystique than it used to. Though maybe it was always in me to a certain extent, I used to exclusively wear elaborate 40s and 50s ball gowns to any semi-formal event (image I am a guest at your wedding and we are in our early 20s), you are wearing an economical and simple wedding dress, I am wearing a green silk 50s ball gown with a daring décolletage and layers of silk flowers cascading off the skirt. I laugh every time I see these photos. Completely rude and inappropriate, but I only had fun in mind at that age. The joke was on me, because 10 years later I married a Desi man, and the wedding gown, which I thought was extremely over the top, somewhat garish and SCREAMED rather than whispered turned out to be a little shame on the family, as it weighed only 15 pounds and should have been 30, and needed at least 5x more fake jewels and other embellishments. I digress! The layering look you mentioned brought to some of my favorite photos from the retro era (I imaging these are 60s, maybe technically mid-century era?).

 

[eternallove4bag]

Thank you! I love that we all choose our jewelry based on personal reasons of what resonates with us. It makes it so much fun to share photos and opinions with each other. Your beautifully curated collection is so soothing and I love to see it!

Thank you so much! Yes, and I love that each of our collections exhibit that uniqueness specific to us

 

[changsu3141]

Love your Lotus Ring and it looks fabulous on you!
Since you like pendants, and you have two pieces that could use a WG pendant (e.g. Butterfly earrings, Lotus ring), I would suggest getting the Lotus pendant. Thd Lotus pendant will match the fabulous Lotus ring, and it will also look gorgeous with the butterfly earrings.

I see you like Frivole. I love love love Frivole!
You could also try the WG Frivole pave pendant. However, while it will go with the butterfly earrings, I personally do not like Frivole with Lotus as I think the rounded petals of Frivole do not go well with the pointy petals of Lotus (you can put put your Lotus next to your Frivole earrings and see what I mean).

I have both Frivole and Lotus sets (WG BTF rings and matching small pave earrings). I purchased my Frivole WG set first, then just the Lotus ring. I didn't think about getting the Lotus earrings (not really an earring person) and thought the Frivoles would be fine. Nope... I personally did not like that look. I felt like I was just throwing them on because they were "VCA" when they really did ot look good together, at least not to me. For me, I try to take out the VCA label and see if pieces really look good together. Just because it's VCA does not mean they match. That's how I ended up with the Lotus earrings as they were a perfect match with the Lotus ring.

You may want to try both pave pendants (Frivole and Lotus) to see how you like them as it's all personal preference. Also, based on your collection, it seems you do not need to match, so either would probably work for you. For me, if I had to pick one, I would pick the Lotus pendant to go with your butterfly earrings and Lotus ring.

Congrats again on your new pieces!

Thank you so much for such a detailed suggestion! You always spend time on answering questions to totally strangers and i really appreciate it.

I am definitely not a matchy-matchy person. I like my pieces well-coordinated and interchangeable, yet a little bit different from each other. I do LOVE frivoles! And WG lotus pendant sounds like a wonderful choice, which I will check out when I go to the boutique next time!

 

[changsu3141]

What a gorgeous earrings set family! My eyes are especially drawn to the butterfly ones! I would pair it with either the yellow sapphire or the white gold pave butterfly pendant.

Thank you! WG pave butterfly pendant may be the way to go, since it can pair with all my other pave earrings.

 

[nicole0612]

Thank you so much! Yes, and I love that each of our collections exhibit that uniqueness specific to us

I absolutely agree! That’s what I love about this group

 

[BigAkoya]

I love all of these ideas! I am looking forward to sneaking away once work is done and the family is in bed to try out the various combos! I am impressed, for a matchy-matchy person you have a lot of creative energy. I’m sure it is partially due to your knowledge of jewelry and jewelry history. I used to be only attracted to Edwardian and Deco aesthetics for jewelry. Lately I have been getting into Retro/40s/50s/60s (retro 60s vs hippie 60s) as well. Perhaps because time has passed and now the Retro era has more mystique than it used to. Though maybe it was always in me to a certain extent, I used to exclusively wear elaborate 40s and 50s ball gowns to any semi-formal event (image I am a guest at your wedding and we are in our early 20s), you are wearing an economical and simple wedding dress, I am wearing a green silk 50s ball gown with a daring décolletage and layers of silk flowers cascading off the skirt. I laugh every time I see these photos. Completely rude and inappropriate, but I only had fun in mind at that age. The joke was on me, because 10 years later I married a Desi man, and the wedding gown, which I thought was extremely over the top, somewhat garish and SCREAMED rather than whispered turned out to be a little shame on the family, as it weighed only 15 pounds and should have been 30, and needed at least 5x more fake jewels and other embellishments. I digress! The layering look you mentioned brought to some of my favorite photos from the retro era (I imaging these are 60s, maybe technically mid-century era?).

That story was so funny! I was cracking up trying to envision you!
Yes, I love jewelry and gemstones and have a ton of books on both subjects. I have seen a lot of different jewelry and appreciate all jewelry. Even though some are not my style, each piece is beautiful in its own way. That's probably where I get my thoughts and ideas from.

I can't believe you said you are getting into retro! Me too.. I am going to channel the sleek retro 60s theme this summer but with a 21st century look. I love Pucci, and I like the late 60s/early 70s sleeker groovy "space age" side of Pucci. I love the Pucci spring collection this season, so you may want to check it out. I hope to channel 21st century groovy like this:
The 1960s Pucci Air Hostess Uniforms, Ideal for Mile High "Stripping" (messynessychic.com)

Thinking about your style... you might be more Talitha Getty in Marrakech Boho 60s. Did I guess correctly?
I can see you in those Boho 60s flowing dresses. It's perfect for long YG swingy necklaces.

I would love to hear if any of the necklace combos work. If they did, which was your favorite? I like #3, #1, and #2 in that order.

 

[missie1]

Lucky you! The earrings look gorgeous. If I get a pair of the butterflies I plan to were with diamond/sapphire tennis necklaces.

I hadn’t thought of tennis necklace with butterflies. I’m so going to copy this when I get my butterflies

 

[lynne_ross]

I hadn’t thought of tennis necklace with butterflies. I’m so going to copy this when I get my butterflies

I already envy the necklace you will get given your bracelets are to die for.

 

[missie1]

I recently received butterfly earrings (WG pave + yellow sapphire set) and RG pave frivole earrings from DH as valentine’s gift. What kind of necklace would you wear with them? Will VA onyx or the RG GMOP pendant work for right now? I don’t have too many pieces to choose from - still in the starting stage to plan for a well curated collection. Thanks!

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Absolutely Beautiful earrings….. i would do diamond solitaire pendant with this. I would let the earrings be the star

 

[tenshix]

I love all of these ideas! I am looking forward to sneaking away once work is done and the family is in bed to try out the various combos! I am impressed, for a matchy-matchy person you have a lot of creative energy. I’m sure it is partially due to your knowledge of jewelry and jewelry history. I used to be only attracted to Edwardian and Deco aesthetics for jewelry. Lately I have been getting into Retro/40s/50s/60s (retro 60s vs hippie 60s) as well. Perhaps because time has passed and now the Retro era has more mystique than it used to. Though maybe it was always in me to a certain extent, I used to exclusively wear elaborate 40s and 50s ball gowns to any semi-formal event (image I am a guest at your wedding and we are in our early 20s), you are wearing an economical and simple wedding dress, I am wearing a green silk 50s ball gown with a daring décolletage and layers of silk flowers cascading off the skirt. I laugh every time I see these photos. Completely rude and inappropriate, but I only had fun in mind at that age. The joke was on me, because 10 years later I married a Desi man, and the wedding gown, which I thought was extremely over the top, somewhat garish and SCREAMED rather than whispered turned out to be a little shame on the family, as it weighed only 15 pounds and should have been 30, and needed at least 5x more fake jewels and other embellishments. I digress! The layering look you mentioned brought to some of my favorite photos from the retro era (I imaging these are 60s, maybe technically mid-century era?).

Omg Nicole!!! Could we pretty *please* see that green 50s ballgown because I would absolutely love it. I also love all the layering photos you posted, so elegant!