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Friday, August 31, 2007
I like to wear lariat necklaces myself, so it's a bit odd that I don't make them that often or make that many. I got started on these simply because I happened to catch a glimpse of one of the new Swarovski crystal rings as I was looking for some other beads. The ring was in one of my favorite colours - Copper - so I couldn't resist seeing what I could do with it. I decided not to do that much. I used 14 karat goldfilled chain and wire and attached the Swarovski crystal ring to one end, and a large copper bicone to the other with a few little bead accents. I put a Swarovski butterfly in copper to one side of the ring - and I'm in love with this lariat necklace.
Another of my favorite Swarovski colours is blue Montana and since to me it seems to be much more the colour of a real sapphire than Swarovski's actual sapphire colour, I used the Montana crystals to make a lariat that would also work as a birthstone necklace for September. This necklace is outstanding because of the wonderful Karen Hill Tribes chain with little links holding together huge hammered rounds and large flower shaped sterling. This is a rather long lariat necklace; one thing I like about it is that you can wear the back of it facing front during the day when you're at the office, then when you're ready to go out, you just turn it around and you have tons of sparkle! The large Swarovski crystals fit through the hoop, but I also added an almost indiscernible little ring clasp for those who may wear it out dancing.
Finally, a green aventurine lariat necklace made of aventurine disks, faceted olives, and carved flower beads. Here the loop that the other side goes through is made of the faceted olives, and because of the size of the loop, the other side can be looped through more than once to shorten the remainder.
All of these lariat necklaces can be found on the Lariat Necklaces page of the Cluny Grey website.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Celebrity Jewelry | Prince Charles and Camilla Bowles Wedding Ring
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Prince Charles gives Camilla a royal engagement ring
Britain PrinceCharles and Camilla Parker Bowles engagement came on February 10, 2005. Prince Charles gives Camilla an engagement ring that is said to be platinum and diamond Art Deco era ring once owned by the Queen Mother. The ring appears to have an emerald cut center diamond with three diamonds baguettes on each side of it.
Wedding Details and the Wedding Rings
Prince Charles and Camilla Bowles decided to get married and with a civil ceremony lasts April 9, 2005 at the Windsor Castle, followed by a service of dedication in St. George's Chapel. It was attended by 750 guests including the queen and the Duke of Edinburg.
The couple wedding rings are made from gold from 22 carat (92) Welsh gold from the Clogau St David's mine in Bontddu. The design of the wedding ring was designed by Wartski, a London jeweler that has held the Royal Warrant to the Prince of Wales.
After the wedding, Ms. Parker Bowles is now known as HRM Duchess of Cornwall which will change to the Princess Consort when Charles become King.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
I am very fond of natural beads that have flash, iridiscence, sparkle, glitter, so moonstone and labradorite are favourites as are lepidolite, some mother of pearl, and abalone. When I am able to combine these into one piece of jewelry that is aesthetically pleasing, that makes me really happy. So I like the abalone and labradorite bracelet that you see above very much. Besides pretty swirling abalone ovals and the nuggets and coins of labradorite that have tons of good blue flash, I used some of Robin Weber's best (I think) silver lentil lampwork beads that do a great deal of glistening on their own. Karen Hill Tribe silver from Thailand and a Bali sterling toggle clasp complete the bracelet. This bracelet and the other abalone jewelry can be found on the Cluny Grey site on the Abalone Jewelry page.
I made two sets of simple earrings: the first resemble chandeliers with the difference being that only one oval of abalone hangs from each chandelier. The earrings below have some of the same abalone ovals, only this time they hang from very thick and large chain links of imprinted Karen Hill Tribes' chain which in turn hang from sterling earwires with a large swirled disk on the front and wires that fasten in the back.
Abalone jewelry goes with many different styles and colours of clothing. A lot of abalone that you see in jewelry is actually a veneer of the mother of pearl glued to a some sort of backing. True natural abalone is a plain brown on one side with the beautiful iridiscent mother of pearl on the other. Abalone is really a hard substance, so natural abalone is great for jewelry.
I'm still busy putting more of our Fall jewelry on the website. Meanwhile, we had a great thunder shower today which finally cooled things off a bit.
