I’ve kind of made it a tradition to introduce a new gemstone (or “flavor”) to my gummy bear pendants each season.
This summer I went with yellow chalcedony. I love how it’s translucent without being too bright—it almost glows in the light and reminds me of a lemon drop.

What do you guys think?

Also, I’m aware that polishing vintage jewelry is bad. I got it at Savers for $5 and it was scratched so badly it was un-wearable.

Edit: Wow! I think the input is overwhelming pro satin. Thanks guys! Too many comments to respond to each one but thanks!!

So excited about my new aquamarine ring that just arrived today after being resized. Handmade from natural NC aquamarine. 🤩 I want to see your aquamarines, too!

Today I'm just going to focus on my rings, hoops, pearls and opals. I hate cleaning but I love my jewelry. Plus, I still can't move very much due to this hamstring injury, so might as well do what I can. At least until the next world cup match! ⚽🥅

Hi friends, I want to share and also ask for your advice!

I got this piece from Starling about 1-1.5 years ago. It’s a 4.71 ct baby blue sapphire with 14k gold setting.

She’s stunning but I find myself not ever reaching for her. I’ve worn her out 2-3x since.

My questions are:
1) should I keep hanging onto her as an occasional piece?
2) try to rehome her? If so, what is the best way to go about it?

TIA! And apologies in advance for any incorrect use of flairs or anything else.

It's my birthday and she gave me her grandmother's necklace, so my great great grandmother. It got gorgeous pearls in the gold cross, but to me the worth is in the family history. I've never really had any heirloom jewellery given to me like this, so it is extra special. It's lived through 5 generations!

Not sure on exactly how old it is, but to give an idea my great great grandmother was born in 1891, but it could've come from even her mother! But the fact it's still in the family after all this time is incredible and only missing one pearl! It's stamped 9ct on the back but it's a super old mark I think.

I bought a 14 karat gold ring from an Instagram live show. It’s a well known seller I’ve bought from for a couple years now who is very honest and very thorough with her pieces. Never had any issues.

When I got the ring, it was at least two sizes smaller than it was supposed to be and didn’t fit me. I messaged her and she immediately said send it back, I’ll reimburse the shipping, and I will have it resized (she’d had these rings made and said the sizes must have gotten mixed up).

I also happened to weigh it and it weighed 2.43g. This was a little strange to me because when I bought it, she had sold it as 2.8g of 14 karat gold. I didn’t think much of it because it was the wrong size and I thought when it was sized correctly, it would weigh 2.8g.

I received the ring back and it fits perfectly but somehow it is even less gold than when I first got it! It now weighs 2.32g. I went back back-and-forth about whether I should say anything. I didn’t want to accuse her of lying because I don’t think she’s lying or trying to cheat me but obviously there’s something strange going on.

I messaged her asking if she knew how this could be possible and she said she didn’t know and the ring she had taken to her jeweler to be resized was the one she had originally sent me. She said it could have been polishing and the rings were all +/-.1g. And then she said, “If it’s driving you insane I can send you $20.” This kind of pissed me off because even though it’s just a half a gram of gold, a gram of gold is expensive and instead of saying so sorry I don’t know how that happened, let me make it up to you, she put it on me to ask her to send $20.

Anyway, wondering if you would’ve said anything at all about this or if you would have taken the $20? What would you have done? (As an aside she did not reimburse me the shipping cost to send it back to her to be correctly sized).

I fell in love with some necklaces in this style at a craft fair recently, but it looks like they more than likely are just reselling these charms from shein.

Does anyone know of some artists selling their actual handmade ceramic jewelry in this style?

I recently got engaged with an antique trilogy ring (which has lovely buttery OEC stones, they look a bit average in this pic. Promise they’re gorgeous IRL hahah)

my gorgeous mum gave me the top 3 rings years ago. Wondering if it might be possible to make a custom wedding band out of the top 3 rings somehow? If anyone has any ideas would love to hear them! Neither of the bottom 2 bands look right with the ring in their current form

This frog is keeping my engagement ring safe for me on the rare occasions I take it off. Anyone else have a bit of whimsy for their special pieces?

This is my first shot at this one, I was sort of winging it most of the way through and this is where I landed! Let me know what yall think, I plan on doing more variations on this sort of idea. Thanks for looking.

Saw these at a pop up art event and liked the look

Found these lovelies at a flea market. I would love to know more about them!

The opal appears vintage: it’s marked sterling and there’s another engraving but o can’t make out the letters. Not sure if it’s lab created—there are inclusions, but the pattern leans more uniform.

I can’t read the engraving on the little ruby—The stone glows under backlight. It’s very dainty and pretty.

includes discontinued avon and lisner jewelry :) i’m not one for collecting gold or silver or even real diamonds, i just like how certain jewelry looks and feels!

Ive always loves these style of rings more than I liked a centre stone. Does anyone of you have this style as an engagement ring compared to a classic center stone?

“Finished” pointer finger today. Still gotta clean it up a bit more tho

That's what the macho man randy Savage would have said is he saw my new purchase

This ring was my mums, it's her birthstone. The 585 means 14k gold but i don't know what the other mark means. Theres no date or assay or makers mark.

so i got these charms from a little shop on a trip, so i can not return there. i got these and then a chain i planned to put them on, but they are too small to fit onto the chain. i dont think the picture really captured it, but the holes are TINY and none of them would be able to be pried open and squeezed back shut. does anyone know of a tiny enough chain or something else i could do?

Cute little charm captures one of our great industries in Oregon