Should they stay or should they go????

[pattye]

EST, Yes, I remember you discussing the 4mm studs here! Will be adorable on Alexandra!

Amanda,

Pattye, would that be worth my while having another baby, then? Hmmmm.....

When you ask Grandma Pattye a question like that, you pretty much know what the answer will be, lol!

[lisa c]

I can see adorable Isaac, but not Alexandra. Is her pic posted somewhere else?

[pattye]

Lisa, it's a short video, maybe that's why it isn't showing up?

[lisa c]

Thanks, Pattye!

[est190]

Hey Lisa. It's an embedded video. It shows up on my PC's but not on my iPad (if you're using an iPad that may be the reason you aren't seeing it). Here'a a like to the video the video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nwUJ...eature=mh_lolz

[lisa c]

Oh, thank you so much for the link, she's soooo precious!

[est190]

Aww.. thanks lisa. Today is actually her 9 Month Birthday. I can't believe how big she's gotten. I took that video in August and she's a completely different baby now (just as cute though!!). I am going to have to be really careful about not spoiling her. She's perfect--well, except for the fact that she still get up 3 to 4 times a night on average!!!

[est190]

I still had mixed feeling about this baroque strand after more than a week. I bought another necklace which was a bit more expensive--but I think it was well worth the additional money. She's an 8.3mm x 9.7mm near round. It was described to me as lightly spotted and that's a very accurate description---I don't any spots to be frank. Here she is:







I think these are the keepers. They look a bit pastel in the pictures, but have a very silver metallic look in person. It's hard to capture that in a picture though without the right lighting (which my living room doesn't have). I am going them to mom on Sunday!! She's going to be shocked!!!!

[lisa c]

Well, now for the countdown - let us know!

And if you have to, tell her you know somebody and they were a steal!

Enlarged, On my phone, the colors pop. Do they show up in real life too?

[Katbran]

Well I really liked the first one and I love this one! Personally as a 62 yr old mum of two boys (men....but boys to me always!) I would be thrilled if they gave me that necklace! Well done, good job, perfect present! btw what happened to the first one you bought?

[Amanda]

They are lovely - they look a lot more expensive than the first lot. Are they from the same place?

Are you going to return the first lot?

[lisa c]

Well I really liked the first one and I love this one! Personally as a 62 yr old mum of two boys (men....but boys to me always!) I would be thrilled if they gave me that necklace! Well done, good job, perfect present! btw what happened to the first one you bought?

Offering yourself up for adoption, Kat?

[est190]

Hi guys, I still have the first strand, but I am going to be returning it. The first is a nice strand and a great value, but these are clearly finer pearls. They have a metallic silver appearance in person which doesn't well in the pictures. The overtones and orient are strong in person and show well in the pictures. The winning strand is a from a B lot, albeit probably the best of the B's (under the Tahitian system) and they are from a different seller than the first strand and they were under $600. I have never gotten my mom really nice jewelry before, so I wanted this strand to be particularly special. I have a third strand actually that I haven't posted pictures of yet which was somewhere between the first strand and this final strand in quality. I am buying a strand for my wife as well, which I am still shopping for. I wish the seller had a second strand like this, but this strand was a one shot deal and all his other strands are a bump up in quality and, unfortunately, price. Mom's birthday is today, so she's the lucky winner of this contest. I'll post the creation I am working on for my wife sometime later this month. :-). Hopefully it turns out as beautiful in reality as it is in my imagination. :-)

[GemGeek]

First, what cuties those kids are!!! Second, I thought the first necklace was great, but wow, I'm amazed that you got such a good second necklace at that price. Great job. Mom has to love it!

[Amanda]

Amanda, When you ask Grandma Pattye a question like that, you pretty much know what the answer will be, lol!

Actually, my mother's beginning to drop the world's most subtle hints - along the lines of Isaac now being 6... fertility dropping after 35.... (I'm not quite 35 yet, but not decades away). I think she might have grandmotherly-ambitions still unmet, too (-:

Amanda