Never be afraid to ask
As I mentioned awhile back, I'm slowly switching over my earrings to 14K Gold Labret Studs [at least I think I mentioned...I could be remembering a post I started and then deleted ^_~ those happen a lot.]
I already have five new earrings - a twist, emerald, turquoise, tourmaline and peridot. Unfortunately the setting for the peridot couldn't stand up to my sleeping with it in. I'm pretty sure I know why too. The other three stones all have flat bottoms, so the three prongs are holding them flat to the setting, here's a macro picture of the emerald
The peridot on the other hand was cut in the same fashion as a diamond [meaning it had the pavilion on the bottom] so the three prongs were holding the stone but I guess not with the same strength.
Most of the earrings I still need have the better setting Cabochon [flat bottom] I can think of three off the top of my head though that are exactly like the peridot, which won't do. And two be honest although the Cabochon haven't let me down, I'd must prefer to have a stronger setting since I have no intention of removing 15 earrings each night before I sleep.
Freshtrends has wonderful sales reps you can speak to on the site, that's how I found out about a new style their offering called Bezel looks like just what I need. But since its so new their site only has that setting with diamonds right now.
They custom make each order when you place it [kinda annoying due to the added time] so I was hoping I could special order the stones I want in that setting and I think they're going to let me, they wanted to know what I needed so they could give me an estimate for cost. *happy feet* And since they're planning on slowly bringing out all the birthstones in a bezel setting if I happened to loose any of my three remaining stones, I'll be able to replace it ^_^ *much happy feet*
I already have five new earrings - a twist, emerald, turquoise, tourmaline and peridot. Unfortunately the setting for the peridot couldn't stand up to my sleeping with it in. I'm pretty sure I know why too. The other three stones all have flat bottoms, so the three prongs are holding them flat to the setting, here's a macro picture of the emerald
The peridot on the other hand was cut in the same fashion as a diamond [meaning it had the pavilion on the bottom] so the three prongs were holding the stone but I guess not with the same strength.
Most of the earrings I still need have the better setting Cabochon [flat bottom] I can think of three off the top of my head though that are exactly like the peridot, which won't do. And two be honest although the Cabochon haven't let me down, I'd must prefer to have a stronger setting since I have no intention of removing 15 earrings each night before I sleep.
Freshtrends has wonderful sales reps you can speak to on the site, that's how I found out about a new style their offering called Bezel looks like just what I need. But since its so new their site only has that setting with diamonds right now.
They custom make each order when you place it [kinda annoying due to the added time] so I was hoping I could special order the stones I want in that setting and I think they're going to let me, they wanted to know what I needed so they could give me an estimate for cost. *happy feet* And since they're planning on slowly bringing out all the birthstones in a bezel setting if I happened to loose any of my three remaining stones, I'll be able to replace it ^_^ *much happy feet*