Jewellery

I love diamonds! But sadly can't afford them. I tend to wear the same jewellery as I can't be a©©©d to unclasp necklaces. I don't have 'spare' rings, and I always wear a pendant which was made from an old diamond ring and my odd gold earrings....one off piece which I treasure.?

My late husband bought me earrings each birthday and Christmas for years. Last year, having lost him suddenly, I bought myself some earrings from the same source as a remembrance. I always wear my wedding ring on my left hand and, on my right, the gold knot ring my late mum and dad bought me when I turned 18 (it still fits!). Yesterday I went out to buy a gold neck chain to replace the one I wore for years until it broke and, to my delight, I found exactly what I wanted at half price in the jeweller's sale!

Most of the jewellery I really valued was lost in a burglary - the 24 carat cross and chain DH gave me for a wedding present; the amethyst ring he bought as a stone from a gem dealer in Singapore and had set for me; the 18 carat gold watch my older brother gave me for my 21st birthday. They were all insured, but though you can replace things as nearly as possible, they can never have the same meaning. I have some nice pieces DH has bought for me since, but rarely wear them. My daughter doesn't like gold jewellery, so when they are passed to her I doubt she'll wear them either.

Thank you J52 will do that as soon as I get it back, good advice.

Make sure that you have it insured as a specific item on your insurance. This won't bring it back if lost, but a replacement can still be passed on.

Get the setting checked by a jeweller each year as settings can wear or be distorted and the stone lost.

I wrote earlier, and now it isnt about buying things I can or cant afford, the thing, is my Mother died ten years ago and I have her gorgeous Engagement ring which next year will be 80 years old, I have only worn Mums ring a few times, Mum had it on her finger for 60 years, never took it off, but I was frightened of loosing it, and would take it off. I am having the ring valued, it will take six weeks to do this, so its really exciting, BUT what happens to it when I pop off, I have two Grandsons, my Sons sons, and two Granddaughters, my Daughters Daughters, what is fair, who gets the engagement ring? I dont want it to be sold, although I have a feeling it might be worth quite a bit, as at the preliminary examination at the jewellers she seemed to think so. When I get it back I will wear it more, and get some pleasure from it, as Mum would have wanted. Please can anyone give me some tips as to what to do, thank you all for reading this, and any help you can give me.

Winifred01 did you lose it in the house? I hope so because it has a good chance of turning up. I have had items turn up, under beds, caught on scarves and put in odd places. I hope it does for you now you have mentioned it's intended destination.

Thanks for your kind words. The sad thing is,I had decided to give the ring to my grandsons girl friend when they marry so as to keep it in the family and name.
So sad.

Winifred01 I hope it turns up.

Losing jewellery, particularly with a sentimental attachment can be very upsetting. Although I have diamond ear studs, they stay in the safe and I wear the cubic zirconia ones. Silly isn't it!

I had a beautiful sapphire and diamond s ring which belonged to my husband's mother, she died before we married. I wore it for decades and loved it. Unfortunately a month ago I lost it. So sad. Hope it will turn up.
So miss wearing it, so bought a similar ring from Debenhams 70% off price, was originally £15! Could not afford to replace my ring.
Still hoping it will be found.

I have lots of jewellery but nothing worth very much. I just love to look at it at re-organise it. I have lots from my mum as well when she died (especially glam brooches). However as I have grown older I hardly ever wear jewellery except my wedding and engagement ring. I feel silly really because I like to see others in jewellery but it somehow annoys me round my wrist or neck. My latest acquisition confession, is a short plastic necklace with varying shades of purple beads which cost me 10p from a car boot sale. I wear it all the time, sleep in it, bath and shower in it and don't even know that I have it on until I look in the mirror and think "that looks nice"!! If I lost it I wouldn't mind at all but if I lost an expensive necklace I would be devastated.

I have spent some time with nose pressed against jewellers windows in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. I like necklaces and rings and have some valuable and quite a selection of purely dress jewellery.

Cheapest (probably) and best loved though is one of my grandmother's pretty necklaces which I remember trying on as a child. Grandma told me she bought it at a fair and it cost 6d. I love it and often get complimented when I wear it.

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I have treated myself in the past to jewelry but that was when I was working. I am a bit more hesitant these days, but still enjoy looking in jewellery store windows. If I saw something I really liked that wasn't wildly expensive, then I probably would buy it.

I hardly wear jewelry these days - but now I have granddaughters that just love poking through my jewellery boxes asking me questions about all the pieces and wearing them. When they come to Granma's on a rainy day it's a great pastime for them!

I have sold some ugly inherited and broken gold pieces. I got enough to buy two gold charm bracelets for my GDs. and each year they get a charm.

I enjoy doing this and will not mind if they keep them or eventually trade them in for something else!

I often buy myself bits and pieces. I do have a lot, now. I should cull the costume jewellery really - stuff bought in Primarni and worn just a few times - and stick to the good items.
I have some lovely pieces that were bought on holiday in the UK, things to bring me memories.
A amber and silver treble clef pendant bought direct from the designer in Skipton or Helmsley.
A silver chain from Cornwall, a silver Rennie Mackintosh pendant from Glasgow, and an unusual ceramic brooch bought from the designer in Angus nearly thirty years ago.

On my last day at work teaching in a nearby tourist town some years ago, I bought myself some lovely silver and garnet earrings as a permanent memory of that job and the place.
My family often buy me pieces too, hence the need to thin out. That's a job to go on the To Do list. Decision made!

Much as I adore jewellery, I am now aiming higher, so:
Bugger the jewellery
What I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, want is an E Type Jag in British Racing Green, and wire wheels.
Well, I can dream.?.

I still have a pair of cultured pearl stud earrings that I got with Green Shield Stamps in the very early 70's?.

I spent a year going around the world [mainly by public transport] when I was 25, and bought an opal from an Australian opal mine.
Later I took silversmithing classes and set it as a pendant.
I wore it quite a lot, as it was symbolic of my journey and new skills, but recently I discovered ebay and have bought myself lots of very sparkly costume jewellery - which I wear all the time as I worried too much about breaking or losing my "real jewellery".
I have given every piece of real jewellery to my dd and the weight of responsibility has gone.
[I take care to select "diamond" sizes which are realsitic, and so many people have commented enviously on one particular 'platinum and diamond' ring set, which I smile about as the set cost me about £6 on ebay including p&p.]

I occcasionally buy myself costume jewellery and also Wiccan pendants and paraphernalia, but the last piece I bought cost me a whole pound for 3 pairs of earrings - before that a pendant 80p postage free. I don't wear jewellery except to keep holes in ears open or for ritual work. MIL buys quite expensive jewellery which we'll probably inherit eventually, but will almost certainly never be worn because not my sort of stuff and no other girls to inherit. Will probably be sold in due course.

Why not? Why wait for others to buy it for you? Life's too short and if it'll bring you pleasure then buy it and wear it (as long as you're not going into serious debt to purchase it mind)! Don't have regrets I say

I must be really odd, have no interest in jewellery aside from sometimes buying charity shop earrings. I wear my grandmother's wedding ring and own no gold, diamonds or pearls. Just as well as DH has never bought me anything more romantic than a DIY wallpapering sponge.

I met a nice lady on holiday once who told me that she'd sold all the various bits and pieces of jewellery that she'd accumulated over the years and bought herself one fabulous piece. (A necklace of massive pearls like gobstoppers! )

My husband buys me a piece of jewellery at Xmas or birthdays but it's not wildly expensive don't want to ungreatful but it's always a lovely piece. My daughter had some gold jewellery from the 80's which she never wore anymore not things that we bought I add. She took them to a jewellers and they gave her a good price for them and she bought herself a lovely Tiffany bracelet.

I don't think I would buy myself 'good' jewellery from our normal income, but on the occasions when I've received a small legacy I've felt entitled to buy myself something 'from' the person who has thought of me.
Once it was a diamond pendant, but I've also bought an unusual bookcase and a garden seat.
They all give me pleasure and I think of the people whose money has provided them.
In the weeks before our Ruby Wedding I saw an unusual diamond and Ruby ring on the second hand counter in John Lewis. It was only £200 so I bought it on MrA's behalf.
He was delighted to be relieved of that particular chore

Not any more. I used to buy bits of silver but as I never really wear jewellery anymore I don't waste my meagre income on it. A new pair of jeans would be far more useful!!