Pandora Bracelet Thread

[beckypenguin]

i also live near middlesbrough small world

 

[Pinky166]

doh! okay so today im going out to get the queen bee charm its so cute i loved it on bobs bracelet persuaded me to get it after seeing it !!

Welcome to the DISboards Becky.

Hope you are able to get the charm - would love to see a pic of your bracelet when you are able to post pics.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Thats a good idea Bev. I was thinking a bit more about it and we could all agree on buying a £20 silver one - then give a list of 5 or more that we like for the buyer to choose, its one of those things that you don't want to end up with one that doesn't go with what your collecting or don't like etc...

Christmastime sounds a great idea though.

My postman still hasn't been.....

That sounds like a wonderful idea. Count me in!

Corinna, just had a quick search round for the dolphin charm for you. It wasn't on the MeMeMe or Ernest Jones sites but is available on the John Greed site.

Thanks for that. John Greed provided. I am absolutely amazed how quick they are. Less than half an hour after I placed my order, I already got an email telling me that my order had been dispatched. I also like the fact that they accept Paypal. Beats typing out all the card details every time.

hi fellow pandora addicts here is my bracelet so far my boyfriend bought me it a few months ago i am addicted its my birthday soon i have planned out the ones im going to get yay it wont let me put a pic up yet *** im so new but i will asap

to the DIS Boards. I think you need to have 10 posts before you are allowed to post pictures or links.

hey dolphin girl they bring out beads twice a year in spring and autumn so they should be realeasing new ones soon! i am a purist i like all my to have some significance to me but i have a color scheme that i stick too it is recommended by pandora to stick to a colour scheme otherwise the bracelet would maybe look messy but its entirely up to you mine have a lot of pink gems in it and i love the 50 pound gorgeous purple gem one! i hope to get a few gold and silver ones like the bee and the heart and lock one soon i am not sure how often they retire beads but the clips are used to stop the beads moving like stoppers really its if u want to section of parts of the bracelet hope this helps

Thanks for the info. I will look out for the new collection. I will definitely stick to one colour per bracelet.
Looks like the clips are a good idea. My bunny keeps attaching itself to the threaded divider. I think I love the same clip that you do, but with the blue stones.

I love the story of your bunnickle!

I am doing a pink bracelet first as it is my favourite colour. I think they look better if you only have one colour theme.

I don't mix my charms....I have got 3 of the Chamilia Disney charms but IMHO they don't look right with the Pandora charms as they are a brighter silver, so I have decided my next bracelet will be a disney chamilia one. Then after that I want to do a Pandora Purple bracelet......I like forward planning.

I think spacers are personal preference as the charms can look very cluttered once you have a lot on them so it is a way to break them up a little.

The clip ones go on the two twisty parts of you bracelet, if you look at my pic I recently posted (page 37, #554) you will see where the clips go. It spreads the charms out into three sections.

I hope this helps but ask away if you have more questions.

I will keep an open mind about the spacers. I do love the blue sparkly spacer

The one that I referred to in my earlier post that I could just about tolerate is this one:

I suppose I will probably get away with a couple of spacers and would not mind two of the sparkly ones at all.

I think I keep this bracelet all Pandora then and might start a different bracelet with Chamilia charms when I go to Florida in September. I think I will still get a Pandora base bracelet for it though. I prefer the look of the clasp on the Pandora bracelets. They look classier. Apart from the Disney charms, I have really fallen in love with this Chamilia charm:

My best friend in school was Turkish and brought me an All Seeing Eye pendant back from one holiday. Unfortunately at some stage the chain that I wore it on broke and I lost it. Working for a Middle Eastern company as well, this is almost a must have.

Corinna

 

[beckypenguin]

i got the little bee charm it is now sitting nicely inbetween the bird and the pink spacer the same as dolphin girls but blue aw i love these little bracelets so much and thanks for the welcomes to the forum i will post pics asap ! by the way sorry if im posting wrong i dont really know how to use forums properly so i apologise now! whilst i was at the shop i thought id treat my mum as a suprise i got her the little dog charm it looks like our puppy which she adores *** the charm has a little patch over one of its eyes too ! hope she likes it

 

[kieras nana]

corinna!
not sure if this is the shop,you used in manchester,but a customer,who drrinks in the pub i run,went to manchester last week & returned,with a charm for me,i was over the moon
it was from
arthur kay & bro jewellers
market st
st annes square
manchester
& in the bag,was a card,which they stamp & you get 9 stamps & the 10th charm is free,which is worth it,because you are buying them anyway.
they have a website www.arthurkayjewellers.com
i wish i could get a good pic,of my bracelet,as it is coming along nicely.
i have the
suitcase,because we like our hols
pumpkin,because our favourite time,at disney is MNSSHP,on oct 31st
heart for valentines
house,because we hope to buy one next year
sagittarius sign,because both our birthdays are in dec &
the alarm clock,off the customer,because i'm always wishing away time,till my next hol.
my husband,has just bought me 2 clips today,as well.oh i have a safety chain as well.
next week,i will be getting another one,as i am 1lb off my 4 stone mark,so another stone gone,means another charm.i am having the chicken licken one,as that is what hubby calls,the grandaughter & that is how she signs our cards.
it certainly is addictive
tracy

 

[Pinky166]

Corinna, the gem spacer you posted is one of the one's I like too.

Becky - Glad you got it & I am sure your mum will love the little puppy one.

 

[beckypenguin]

thanks pinky lets hope so cant wait till i can put a pic up! i got my mum her charm bracelet for christmas and she loves it i think its definetly a widespread disease haha pandora addiction! and i can confirm the gem spacers are lovely! i have the baby pink one and its so shiny and sparkly at 35 pounds its a way to add shine and sparkle to your bracelet without having to buy the 50 pound ones

 

[dolphingirl47]

corinna!
not sure if this is the shop,you used in manchester,but a customer,who drrinks in the pub i run,went to manchester last week & returned,with a charm for me,i was over the moon
it was from
arthur kay & bro jewellers
market st
st annes square
manchester
& in the bag,was a card,which they stamp & you get 9 stamps & the 10th charm is free,which is worth it,because you are buying them anyway.
they have a website www.arthurkayjewellers.com
i wish i could get a good pic,of my bracelet,as it is coming along nicely.
i have the
suitcase,because we like our hols
pumpkin,because our favourite time,at disney is MNSSHP,on oct 31st
heart for valentines
house,because we hope to buy one next year
sagittarius sign,because both our birthdays are in dec &
the alarm clock,off the customer,because i'm always wishing away time,till my next hol.
my husband,has just bought me 2 clips today,as well.oh i have a safety chain as well.
next week,i will be getting another one,as i am 1lb off my 4 stone mark,so another stone gone,means another charm.i am having the chicken licken one,as that is what hubby calls,the grandaughter & that is how she signs our cards.
it certainly is addictive
tracy

Thanks Tracy. My bracelet came from Green and Benz in the Triangle Centre. I have to check out the jewellery shop you mentioned. I know where this is, but it looks really old-fashioned and I would never have expected them to do something as up to date as Pandora. This shop is virtually next door to the other serious drain on my paycheck - Lush. I hope what they are letting themselves in for by letting me have every 10th charm for free.

Corinna

 

[Bolanette87]

hi fellow pandora addicts here is my bracelet so far my boyfriend bought me it a few months ago i am addicted its my birthday soon i have planned out the ones im going to get yay it wont let me put a pic up yet *** im so new but i will asap

Hello!! Welcome to the Pandora Addict section of the DIS! Always nice to see new fans about!

Thanks for the friendly welcome to the club. It just made sense getting a Pandora bracelet. Not only are they pretty, but they are a good way to express myself. An added advantage is that they are available in Germany as well. I have learned to dread my birthday and Christmas. Without fail my mother wants to know what I would like as a present and I never know what to tell her. I just spotted that a department store near where my family lives and where my mum shops regularly, is a Pandora stockist. So in future I will just ask her to get me a charm or two for my bracelet. Voila, Christmas and birthday sorted for years to come.

I will post photos of my bracelet once it has a couple more charms on it. At the moment it feels somewhat self-conscious with just one charm on. I am sure that will be remedied very quickly though. I really want this dolphin charm and if I order from John Greed, I might as well order enough to get the free shipping. I normally spend about $100 a month on perfume oils from the USA and I did not order anything last month as there was nothing that took my fancy so I might just spend that budget on some Pandora goodies. After that it will be strictly one per month though.

Like a few others, I want to fill my bracelet with things that are in some way significant to me. The bunny is representing my husband. This is quite a funny story really. As I am German, DH decided to learn the language. On the train to our registry office wedding, we saw some bunnies and he asked me if there was a German equivalent to the word "bunny" and I told him it was "Karnickel". Somehow he got his wires crossed and wrote down "Bunnickle". After I had picked myself of the floor, this kind of stuck. 11 years on, I still call him Bunnickle. When I for once use his real name, he knows that he is in trouble.

I have decided that this bracelet will have a blue colour scheme. My favourite colour is blue. Still, I was browsing the Pandora website and there are loads of beads with purple in them that I really liked, so the second bracelet will have a purple theme. Yes, I know, talk about an addictive personality. I have all of one charm and already think about a second bracelet.

I have a few questions for you experts:

What are the clips used for and is this something I should consider getting sooner rather than later? Whereabouts on the bracelet do they get attached?

Are spacers needed and what are they actually for? I have so far only seen one spacer that I even remotely like.

How often roughly are new designs released and how often do they retire designs?

Are you purists or do you mix and match different brands? I really want some Disney charms, but Pandora does not do them. So I have been looking at the tha Chamilia charms, but I am not sure if this would make the bracelet look odd.

Right, I think I read most of the thread at one point or another, but I think I will go and read it from start to finish.

Corinna

I love your Bunnickle story!!! That is so cute!!!

I'm more of a purist with my bracelet... I'm sticking to all Pandora.... I might do a Trollbeads in the future, but not for a while yet.... I'd personally prefer my charms to be all Pandora on this bracelet!

Can you see the notches on your bracelet? Those are where clips go... There should be two little notches.... I would personally advise getting clips fairly early on, as it can get a bit frustrating having all the beads suddenly rolling to one end of the bracelet.... My clips are lovely silver swirly ones that my Aunt and Uncle got with my bracelet for me....

Spacers aren't essential, but I intend getting them to fill up my bracelet!

Thanks for the info. I will look out for the new collection. I will definitely stick to one colour per bracelet.
Looks like the clips are a good idea. My bunny keeps attaching itself to the threaded divider. I think I love the same clip that you do, but with the blue stones.

I will keep an open mind about the spacers. I do love the blue sparkly spacer

I have a mixed colourscheme on my bracelet (Green and Purple) and I think it works quite well.... Have you seen my pics earlier on? I know some people prefer one colour, but sometimes mixing them can look lovely too....

I love that spacer too- I want it in Purple for my bracelet... Well, a few of them in purple of course!

Bob xoxoxoxox

 

[kieras nana]

corinna,
if you p.m me your address,i will post you my card,with the stamp on.if you decide to shop there,you will be one stamp closer,to your free charm.
tracy

 

[dolphingirl47]

Hello!! Welcome to the Pandora Addict section of the DIS! Always nice to see new fans about!



I love your Bunnickle story!!! That is so cute!!!

I'm more of a purist with my bracelet... I'm sticking to all Pandora.... I might do a Trollbeads in the future, but not for a while yet.... I'd personally prefer my charms to be all Pandora on this bracelet!

Can you see the notches on your bracelet? Those are where clips go... There should be two little notches.... I would personally advise getting clips fairly early on, as it can get a bit frustrating having all the beads suddenly rolling to one end of the bracelet.... My clips are lovely silver swirly ones that my Aunt and Uncle got with my bracelet for me....

Spacers aren't essential, but I intend getting them to fill up my bracelet!



I have a mixed colourscheme on my bracelet (Green and Purple) and I think it works quite well.... Have you seen my pics earlier on? I know some people prefer one colour, but sometimes mixing them can look lovely too....

I love that spacer too- I want it in Purple for my bracelet... Well, a few of them in purple of course!

Bob xoxoxoxox

Yes, I have seen your bracelet and love it. Some colours lend themselves easier to be combined then others. Green and purple looks fantastic together and I have used this combination in many of my own jewellery creations. The natural twin for blue is yellow, but I am not to keen on that colour.

I did order one clip today and I have the feeling that a second one is coming home before too long. My bunny keeps trying to escape.

corinna,
if you p.m me your address,i will post you my card,with the stamp on.if you decide to shop there,you will be one stamp closer,to your free charm.
tracy

I will send you a PM very shortly. Thanks so much for this.


OMG, I am in so much trouble. One charm per month, who am I kidding? I did order the dolphin charm today

And those jumped into the cart as well:

I really wanted those as well, but the voice of reason prevailed:

At least for now! Whenever I was asked why I was doing so much overtime, my standard reply used to be "It's not called overtime, it's called swimming with dolphins". I think I might need to amend this. Now it probably be called "It's not called overtime, it's called a new Pandora charm, or two or ten."

I wonder if my charms will arrive tomorrow. I had them sent to my work address. I can probably do with some cheering up tomorrow. I have two days of call monitoring ahead of me.

Corinna

 

[Bolanette87]

Corinna, there is one thing you will learn soon enough: There is NO voice of reason with a Pandora Bracelet to create!!!

Bob xoxoxoxox

 

[dolphingirl47]

Corinna, there is one thing you will learn soon enough: There is NO voice of reason with a Pandora Bracelet to create!!!

Bob xoxoxoxox

Oh, I think I learned this lesson long before with some of my past obsessions. First it was earrings and I had hundreds of pairs (nowadays I hardly wear earrings), then it was Beanie Babies (I have about 1500 of the little critters) and most recently BPAL perfume oils. I probably have enough perfume oils to last me the rest of my life! At least Pandora charms don't take up much room.

Corinna

 

[Pinky166]

Oh, I think I learned this lesson long before with some of my past obsessions. First it was earrings and I had hundreds of pairs (nowadays I hardly wear earrings), then it was Beanie Babies (I have about 1500 of the little critters) and most recently BPAL perfume oils. I probably have enough perfume oils to last me the rest of my life! At least Pandora charms don't take up much room.
Corinna

I tried using that line on my hubby!

 

[Bolanette87]

Oh, I think I learned this lesson long before with some of my past obsessions. First it was earrings and I had hundreds of pairs (nowadays I hardly wear earrings), then it was Beanie Babies (I have about 1500 of the little critters) and most recently BPAL perfume oils. I probably have enough perfume oils to last me the rest of my life! At least Pandora charms don't take up much room.

Corinna

Oh dear.... I'm sensing a pattern here..... I have an obsession with earrings (Owning hundreds of pairs), and a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge collection of Beanie Babies.....

It's true enough that they don't take up much room.... Sadly Robert doesn't see that as a good excuse!!

Bob xxoxoxoxox

 

[dolphingirl47]

Oh dear.... I'm sensing a pattern here..... I have an obsession with earrings (Owing hundreds of pairs), and a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge collection of Beanie Babies.....

It's true enough that they don't take up much room.... Sadly Robert doesn't see that as a good excuse!!

Bob xxoxoxoxox

DH has not cottoned on to my new obsession as yet even though I keep dangling it in front of him and even asked him to close the clasp for me after I had a shower earlier. I wear mine on my right wrist and I am pretty useless with my left hand.

Corinna

 

[Bolanette87]

DH has not cottoned on to my new obsession as yet even though I keep dangling it in front of him and even asked him to close the clasp for me after I had a shower earlier. I wear mine on my right wrist and I am pretty useless with my left hand.

Corinna

Same here..... Trust me, your left hand will get trained up for the clasp!!

Bob xoxoxoxxo

 

[Pinky166]

Same here..... Trust me, your left hand will get trained up for the clasp!!

Bob xoxoxoxxo

I was going to say that - it took me a few days of getting annoyed with hubby as he faffed about with it so I soon got the knack of doing it up with my left hand.

 

[beckypenguin]

wow dolphin girl what a gorgeous shades of blue bracelet ! it will look lovely! i hope they bring out this years spring charms soon! i cant wait im so addicted haha i have the photos of my bracelet ready to put on here just need ten posts pffff! p.s its nice to have other people to talk to about this addiction i babble on and on to my boyfriend and family and they look so bored whilst im exicted talking bout which charms i want next haha

 

[beckypenguin]

p.p.s thankyou for the welcome and my mum did love the little puppy charm yay its mothers day soon i might get her the teacup or the little girl hmm!