pick a pearl setting

[PinkPrincess4Ever]

I wondered what I would use to put the carriage setting on. For myself, I have loads of silver chains, but I did not really find anything I liked for my friend. On Thursday I went to the local bead shop (I make jewellery as a hobby) and they had some ribbon necklaces. They came in various pastel shades or black and are made our of a satin ribbon and two organza ribbons. They look great. I got two light grey ones for the carriage settings.

Corinna

OMG LOVE this idea it will be prefect for my girls. do these just come as ribbons and you have to attach the fasteners or they come as a ribbon w fasteners already. I need to find a bead shop. Off to the yellow pages

 

[thewesterberg]

I just did this last week. My DH encouraged me to do it as an anniversary present (10 years!). I picked what I thought was the ugliest one and after a dramatic opening and then he had me guess what hand he was holding the pearl in. I picked his right hand, he opened it and there was my pearl. Then he opened up his left hand and there was another one! Twins!! The exact same color and size so I had a pair of earrings made. What a great present!!

 

[PoohsFan1]

Wow I just loved these carriarge cages I had to get 4 thats why I love this site. My girls and I wanted to do pick a pear for the first time we leave sept 4th I was little worried how much it set me back in all the extra setting and chains when we got there. Im so glad I read this site got the chains and carriages on my own all for cheap cheap cheap. Now we just need to pick the Perfect pearl! ty for all this info on here

The carriages are very pretty. I bought 3 for our March trip (for me, DD6 and DD8), they have become the girls "special necklaces" that they wear to special occasions. Now for our December trip, my girls wanted to pick another pearl so I bought them each the crown cage. I wasn't sure how they were going to look because pictures don't do anything justice, well we got them yesterday and they are so pretty. I am kind of jealous because I didn't buy one for myself.

 

[allie_to_you]

JC Penney - and other stores have Sterling Silver necklaces that are "tarnish free"!! (Kohl's is one come to think of it!!)

anyway they often go on sale - and you can get a really nice one for $10 - $20!! I bought ours ahead of time, and then brought it with us, and just bought the pearl and a charm/pendant!!

We did the same thing. My D-sis and I both got the Cinderella carriage pearl cages and got sterling silver necklaces from JC Penney and will get our pearls once we get to Disney

 

[pixleyyy]

Anyone know if they will fix our pearl from the last trip (Jan 08)? I got it set in a horsehoe but it came unglued and the jeweler wants $30 to reglue it! If I take it with me to the park will they reglue it for free?

 

[Sandy321]

OMG LOVE this idea it will be prefect for my girls. do these just come as ribbons and you have to attach the fasteners or they come as a ribbon w fasteners already. I need to find a bead shop. Off to the yellow pages

Michaels, JoAnn's Fabric Store and Hobby Lobby Craft Departments all carry the fasteners - and I think I've seen some ribbons with fasteners on them already!!

GL

 

[dolphingirl47]

OMG LOVE this idea it will be prefect for my girls. do these just come as ribbons and you have to attach the fasteners or they come as a ribbon w fasteners already. I need to find a bead shop. Off to the yellow pages

The ones I bought had the fasteners already attached, but it would be really easy to do it yourself with some ribbon and fasteners from a craft store.

I am still waiting on my carriages. It has been two weeks. International shipping can take so long at times. Still, I have just over another month before I leave for my vacation. Hopefully they will be here by then.

Corinna

 

[neatokimmo]

Oohh what does the crown cage look like?

I ordered the heart/cross sterling silver one for myself but I love love the carriage one. I wish it was sterling.

And I love the ribbon idea! I am going to do that for my 2.5 yr old. I made her a pearl necklace with the fishing line looking stuff and she pulled on it and stretched it all out. Ribbon seems "sturdy" lol

The carriages are very pretty. I bought 3 for our March trip (for me, DD6 and DD8), they have become the girls "special necklaces" that they wear to special occasions. Now for our December trip, my girls wanted to pick another pearl so I bought them each the crown cage. I wasn't sure how they were going to look because pictures don't do anything justice, well we got them yesterday and they are so pretty. I am kind of jealous because I didn't buy one for myself.

 

[ZeroToHero]

Alright, so I did this twice at Japan - the first time I did it, there was a lot of ceremony and everything, but I didn't take pictures - I ended up getting twins though! 6.5 mm, and everyone was saying what a great job I did picking, this one woman said she had been doing this for a decade and she hasn't gotten twins yet. I got them set in a pair of earrings.

Then I wanted to do it again, and so I paid (DBF paid for everything the first time), and I got a pinky pearl, 7 mm. That one I set in a necklace to match the earrings.

THEN the woman after me got twins - silver-blue twins! She was soooo lucky. I was only a little jealous, but I really shouldn't complain, because I had gotten a candy from Miyuki only 10 minutes before.... and it almost all of it made it home!

 

[silvermst3k]

i'm a bit worried about the quality of the carriage ones. i also like jist the plain cages, but are they okay? i would rather spend a bit more for something a bit better made. does anyone know if any other stores sell sterling silver ones?
thanks!

 

[dolphingirl47]

I finally got my carriage pearl cages today and the look great. I figure for that price, I will just get a new one if it starts to look a little worse for wear.

Corinna

 

[dwsandy]

I finally got my carriage pearl cages today and the look great. I figure for that price, I will just get a new one if it starts to look a little worse for wear.

Corinna

Where do you get them?

 

[Lilmattie13]

So I think I read prior, that you can not use disney dollars to do this in Japan. Is that correct? I thought I read it somewhere but I cant find it and am wondering if I dreamt it lol

 

[barbiecruiser]

Hey
SO what is the MINIMUM pearl deal. I am on a cheap WDW budget and would LOVE to get this.

Pearl-$17
and what is the cheapest setting?
THANKS!

 

[dolphingirl47]

Where do you get them?

I got them from Ebay, from this seller:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/18K-WGP-PEARL...in_0?hash=item5ad2b1ec15&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14

She is an absolute pleasure to deal with. She posted them out the same day as I paid for them, but the postal service was holding them hostage.

Hey
SO what is the MINIMUM pearl deal. I am on a cheap WDW budget and would LOVE to get this.

Pearl-$17
and what is the cheapest setting?
THANKS!

I am not sure how much Disney will charge you for a fitting. I got a cage fitting from Ebay for $3.50 and a ribbon necklace from my local bead store for about $3. That makes it really affordable.

Corinna

 

[ZeroToHero]

The cheapest setting Disney has is about 10 dollars. I think they have a set of earrings (just studs) and a necklace for that price.

 

[solar]

subbing...

...because I absolutely HAVE to do this in November! Not sure how I never noticed it before...but now that I have - WOOHOO!

 

[Lilmattie13]

So I think I read prior, that you can not use disney dollars to do this in Japan. Is that correct? I thought I read it somewhere but I cant find it and am wondering if I dreamt it lol

ANYONE????

 

[dwsandy]

I got them from Ebay, from this seller:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/18K-WGP-PEARL...in_0?hash=item5ad2b1ec15&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14

She is an absolute pleasure to deal with. She posted them out the same day as I paid for them, but the postal service was holding them hostage.

Corinna

Thank you so much!! I know I have seen it on the thread but I couldn't find it when I looked again. They are super sweet. I think I will get on for each of my dd's and 1 for myself as well.

 

[nan214]

ANYONE????

I used my disney gift card which was bought with disney dollars. This was not even a month ago. So worse case scenerio go buy a gift card with your disney dollars