It's so much fun when it's someone I know too -- love it. Oh, this person loves this color, and has such and such personality, I will put this together with that in this artistic way. It's really my favorite part of jewelry design.
My mother recently gave me some Hessionite Garnet that she has been holding onto for at least four years -- I remember she bought them before I went to Texas. That was exactly 4 years ago.
They are AAA grade teeny tiny hessionite garnet briolettes, and when she handed them over so that I could work them out for the store, I knew I would have to honor her and wire wrap about a million little garnets. This would be a design for her, though she probably didn't know it when she handed them over. I would custom design something for her personality.
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| Hessionite Garnet I can not bring myself to post -- because the design detracts from the beauty of the stone. Don't you just want to start humming Adele's "Set Fire to the Rain"? |
But the thing is, I love these stones myself -- and while I can't possibly pull off the fire color with my red hair and coloring, they are lovely. They invoke a desire to make something inspired by a song. Maybe I will do that.
But, back to custom work -- yes I do do a lot of custom work, and honestly I give the customer options. When someone asks for something custom, they will generally know that person better than I would, so while I can choose stones for color and personality, design has to be a work with the person ordering it.
I recently designed this as a first option custom job, but I said to the customer, "Her's will be blue stones to go with her coloring."
Luckily though, my friends who want something special custom made and designed know to ask early for it, because I will give them choices -- after all, anything they didn't choose for their personalized design can go in the shop.
Bt here is the thing: it's October now, the holidays are in December -- if you want something custom, ask me now, because I have a couple of gem shopping trips coming up in November and to custom design something absolutely unique for who you are thinking of -- I will need to add certain gemstones to my list.
When you ask me for something custom, tell me what you are thinking, and I will gladly give you options, so the jewelry you give this season is absolutely one of a kind for your gift.
It's almost time for Scorpio's birthstone, and some long winded discussions on inspiration.
As for Inspiration, Richard Dryfus and Audry Hepburn discussed it well in 1989's "Always:" Inspiration Mission
~Maggie~
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