More stone necklaces!

Last summer I bought myself a vintage silver wrapped stone necklace, amethyst, agate, citrine, carnelian and whatever. The dangly clangy nature of this piece won many compliments and it therefore became the official summer necklace of 2008. I found a bracelet in all aquamarine with a similar look which I mixed with a sultry collection of silver bangles and I was good to go for the whole summer.

It was a good look then and it is a good look now, but I have the maximalist urge to have variations on the theme. Vintage is sort of out as this jangly look is pretty popular on ebay, Tias, and other antique sites, so I have been rooting around ebay and etsy for other pieces with color and movement and facets. After all if you are looking for quantity of looks at a reasonable price these are the places you go. Using the search "necklace stones sterling dangle" I browsed through hundreds of items on etsy without finding what I was looking for. There were some pretty necklaces to be sure but nothing with the "look" I want for this summer.

I did better on ebay.

Lately I have been noticing a virtual stone jewelry explosion and plenty of these pieces claim to be precious stones, meaning emeralds, rubies, or sapphires. I have seen these locally at craft stores and with price tags in the 250-600 dollar range. Not what I am looking for at all.

Ebay is a mixed bag always and no matter what the sellers say and no matter how fine their feedback is, it is a crap shoot. But in this case it was a cheap crap shoot. A seller from Delhi was offering many many dangly necklaces in a variety of stones. You could get citrines, amethysts, rubies, sapphires and yes, emerald (all said to be natural, read occluded and not Cartier quality) at a good price. I went for the emeralds. A very jangly emerald and sterling necklace with matching earrings became mine for about 45 dollars. I know I will not be tricked out like Catherine the Great but that is of no importance. The goal here is a swingy necklace for summer!

I would post a link but the seller has her name Kaya_Jewels posted on the pics so I dare not try it. But as soon as I get it in the mail you'll see what I did with my money!