Hey Gobsmacked!!!!

I am so glad you got your replacement diamond.  They do look lovely.  Cute kitty too

That cat is thinking those earrings would look good on her!

Those look huge!  Congrats!

They're gorgeous!!!!

Ear shots, maybe?

A few more pix - a few are of the surprise.

I think you can see the tint a little in this closeup. 



Surprise!


I think they're lovely, as is - but they'll be back as gizmos...hopefully soon!

I see....supposed to be gizmos and not quite gizmos showed.....they are going to be nice!!!! 

Dangling from the studs, rather than having studs on their own.

What happened?  It was an oops, plain and simple.  You guys know how busy everyone at DBL has been, and the problems with being understaffed on site.  Thankfully, it was me, and not a first-time buyer.  My first 6 purchases were perfection - both for custom work and stone replacements.  I'm not going to wig out over a miscommunication, now.

Well, as soon as D told me the gizmos were back in the office, I begged him to ship them out.  (and whined and pleaded, too)   Unfortunately, I called just a few minutes before the brown truck was due to make a pickup.  They are so long (aprox 2 inches), that DBL doesn't have fancy a box for them; so they shipped in the original little bags.  You'd never know there was a problem just looking at the pieces parts in the little bags. 

     Chains - check, 
     6 colored princess cuts - check,
     2 white pears (1 I /1 J color BTW) - check. 

Looks good, right?  I would have passed them too, on a casual eyeball.

Remember, I started this do-over back in February or March.  It's been a long time since the original emails went out with the design pix. 

Also, I'm not one of those folks that are in contact every week for an update.  I might check in once a month or so.  I figure they'll be done when they're done.  It's not like they're an e-ring or birthday gift, or any piece with a required due date.   

And then, it isn't always easy to do the design QC when you have to check back thru a brazilian emails, and do it in 5 minutes or less.  So, to make me happy, they got boxed and shipped immediately, rather than take the time to be sure, for sure and miss the pickup. 

So they are traveling back to get updated.  I feel bad for the guys at the factory.  I know how much I hate to get a spec wrong, and that's just writing code, not deconstructing/reconstructing metal work.

Here's the original sketch, and they work just like OMC said - they fit on the stud's post.


I think they are phenomenal as earrings; it's just I want to have 5 diamond dangles with big starters and pear finishes.  I'm blown out by how yellow the top princesses are, like lemon sorbet.  I love the little pink accents on top of the pears, as well.  NOM 

FINALLY.  GIZMOS have arrived!  Not quite according to plan; but still lovely, delicate, and sparkley!  

I missed the big brown truck on Thursday.    I left for half an hour - yep, gone for only 30 minutes to buy tomatoes at the farmers' market, maybe a mile away.  Ten to ten thirty.  I didn't even ride my bike like I normally would.   Of course, that's when they came by.  That was Thursday.

Friday, Brown finally showed up at 6:30 pm.  AFTER HOURS!  GRRRRRRR!  DH even chased down two other trucks while he was out and about during the day; but neither was the ONE.   Sweet man.  Sometimes he just amazes me, sometimes I just want to bean him with a cast iron pan.  Friday was an 'I you' sort of day.  

DSD,my little fashionista, helped me with the pictures.  I haven't had them off since.     Of course, i only get my computer while she is at school, so things are a bit behind schedule.

I can't wait to see!!! 

Gizmos! Gizmos!! Gizmos!!! Gizmos!!!!

photos, pretty please!

they are GORGEOUS!!!!!!!   Perfect size and length and they look wonderful on you.

They're absolutely gorgeous! Looking fantastic with your studs, just perfect!

Enjoy them, you really do deserve these.