2010年7月29日星期四

Making your Pandora Jewellery Pieces

This same design applies to other bases for Pandora jewellery as well. The colored cotton cord bases rely on the threaded end just as much as the more formal braided leather bands demand the same features. Another interesting design feature in the Pandora line is the reliance on clips to prevent beads from twisting off at any time. The clips can be easily changed to give the piece a new look, but they will always serve to hold the beads and charms securely, even if the bracelet is completely. For example, the buyer might select a sterling silver or 14k gold chain upon which to build their jewellery. These chains will not be made in the same fashion as traditional charm jewellery chains, however, and will use only a ;serpent; style design. This is because the beads, spacers, clips and charms will slide along the su***ce. What will make the chains so unique is the fact that they demand each bead to be threaded over the clasp before they can be added to the piece. This prevents beads from rolling and scattering in all directions should the bracelet become undone.

Making your Pandora Jewellery Pieces

These can be quite impressive and unique, but the charms can also be easily lost or misplaced if their connecting rings fail. The charms of this kind can also become easily ensnared in clothing and hair, *** the owner hesitant to wear the piece with their more delicate or costly garments due to the obvious risks for damage.The way that Pandora jewellery is created often makes it wearable with even the most expensive or formal clothing imaginable. This is because all of the charms are designed in the style of beads that slide or clip on to a variety of bases.Did you know that there are more than 900 charms available through Pandora jewellery vendors? Imagine the impressive number of bracelets or necklaces you could design for yourself or as gifts for friends and family members! The various beads, charms, clips, and spacers made available to customers will make each finished piece a real work of art and an accurate reflection of someone personal taste and style.It is also interesting to note the impressive design of the various ;bases; used to create each piece of Pandora jewellery as well. Consider that the ;average; piece of charm jewellery relies on a hefty chain, jump rings, and dangling charms and beads.

Creative Ways to Use Pandora charms

There are beads, spacers, gems, charms of all kinds, and more. All it takes is a basic plan or idea and the bracelet can be slowly developed from there. There are even themed gift sets to help someone get started on a bracelet too. These come as sets of three coordinated beads which might feature such themes as Afternoon Tea, Happy Anniversary, or a Road Trip!For our example, we will create a winter themed charm bracelet with accents of pale blue and cool silver. What sorts of charms could this feature? Using only Pandora pieces the bracelet could rely on pale blue Murano glass accented with deep blue dots. We could choose sterling silver snow men beads, tube beads with silver and gold snowflakes, charms with small pearls delicately bobbing from beneath, white glass bands, silver rings, and even a sterling silver birthstone bead or two. All of these would be strung on a sturdy silver chain using the standard Pandora clasp.What we have just done is build only a single example of a charm bracelet, but there is an almost unlimited array of themes that could be expressed in the same way. There are sterling silver and 14k gold bases, cotton cord bases, and even tightly woven leather straps to serve as bases.

Creative Ways to Use Pandora charms

For example, someone could easily build a bracelet with an emphasis on gold beads, but which also revealed their favorite animals, birthstones, and more. They could have delicate, dangling Pandora charms as well as semi-precious and precious stones, wooden beads, and Murano glass beads for colorful accents.Let use a single example to illustrate the flexibility and unique beauty of a bracelet crafted from Pandora charms.More and more people are becoming familiar with the impressive number of Pandora charms readily available for purchase. The many different styles and designs have made a modern charm bracelet far more unique and original than ever before.Need an example? In years past, someone with a charm bracelet would have a wrist full of dangling charms that might be difficult to see or which could easily snag in clothing or hair. They tended to be extremely unique, but they all tended to look a lot alike. With the use of Pandora charms a wearer could have a slim band of sculptured beads that each displayed a personal interest or style, but would not be easily mistaken for thousands of other charm bracelets.

2010年7月15日星期四

Porsche Design Heritage P6530 Watch

A bead-blasted case will accept wear and tear more gracefully. The original watch that this Heritage P6530 is based on was actually the world's first titanium chronograph watch when it was released in 1980, and made by IWC.You have to like the 1980's chic case with its minimalist modern design lines. The chronograph pushers that are flush with the case are a great touch. The crown itself sticks out a bit, but is mostly covered by case. This is intentionally done to retain the orientation of the watch and to communicate that it is a timepiece. The watch is water resistant to 60 meters and has a AR coated sapphire crystal. Reading the dial is about as easy (maybe not as easy) as an Omega Speedmaster Professional. But here Porsche Design uses a different layout due it use of a Swiss ETA Valjoux 7750 automatic movement. I like how they replaced the three letter abbreviation for the day of the week with a two letter one that has a larger sized font.The watch really resembles some of the Orfina or IWC Porsche Design watches of the 80's era. Eterna has been doing well though with the brand products (even if they are overpriced). The titanium bracelet looks more *** than it actually is, with the complex link structure hidden on the side. What you see on the outside is *** and clean.Porsche Design will offer the Heritage P6530 (P'6539) as a limited edition of just 911 pieces (gee, where did that number come from?). Now that I think of it, will Porsche Design be pissed that I connected this watch with a non-Porsche car? Price for each of the watch will be close to $5,000 and it will be available closer to the end of 2010.See Porsche Design watches on eBay here.See Porsche Design watches on Amazon here.The ongoing stream of retro watch re-releases continues. The culprit this time is Eterna - the brand who makes all the Porsche Design watches (these days). Back with a vengeance, this watch is really suited to driving around in your DMC DeLorean. Now there is a item begging for a proper release! I heard that a company in Texas bought the rights to the DeLorean name. They make money refitting older ones to actually kick-ass levels (better than original even - in terms of performance, engine, etc...). Plus, they are supposedly working on a new model! Tell me that this new Porsche Design Heritage P6530 watch doesn't belong in bed with a DeLorean? A match made in heaven.I think we need more stainless steel cars without paint. I mean we have it on blenders and refrigerators, why not on cars again?Porsche Design is upping the size of the P6530 watch to modern measures at 44mm wide. Of course the look of the watch is more or less the same, as is the dial. The watch is in titanium, like back when titanium was truly exotic. The cool smooth lines on the bead-blasted case remind me of how titanium is used best. These days we have techniques to polish up titanium and make it look all fancy-like. Little do most people know that you stare at polished titanium the wrong way and it scratches. Light and strong don't necessarily mean scratch resistant.