Sunday, February 02, 2025

The Sunday Five: Precious Adornments


1: Do you wear jewelry every day? 

2: What is your favorite piece of jewelry?  

3: What should we do with jewelry we own and don't wear? 

4: Has anyone given you a special piece of jewelry, and if so describe it? 

5: Are you more of a gold person or a silver person? 

My answers: 

1: Do you wear jewelry every day? No, my wedding ring is on my house keys. 

2: What is your favorite piece of jewelry?  A silver bracelet that I bought in Florida a few years ago. 

3: What should we do with jewelry we don't wear? Take it out and adore it from time to time. 

4: Has anyone given you a special piece of jewelry, and if so describe it? I have an enamel pendant watch that my grandmother received as a gift in 1913, and she passed onto me with I was in my early 20's. I should give it to one of my nephews.  

5: Are you more of a gold person or a silver person?  I like gold, but I own more silver than gold. 

Please share your answers in the comments. 

23 comments:

  1. Do you wear jewelry every day? Just a watch and layers of bead bracelets. Wrist stacking it's called. Can't stand things on my fingers. Funnily enough, I have a lot of watches and that's it. But when it came to drag....oh heavens did I have huge estate jewelry of jewels, bangles, beads and rhinestones!!!! I kept a few pieces but gave most of the trunk away to other still performing queens.

    What is your favorite piece of jewelry? None really. Although in a upcoming auction I could be owning a collection of brooches by the late fabulous Iris Apfel.

    What should we do with jewelry we own and don't wear? I have a few pieces of my grandmothers. They are in velvet pouches stored.

    Has anyone given you a special piece of jewelry, and if so describe it? Nope.

    Are you more of a gold person or a silver person? Neither.

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    1. No special person has put a ring on it?

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    2. I ex gave me a ring. I wore it, but it drove me nuts!

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    3. The ring or the ex? Or both?

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    4. The ring!!!! I can't stand things on my fingers.

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  2. Pretty well no to all. I would be a more silver person, if anything.

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    1. Silver can be so fun to work with.

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  3. 1: Do you wear jewelry every day? just earrings
    2: What is your favorite piece of jewelry? I don’t have one
    3: What should we do with jewelry we own and don't wear? Sell it. Give it to a family member or to a friend. Donate it.
    4: Has anyone given you a special piece of jewelry, and if so describe it? A number of things over the years.
    5: Are you more of a gold person or a silver person? Silver, I think.

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  4. 1: Do you wear jewelry every day? No. I have never worn ANY jewellery.
    2: What is your favorite piece of jewelry? I don't have a favourite as I do not possess ANY jewellery.
    3: What should we do with jewelry we own and don't wear? Put it somewhere and forget about it or give it to a friend or family member who cherishes jewellery.
    4: Has anyone given you a special piece of jewelry, and if so describe it? No. Nobody has ever given me a piece of jewellery for which I am most grateful.
    5: Are you more of a gold person or a silver person? I am more of a wood person. Leave precious metals and gemstones in the ground I say.

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    1. I have seen rings and watches carved from wood.

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  5. 1. My wedding ring. My Star of David and my apple watch.
    2. My wedding ring.
    3. Sell it. If you're not using it, what's the point of holding onto it.
    4. I have an inherited Patek Philipe pocket watch from my great grandfather that is worth a lot. It's in a safety deposit box. I need to find a way to auction it.
    5. Silver, or white. My wedding ring is Tungsten. My Star of David is silver.

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    1. I should do something with a couple of watches.

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  6. 1: Do you wear jewelry every day? My wedding ring.

    2: What is your favorite piece of jewelry? My wedding ring.

    3: What should we do with jewelry we own and don't wear? I have saved some, and given some--like watches I'll never wear again--to friends and family. I have a chain my father wore every day and hanging at the end of it is his wedding band with my mother's wedding band soldered inside it so it's double circles.

    4: Has anyone given you a special piece of jewelry, and if so describe it? We, well, I have a family ring, gold black onyx and one diamond that was my grandfather's, then given to my Dad and then given to me; my grandmother had a gold ring with black onyx stone and the letter 'S' made for me when I was younger.

    5: Are you more of a gold person or a silver person? Definitely silver or platinum.

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    1. My father never wore anything other than a watch. After he died, I discovered several pieces he owned, and never wore.

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  7. The only jewelry I wear is a ring that belonged to my great-aunt. It was given to me by my parents when I turned 50. It's a lovely art deco design set in platinum.
    I had several other diamond pieces that I have been giving to my daughter at different stages of her life.

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    1. An ideal gift to pass along the memories of the family associated with them.

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  8. 1: Do you wear jewelry every day? Usually
    2: What is your favorite piece of jewelry? A necklace I bought in Santa Fe.
    3: What should we do with jewelry we own and don't wear? Pass it on to someone else.
    4: Has anyone given you a special piece of jewelry, and if so describe it? I have my mother's class ring and I wear it more than any other piece of jewelry.
    5: Are you more of a gold person or a silver person? I think I'm equally both.

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    1. I found my mother's class ring when I was cleaning out the safe after dad died, I never knew she had one.

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  9. I had on my right hand The Ring of Power; on my is The Ring of Matrimony. I used to wear a lot of necklaces but they make my hump worse, alas, so no more of them. Mine is all Silver.

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  10. If I had the necklace pictured above, I'd wear it every day (and look smashing if I do say so myself). OK, maybe not to water aerobics, but other than that...

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