Looking for 3 rhinestones

I know they can be bought by the pound or the gross, but I need only three:

1 16ss (4mm) circular faceted ruby.
1 30ss (6.5mm) circular faceted amethyst.
1 10mm-7mm (or a touch smaller) teardrop.

The teardrop is a topper for this Christmas tree, and if the size is right, any number of colors or finishes would work:



How do I find bits like these without paying bucks for tons of stuff I'll never use?

 

Assuming you can find it, asking on the new/old Jewelry & Gemstone Group/Board might work.
Explain that you only need these three, and I bet someone there will have one, or all, of them.
Unless someone here does. LOL

 

Hi,
Just a hint with people who have loose stones and no use for. I put a lot of them in my son's pirate chest along with loose pearls and spray gold quarters. (Happy Birthday Tom)
greg

 

"How do I find bits like these without paying bucks for tons of stuff I'll never use?"

When I buy a box of jewelry, there is usually broken stuff. I keep it and use the pieces to repair other jewelry.

Check the thrift stores -
Look for cheap rhinestone jewelry you can take apart.

Bags of broken jewelry
1. Save the earring backs, jump rings, necklace clasps, stones and rhinestones. Anything that can be reused.

A box that is divided or one of those drawer units that most men have in the garage with nuts and bolts, works well for storing and being able to find what you need later.

 

Contact Marie - mforjan. She specializes in this type of jewelry, buys & sells. I just gave her a ton of my pieces that were missing stones. She may even send it for the price of postage.

 

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll probably go the the eBay group as a whole - I guess mforjan (and others) will see it there. I'm not looking for a freebee.

 

You can message Marie here in Conversations.

 

I can give that a try. Thanks. I can't imagine having dozens of broken pieces. For me, every broken piece is a mistake that I need to try to correct.

 

OK, this is what I have:
10x6 Pear Shaped (teardrop), 1 each in Clear, Sapphire and Montana Blue
4mm round faceted in Ruby
6.5mm round faceted in Amethyst - this one is used and the foiling is not perfect, but it may work.

If you want these I would be happy to send them to you, let me know your address. I will also message you

 

Would something like this work for the teardrop? I don't know the first thing about jewelry, but I think this is 10mm long x 7mm at the fat part (using a ruler). It's probably glass, but who knows? Found it in the bottom of a box lot and just kept it for some reason. If you don't want this, then just ignore this message. If you want it, just reply.

 

Oh, never mind. Well, at least I admitted I don't know the first thing about jewelry. It just occurred to me that you need that silvery stuff on the back of the stone so it shines up and makes the piece look sparkly, since the setting is against metal. Sorry . . .

 

That is a beautiful stone. I got in touch with Marie and she is able to help, so now it's just a question of getting the things and seeing what further damage I can do.

 

I can't help except to say moreotherstuff, you take such great pics. I am so envious.

 

Thanks. I edit like crazy: straighten, center, crop, gamma correction, color balance, contrast, and spot.

 

What the heck is "gamma correction" and "spot?" I do the other things with my pc program.

 

Essentially, gamma correction makes the picture look darker or lighter... sort of like varying exposure time on film. Spotting is removing dirt, dust and other unwanted marks.

 

Moreotherstuff, what photo editing program if any do you use? Thanks

 

Spotting is kinda like the red-eye removal thing -- very handy for us blue-eyed people. Don't think the program I use has that, but I can lighten and darken my photos several different ways -- colour tone, exposure and contrast -- with the program. For me, cropping is essential, LOL!

 

I use a very old version of a program called Paint Shop Pro. For my purposes it provides all the options I need, but my photographic needs are very basic.

I do spotting using a clone feature. It copies one section of the picture and pastes it wherever you want. I set it to a very small radius and just copy a clean bit of the picture close to the spot I want to remove and paste the clean bit over top of the spot.

 

Thanks Moreotherstuff. Your pics have always been outstanding when I see them on the ebay boards or here.