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That really is lovely and pretty unique, desigirl. MashAllah :D
That is GORGEOUS! crazy they wnt let u touch it or put it on. Btw, i wouldn’t suggest putting pics of the real thing up here…
i remember seeing something similar in sona chandi in jackson heights it was sooo lovely. One day..inshallah…
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Sara516, is that Sona Jewellers in New Jersey?
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^Thanks guys
SGC can you please become my personal designer. You have such a wonderful knack for these things mashaallah no wonder your style is amazing.
Naqsa she means the Sona Jewelers in Queens, New York.
Sara I saw that same set there too. I went in with my cousin because she was getting married as well and we asked them the price and it was an unbelievable $125,000!!!!!!!
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i hope all your jewellery is insured, btw... get it appraised and insured so you're covered if something happens, even something like losing a gem from the setting.
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Yup they took care of that thank god. I think there will be very very few occasions when I even wear it.
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Loving this..
Haha.. I posted this monstrosity here for laughs but turns out my best friend’s younger sister actually liked it! She wants to get one for her wedding..!!
I tried to hold back the laughter so I won’t break her heart…!
Ahh who am I kidding..! I told her the truth! 
ps: She (now) hates me! hahaha..
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My devar (bil) is getting married soon and we are in the process of ordering jewellery for the bride.......bride to be has good taste MA, however mil disagrees with buying a gold set with polki and rubies. Mil says the stones have no value and its a total wast of money....she wants to buy heavy gold instead, as it retains value!
Can someone advise please if this is the case? MA its a lovely set and I hate to disappoint the bride to be and mil! I'm stuck in the middle!
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tell your MIL she's shopping as a gift *for *her new DIL, not buying something as an investment for herself. this means, the DIL has to like it and it has to be wearable, cos really if she's not a fan, its going to sit in the bank and thats just a waste of money, even as it sits there and holds its value.
conversely, you could also talk to the DIL to be and get her thoughts on plain gold sets. who knows, she might actually like a particular design that'll work well for everyone.
or you could talk to both of them about compromising- it doesnt have to be all gold, all polki, or all stones. why not do a gold set with some stones in it? there are thousands of designs available and most jewellers will modify designs too, so if they both like something but its too much gold or too much stones, you can alter those elements to come to a nice balance.
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SGC, I respect my mil and she is a very reasonable/caring woman honestly......however, she is just not into stones etc. I just want a reason/argument to convince/persuade her....mil's argument is that people will think she did a cheap job if the jewellery has stones in it!
My devar (bil) is getting married soon and we are in the process of ordering jewellery for the bride.......bride to be has good taste MA, however mil disagrees with buying a gold set with polki and rubies. Mil says the stones have no value and its a total wast of money....she wants to buy heavy gold instead, as it retains value! Can someone advise please if this is the case? MA its a lovely set and I hate to disappoint the bride to be and mil! I'm stuck in the middle!
Can she get her an artificial set like the one the DIL ones and just use the big chunkyy gold one for barri?
SGC, I respect my mil and she is a very reasonable/caring woman honestly......however, she is just not into stones etc. I just want a reason/argument to convince/persuade her....mil's argument is that people will think she did a cheap job if the jewellery has stones in it!
well ppl will also thnk she did a crap job by giving an ugly set!
SGC, I respect my mil and she is a very reasonable/caring woman honestly......however, she is just not into stones etc. I just want a reason/argument to convince/persuade her....mil's argument is that people will think she did a cheap job if the jewellery has stones in it!
tell her to get a few sets with stones so that the jewelry would actually match the DILs clothes and look pretty. u can tell her nowadays the trend is towards jewelry with stones and not just plain gold. however, u can tell her that its fine to get 1-2 sets that are just plain gold so shes happy with that as well because a lot of old people rightly believe that gold retains value. and if the DIL wants she can sell the plain gold sets for soemthing else she likes at the jewelers later cuz it will give her the most value if she ever wants to sell any jewelry. my FIL gave me two plain gold indian sets that god knows i will never wear and i keep telling my FIL that im gonna sell those 2 sets soon specially since gold is at a high price these days :) haha he knows im just joking. but plain gold is not all that bad, i had a few karas made from my moms side and atleast 2 of them are just very very thin, flat karas with yellow and white gold, absolutely no stones and they look wonderful. but ive gotta say allll my jewelry from my moms side except those 2 karas and 1 other set have stones in them. stones definitely make a lot of difference.
SGC, I respect my mil and she is a very reasonable/caring woman honestly......however, she is just not into stones etc. I just want a reason/argument to convince/persuade her....mil's argument is that people will think she did a cheap job if the jewellery has stones in it!
and that's great- i wasn't suggesting you be rude to her :)
it doesn't matter if your MIL is into stones or not, the set isn't for her. its for someone else, who does like stones and doesn't think they're "cheap", and that person's opinion is the only one that should matter, because she'll be wearing it. i really don't understand why people lose sight of these things.
you should try to explain this to your MIL in a nicer way and reassure her that the bride will love it, and if she does, she'll wear it and wear it with love, and thats really the main thing.
and stones aren't cheap either- last time i checked rubies, emeralds and sapphires of good quality were pretty damn pricey, not to mention diamonds. if your MIL is concerned about people's opinions, maybe she should purchase sets with those stones, instead of semi-precious stones like tourmaline's, aquamarine's and amethysts. that should take care of the gossip!
just look at some of the sets chanda and janab-e-ali and gina have posted in the earlier pages of this thread- they're worth thousands and are gorgeous. maybe your MIL hasn't seen any good stones sets that are worth the money, in her mind. show her the pics from this thread!
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stones (precious) are very expensive! diamonds..sapphires..emeralds..and rubies..!! gold by itself is a great investment in the form of a brick!! as soon as it is made into jewelery..you will be charged for the making charges wherever you go...so if your MIL is worried about the resale value..she might as well get you gold bars...
gold jewelry is to be worn properly...IMO...with proper stones....not pink..or purple...or any of that matchy matchy stuff that you see brides wearing...if you go that route you might as well get a gold plated set with matching stones attached to it...
show your MIL some nice designs..maybe she will change her mind after browsing through...
actually gold is not a great investment as a brick or jewelry contrary to popular belief and the belief of average Pakis only because of inflation. So in the long run u will probably be losing value. Unfortunately people don't understand that or refuse to believe it. The only good thing about it is that gold will always be valuable even if it's not as it was 10 yes ago. And stones are even a more worse investment than gold. All in all tell the MIL to buy jewelry to wear nor as an investment and in this economy if investments matter than tell her to buy gold stocks or coca cola stocks under the name of her DIL.
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^ OMG i was just thinking abt this today and getting a headache cz i was so confused... why desis say "gold is an investment"... because frankly wherever I go to ask abt my jewelery they always give some pathetically small amount that I can earn in a day (that's how cheap they're being) and, well, i always thot investments are supposed to give you MORE than what you paid for initially right? so yeah... it dun make sense :p