I would have to say that I agree with you on red. But my reason is that I
was born with red hair and my mother told me NEVER, EVER to wear red, so I
have a problem with it. And damn, I am over (pick a number, grin). I love
greens, teals and blues. I even like oranges and so on....but just can't
seem to deal with ruby red. It is not a friendly colour to me.

A friend is getting married (4th time) out of town and this one is even
stranger. His *best man* is his bride's sister. Because he met his bride
thru her. Bride is wearing traditional white and this is her first marriage.
The bridesmaid is wearing ruby red and the *best (wo)man* is wearing a ruby
red pantsuit. I am cringing as I type this, lol. The women are blonde and
Dutch......the groom is African and definitely not blond, lol. As he said
to me......"hey, this time I am going to do it differently......maybe it
will then work"

I would love to be there. He is a brilliant guy who not only speaks 5
languages, but teaches computer skills at college in French. And I think
the world of him. As does my husband.

By the way.....what did you pick that was red?? And maybe other lurkers
have some funny or bizarre stories to tell about weddings or anything else
for that matter.

Cheers.....Heather

"Sterling" wrote in message
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I am just finishing up the last pair of earrings for a wedding I am doing,
and I've come to the realization that I hate working with the color red.
Seriously though, when I stopped and looked at my collection of jewelry
that I've made, I really didn't have anything red - cept for some coral.
But, when I was contracted to do the wedding jewelry for my 2nd cousin and
found out that the bridesmaids are wearing red... well, I just about had a
heart attack and almost turned it down.

Picture this... Bride is wearing the traditional white gown, the groom is
wearing a black tux with purple cummerbund and the bridesmaids are wearing
red gowns. UUGH!! Now, here is the hard part: these girls are early
20's, live and work in NY, NY and consider themselves cosmopolitan. This
translates to "NO PEARLS" cause these girls think pearls are only for
older women. *shakes my head* Gesh! Its not like I was going to string a
bunch of pearls together like grandma would wear!!!

I make my jewelry with only sterling or fine silver, gem stones, pearls,
and Swarovski crystals - in what ever combination that works. If you
think about it, what gem stone is red? Ruby? yep, but rubies are usually
that fuchsia type red. Garnet? yep, but garnet's are a deeper, darker,
almost maroon red. I needed a traditional red, not too dark and not too
pink and not too light and I didn't want to spend a lot of money on that
muffler - err, I mean the jewelry components. Its not like you really
have a lot of beads to choose from in the red family now is it, and lets
face it... I couldn't use any of my red options cept for crystals but I
didn't want to use just crystals alone. When you are forced into a
color... ya gotta use what ya gotta use. *sigh* I hate red!

Actually, I love the color red but I really hate working with it. It
would have been a lot easier if the girls were matching the groom and were
wearing purple (any shade) cause there is so much to choose from with
purples. Anyone else have a color they hate working with???


Sterling