Ok, a little bit ago I posted asking about a floating diamond necklace. My dad and I got one, with a .68 diamond, platinum used for the chain and the little thing that holds the diamond. Now to surprise my mom, we wanna make it so we give her a sh!tty gift, and then when she opens it she seems the necklace. So we're going to get her a music cd and my dad will give her a card, saying he didn't know what to get her so she should decide. I'll give her the music cd. Basically what we will do is take the elevated black part out and just put the cd in there and place a little foam on the sides of the case so the cd doesn't move around. Then we're going to place the necklace on that and have a little foam from the top pressing against the chain and cd to keep em from moving. Will the diamond be ok with this configuration?
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Yeah that sounds ok so long as it's not moved around too much and you're gentle with the cd cover.
...but don't you think it would be so much more special to do it up all pretty? Jewelery shops have some gorgeous gift packages all different shapes. A rose or a heart gift package would be really nice.
You've put a lot of time and effort into getting this necklace and if it's done up nicely she will see just how much you care.
Turning a diamond necklace into a practical joke just makes it seem like the present isn't so special.
Don't you agree?
Get her a pretty box and have your dad give it to her like that. Put the pretty box in an ugly box if that makes you guys happy. The cd idea blows. After all, your dad is giving her a DIAMOND NECKLACE!
Opening the pretty box will be a present in itself for her most likely.
Shock gifts are great for some things. I took my ex to disneyland by just driving her 500 miles there and saying "lets go to disneyland for a few hours." That was a good shock. I then put one over on her by telling her once we were inside that we were going to be there for 3 days. I scored major points and we had a great time.
When it comes to jewelry though you do it classy and nice in the cool box since opening up the box is half the fun. First they get the box, which is a surprise, but then they still have to find out what's inside. With the cd trick you literally cut the fun in half.
See here's the issue. She expects that we're gonna give her something like this since she has alluded strongly several times. See the whole point is the shock, so I want to do something that'll really surprise her. I'm open to ideas.
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He's not the more creative. He'd just give it in the pretty box (yes we got one) but she knows there is a possibility that we may give her the necklace, so when she sees the box she'll know, ie we get 50% of the surprise again. The cd thing will just make it more surprising imo.
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Well, as mentioned above, the CD case thing would cheapen it. Might as well give it to her in a wrinkled brown paper lunch bag.
Here's a quick idea I had. Yall take her out to a nice restaurant. Bring a camera. During dinner, tell your mom that you want to take their picture, and motion to dad to go stand behind her, but he's in on it, and puts the necklace around her neck when you're ready to take the pic. Be ready to take several in a row, so that you'll get her before, during, and after she's surprised. Then, she'll have those pictures to keep as a reminder of when she got it.
If you're going to have it presented in some sort of container, though, don't worry about the jewelry box not being enough. Chicks love those little padded boxes.
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[sarcasm]If we go this way I know an even better one: put the necklace in a bucket and fill it with concrete[/sarcasm]
Seriously try something better then the CD trick. How about this (if possible):
You fold the neklace away and put it under the same kind of foam a jeweler uses... then you lay the diamond on it so it looks like you bought a ring (make sure the neklace can easily get out though!). Then when she opens it she thinks it is a ring... but when the removes it from the box it appears to be a neklace.
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How about just putting the necklace in a box, but underneath the fuzzy display piece and then where the necklace should be you place 2 tickets to see your favorite sports team. That'll surprise her. And when all is said and done you and your Dad go to the game and your mom has the necklace.
Seriously, don't do the cd thing. Put yourself in your moms shoes and she'll be happy with the box. I think Auburns idea is great too, but that of course depends on how your mom reacts to surprises.
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