[elisa]

if you don't mind me asking, which multicolored necklace did you order (they seem to post multiples of each style) ? after reading a couple of positive reviews of apex pearls in a different thread, I ordered a strand of their 8-9mm multicolored pearls, hoping for something pretty but not perfect. it won't be arriving for while yet, but when it does i'll be sure to chime in with my impression of the necklace. it sounds like they are a bit hit or miss... i'm hoping i luck out.

[mysydney]

Originally Posted by elisa

if you don't mind me asking, which multicolored necklace did you order (they seem to post multiples of each style) ? after reading a couple of positive reviews of apex pearls in a different thread, I ordered a strand of their 8-9mm multicolored pearls, hoping for something pretty but not perfect. it won't be arriving for while yet, but when it does i'll be sure to chime in with my impression of the necklace. it sounds like they are a bit hit or miss... i'm hoping i luck out.

I bought the one you mentioned. If you don't examine the pearls too closely, the necklace looks nice. However, on close inspection they are not nearly flawless as claimed. I accepted what Jerry said, that our expectations differed.

[Pearl_dreams]

The colors in their photo of the 8-9mm strand are very nice. This is no doubt a representative photo, but did you find the colors in your strand to be as vivid and varied as those in the photo?

[mysydney]

Originally Posted by Pearl_dreams

The colors in their photo of the 8-9mm strand are very nice. This is no doubt a representative photo, but did you find the colors in your strand to be as vivid and varied as those in the photo?

Yes, the photo did look very nice with deep and vivid colours. The ones I received were light pink, light lavender and cream - no deep or dark colour shades as shown in the photo. Thus, I was disappointed.

[mysydney]

We have now returned from the US and hubby bought a pearl pendant from Pearl Paridise in LA for my birthday. I want to post 2 photos to show what we bought, but could not upload them - rejected to due large file sizes.

At PP's office we said hello to Jeremy and were looked after by Kirsten. We selected a Golden South Sea pearl and chose the necklace. Kirsten then made up the pendant.

If someone could give me some hint as how to make the photo files (2) smaller, then I would try to upload them again. Thanks.

[jerin]

Hi Mysydney,

Quote: You can compress your images. I open the images up with Microsoft Office Picture Manager and then resize and compress. This way you can actually put larger pictures on the forum. Quote

Filetype: jpg
Max width: 620 pixels
Max Height: 400 pixels

Part of quote: mikehrz 29 september 2005:
You can attach images to your posts, but the size is limited. A good photo host is www.photobucket.com. You can open a free account there, upload your pics, then provide a link to your pic. The max file size at Photobucket is 250 kg with a free account, which should be plenty big enough. They also allow "hotlinking", which means that your pic will show up in your post, but it is still stored on the photobucket server. Not all free photo hosts allow this.Quote.

Hope that helps a bit.

[mysydney]

Thanks, jerin. I have followed your advice and instructions, and managed to upload 3 photos. Hope they look OK.

Forgot to mention that when we were at Pearl Paradise, a forumite suggested in an earlier post that I should bring all my pearls to ask PP if they were real or faked. I did the tooth test and found one out of 3 I bought from airline duty free was real and 2 were fake. These were confirmed by Kirsten at PP. The real one was fresh water and had very poor dye.

The 2 strands (a multi-colour fresh water and a so-called Tahitian - not so, but poorly dyed fresh water) I bought from ebay, although low quality, were real. So, I guess that was an eye opener!

Glad that we stopped by PP to choose the GSS pearl for my pendant. Hubby said it was my birthday, anniversary and Christmas gifts all rolled into one!

When we were at PP, I noticed that Jeremy was wearing one of those baroque Tahitian pearl on a leather necklace and it did look very nice (like the photo of Pierce Brosnan in Vanity).

Postscript: When I was at Church on Sunday, I noticed a friend (my age) also wearing a GSS pearl pendant (same size, but different necklace design)! Then we were invited to lunch at another friend's place, and she brought out a white SS pearl pendant from Paspaley which her husband gave her last November for her birthday. It was a little larger than mine, but I noticed there was a small imperfection on it.

[Nerida]

Oh my! Your pendant is spectacular! Well done, you have a very beautiful piece there....

What size is the GSS?

[jerin]

Hi Mysydney

and thank you for very nice photos. The pearl does look very nice. Is it 10-11 mm?

[Pearl_dreams]

What a beautiful pearl!

[mysydney]

Thanks for your compliments! Credit to Kirsten at PP for her assistance.

The size of the GSS pearl is 12.75mm. It is larger than the standard offered by PP, hence the higher price than listed on their website.

[jerin]

Originally Posted by mysydney

Thanks for your compliments! Credit to Kirsten at PP for her assistance.

The size of the GSS pearl is 12.75mm. It is larger than the standard offered by PP, hence the higher price than listed on their website.

Exactly the RIGHT SIZE in my opinion! Beautiful!

[pearllove]

Your pendant is beautiful! It's simple, elegant and modern. It looks gorgeous on your neck.

[pattye]

Hi Mysydney,

That is Perfection!

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[GemGeek]

Originally Posted by pattye

Hi Mysydney,

That is Perfection!

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

I agree. It's like dangling sunshine!