[Raisondetre]

I totally agree. Boo is Faboo! I still can't figure out how she swapped pearls for the original beads ... I'd make a total mess out of it.

[Caitlin]

She bought Coldwater Creek thong sandals with tops of mesh. Then she wove the pearls into place with metal link work. They are faboo!

[knotty panda]

I can't do this. I've got the get ready for Fay. But here I go! Looks like she attached two lengths of chain with fishing line maybe? Then took headpins and wove them through the chain to secure the pearls ending with a wrapped loop. THEN she looped on the fringe pearls!

Ok, here comes the groner ... NO SMALL FEAT! Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[Heidi]

*groan*

Even with that, I laughed. Great minds think alike? Maybe???

[Caitlin]

Hi
Aaargh!

You are right knotty. Even though the fishing line is not in this photo. Wazzup? You get some too?

The two pieces of chain are attached by little loops of monofiliment line which run through between the chain and the mesh all the way to the other end anchoring the chain. It looks like security.

Then a head pin with a pearl on each side of of the chains begins the pearl work. The head is in the top pearl then two chains then a pearl on the bottom with a loop. At the bottom is the third pearl with a short head pin with a loop and the two loops are joined, so the bottom pearl is free to swing. She did five of those going to the center, then started adding pearls between the two chains- a lot of them purple.

Ones kind of similar to this go for $85 and up, in the online shoe stores. These are prettier and a lot more work to make.

[Caitlin]

LINK How about a broom with pearls and gems?

Love is a Charm of Powerful Trouble (2008). Picture courtesy of the artist

[pattye]

Speaking of the Fab-Boo, she hasn't been around lately, anyone have an update? You can pm me if you prefer---

[gemologist]

I like how all the precious gemstones just looks like drops of paint, that's really cool.

I am working on an exfoliating hydrating soap today, using crushed pearls, shea butter, coconut oil and a secret ingredient, Purpurite. It is waiting to get cut into bars, once that is done, it gets some wax drizzled over it and a whole pearl on top of that before packaging.

[Caitlin]

You appear to be more than a gemologist! How do you plan to sell those? They sound very fancy.

[pattye]

Caitlin,

How about a broom with pearls and gems?

I'm almost speachless!!

[gemologist]

Ok, this is the first batch ever (hopefully, I hate it when I see that my ideas have been around for a while and I am not as original as I think I am) Of Crushed roasted Pearl Shea butter and coconut oil hydrating exfoliating soap.



It's so expensive to make I wonder if there is a market for it. Anyways, this is my first attempt at a high-end soap, and I tried some out this morning and your not going to believe how much I like it already (no, really, because you probably think I'm just trying to sell the stuff)

It got me squeeky-clean and my skin still feels soft from the shea butter.

I actually made two batches, but after a test run, I decided that it needed more exfoliant, so I doubled the amount of crushed pearls.

I did everything myself for this one, roasted and crushed the pearls, sifted them so they were more or less uniform in size of powder particulate, mixed in pure shea butter, crushed the purpurite, added in cosmetic Titanium Dioxide powder and orange oil and hand mixed the soap as it cooled to ensure that the pearl powder was uniform in the soap.

They are currently curing on the back portch before I package them up and decide how I want to sell them (I may just keep the stuff myself and sell the recipie instead, who knows)

Next up, textiles!

[pattye]

Roasted and crushed pearls, better with butter!!!! LOL Sounds wonderful!! You are extremely creative gemologist!

[Caitlin]

Now you have to do a sunscreen with the titanium dioxide, and a little zinc oxide with the shea butter and coconut oil. And the purpurite. (I think they use that in the powered mineral makeup) This would be a non-chemically active physical barrier to both UVA & UVB rays.

[Mandy]

I'll take a chunk of your soap I loooove trying out new soaps and perfumes, hehe.

[Amrita]

Wow, you are amazingly creative Gemologist! And hardworking too!