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Pam, Welcome!

If you like crafting and do it yourself projects, you might want to sort out the pearls that haven't peeled and restring them. Looks like it was a multi strand necklace? I agree...

Bebe,

That's a nice one! I've seen some cool little glass vials at the craft stores that could easily be made into a pendant holding your unique pearl! Great conversation piece!

PD, Yes, great point! I've often done that, even 1.5mm blackened silver. When you get down to 2mm size and smaller, the price is fairly reasonable.

The other thing I do when using wire is to...

Welcome, yes, more a novelty and a great story! No real dollar value.

Oh so lovely~you in your new pearls! I see the silver overtones also~

I strung on wire for years before learning to knot, the designer wire in 19 and mostly 49 ply that is nylon coated. That wire is strong, flexible and less likely to wear on the pearls.

That...

Rkas,

What an amazing necklace set Jeremy at Pearl Paradise put together for you! It is fabulous! Bet you get tons of compliments when you wear it, too!

Welcome, Jessie,

These pearls look very lustrous and can be loosely twisted together for a torsade and hooked with a pearl shortener, a popular look. (I'm guessing there are 3 separate strands...

Certainly a most interesting concept for a pearl ring~have you ever seen anything like this?

A great choice and lovely on you!

Beauties, for sure! WOW!! LOVE the deep, rich shades!!! Looking forward to seeing the high end Edison Pearls in person one of these days; wishing they fit my budget right now!

Melody, Karin and All,

With my apologies from veering away from the topic of this thread~

When questions about Akoya arise, I always refer to Elizabeth Strack, as I am no akoya expert either. ...

Ohhh, that is just delightful and wearable, Maiakity! Thank you for modeling, and I'm sure you will get tons of compliments and maybe some orders, too! Love the toggle and drop pendant! Aren't...

Lovely pearl, lovely finding! You can wear her with anything, and I agree it is fun to be able to see the pearl(s) we are wearing!

Jakki, What an amazing bride you will be in this dress!!!

Oh, what a fun project! I'm sure you'll be flooded with ideas here! What an amazing dress, just gorgeous and lovely ones for the...

For $3,000 you can purchase a pretty fabulous necklace (and probably earrings too, with choices from South Sea, Tahitian and natural color cultured freshwater pearls, perhaps get some input from GF,...

Wish Josh of Kamoka Pearls would weigh in here~

Isn't Tina gorgeous in pearls! Congrats, Wendy! She just needs to purchase some of her own!

Welcome, OmegaGrey,

Lots to discuss here! Can you give us a better photo of the dark pearls? What are the sizes of the necklaces? The white pearls show nice luster, but cannot tell much else...

Thank you very much, Hyun-Yoon Yoon.

Heavens, I don't even know what WOT rater is?

Karin, Lovely seeing you in your Kamoka and SS pearls again! Looking gorgeous, too!

Elisha, lots of amazing Kamoka Pearl viewing here: The fascinating Kamoka Pearls Story and check out the...

Elisha, Great, gorgeous earrings you have there! Bet you get lots of compliments!

Fascinating! Thanks so much, Sarah, for sharing~

Thank you so much, GemGeek! I hope someday you'll get your shop opened again, yes, I go over there and check every so often~oh, you thought I didn't know about it?? Tee Hee I want to see what...