[pattye]

Hi Pearl_Dreams,

weren't quite sure what you wanted to do with them?

Exactly!! Not quite sure about adding some gemstones, but have some smaller pearls they look pretty awesome with, until I start playing with stringing---hard to tell--don't want to cut the impact of them in all their glory!
But I will post photos when finished, I promise!

[Pearl_dreams]

Have you ever thought of using wire to make them into drops, suspended from a gold or silver chain? It would let you space them out and would create a bigger look.

You could reserve some for earrings and even make a bracelet along the same lines with pearl charms dangling from the chain.

[pattye]

Great thought! I love the idea of movement too!

[Pearl_dreams]

For the necklace it would actually be an advantage that they're not so large-- they would lie relatively flat against your skin.

[Hanaleimom]

Hi Pearl_dreams,
Did you use Beadalon wire on the earring charms too?

[Pearl_dreams]

No, I used headpins-- sterling and gold filled. I clipped off the heads. But if you have wire you could use that instead.

The 49 ply Beadalon is too flexible and springy for that.

[Kaywal]

Wow-o-wow! Gorgeous and well done!

[Pearl_dreams]

Thanks, Kaywal!

I'm on a roll! I've spent the afternoon making an green apatite and silver beads necklace and matching earring charms.

Last night I took a silver figaro necklace I wasn't using and wire wrapped to it drops of odd, wrinkly baroque peach and lavender CFWP and drop-shaped dyed peacock CFWP and made matching silver earrings with the same peacock pearls.

And I still have a few other things I want to string this weekend! Pictures of everything to follow in another thread-- I'm overdue to post in the Lowly Beaders Club.

[barbie biggs]

[quote=Pearl_dreams;39528]Resistance is futile. She will be assimilated.

We're all assimilated. Yuk, yuk. But really...