My pearls

[Charlotta]

Today I made a tincup out of some of my remaining greenish south sea pearls from Kongspearl. I put the middle pearl on a lobsterclasp so that I can exchange it.


With my alligator Thomas Sabo charm.

I then made a bunch of pearlcharms with lobsterclasps. This one is a tahitian pearl, the biggest one from the baroque tahitians I bought from Cees.

With the charms I made and the alligator.

And without alligator.

With my greenish strand.


The alligator charm is a favorite of mine. I often wear it on a silver chain, especially in the summer when it's sometimes to hot to wear strands.

 

[lisa c]

Oh how wonderful!

 

[amti]

I love those green ssps, esp the tin cup! I bought an entire spool of Ivory BS from Pattye a few years ago and use it often, for things other than pearls!

 

[Katbran]

Wow you have been a busy bee !! They all look wonderful and the pale green SS are gorgeous !

 

[Charlotta]

Thank you lisa c, amti and Katbran. I am thinking of buying a big spool of Beaders secret in ivory, since I'm always out of it. I have also finished one in taupe and almost one of fog, forest and navy so those are also on stuck in custom. They will be released, I have paid the taxes on them, but sometimes the custom together with the swedish postal service holds the for a week after taxes being paid. They aren't really fast. Ordered needles to, I always manage to break them.
I love my new tincup. It's great when it's to hot to wear strands, even though I wear them all year around.

 

[Marianne]

These are all so very lovely!!!

 

[Charlotta]

Thank you Marianne. My eyes and hands don't like me today, as always when I wirewrap for hours. I always tell myself that I will stop after an hour, then I end up finishing the whole necklace and some more. Also forgot about lunch and a very late dinner as well. Not-husband was also busy renovating a room upstairs so he didn't even notice about lunch. We are making a library in one of the rooms upstairs, since we both love books. Since the children moved away from home we don't really use the upstairs rooms. Not-husband had of course proffesional help from kitten...She help me to with the greenish pearls. I arranged them, she hit them with her paw. I told her that she was a bad kitten, she hit them again. Then she had to go help not-husband... He was trilled of course since he had broken up the floor...

 

[Red]

Love the kitten stories, Charlotta, in addition to the pearl adventures, of course.

I should let you know that, thanks to you, I have taken to calling our daughter's partner my not-son-in-law. People laugh, because it isn't a term they have heard before, but they also immediately understand their relationship. Thank you.

 

[Charlotta]

Red, thats so funny. I call him my not-husband because we aren't married. I have been married tvice before and he one time. I don't feel thats something we have to do. And in sweden usually not frowned upon. Calling him partner seems wierd, don't know why so not-husband it is.

 

[Abi]

Such lovely pieces!

 

[Charlotta]

Thank you Abi.

 

[86Corvettegirl]

Beautiful work, Charlotta! I love the tin cup. They're great when it's too hot to wear a full strand. You have been very busy with your pearls! Your kitten story reminds me of when my oldest Rottweiler was a puppy & would "help" with the laundry. I would be putting items in the dryer & she would take them out & pile them on the floor. At 10 yrs old, she will still help with the laundry but now she will pick up a piece from the basket & hold it for me to put in the washer.

 

[Charlotta]

86Corvettegirl, so there might be hope for kitten yet. Maybe she will be less destructive when grown. I have never had a kitten this wild before though, but she is so very funny mostly we forgive her.

 

[86Corvettegirl]

There's always hope. She will probably calm down when she gets older but will likely still be playful. At least she's not trying to eat your pearls.

 

[Charlotta]

Well she did steal some loose pearls and bounced them on the floor in the middle of the night. It was the smelly freshwater keshis that I was airing out. Had to get up and save them. On the other hand she did find a tiny akoya that I dropped and couldn't find.

 

[Charlotta]

Took some photos of all my tincups.

From the right : greenish south seas, white baroque south seas, drop tahitians, baroque circled slightly bigger tahitians and lastly 2 tincups with smaller greener circled tahitians.


The last one is my practice tincup. The very first. I found it yesterday. I used my worst south sea pearls and tahitians. The south sea pearl have white spots and the tahitians are very blemished. I started in one end with white south seas, when I didn't have any more i continued with the tahitians. It have sort of an ombre effect.

It looks better in the lightbox than it does in real life. I don't ever wear this one.

 

[86Corvettegirl]

Loving those tin cups!!!

 

[Marianne]

I know what you mean about wrapper's fatigue, Charlotta! So hard to quit when you are on a roll. A handy man not-husband sounds ideal

 

[Charlotta]

Thank you 86Corvettegirl and Marianne. Yes Marianne, a handyman is ideal, though he sort of ruined dinner today when I was late from work. I am trying to save the food. Guess you cannot get everything.

 

[Gemandpearlover]

I love your tin cups Charlotta- they are beautiful. I would definitely wear your practice tin-cups. They would be the perfect summer pearls for me when I am enjoying nature's beauty that is made perfect by not being perfect.