I'm going to a memorial for a weaving friend's husband today, so I'm wearing a little black dress and white pearls. Mikimoto earrings. My first akoya pearl rope from 1982. My natural white Hanadama rope from Pearl Paradise. Mixed tin-cup of white South Sea pearls, non-bead nucleated freshwater pearls, and small akoya keshi from Kojima Pearl. Mom's akoya ring.
A word about clasps. My two akoya ropes are very good quality pearls, but I cheaped out on the clasps because I wanted to put my money into the pearls. The older, shorter rope has a gold plated clasp with CZs. The Hanadama rope has a white gold clasp with CZs. They sparkle like diamonds and nobody knows the difference except for me.
OOOOO, new pearl earrings from OceanRhyme. I love my white and golden South Sea and Tahitian double drop earrings from OceanRhyme, so I asked Julia if she could make me some blue baroque akoya and Tahitian double drop earrings in a similar look. The colors are even stronger in real life, and the luster is fantastic.