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You see, I have a cousin who delights in giving people t-shirts with funny or interesting sayings...

Some lovely freshwater pearls. I had to keep them in a box when I wasn't working on them because Oreo (the bad kitten!) kept dragging them around. She seems fascinated by certain strands of pearls,...

Thank you all! Now I have a stone called K2, named after the mountain in the area it was found:
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That is a breathtaking pearl! Works well with the fwps.

I saw these, or similar ones labeled "freshwater akoya" and messaged the shop owner to ask what they were. She replied:

hi, is freshwater pearl, used same culture technology as akoya , have...

Masik, I am so sorry to hear all this! No wonder you are feeling sick... reading it, I am not feeling frightfully well myself. You are doing the only thing you can: letting everyone know what...

Those are lovely! What size are they, and where did you get them? Beautiful colors!

Thank you, Douglas and Pattye! The desert rose jasper was listed as coming from Mexico. It is a fascinating stone. I'm adding a close up picture, to see the marvelous patterns:
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I used the #20...

Thank you! And now Desert Rose Jasper:
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That looks very interesting... thanks Douglas! I ordered a copy.

Here is something I hadn't seen before: lavender moonstone, strung with regular moonstone:
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Both the akoya keshi and today's sample (amethyst and citrine) were done on 10# power pro. That is almost the smallest thread I have, and the drill holes were tiny. I ruined several fine needles in...

Wow, lovely pearls! Where did you find the carved octopuses? They are amazing.

I do the latter! I see a strand I can't resist, and wait until I find what I want to put with them. Although, sometimes I have ideas ahead of time, like the pyrites and amethysts, but the purple and...

Opa? I thought that was Dutch (according to my husband who is Dutch)? What languages do you speak/read, Douglas? I learned French in high school, Russian in college, and German in graduate school,...

We look forward to seeing them!

It's a beautiful ring, and a wonderful design with the small diamonds. But I know how you feel -- when I get something for myself for christmas, my husband takes it away and wraps it, and I have to...

That is a WOW!

To share my cortez naturals, that I got from Druzy Design. Yes, they are tiny! The wire wrapping was done by Iris, at Antiqua (10922 W Pico Blvd, right near PP!):
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Here are some pyrite beads and amethyst nuggets, a challenge because the pyrite beads had very large holes, which swallowed the knots:
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Thanksgiving pearls: goldens and my Lil Bub shirt!
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Very lovely... thank you, Douglas! More tomorrow?

Pictures, Douglas! Pictures!

Lovely goldens; beautiful pictures!

Thank you, everyone! I got some nice akoyas from Kong's Pearl, and couldn't figure out how to string them. Then I got some Ethiopian opal beads, and that was that:
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And a close up:
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That's a nice looking bracelet. I, too, look forward to more. For what it is worth, I've been wearing pearls (and other jewelry) with t-shirts and sweat-style pants. Sometimes my husband and daughter...