Recent content by Cecaelia

Oh my goodness, that gold one is absolutely stunning!! I am drooling over here.

Thank you, you ladies are too kind and encouraging. Beader's Secret and those nifty threading needles are definitely on my to-buy list! The hard part is whittling down what colors are must have! I also saw Pearl Dreams' recommending ThreadZap somewhere on this subforum -- I wish I had known such...

Oh boy, where do I start... So I decided against my better judgment to make a lil pearl anklet for practice, using some cheapie pearls I bought off of ebay a while back. (http://m.ebay.com/itm/391709920558 these, to be exact. Not sure if they're actually biwa pearls or not, but I sure hope they...

Lil' Fuzzy Socks, thank you! I am REELING from that picture!! Whaaa? Those are Lake Biwa pearls? I've never seen such a uniform strand! I'm surprised they can do that without a bead nucleus! I'll definitely ask her, but I'm gonna have to definitely save up my moolah, which I just spent on pearl...

Thank you Pearl Dreams! Baroque Akoya!!!! That makes SO much more sense now. Thank you! I love baroque anything as well, though uniform rounds are impressive too. I just received a pair of real kasumis from kojima that I don't know what I'll do with -- just had to have em! Thanks for the guide...

Hi all! Nice to meet you :) Newbie here, so warning for mistaken use of terminology! I have this string of pearls that I were told were vintage 1970's stock Lake Biwa pearls. They're baroque, cream to light peach colored, and have a rainbow iridescence which I think is on the body (overtone?)...