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I am very new to this group and have a question. I know this has probably been asked before but where are you guys buying your pearls at...

I buy retail. I'm not a vendor. If you are a vendor and want to buy wholesale, you need to go to the jewelry shows in Hong Kong...

Thanks so much, Pella, MrGray and BWeaves! I was lucky enough to catch the Hula Dog two days in a row on this trip! Its name is Paki...

I love those feather pearl earrings. They are so beautiful. Your manicure matches perfectly.

JEG, those pearls glow in that light. Feather pearls for me today, from Kojima. It's so hard to capture the luster, color, and...

Thank you for the pics. I ordered the purple stick pearls

Just a thought, perhaps, after cleaning, take the best pearls to make a necklace and use a blue gemstone like apatite to coordinate and...

Long Potato, If you want to try bleaching, you might use hydrogen peroxide greatly diluted with distilled water. Perhaps test with just...

Possibly they are dyed by the person who owned it, since it looks so unprofessional. Maybe someone on this forum can tell what is the...

Those are beautiful and suit you so well!

I also really admire your collection Jeg.

Should try out the earrings if a pretty one catches your eye. I never seen them before. Or maybe they just never caught my eye until...

Fireballs come in the same colors are regular freshwater, which would include peach and lavender tones. I have a natural orange fireball...

I've seen fireballs at TJMaxx, and on their website. You need to be careful because some are better quality than others. Occasionally...

Went into tjmaxx today. Only had 10 mins to spare. Sorry I couldn’t take pictures but they had a few fireball strands with gold beads...