Recent content by Silvia_Bonvini

I agree the colours of the pearls are incredible... but how about the beach and the nature there??? I'm soooo envoius!! I want to go too!

Oh yes those are big :-) and very interesting as well, I don't think I saw any like those at the show. The weather was quite nice but I was hoping for warmer... it was still around 15-18 degrees. I think for the june and september shows should be really nice and warm, beach weather! I thought...

Fist ring attempt Fist ring attempt Thanks PearlSailor! I see from your profile you are interested in photography, so you have any tips for taking pictures of rings? Last night I made my first attempt ever to make a ring, i used the already drilled pearls to practice before I get the lovely...

Ash, thank you! I will post pics of what I end up doing with them :-) Bryan, you are right, the large whites are nucleated freshwaters. I learnt about the nucleated freshwater from PG and spoke about them with the other PG members when we met up for dinner, it was amazing seeing them the next...

It's my first time attaching pics so let's see if it works... These are some of the pearls I bought at the Hong Kong Jewellery Show last week, and wanted to share! I fell in love with all the little baroques, I got a little carried away... until the vendor got mad at me for picking all the...

Wow Josh, good pictures!! Nice to get updates and know you guys are well and were not affected by all that happened. Good luck for the rest of the trip!

Nerida, Mike, Jeremy and Josh, you made my Hong Kong trip a super-intense learning experience! I would really recommend any PGer to join, the company and the show itself are SO interesting. I had the best time hanging out with you all and was really inspired! It is incredible how many little...

Just got to Hong Kong and got a sim card, I'm in touch with Mikeyy and happy to meet up with other PGers! My number is 67350585 for who's here :-) Silvia

Looking forward to it!

But you know a lot about pearls! That's where the deal is ;-p

I have just read the thread from 2008 about going to Zhuji after actually messaging Nerida about it! So sad I am 3 years late, we could have gone to Zhuji together Nerida! I do realize the thread is from 3 years ago but I am sure there are other "new" people on the forum that like me have not...