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I went to The Ruckus last year, and enjoyed it so much ... highlights being the beatific divan on which I reposed by open french doors to one of the balconies, the informational presentations, seeing so many pearls of high repute, my first crush on Sea of Cortez pearls, my first boggling &...

Love the project! And love the concentration of different solutions. I've used the 49 strand flexible wire for stones, because of the sharpness & abrasion issues. I ran the wire through a crimp, through gimp, through the clasp, back through the crimp, then crimped & covered the crimp with a...

I love the historical allusion, the high-contrast knotting, the lapis clasp (I hope you made that because I am admiring you no end for doing so), and especially the freedom of idea the piece exemplifies. Cheers!

Pattye, I am so happy for the gift tickets you received! CathyKeishi, I too admire your technique, and think you should immediately be snapped up by the Foreign Office and replace one (or more) of our diplomats. Good Luck to all!

Oh I love them too, Naan, they are really yummy - from one green-eyed person to another. I also admire your samovar, and the woodland setting for it. You are making me think of my ancestors though I am pretty sure none of them wore their pearls while hunting mushrooms and picking berries in the...

Yes! Here's to scruff and pearls together! And anything and pearls together. Cheers! Elizabeth

Perhaps the silver fabric expanse is a good foil to the Silly Hat. Not that I think it's silly. I find it much preferable to the staid if not frumpy hats favored by HMQE2. Also, one might hope the Silver Expanse is relieved or balanced by the lower unpictured part of the outfit. And...

Love the pics, love the pearls, and love the way the string of pics helps inform my eye. Elizabeth

PearlLVR, the pearl holes are already big enough. The 2mm white gold rounds and the aquamarines are too small, and can't be enlarged without damage or risk of breakage. But thanks for the suggestion.

I took out my aquamarine-white gold-nothing pearl strand yesterday and stared at it. (The one that started the Stash Bash.) I was overwhelmed by indecision on what to use for final stringing. The hole sizes are so different from each other. The knots don't stay placed because of the varying hole...

I second the motion: nominating you for Greek Goddess. The teardrop bars may have given you fits, but they shift up the entire tone of the piece, IMO. And also I'm sticking in my 2cents on school math - very useful to people who do actual-world things, figuring them out from scratch, whether...

That green pearl is so entrancing, one could fall right inside it and be lost for good... Elizabeth

Oh I so approve, like you needed approval.... Cheers! That's icy vodka, bottoms up! Elizabeth

I rarely like to use this word: it either seems too self-conscious or else too fawning (envisioning Sm?agol) but.... Lady Disdain that is Precious.

You're welcome, lisa c! And now I have moved on to 2 threads and a needle, for variety and range. Each method has its points.

*agree* Elizabeth

BAS, your family shots are endearing. Especially the mother-daughter neck shot. Thanks for posting.

Wow. I mean, Wow. Wow.

Thank you for your consideration, CathyKeishi. But I am not possessive about this thread.

Katbran, et al, Temporarily distracted by out-of-state family visit to Ancient Parents, and visit of great niece, also thinking I would be going in person momentarily to big-city jewelry supply (which didn't happen) and so resigning myself to ordering parts by phone. Please stand by. Caitlin, I...