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"I've never made jewelry before" Is he serious? :eek: That story was amazing! Although, I would liken that to someone saying "I've never cooked anything before but whipped up this little carmelized onion, morel mushroom, cheese and cream potato stack with a side of sliced steak on a smear...

:D Holy Moly!! Have you checked the price of gold lately? :eek: I checked a couple of weeks ago and it was hovering around $800. My last big 14K gold findings purchase was around the $700 mark. I was taking my time before reordering and looked today....and it's $859.25!!! :eek: I just...

Oh dear Lordy! Floaters? :confused: Backknot? :confused: Glued puppies? :eek: :p

In examining some pearl necklaces, especially some older strands, I've noted that the clasp is attached..not with the french wire method..but with the loop-through-the-ring method shown in these pictures. http://www.lots-of-pearls.com/winkel/index.cgi?page=04-Zelf_parels_knopen.htm I've...

HA! :p Actually reminds me of one my Daddy found in an oyster about 30 years ago. He brought it home to me and I kept it (I THINK)... *wanders off to root through old rock collection* I'll be accepting sealed bids if I do indeed find it. Opening bid is $25,000. :D

Aw now, Knotty.... Fess up... ;) It's really you who wants a pearl belly ring, isn't it? :D

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! :) I make a lot of bride and bridesmaid pearls and my own two cents would be to go with the freshadamas at pearlparadise. They offer the necklace at 16 inches...which hands down....is the choice the brides make when I'm designing their necklace. Is your...

Thank you so much for that info Gemgeek. Do you know where I can get some specifics about that lab? I've looked on GIA's site and the show site and can't find it. :)

Okay, I've read over the info yall listed about the show and I think I do want to go, but only for 2-3 days. Can someone here give me some advice on when that should be? A pearl lab?! Oh heavens above! When is that? :p And the best lecture? That too! And the DruzyDesigns! I'm...

I love the little gold accent between the pearls. Does anybody else find themselves as fixated on the way the piece was made as they are on the pearls themselves? :)

Oh no! :eek: I think I want to go! :eek: :eek: And it's so overwhelming! The Strack lecture looks great. What do yall bring to carry your purchases in? If I just came for the weekend would that be good? I have an extended California trip later that week, so a couple of days is the best...

I'd like to know this too. I haven't been to Tucson but would be interested in coming this year. For my business, I purchase from one particular supplier in Florida and I meet with him each summer. I'm up for some travel. Who all from here will be in Tucson?

How odd.....the editing button is missing. :confused: The photo covered up some of the words. What I said was that I like this necklace since it symbolizes the pearly gates of heaven and the keys to the kingdom Jesus gave us.

Patty, I posted the picture over in show your pearls. :)

This is the coin pearl/victorian keys necklace I did for myself. Sold several this week. I like how it's a witness to the gates of heaven which are described as large pearls and the keys, which Jesus said He gave to us. :) [/IMG]

I would also love to make something for myself. I hardly ever pause and make myself a 'purdy' so it'd be great to get a hold of something special. Jeremy, that's amazing about the UPS truck! That truck won't ever have such a rich booty! I live in a resort community where we have 80 miles...

Hi Sue. I bought this last gimp, which seemed to do well, from Fire Mountain. :) And the cool thing was....when I spoke with them about their gimp, they were very concerned about how it worked out and insisted I let them know if I wasn't thrilled with the performance. They said if it didn't do...

Thanks for the opinion, Knotty. I've been thinking about how the little gimpy thing is curved around and really, it would make sense that at some point, depending on the length cut, the coils would indeed have some separation. I'm sorry I've been so ding dang obsessive about this. I just...

Well, I could never get a close up of the parted coils, but someone else did in the show me your pearls forum. Take a look at this bracelet, at the close up of the clasp in pic 5 and 14, and you can see some parted coils on the gimp. So is this normal then...

Jeremy! There's a Christmas special? :eek: I haven't gotten it either! I've been looking forward to that email as much as getting pictures in the mail, hearing the UPS truck pull up, opening a refund check from the IRS, standing on the scales after a week of a tummy virus...:D