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Lovely! I love the pairing of emeralds with the deep gold -- they look like deep yellow-orange pears...

Pattye, Caitlin, thanks so much :-) I really had fun putting together this rope. It was a real a-ha moment for me when I was browsing the 100" thread that I could make something spectacular with what I have on hand. Pearl Dreams, yes! Thank you! Your color-adjusted photo does capture the range...

Rather than further contaminate the 100" rope thread in this forum, I thought I would post my shorter-than-required rope in its own thread :-) I think 50-55" ropes are my sweet spot: long enough to double or even treble (if it's 55"). This is one I made after raiding my stash and pulled out all...

Oh my word, they are absolutely beautiful and your pictures are incredible. Thanks for sharing!

It is absolutely amazing re: Swarovski and Majorica -- My husband once proudly came home with a piece, that he was absolutely sure was *real*. I mean, given the price he paid, he naturally assumed that it was karat gold (and not base metal) and *real* pearls. Like Wendy, I wept quietly to myself...

I'm interested to hear about experiences with Argentium findings as well. In my hobbyist's experience, I've had truly mixed experiences with non-karat gold findings so that now I only use sterling silver on clasps (because it is easier to polish when tarnished, than spacer beads), and prefer...

No kidding. Just for kicks, I browsed Nordstrom and Tiffany's online for some comparison-price shopping and was completely floored by what I found. For instance, this rope. Albeit has a diamond clasp, but if you zoom in on it, the pearls are irregularly shaped. That said, having seen the...

Really beautiful, Johanna. You have a really nice collection! As a word of warning however, once you start stringing your own, it can be hard to stop...

Also if he is in the UK, maybe Wendy at Pearlesence? (I have probably spelled that wrong...)

Wow, stunning! Literally speechless... Thank you so much for sharing ;-)

Thanks, Sea Urchin! I had a lot of fun putting together the strand, and you're right, it's totally sherbet colors. The metallic luster really makes the colors pop and glow. The graduation wasn't perfect, but I think it worked out in the end, because it made the colors stand out a little bit...

This one is probably too short to qualify for this thread, but it's a rope! and here goes.... 7.5 - 8.0 mm freshwater pearls, endless strand graduated in color. A few of them are intensely metallic and it was really interesting as I was putting it together to see the range of colors for fwp...

LongBeach, these are beautiful pieces. Thank you so much for sharing.

Hi Pattye - Now that you mention it, I think I know the picture of the bracelet you're thinking of. I haven't seen that bracelet in person in his shop, though it seems like it would make a good set together! Unfortunately, by the time the pictures make it onto his website, I think most of the...

Yes, Daniel Spirer does very cool stuff with pearls and other gemstones. This was the first piece I've ever gotten from him, although I used to walk by his shop every day going to and from grad school classes (and press my nose up against the window to gawk at the beautiful and delicate items he...

Newberry and Lilliefuzzysocks: how funny! I *thought* that these pearls looked familiar! Thanks so much for leaving this strand behind ;-) I wore them around all morning and I'm just in love with how versatile the color is. Thanks for posting your photo here as well! I'd seen the pictures (like...

Ok, I'll admit, the pendant wasn't so much of a "consolation prize" as a straight-up prize. The consolation part was that I got it in October for a July birthday :-P I'm always happy to put in a plug for Daniel Spirer's work, and his website has a gallery of some of his work...

Pearl Dreams -- Thanks for the tip! I had strung a strand of similarly sized pearls on 50 lb. Power Pro and I *think* the knots are of comparable size, although Power Pro knots are so much tighter than silk knots, it's hard to be sure. I love the clasp that you have on your strand, and I think...

I always love looking at pictures of pearls that people have managed to collect, and they're so helpful in making purchasing decisions, so I'm posting my pictures here even though, as people have said time and again, that pictures don't do these color shift pearls justice. I think these are...

I wanted to highlight the beautiful work that one of our local independent jewelers does with pearls. Daniel Spirer in Cambridge, Massachusetts is almost as obsessed with pearls as I am and he always has a range of amazing pearl pieces that I never see in a typical B&M jeweler. A few months ago...