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YAY! Ladies, thank you, THANK YOU for your kind words! They mean a world to me - still pretty new to pearls and VERY new to stringing :) I enjoy it so much, I am eyeing my freshly restrung necklaces to do it again just for fun and practice :) BW, I LOVE your choices! The Amethyst is to die for...

thank you, BW! Yea, to find a beautiful and not so common clasp is a challenge, as you know too well. I used my Tasaki clasp.

Thank you, 86C! The smallest is 8.5+ to the biggest 14.5mm. The total length is 60" w/a clasp (18K). No, it was not from Cees, it is mine :). I combined 3 necklaces I got from Tasaki, Belpearl and Tara Pearls over the time. I tried to juxtapose the similar colors on both sides as much as I...

I work with a task lamp and reading glasses and no, don't want to see 'em any closer :D Speaking of Sky. I just made this rope with Sky. Would probably use Storm if I had it in the right size, or Navy if I had it. Time to stock up :) My sis is modeling them for me. please ignore a simple tee...

thank you, HH! :)

I broke them when I tried to force a needle with 4 threads of B.S. #30 through them. That is when I gave up and returned to a tricky Japanese thread. I'd say I am learning from my mistakes, lol. Hopefully, I will remember I made them and won't repeat them the next time :D Yeah, 36". My first...

you know I am coming back, right? I NEED the whole spools! And needles. Yes, needles. I am boasting with projects. Turquoise and Ts are waiting. :D

LOL, Katbarn, I know, RIGHT?! But I was dying to get a blue Akoya baroque rope, so I rushed head first right in, once I had the supplies! :)))

Thank you, CBP! :) Yeah, it was much longer than I expected but mostly because I struggle with a loooooooooooooong kinky strand at the beginning. I think I restarted it 10 times or more! I also broke quete a few of needles. With hessonites, that I had on hand were no problems, but since it the...

THANK YOU, Marianne, Pattye, and BW! I still think it is my inexpereinced hands that makes it dificult to deal with Gunze, since so many real professionals swore by it. But I guess for an ocasional stringer as I am the B.S should be it, especially with an abundance of colors it offers and the...

Hello Pearl People, my favorite crowd! First is my question. I know everybody likes Beaders Secret and I do too! Thanks to Pattye I have it and love it! But for my first ever stringing projects I chose to use Japanese GPT thread from Gunze brand. I know Sarah from Kojima uses it for ages and my...

THANK YOU, Ladies! I am absolutelly floored to see what tourned out of unwanted ring and a wonderful pearl. Elena's jeweler just nailed it - the proportion and scale. Now... what to dream of next :D

Long time no see! I was pretty busy learning to sting and having fun with different kinds of techniques. I'll share my "creations" soon. But for now, I can't resist!! I got these pictures from my Moscovian friend and can't wait to try it out in real life! My new ring with 12.5mm Jewelmer pearl...

Thank you, Marianne! I am very happy I found an AMAZING manicurist, so I am having a little bit of fun :) :)

thank you, Ladies :) I am very much into blue Akoya these days. Akoya ring 10.5mm from Cees and Madama strand from Yokota Pearls (not strung yet)

Trying to make more true colors pix. Blues are HARD! A project in a pipeline. 36" Kojima strand plus 16" transport hank from pearl society. Waiting for more to create a looooong rope of 8.5-9.5mm blue baroque Akoya. And another Akoya silvery gray. From Cees

Thank you, Ladies :)

Thank you, BW! yes, they are too bright and blues are so hard to capture rightly. I will try a different light. I usually take pix in the early afternoon and we have plenty of son here in CA, if there is an overcast, it is in the morning when the light is too blue to show true colors of pearls...

A-MAH-ZING! What a lucky gal :)

Trying the new type of background. Now I need to play with natural sunlight. What time is the best to snap pix of pearls? I do have a lightbox (two even), but I hate how pearls usually look in lightboxes. Kind of dead. so here are my tries Tara Pearls Tahitian baroque Kojima blue Akoya...