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Congratulations on a wonderful birthday. Thanks so much for sharing your story and pictures.

Thanks cmd, and Lisa. I agree that they can look even better than in the glamour shot. They appear different in different light. A bluish souffle would look great in white gold or rose gold. Light blue doesn't go well against my skin tone, otherwise I would order another set to match with...

And here are the neck and head shots. The orient is more apparent in person. As you can see, the colors are not as crisp in these pictures. Even the rose gold looks dead. The poor quality is because these pictures were taken in my bathroom with fluorescent lights. I needed a mirror to...

As promised, here are real world shots in natural light, indoors. The first picture is the front, the second is the back of the pearls in a white paper box. The first shot shows what a great job the vendor did in matching these. (I picked the main stone...I mean pearl haha, but he picked the...

I can't venture to guess why the specific said they "hated" akoyas because I am familiar with the situation. Is it a fleeting thought, or a true dislike that is difficult to overcome? Akoyas have a special place among pearls as a kind of standard; if one does not have them, they can difficult...

Just give it time. I didn't get into this until my early 30s :)

Thanks, Pearl Dreams. Wait a second, you have a color shifting strand? I don't even know what that means. Do you have photos somewhere?

Pearl Dreams, that is such a big help. Thank you for taking more pictures. I am going back to liking round pearls. Alas, I will have to take some time and think because I change my mind every day about this purchase. I am a long time PSer so I have been posting more things over there. Is...

I love those rings. I like how your marrying some of the styles associated with faceted gemstones to pearls.

I posted this already over in another forum, but I got these for Valentine's

Lovely set!

Congratulations on the resourceful pendant setting.

That is a stunning piece of jewelry.

Red, I was just reading about your time at Ruckus over on PS. Congratulations on the beautiful setting. I am a colored gemstone collector, and I love that you used spinels.

Thanks JerseyPearl and hanadama. Lisa, I've been trying to figure out my next purchase. I thought it would be some Edisons, or ripples, but I ended up buying a multicolor strand of Tahitians from PP. I posted a picture of my strand over in the Tahitian forum, and also on PS. The PS write-up...

The pistachio pearls definitely stand out. Hisano mentioned that to be that they are rare, which I did not know. I have never seen them before this visit. I think a multi strand like this is great as a first strand purchase to live with the different colors. At some point, I will invest in...

Thanks, DK, LisaC, CathyKeshi, GemGeek, Marianne, Newbury, kelluvpearls, Katbran, BAS, and JerseyPearl. I wrote a longer thread over in PS, with more pictures of this strand, and some couple of other strands that I did not pick. I also posted a picture of a stunning (but smallish) peacock...

Thank you, Tucs, Katbran, lisaC, Jacques, kelluvpearls, BAS, GemGeek, CathyKeshi, PattyE, Pearl Technologies, Happy Huku, pkinnew, an Newbury. I have not worn them yet. Lisa, I am not yet sure what I like in pearls. I generally gravitate pearls that have an extreme quality in color, overtone...

I had the privilege to visit Pearl Paradise this past Thursday, March 26th, and meet the lovely Hisano. I ended up purchasing a strand of oval multi-color Tahitians. Thank you to PG posters for your help in educating me about Tahitians. I started another thread here on PG about hunting for...

I want to thank everyone on Pearl-Guide. Without you, I wouldn't have found my way to souffles. This is the first step in my pearl collection. Next week I will be out visiting PP for a strand of Tahitians!