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yes, yes we do, that is why we are here! LOL! i think i shall have to go park myself on the kong pearls page for my lunch hour...everyone's photos have got me wishing for (yet another) precioussssss....

thank you for sharing! I also swoon at the peacocks, at all of the pearls, really. someday i'd love to live on the other side of the world for a while, just to make it easier to travel to all the gem shows, pearl farms, etc. :)

...and now that the thread is started, i will gradually add to it! i am slow here at the beginning, as i have only been back for 3 days and i am still JET LAGGED (as are my husband and 3rd grade son, who went with me). i will begin with just a tease... ...of pearls, of course! i only got to...

oooohhhh those are nice!

oh wow, the jeweler featured in that article has some great items featuring natural river pearls! www.katuradesign.com

love the lavenders! i don't know if i like them better when they are icy pink, or with the green overtones, or a rich and full almost blue-purple...i just love them all. i need to snap some snaps of mine, i don't do that often enough. thanks for sharing, all!!

the big trip is just weeks away now - i am so excited! bought new (functional and light) luggage, already having dreams and nightmares about packing, etc. just about time!!! plus, craziness, i found out a friend of a friend from my hometown LIVES there! we'll be right close to her, so we...

OMG! Just a masterpiece! i know you and that bracelet will be BFFs for a long time, Red. :) JUST perfection!

that is gorgeous! i love the fat white pearls - and especially love the leaf. very well done. :)

Kay, your pearls are truly inspiring!

lmgarden, those are going to be gorgeous! how fun to get to go back and play some more with all the Fijis...and all the others! :) beautiful garnets, can't wait to see the finished pieces!

it's a deal! and i'll bring home something awesome....and a zillion photos of everything i had to leave behind! :)

overall, i think my favorite fiji pearls of the stash sent to Pearl Paradise were the brown/silver bicolor pearls! if i'd had the $ at the time, i would have collected them all (ok i did that part...and then had to let them go) and had a necklace made of them, hanging vertically from a chain...

oh Red, i have no words! those are just SOOOO wonderful! and encompassing some of my favorite pearls from the PP Fiji haul! LOVELY! enjoy!! (and if we're ever together again in person, i ask that you lend them to me for 1/2 hour or so just so i can sit and admire them up close! supervised...

oh i do love the quahog pearls. someday i will have a pretty little one of my own. until then i have pearl-guide and pinterest. :p this one was on ebay for, like, ever, i wonder if it actually sold: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/249738741809506998/

wow, MSC your pipis are gorgeous! and i can't think of a better place to wear pearls than on a trip to a gorgeous naturally shady forest - best light for pearls! :)

i love how you're proving how versatile a pearl choker with a cameo can be... love how you're dressing the necklace!

Sokie, your pearls are outstanding! such great colors and so well matched into a strand! i know you will enjoy these. :) you might practice on a strand of beads before trying the knotting on your pearls - i know the trickiest part of pearl knotting for me is always finishing up the necklace...

the pearl and the setting are beautiful! i, too, would love more photos of the ring showing off more of the setting from the side - it is just lovely! what a wonderful keepsake.

oh BW you look amazing in those pearls, love the Starry Mantle! perfect combo for a chilly evening! DKan i cannot believe those two rings together, they are so gorgeous! simply perfect settings for each of those pearls!