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I’ve been consolidating my pearl collection recently (by gifting pieces to my mum and MIL mostly), as I found that I was reaching for the same pieces over and over again. So, please forgive me if my pearls are getting repetitive! 7mm drop natural white akoya peeking out under my turtleneck...

@Pearl Dreams what a great find! Unearthing hidden treasure is always so satisfying! Please can I ask some basic pearl/nacre questions: when you posted this photo, does this section show how thick the nacre is? Also, it looks hollow at the core but I thought we should be able to see the bead...

Oh my, I haven’t felt the itch to buy new pearls in a long time but you may have just unlocked a new wishlist item…! These are beautiful, and I bet they’re even better in the flesh!! Out of interest, have you ever strung highly saturated akoya together with light coloured Tahitians? I’m...

I love how your rare coloured akoya necklace is also “bubbly” with multiple sizes! Adds a lot of visual interest, and I can’t believe how saturated some of them are! Are they almost like light bodied Tahitians? But with even stronger luster?

When I took off my Tahitians before going to bed, I couldn’t help but notice how beautiful they were in the low light. So I put them back on and snapped a photo…

Intertwining a sun green nephrite 6mm beaded strand with 7mm drop akoya from Flower Jem

I like to wear pearls with rock’n’roll outfits, the contrast between ladylike elegance and edginess is fun! Semi-round 7-9ish T’s from Kobe and 9mm baroque blue akoya from Flower Jem when I visited Japan last year

This set in unbelievably beautiful @jeg ! I would love to see some Fiji pearls in real life in future too, the colours are gorgeous. You have such a good eye for creating these bubble strands too!

In case you haven’t seen them before, I use these spiral ring adjusters for rings that are too big, they’re pretty comfortable and easy to use! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ring-Adjuster-Snuggies-Silver-Polishing/dp/B075DWX8Q4

She looks amazing in that gorgeous dress! Thanks for sharing @ennui

Stacked my 7-8mm akoya drops with a jadeite Buddha for a matinee show today. Paired them with silver Tahitian keshi earrings and blue baroque akoya bracelet. Tagging @pattye as she inspired me to wear the bracelet! Glamour shot of the blue baroque akoya:

Thanks @pattye ! Ahh you’ve reminded me that I should wear the baroque blues again… I tend to reach for necklaces almost all the time now, probably because I don’t like to wear pearls as a bracelet (partly because I’m clumsy but partly because we have two young kids at home). But I definitely...

Thanks for your kind words and congrats on your blue akoya, they’re a beautiful shape! If you’d like to learn more about akoya and blue baroque akoya especially, I’d highly recommend Flower Jem’s website. He writes beautiful, informative, detailed articles about the pearls he works with in his...

@BWeaves this is the best thing I’ve read in a long time! Thank you for meticulously documenting everything, and also for your incredible sense of humour. I chuckled so much along the way. I also love your new blue baroque akoya ring - hope to see more of it on the Show Me thread!

Here are my soufflé Tahitians (+ 3 WSS) x silver chain half-half necklace. Hand picked these T’s from General Pearl in Tokyo when I was there last year (and WSS left over from shortening a strand of SS).

@jeg your blues are so gorgeous and special! Wore my strand of tiny drop T’s today. The overtones on them aren’t strong (they’re green) so they look uniformly grey here. They’re 7.3-7.8mm if I remember correctly!

Lovely! And ooh does the GSS have a story behind it?

Yesss there’s something about dark pearls set in WG - very alluring and mysterious! Wore my SS silver/blue boulders today. They are the strand that took me many, many attempts to find as I wanted the pearls to be boulder-like in shape rather than round, circle, drop shaped or with tails.

Fascinating stuff, thank you!

Enjoying how my lustrous baroque akoya on blue string elevates a casual outfit. Pearls from Flower Jem on instagram, and I collected them from him in person when I visited Japan.