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That's what mabe' pearls look like. Mabe's are grown over a mold. After the pearl is harvested, the mold is removed from the nacre, and the nacre "cup" is filled with resin. Then a flat mother of pearl backing is applied.

Just home today, chilling with my ice cube necklaces earrings from Kojima. I used to think the earrings looked a bit like coral, but now I think they look like a jumping dolphin and a hammerhead shark.

First, thank you for the photo of Yuko wearing her 3 strand BBA choker with the obi ornament! I helped her pick out the pearls for that necklace on my Japan pearl trip, and it's wonderful to see the finished project. And yes, she is very stylish. 1. Do you own any Akoya pearls? Yes, lots...

Ombre' tin-cup of Kasumi pearl, freshwater pearls from China, South Sea pearls, and Tahitian pearls. Long tin-cup of Tahitian keshi and baroque pearls. From Kojima Pearl. Tahitian pearl earrings from Kamoka Pearl.

Pistachio Tahitian keshi tin-cup from Kojima. Mismatched baroque Tahitian earrings from Kamoka. Handwoven silk and wool blouse and shawl.

My copy is still in transit. It's supposed to arrive next Monday, grrrrr.

Wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us. What's the weather like in November there?

Mary-Contrary, that's a really cute redo. It's cold today in Florida, 30F. Tomorrow it will be 80F again, but this morning COLD. Little h earrings and pendant from Hisano and PP. Souffle' pearls stuffed with reclaimed topaz and tiny seed pearls.

I was about to mention the Sango pearls. The red coral nucleus shows through the white pearl nacre and makes the pearls look pink. It's a bit of a different pink than the regular pinking process which is when white pearls are dyed a pale pink to be the desirable color that most people expect...

Yes, I love those multistrand necklaces with the briolettes, too. I regret not buying one during the PP Live event. They even had ones with diamonds, and I couldn't make my finger buy them at the time, and now I regret it. They were gorgeous.

Rainbow hued Kasumi pearl from Kojima. Wire wrapped necklace of intensely golden SS keshi and tourmalines from Hisano at PP. Boring little tourmaline earrings, barely worth mentioning.

JEG, thank you for sharing photos of their shop and designs. They're gorgeous. I bought one of their necklaces during a PP Live event, and the quality of the pearls and stringing is amazing. In hindsight, I wish I'd bought more. It's probably good I wasn't in their shop. I would have...

Oh JEG, great photos! So much fun. I'm having flashbacks, haha. I can tell by the pearls exactly whose booths you were in, and that gives me great joy.

WOWZA! Pearl Dreams, those SS pearls are glorious. I love them. You're right. You do not wear those enough. Wear them more!

Visiting Dad today wearing Mom's pearls. Mom's akoya ring and ring pin. My freshwater drops from Kojima on my own huggies. Comparing my Hanadama studs to my baroque akoya necklace from PP. From a short distance, they match really well. Up close, the Hanadamas have a perfect surface...

Dyed pearls come in all colors. I have dyed freshies that are pale blue. They're not the same kind of blue as blue akoyas, but they are on the pale blue grey side. And, I have some dark, peacock colored, dyed freshies, too. I happen to love them all.

I have to share this photo. I'm not a cat person. This is my friend's cat. I recently corrupted her to the pearl side, and she's taking the Pearls As One course. She just bought some Tahitians from PP and Kojima, and here's the photo of the tin-cup she bought. Isn't he a glorious model!

Feeling the blues again today. Intensely blue baroque akoyas in a very large size 10-13.7 mm from Pearl Paradise Live event last month.

Also, to get back to the quality that Hanadama strands used to be, they now have several qualities higher than Hanadama, like Tennyo and Granpearl. But again, these are for strands, not single pearls. Single pearls for pendants were and are always a much higher quality that pearls that are...

The clasp is not a Mikimoto clasp. My mother took two strands of Mikimoto pearls and put a double strand clasp on them, so my mother's Miki's don't have a Mikimoto clasp, either. But she did have the Mikimoto serial numbers of the two strands that she kept in the box with the pearls...