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Thanks Pattye! That sprang sweater is a bit short in the front, but it looks like lapels, so I'm pretending it was meant to look like that. The new sprang sweater is almost finished. Visiting Dad today. While blue is my favorite pearl color, I have dipped my toe into yellow. Ringed...

Feeling the blues. ALL the BBAs. Necklaces and earrings from PP and Pearls of Joy. 2 pearl BBA ring from Takahashi from my trip to Japan pearl farms. Teal blue pearl ring is a Sea of Cortez pearl bought from Douglas at the last Ruckus and set by PP in a rose gold Frost setting.

OMG, these BBAs just arrived. Blue baroque akoyas from a PP Live event a month ago. They're huge and intensely blue. I've never seen akoyas this big or this intensely blue. The hammered surface effect means the pearl nacre is very thick. The necklace pearls range from 10 to 13.7 mm, and...

Mikimoto earrings. Baroque golden SS tin-cup with white and golden SS keshi dangles from PP. The chain and dangles move and sparkle.

I have blue akoyas threaded next to small white akoyas. It looks great. And no, you don't need to get it appraised or insured. You'll spend more on the appraisal and insurance than the strand is worth. Save your money and buy more pearls.

Playing with my little h collection. I never bought the matching earrings. I always bought complementary earrings because I like pieces that don't match. I was really drawn to the ruby point earrings because they were asymmetrical. I think I bought all the earrings at a different time than...

I love the clasp! And the pearls glow. Love the blue knots, too.

That's the nacre thickness. I think the darker portion is the bead nucleus.

Oh, I couldn't resist. I wasn't going to buy anything during Hisano's last little h live event, but how could I resist the pendant that matched the earrings I bought before the live event? Souffle' pearls stuffed with blue topaz and tiny seed pearls. The blue topaz is much prettier and...

The pearl farms I visited in Japan were tiny, family operated businesses. Some only had 2 people. Some had 5 or 6 people. I don't think they were big enough to have an intern. But I only visited 4 farms, and these were the ones that the Japanese picked for us to visit. Try contacting the...

Pearl Dreams, those are nice! It's amazing what a bath and restringing will do. Simple today. Pomme de la Mer golden SS pendant from PP and Mikimoto white akoya earrings.

Visiting Dad today. Long mixed tin-cup from Kojima. White South Sea, freshwater pearls and small keshi. My Aunt Love's Blue Lagoon necklace with an enhancer that allows me to wear any pendant. The Queen freshwater pendant from Kojima. A pair of freshwater pearl drops from Kojima. I had...

I had a feeling!

OOO, Shani, I love it! I love turquoise and aqua colored gemstones with pearls. It would go with my new Kojima necklaces very well.

Wonderful memory!!!

The Japanese have released their final version of their pearl video from the Japan Pearl trip. I've posted it at the end of my Pearl Trip post, but in case you haven't seen it, here it is. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T9vBYLX6nvJwhztnyA5oc1lzAaCEuYYK/view

STUDS! Meryl Streep is the reason I got my ears pierced. I saw a photo of her in The Deer Hunter, wearing 7 mm akoya studs, and I thought, "I like that!" I bought inexpensive 7 mm pearl studs, which I wore for years. The pearl nacre was very thin. It was before I understood pearl culturing...

The final version of the video has been released. I think my hand made it into one shot. I recognize my pearl ring, hahaha. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T9vBYLX6nvJwhztnyA5oc1lzAaCEuYYK/view

It was a dream come true for me!

GemGeek and amti! Welcome back!