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I have a very neglected lapis strand with huge 16mm beads that I want to re-work into something I will actually wear. Because the beads are so large it makes the necklace too short for me to wear comfortably, so I'm looking for ways to lengthen it - probably using gold spacer beads. And of...

I have some rondelles that I took off a a necklace I made a few years ago. I used steering silver wire and didn't think the tarnish would affect the aquamarine rondelles, but the drill holes of all the stones have black tarnish inside them and I can't think of how to get it out. I know it's not...

I was perusing Etsy (dangerous business) and came across what looks to be a really nice quality south sea keshi necklace from a US-based seller. She only had one prior sale but the price was fantastic IMO so I ordered it. I like ordering from new sellers personally. Their prices are usually...

This has been a long time coming. I purchased two 17.5" circled Tahitian strands from WenPearls on Etsy about two years ago with the intention of combining the two into one longer strand. But life happened and it fell by the wayside. Now I am back in the mood to do it but it's been so long...

I am not a person to post about this kind of thing, but it has made me really angry to think of all the people (including people I know personally) who have fallen into the trap of believing this stuff. If you have not seen what I am referring to, you can youtube vantel pearl party and kinda get...

I am going to have a pearl drill in the near future and am pumped to be able to drill my own pearls. I am not thrilled to learn how to do this on my real pearls, of course. Is there something that is comparable to a real pearl that isn't as precious or expensive that I can try at first just to...

I recently found some pearls being sold online under the term "pillow pearls". They remind me of fireball pearls, but I couldn't find any info online at all about pillow pearls. The seller says they are nucleated and freshwater in origin, and pass the tooth test. I have two: one is about 17mm by...