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I've been busy at work and I'm still trying to catch up on what everyone has been up to! I did squeeze in time to finish these projects -- they had to get done for birthdays this week. For my sister, a 60-inch rope. She is new to pearls and doesn't like anything too big or flashy. She likes the...

Had to go and pick up this parcel at lunch. I took a gamble on a large tahitian pearl and some rosebud pearls from an etsy seller. I am quite pleased with the tahitian (I'm pretty positive its a real tahitian...right?) I haven't measured it yet, but it was sold as being at least 15mm. It is...

Saw these as part of a listing that specified the pearls were not tested to determine whether they were real or fake. Any thoughts? I haven't looked at enough pictures to make a good guess. My initial impression was that they might be too round and the knots looked too big (though the size is...

So I was waiting for my tassels to arrive....and I was crazy busy at work last week so I treated myself to a trip to the bead store despite the nasty weather. I had been admrining the Gellner-inspired tahitian and gemstone ropes that Purranha and Red posted a while back, as well as JerseyPearl's...

Hi all -- I've been quietly lurking after finding out about this site on the PS pearls board. I have been dabbling with stringing some inexpensive freshwater pearls (thank you so much to the ladies who put up such excellent tutorials, and to Pattye for having such great supplies!!), but am a bit...