Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

[BWeaves]

JEG: Wait? Is that THE necklace on the Kojima website right now? It's gorgeous!

 

[BWeaves]

Sooooooo, during the amazing Japan Trip to visit pearl farms, Hisano wore a necklace that she made for herself. It was wire wrapped, and alternated tiny, white, roundish akoya pearls with small, multicolored, oval tourmalines. I confess, I coveted her necklace. When we got back from the trip, I asked Hisano if she could make me something similar. She no longer had the baby akoyas or the oval tourmalines, BUT PP had just gotten a bunch of incredibly golden, South Sea keshi. Ahem, cough, cough, this was weeks before the Keshi Live event, so I got to them first. Hisano couldn't find any oval tourmalines she liked, but she found pear shaped ones, and I think they complement the non-round shapes of the golden keshi.

The necklace just arrived, and it's gorgeous. I love it. 30.5 inches of WOWZA! The tourmalines sparkle like crazy, and the keshi look like 24K gold.

Oh, and I'm wearing my Mom's double pearl akoya earrings from the 1950s and 60s. She wore these every day.

Hisano's necklace next to the golden SS keshi she picked out for my necklace. My keshi look huge next to her pearls, but my keshi are quite small.

 

[SteveM]

Delicate, elegant, flashy and versatile. It has just about everything. And those keshi are first class!

 

[Pella]

Pearl therapy indeed! That must have lifted your mood no end BWeaves. It is beautiful.

 

[oysterowl83]

Got these from Cees last week!

 

[BWeaves]

oysterowl83: OOOO, nice! I saw that Cees was having a Tahitian sale. I oogled every one of those strands.

 

[oysterowl83]

oysterowl83: OOOO, nice! I saw that Cees was having a Tahitian sale. I oogled every one of those strands.

Cees is a cool cat.

 

[jeg]

Haha- thanks BWeaves! I am loving THE necklace I also really really love your new keshi and tourmaline necklace. It’s so sweet and special!

oysterowl83, enjoy wearing your new Tahitians! It’s a great mix of colors.

Two Japan Kasumi necklaces from Kojima with FW earrings I wrapped.

 

[emilia21]

Here is a lovely silver Tahitian strand that I bought from CMW pearls, strung with Pattye's Serafil violet thread. I think I am getting pretty good at this stringing stuff. View attachment 473275View attachment 473276

Thank you so much for your sharing, today I finally pass by their shop, CMW Pearls which is actually in a building. At first I was hesitant, however the moment I step into the office, I was really pleased by how transparent they were, the store owner is actually from tahiti, he was really patient and took his time to answer all my questions about tahitian Pearls and the pricing especially, I wanted a pearl necklace set that was obviously more expensive, but after all the information he gave to me, I ended up buying something nicer which was at a similar price, by trading a bit on not a full round shape pearls, he even went through the trouble of giving me more options which why I took more times. As I wanted better luster and colors without paying way higher than my initial budget, his customer service was spot on, they are definitely worth a visit. Just note that they can drill your pearls on the spot but stringing required time, so usually you need to pickup on the next working days, thought it might be useful as I was a bit tight in my holidays, but they manage it to do it for me the day after it was ready.

 

[SurfnSci]

Happy Labor Day to those celebrating

Everyone has been posting such lovely white akoyas lately (especially BWeaves!) that I finally just had to buy a strand. Wearing baroque akoyas from Druzydesign/Ehret design gallery...

 

[jeg]

It’s so pretty, SurfnSci! Happy to see you added the white Akoya to your collection!

A long pearl medley rope from Kojima. A petal pearl pendant also from Kojima, worn on a necklace I wrapped with golden SS keshi from a Hong Kong show.

 

[jeg]

All pieces I put together with tiny Tahitians from Alex Collins.

 

[Shani]

I'm loving all the keshis! Today I am wearing some baby bead nucleated freshies from one of PP's livestreams with Vietnamese baroque blue akoyas and some baroque WSS studs from another PP livestream last June.

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I am extra proud of these studs because I was finally brave enough to drill them myself. I've drilled plenty of freshwater pearls but never anything else because I was not confident enough in my skills. I'm still not brave enough to drill the loose Fijian and SoC pearls from live events though so they will be going to PP soon to be drilled.

Gorgeous!

 

[Shani]

Kasumi and Ripples from Kojima and Pacific Pearls. The two strands are Chinese ripples. I only kept the paler strand because I use it to make a rope out of the more intense strand I bought later. The pendants and earrings are Kasumi pearls. I usually wear the pendants on my mother's hoop earrings because they're both on the smaller side and they have similar bails and sizes. I bought the ruby bail first, and the diamond bail second, and that's the only way I can tell them apart.

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Absolutely divine!

 

[Shani]

Feeling blue. Vintage freshwater pearls. 100% pearl nacre! No shell bead at the center of any of these pearls. Lapis Lazuli beads and 18K gold beads. The Rice Krispie pearls are 1990s era freshwater pearls from China. The near round pearls are "Freshadamas" from Pearl Paradise. I replaced the dull, 7mm Japanese akoya pearls that the lapis necklace originally had with high quality, 9mm, near round, non-bead nucleated, freshwater pearls from China, and now the necklace really glows. The large feather pearl pendant from Kojima Pearl, is from Mississippi mollusks. I used to think Mom's earrings were lapis, too, but one cabochon has a faint star, so I believe they are sapphires. Moonstone and sapphire ring.

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You are knocking it out of the park girl!

 

[Shani]

I love everyone's looks this week, wow, such amazing pearls!!!

Finally finished this project - made with Edison keshi from DruzyDesign.
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So beautiful, delicate and elegant! Casual at the same time <3

 

[Shani]

I'm sorry, I can't get enough of my new freshies. Pearls normally feel warm and organic on my neck, but these feel like cool ice. Great summer pearls for hot, humid Florida. Morning light photographs better than the artificial light I used in the previous post.

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OMG those are stunning! Where on earth did you get them from?

 

[Shani]

Wearing my hanadama pearls at home, to keep them hydrated

I feel I need some pearls of "less" ($) value, I am so afraid of wearing my Hanadama very often outside
Too much sun, too much sweat, no perfume, no lotion etc

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Those glow on you like moonlight on snow!

 

[Shani]

JEG, love your goldens! But I'm feeling blue today. I can see blue so well now. The blues have become really intense looking to me after the cataract surgery. Vietnamese blue baroque akoyas from PP. Chinese freshwater pendant from Kojima. Mismatched baroque Tahitian earrings from Kamoka.

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Arghhh! Berna you are killing me! Girrrrl!

 

[Shani]

Thanks for the information!