Katbran
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Sea-U You look FAB! Necklace size looks wonderful !
Hanadama - those Silver's just glow !!
Hanadama - those Silver's just glow !!
Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!
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Sanippy
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Arghhh so gorgeous pareltje! Those peach metallics!! And the grapes! Just divine.
BWeaves
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I don't look for a day and you all post lots more goodies. Everything and everyone looks gorgeous.
I've ordered some Aron Alpha super glue from Rio Grande (per Hisano's recommendation). While I was at it, I ordered some locking tweezers (so I can position the emerald without getting glue and fingerprints all over everything. And one of the hook enhancers I've been ogling for some time, so I can hang my pearl drops off any necklace.
I've ordered some Aron Alpha super glue from Rio Grande (per Hisano's recommendation). While I was at it, I ordered some locking tweezers (so I can position the emerald without getting glue and fingerprints all over everything. And one of the hook enhancers I've been ogling for some time, so I can hang my pearl drops off any necklace.
GemGeek
Pearlista
That pretty much says it all. I love this thread!This thread is my nightly guilty pleasure. Love everyone's pearls. The perfect eye candy for very sweet dreams
GemGeek
Pearlista
As for glue. I would also recommend super glue for emerald to emerald. Just make sure they are super clean and dry.
Super glue is amazing. I once had a button on a knitted wool coat break in half. I glued it back together with a wool fiber in between and it never broke again although it was washed and worn for at least two more winters. You had to look very closely to see that anything was amiss.
The hypo cement is great for finishing off knots and anything where you need a slight amount of give after the glue is dry. It's made for gluing crystals to the face of a watch so they can be removed later, so it isn't a good choice for a permanent bond on two hard surfaces. It worked great on gluing tiny pearls into my octopus earrings, but I would never use it on a ring.
The E6000 is interesting stuff. It really sticks disparate things together well and is stretchy. You have to yank hard to get things apart. I know this because I didn't trust how well it would hold so I tested it after it was dry.
Bob's head was glued with E6000...
Super glue is amazing. I once had a button on a knitted wool coat break in half. I glued it back together with a wool fiber in between and it never broke again although it was washed and worn for at least two more winters. You had to look very closely to see that anything was amiss.
The hypo cement is great for finishing off knots and anything where you need a slight amount of give after the glue is dry. It's made for gluing crystals to the face of a watch so they can be removed later, so it isn't a good choice for a permanent bond on two hard surfaces. It worked great on gluing tiny pearls into my octopus earrings, but I would never use it on a ring.
The E6000 is interesting stuff. It really sticks disparate things together well and is stretchy. You have to yank hard to get things apart. I know this because I didn't trust how well it would hold so I tested it after it was dry.
Bob's head was glued with E6000...
trulyviolet
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that is a very creative use of those drops, they do look wonderful
newberry
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I am totally in love with this enhancer!!! I think I NEED to have one like it or sort of like it
I recall that one of our posters here has a similar one with multi-colored metallic pearls. Did you have it made or create it yourself? Anyway it is just eye popping lovely.
Annoushka brown diamond hoop earrings with freshwater pearl drops.
I bought these more for the overall look rather than the quality of the pearls. I've loved the design ever since I saw the Duchess of Cambridge wear them. Posting these in case anyone was curious to see photos of them!
I bought these more for the overall look rather than the quality of the pearls. I've loved the design ever since I saw the Duchess of Cambridge wear them. Posting these in case anyone was curious to see photos of them!
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Sanippy
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Gorgeous mochiko! I love the huggies, they look very well made - substantial and well proportioned and the brown diamonds are ever so romantic. The pearls are lovely and well matched and the great thing about these earrings is that you can find different drops to wear them with!
I think it's great I can get different drops to wear with them. My husband just had a slightly concerned/bemused look when I told him that it meant I should get more drops to go with the hoops, lol!
Thanks you Newberry and trulyviolet for your compliments. I made the enhancer myself after amassing a lot of multicolor metallic drops.I am totally in love with this enhancer!!! I think I NEED to have one like it or sort of like it
I indeed also saw the same pendant of HHPMom and wanted to copy the design. But I had too many metallic drop pearls and I wanted to use them all and I had to use whatever jewelry material was available and I could get easily from UK. So this is the final result. I use 18k gold for the enhancer hook, the eyepins and the chain. I attached the pins with two-part epoxy which took nearly 30 minutes to finally dry - sigh of relief!
Love your diamond hoops, mochiko. They're so versatile.
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BWeaves
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Thank you for the glue lesson, GemGeek. That's exactly what I needed to know.
newberry
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Pareltje would you mind posting a few more pictures of the pendent? I love the idea of multiple chains with the pearls. The pendent would then have lots of movement. I also think that wearing it with the matching strand makes it a total look. Very well done!
Newberry, the pearls are attached to a single chain. Because of its length, sometimes I tuck a little part of the chain in the enhancer clasp to shorten it. When I fancy wearing it long I just let it hang off a ribbon necklace (choker style) the way it is. Here are some pictures to give you an idea.
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JerseyPearl
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Those pearls are really pretty...did you make this one yourself? I love how you can wear it different ways.
newberry
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Well you totally fooled me with how you made this. If I remember correctly it is very much like HHPmoms. I really love it. Thank you so much for all of the pictures. Now I just need to think about the pearls.
Newberry lolol... I had bought the drops before I saw HHPmom's pendant. She used 5 multicolor drops. Actually I was trying to recreate your gorgeous color shifting tin cup. The problem was I didn't have enough pearls to make a long tin cup and I had too many to copy HHPmom's pendant successfully. So I improvised with what I had in hand lolol... I see some metallic drops in Wenpearl's Etsy shop. But I don't know if the quality is sufficiently good. Her AAA+ may be equal to AA+
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