Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

[Sanippy]

BWeaves, I'm sorry to hear that you are home sick. Is it the weather? Your pearls are gorgeous, as always.

Thank you all! Yes, they are very silver. The new strand is overall a lighter silver with blue overtones, in comparison to my original strand which has mostly green and pink overtones. I'm hoping they'll work nicely together in an opera length strand/rope.

 

[kalmen22]

Love the silver. It's almost like liquid silver beads.

Here is my look for the day

 

[Karman]

Sanippy--I always enjoy seeing your silver Tahitians...you wear them so well!

Kalmen, that is a beautiful South Sea &Tahitian (?) strand!

 

[KaySD]

Karman, your Robert Wan pearls have beautiful colors and I really like how you put them together with the purple crystals and the end caps. That is a lot of impact from 5 pearls! (I may have to copy that design.) Where did you get the end cap pieces you used on the pearls?

Sanippy (I have to get used to that), those silver pearls just glow on you! They are so metallic – like real silver.

Bweaves, what a great combo of white pearls! I love how creative the Hamantaschen is. Sorry to hear you are sick – summer colds are so annoying (if that’s what it is).

Kalmen, I need a better look at that awesome SS and Tahitian rope you are rocking today.

The top I am wearing today looked best with a simple YG DBTY necklace, but I still needed my pearl fix, so I am wearing my SOC mabe ring from Sarah. It is so colorful in person, but I have a hard time capturing it on film. When I tilt my hand down, I see mostly blue and green, tilted up, mostly pink and purple. It is very distracting while I am typing, lol.




I love the setting Sarah created. The last photo is from her.

 

[Sanippy]

Thank you Kalmen, Karman and Kay!

Kalmen, your rope is incredible. So colourful!

Kay, that is one gorgeous pearl. And what a chameleon. I love Douglas' SoCs and hope to have some of my own one day!

 

[JerseyPearl]

I love that SoC pearl ring...blew me away!

 

[amti]

The silver strand looks like liquid silver, the glow is amazing!

BWeaves, I hope you feel better. Pearls always make things better. Get well soon.

Kalmen, I'd love to see all of that rope! What pearls did you use?

Kay, that is one of the prettiest mabe rings I have seen. What amazing colors!

Karmen, what a beautiful creation! Once again, incredible luster and color make the pearls look perfect. I didn't notice any flaws whatsoever! Great design and it looks great on you!

 

[SunSeeker]

Wow, the SoC ring has amazing color! ..and I love the double ring setting!

 

[SunSeeker]

Yesterday I wore my little h pearl geode necklace with a longer freshwater strand.

 

[BWeaves]

OOOOO, pretty! Can we have a bit more of a closeup?

 

[JerseyPearl]

SunSeeker, LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! Now that's a great combo.

 

[CathyKeshi]

SunSeeker, one of my favorite Little H Geodes ever ... like a delicate seashell; so beautiful. Thanks for sharing it again!

 

[Red]

My little h South Sea keshi earrings.

 

[CathyKeshi]

Oh, what a delightful tease, Red! And one of my favorite earrings ever

 

[SpookyAL]

OMG the little h pendant.. so amazing..I showed my mom her website and now she is in love with these designs...I gotta squirrel some money away to get one of these gorgeous pieces for my mom.

 

[SunSeeker]

BW, JP, CathyK, SpookAl, thank you all so much. (..and thank you Hisano!) Hisano is so talented and truly pays attention to detail. Someone at work thought it was a druzy, and couldn't beleive when I told her it is a pearl, cut in half, and filled with sapphires. The back is also a beautiful lusterous peachy-pink. Anyway, BW here a few add'l images.

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[SunSeeker]

very pretty earrings, Red! ..love the beachy setting as well!

 

[kalmen22]

Kay oh I love your ring. Glorious colours.
Sun seeker that little h pendant is amazing. It's one of my favs.
Red how lovely south sea keshi by the beach.

The rope I wore was made by Catherine Cardellini with gold ssp, white ssp and tahitians. She's got such an amazing eye and artistry about putting it together. I was at my local jeweller getting my ring and other vendors there complimented them. So yeah to Catherine!
Here is a close-up look I took a while back.

 

[BWeaves]

Thanks for the the little h pendant close ups. It's stunning. As are Red's earrings. And the multi rope is amazing.

I love it all. I've run out of different ways to say gorgeous.

 

[BWeaves]

Today I wore Mom's lapis and yellow gold bead and pearl necklace worn with a lapis heart on a silver chain that my husband brought back from Chile when he was a grad student there. Sapphire earrings and ring. New Boden skirt and top.

I know many of you liked the Rice Krispie and lapis necklace layered with this lapis necklace, but I just do not like them together. I wasn't sure about the silver chain with the yellow gold beads but my rings and bracelets are white and yellow gold today, so it works.



Cathy, here's my first attempt at tea eggs. Apparently, it's important not to break the shells or you get dark fissures in the eggs (see egg on the right).



Hard boil the eggs by covering with water and bringing to a boil (which should take about 10 minutes).
Turn of the heat, cover, and let them sit for another 10 minutes.
Then gently crack the shells, but don't break the shells. You want to keep that membrane the shell sticks to intact if possible.
Simmer for an hour or two in black tea, lots of soy sauce or tamari and a teaspoon of 5 spice power.
Cool and peel, and they look like marble.
They are also highly caffeinated and will keep you awake (or so the recipe says).
I haven't tried them yet. I'll have one for breakfast tomorrow morning.