Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

ennui said:
I know that feeling.
So ... random Tahitians. I had a tin cup necklace that I never really liked and didn't wear, a station bracelet that didn't fit, and three pearls left over from a leather bracelet that wore out.
Many moons ago, Pearl Paradise offered a Tahitian stretch bracelet that was inspired by Keely Shaye (Smith) Brosnan. I always remembered that bracelet, and decided to take the plunge. I'm always reluctant to destroy jewelry but it's just sitting in a drawer. I will probably rework this at some point, but for now, it's easy for summer. Oh, and black spinel between the pearls.
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Pretty and wearable. Black spinel adds a nice sparkle!
 
Pomelo said:
Thanks @Amoreperla @BWeaves @jeg for your kind words. Indeed, these were a real battle as earrings before and I’m getting more wear out of them (especially the T) as rings.

@PearlyLibrarian thanks for noticing the jadeite peapod! We are expecting our third baby this fall, so I wanted to get a peapod with three peas to signify this.

If I may stray from the topic of pearls, here’s a close up of the peapod. I really like the thin “green strands of gold” that run through the material. It was bought loose and set with a diamond I had at home (I have a small collection of melee-sized diamonds from dismantling second-hand jewellery).

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That’s so sweet! Congrats! I have one myself - we call my daughter “Bean” as a nickname so it’s partially in her honor!
 
Long time no post!

I’ve been wearing pearls each day but not taking any pics to share!

Today I have a new pair of circle Tahitian huggies to share. Along with Tahitian keshi station necklace I cannot remember whether or not I’ve shared. And tiny freshwater huggies in my second piercing that I have been wearing all summer and literally never taking out (breaking all the jewelry rules!)

I am not doing a great job of capturing the green to aubergine gradient on these circle pearls. The room I’m in is painted yellow which is not helping my lighting situation at all….

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BWeaves said:
Visiting Dad today, so BIG or go home. PSS (Pearl Shrinkage Syndrome) is a real thing. It happens when you start buying pearls and bigger pearls, and then your regular sized pearls look too small and you have to go bigger.

Incredibly lustrous necklace of Chinese freshwater pearls. Center pearl is 14mm. Freshwater baroque drops on my Mom's hoop earrings. Smallest dimension is 12 mm. South Sea pearl bird ring. Width of pearls around their bodies is 11.5 mm and 9.5 mm. BBBA (Big Blue Baroque akoya ring) is 15 mm x 13 mm. Double BBA ring has 11 mm and 9 mm pearls. Necklace from Kojima Pearl. Earring drops from Pearls of Joy, Bird ring from OceanRhyme. BBA rings from Takahashi (and Pearl Paradise).


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Merrily gifted me a pearl sheep. It combines my love of wool for spinning and weaving with my love of pearls. She's sitting on one of my handwoven rugs. Oh, her name is Pearl, of course.

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Berna those FW pearls in that necklace are amazing! You wear it beautifully of course.
 
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Those Miki's look amazing with linen. I'm still hoping to find a nice vintage strand of Miki's but my neighborhood thrift stores just have junk.

It's too hot to wear layers of pearls in Florida right now, so I'm reaching for my lightweight summer pearls. Reborn pearl necklace and earrings from a jewelry store in Mt. Dora, which went out of business. I think these were my 25th anniversary present. Akoya and opal ring from OceanRhyme.

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My new purchases ✨

My friend was asking what special occasions will I be wearing these to, and knowing me, I very much doubt they will be reserved for special occasions only.

I’m a strong believer in wearing the things you love without fear!

11.8mm black south sea, Mikimoto
12.00mm white south sea, Mikimoto

I love them both equally, would you guys have a favourite? 🥺

I’m very happy how the bracelet matches the colour of my black south sea ring and I find them a bit more casual somehow. The lustre is beautiful in the sunlight. Absolutely gorgeous!

The white bracelet definitely exceeds my expectations as south sea pearls often have less lustre than Mikimoto Akoyas, however even in low light these really do glisten, quite mesmerising! I could easily stare at them all day long.

I also realised that I could technically wear both as a necklace since the clasps fit into each other but quite tight! 🤣 Maybe I just need to get another one…

But my next dream purchase is indeed a strand of south seas pearls 🥺
 

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TECS1990 said:
My new purchases ✨

My friend was asking what special occasions will I be wearing these to, and knowing me, I very much doubt they will be reserved for special occasions only.

I’m a strong believer in wearing the things you love without fear!

11.8mm black south sea, Mikimoto
12.00mm white south sea, Mikimoto

I love them both equally, would you guys have a favourite? 🥺

I’m very happy how the bracelet matches the colour of my black south sea ring and I find them a bit more casual somehow. The lustre is beautiful in the sunlight. Absolutely gorgeous!

The white bracelet definitely exceeds my expectations as south sea pearls often have less lustre than Mikimoto Akoyas, however even in low light these really do glisten, quite mesmerising! I could easily stare at them all day long.

I also realised that I could technically wear both as a necklace since the clasps fit into each other but quite tight! 🤣 Maybe I just need to get another one…

But my next dream purchase is indeed a strand of south seas pearls 🥺
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Ooh lovely pearls! And what a great idea, to create a convertible necklace out of the two, please show us the finished version!
 
Just hanging around the house in pearls, as you do. Dyed akoyas in an interesting teal blue color with a vintage clasp that really easy for me to use, from Kojima. BBA and Tahitian mismatched pearl earrings that go with everything, from OceanRhyme.


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BWeaves said:
Just hanging around the house in pearls, as you do. Dyed akoyas in an interesting teal blue color with a vintage clasp that really easy for me to use, from Kojima. BBA and Tahitian mismatched pearl earrings that go with everything, from OceanRhyme.


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Beautiful clasp! The fact that is easy to operate is a real plus. I really enjoy your posts showing such beautiful pearls.
 
Here in London, we keep getting heatwave after heatwave, which is unbearable and hardly any AC 🥵 🔥 Plus our houses are built to trap heat 🤭

Popped out to see some rings today to that could complement pearls, always to *compliment*! Plus the shops have AC to give me some respite 😂

Bird on Rock, Tiffany - This is their new collection. They actually missed a huge design chance to make a bird with a pearl ring!

Bees, Chaumet - Interesting they had a diamond only option which was much cheaper, it really is the death of diamonds with lab diamonds now.

It also made me think… because the whole diamond industry is obviously rather unhappy about such developments and DeBeers is even being sold as a consequence of the falling value of diamonds.

Then suddenly I started thinking, well, Mikimoto also made the natural pearl industry drastically fall back in the days, especially in Bahrain, but we wouldn’t call them synthetic pearls for example.

So do we think lab diamonds should be labelled as synthetics? Like cultured pearls, they are essentially the same product and often better quality.

Cométe, Chanel - I really like this one actually, the design complemented pearls very well and they only had this tiny size but I liked it on my pinky oddly enough!

Before heading back home, has an iced latte and couldn’t help notice how beautiful pearls look when the sunlight hits ✨
 

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TECS1990 said:
Here in London, we keep getting heatwave after heatwave, which is unbearable and hardly any AC 🥵 🔥 Plus our houses are built to trap heat 🤭

Popped out to see some rings today to that could complement pearls, always to *compliment*! Plus the shops have AC to give me some respite 😂

Bird on Rock, Tiffany - This is their new collection. They actually missed a huge design chance to make a bird with a pearl ring!

Bees, Chaumet - Interesting they had a diamond only option which was much cheaper, it really is the death of diamonds with lab diamonds now.

It also made me think… because the whole diamond industry is obviously rather unhappy about such developments and DeBeers is even being sold as a consequence of the falling value of diamonds.

Then suddenly I started thinking, well, Mikimoto also made the natural pearl industry drastically fall back in the days, especially in Bahrain, but we wouldn’t call them synthetic pearls for example.

So do we think lab diamonds should be labelled as synthetics? Like cultured pearls, they are essentially the same product and often better quality.

Cométe, Chanel - I really like this one actually, the design complemented pearls very well and they only had this tiny size but I liked it on my pinky oddly enough!

Before heading back home, has an iced latte and couldn’t help notice how beautiful pearls look when the sunlight hits ✨
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The pinky ring is very sweet! On the subject of lab grown gems, I prefer those, you get better consistency and less unfavorable energy .
I would only refer to things as synthetic if is a different material ( such as glass or paste in vintage jewelry)
 
TECS1990 said:
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So do we think lab diamonds should be labelled as synthetics? Like cultured pearls, they are essentially the same product and often better quality....
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Cultured pearls and synthetic (lab created) stones differ in that cultured pearls are formed by live mollusks in a natural environment-- the bead nucleus made of shell is provided (or just a bit of donor mantle tissue in the case of many freshwater pearls), but the mollusk does the work of laying down the nacre.
Cultured pearls are not made in factories.
Humans try to guide the process for optimal results using breeding, grafting and after-grafting care techniques in the hope of producing round, perfect and in the case of naturally colored pearls, colorful pearls. But the mollusk has the last say. This is why with cultured pearls there is such a range of shapes, colors, luster, size and other surface qualities.

I think "synthetic" is a good word for lab created stones because the stones are, in fact, synthesized from the same minerals that make up the natural stones, but they are formed in a controlled indoor environment, not in nature.

We must differentiate between "imitation" and "synthetic". People often use the words to mean the same thing but with stones, they are not the same thing at all. A synthetic diamond is carbon; an imitation diamond can be cubic zirconia or other white stones, or even glass. A synthetic ruby is corundum; an imitation ruby can be any red stone or glass, or even plastic (kids' jewelry).
 
TECS1990 said:
DeBeers is even being sold
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I hadn't heard this and had to read up on it. Negotiations are ongoing and nothing is finalized yet.

Btw, the business journals use the term "synthetic" for lab created diamonds, which now account for 20% of the market.
 
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