Recent content by A Breaker

I needed just a few of those tiny pearls.....yes, super expensive! The amount per CM is crazy, because of the size. You might get some seed beads and do a mock-up to decide if you want the tiny ones or would slightly larger or rice pearls make you just as happy? It also gives you a chance to...

Wow... I will have to look those up again...I forgot about them!

I love it...such a fun thread...hope more people will add!

My husband needed to pick a secret word for me for some military thing.....he announced that I would know it instantly.."coffee?" "No, more valuable that that"... "something you love"... the truth is, I love so many things... He finally is tried of waiting and announces "Mikimoto!" I...

I love Jeremy's advice (He might have done pearl design a time or two...:ROFLMAO:!) When he said it, I noticed is that there is 1 of the swag strands that is shorter.. Jeremy called it the main strand...that allows the other 2 swaggy strands to hang down. Practice string is great. I think...

I am not familiar with the brand/store. You are getting great advice. You really do need to know the mm of the pearls too (Generally, The bigger the pearl, the more $$). The clasp hook usually has the gold marking 10k, 14k, 18k...unless it is European..then 585 or something else. The post on...

A.pearl.girl I am with Pearl Dreams...Such amazing info on Pearls as One...start there!!!!

Perfect! Sometimes people don't think about making a necklace shorter or longer with knots or without very many. Take them with you...if you want to match them...it is sooooooo much easier in person! Akoyas reflect surroundings so you might want to wear the necklace and hold the earrings up...

It would be helpful to tell us what makes you think that they are real cultured pearls? Check grit (faux rarely has it) and drill holes, if possible so see if there are layers & a bead...also get a loupe or take a 10x photo of the surface...does it look like spray paint? (Imitation) There is...

My guess is freshwater, but someone with more experience might answer. (Based on the colors might be saltwater?). There is no bead nucleation. The setting was made for the pearl, not wire wrapped as those prongs look soldered, so a jeweler or metalsmith custom made it. Wire wrapping is...

Love, love it!!! So sorry for all their troubles. Glad you are getting some and can share photos!!!

So glad to share...super interesting to me too!

Hmmm.. the drilling seems to have changed over the years. I just had to start again on a strand with huge variability of holes! My solution to this one is to make the knots as big as I need to the biggest holes as I reknot this for the second time! Maybe Pattye...can jump in with all her...

I love the freshness of the new necklaces!!! Really wonderful how pearls can be recycled and enjoyed!!!

Pearl Dreams...close. He is a local jeweler who specializes in repair (I believe he contracts for several big box stores) he often gets interesting things in trade. Broken, he uses to repair, but other things he sells. He knows nothing of pearls. He, like many, think Mikimoto means $$$$$...