Recent content by A Breaker

Thanks so much for this post! Many, many years ago when my mother was a teenager..she was able to go out to Catalina Island in CA on a diving boat. The divers got abalone and she, not only got to eat it, she got to keep the shell & it was in our bathroom for years! Sadly it was given away...

Busted my myth about your super humanness! But, I won't feel bad about not being able to do it either!

My teenaged boys always tease me about baroque..."oh Mom, I am so sorry you Broke those pearls!" "What are they really Broke?" The find it endlessly funny!

These are wonderful!!!! Yes, yes, more please. Older women have a problem with earrings sagging forward already, so heavy pearls just look bad! Yes, there are "no sag" backs in both metals & plastic rings... but Lighter is better! Love the surface!

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!!!