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My sweet husband refers to me as Smog (Lord of the Rings Dragon or Shrek "oh, a girl dragon!") when I am looking thru my pearls!

A new one...any ideas...looks like Mt Fuji in front of a house? On the back of a Akoya Sterling Brooch. Ideas? Sorry about the bad photo!

Thanks Jeg!! I love, love this thread for all the lovely ways to wear & string pearls! I have Tahitians that are too short for my neck, while I have lost weight, they are still too short, but I have a tahitian mixed bracelet that would help. I THINK I am going to restring the bracelet on the...

Always a good reminder! It is possible a new person posted that! I laughed when I saw "Natural Freshwater Pearls" somewhere (Not here) recently...but the photo was Chinese nucleated freshwaters...obviously cultured! I know the person meant "natural" to mean "not man made faux pearls"... but...

That is perfect!!! Just a good starting idea is what I needed. Thank you so much!

Pella...great idea! Acetone doesn't hurt pearls..I may try that. It has got to do something to the dye. If I didn't like the color...I would just toss them...but the color is getting really lovely! It might be that the dye is coming from the string too It seems like they weren't properly...

WOW. The Really dresses up the FWP!!! Love it!!!

@jeg How do you arrange the pearls? I feel lost with this kind of thing, but have some I need to string. Do you have a system that you start with? Are there any pearl arranging principles that you can share? I am assuming it takes a couple of tries until you like it but, any starting tips...

I have several big agate necklaces...I haven't worn them all day yet...I keep thinking I will have a sore neck or knock them against something hard. I do like the ones on the right...much, much better....those flat sided ones just bother me, don't know why, seems so unnatural. But the weight...

A general rule in design is odd numbers look better. So 1 with 3 pearls generally looks better... but not always. Also you might like the more random look instead of exact look...random is harder. But you also need to decide if you want the front to be more of a statement (as Pearl dreams...

I know these are dyed freshwater...but they had gook on them and I washed them to find out that the dye was not only coloring the soap & water...it left blue dye stains on the paper towel I was drying them on. So I washed them 14 more times.... (Twice a day, plus soaking for 7 days.). The dye...

YES!!!!!

I can tell by the holes that they are imitation....but if you think you would wear them...you can restring pretty easily...no knots...bead cups make it easier. The big problem is those hooks tend to come loose...so you need to love them to restring!

Yes!!! I love all the interesting shapes..cultured pearls are amazing!!! I am sure I will always see new interesting pearls!

No...but many artisans have metal stamps made...they are not that expensive. Most Navajo silversmiths have stamps. Hope that helps.