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And you never know if the keshi is going to be a GOOD keshi. A nice, plump, interesting shape, with good luster. 99% of them are crap.

I agree with everyone else, the dark pearls are dyed freshwater pearls from China. They don't look remotely like Tahitian pearls. Wrong shape, color, etc. The white ones are also freshwater pearls from China.

These are bad quality, and some don't even look like pearls. I don't think they're sellable for jewelry. Maybe sell them in bulk as fish tank gravel, or for vases to make flowers stand up?

I agree with PD. Cultured, dyed, freshwaters from China. They were cultivated with a piece of mantle tissue, but no bead. They were 100% pearl nacre.

I think there's just not much out there in the way of SS keshi. So trying to MATCH a LONG strand of them, is going to be really hard because by their nature, they're not going to match well.

Pearly-Whites, I know what you mean about the camera not capturing all the colors of the pearls. Those faceted pearls are so cool. Did I overdo it? I think I might have overdid it today. Dyed freshwater pearls, jade, and various other gemstone beads. All from Kojima Pearl. I love mismatched...

Thanks Pearl-Whites. I'm really pleased with how the SoC necklace turned out. It has no clasp. I just pop it over my head. I didn't see a point of having a clasp if I was never going to use it. Also, I LOVE pearls with turquoise and yellow gold. I think turquoise looks so much better...

I have a LONG rope of mixed pearls I call the Everything Bagel rope from Kojima, because it has every kind of pearl in it. It's about 52 inches long. No clasp. No knots. Just those little bumpers on beading thread (not wire). It's great. It's not stiff at all.

It's the penguins for me. But that harp seal is beating them out.

Visiting Dad today in a mix of different types of pearls that I normally wouldn't think of wearing together. Japanese akoya pearl ring with opal doublet from OceanRhyme. Real Kasumi and amethyst earrings from Kojima Pearl. Chinese freshwater pearl pendant from Kojima Pearl. This was...

Haha! I did, didn't I?

I got my ideas from the postings here by BAR, and BabyNurse, and Newberry, and JEG, and many others. I started out thinking that if the pearls didn't MATCH, you couldn't wear them together. Now I find it fun to mix and match and try different combos.

Visiting Dad today. Akoya pearls and rubies. I designed the necklace as a dog collar (a choker that sits high on the neck) for my wedding, but I ended up wearing my grandmother's pearls instead. I designed it so either the cameo, or the diamond clasp could be in front. I had Pearl Paradise...

Cute.

Pill storage containers are great for earring storage. I use the ones with the levers, like in the photo and video, at home. I don't use these for travel because the lids can be triggered to release if something shifts in a suitcase or carry on. I use the smaller ones where you have to manually...