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MintyFresh: I've never cared for rosebuds before, but you've changed my mind. Yours are gorgeous.

Pearly Whites, I hear ya. I'm contemplating a neck lift, too, just for showing off pearls. Dyed blue freshies today, with jade and gemstone beads. All from Kojima. I love mismatched earrings. Update! This Kojima pendant just arrived. Jade fish and crescent shaped pearl.

I have several jeweler's tweezers, some with points and some with bent ends. They're cool because they open when you squeeze them, and stay closed when you don't. Just the opposite of how regular tweezers work. They're great for holding things. It's a very cute ring. The pearl fell off...

One of the South Sea pearl birds fell off my ring. I got out my 2 part jeweler's epoxy to fix it. I removed the old epoxy from the post with a cotton pad dipped in acetone / nail polish remover. Acetone won't hurt pearls. I laid down some aluminum foil to protect the counter. I had 2...

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.

Where do you all find these great Mikis? And PL, I love your blues!

Can you lay it out flat? Can you zoom in on the clasp? Can you show the backside of the florets?

Let look faux to me, too. Wrong colors, wrong surface texture.

Okay, those instructions make no sense to me.

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...

I thought they looked like imitation pearls, too. I inherited imitation pearls from my grandmother. Those grandmas wore their imitation pearls with pride! Nana told me they were the best pearl that was not a pearl she could buy.

I used to use Griffin silk, and I have not tried the 2 needle version. I got rid of all my silk stringing thread because it would knot where I didn't want it to knot and break right before I finished. I replaced all my stringing thread with Serafil from Pattye, and it works so much better than...

Nice pearls everyone! Love them all. Visiting Dad today in BBAs from Pearl Paradise and Takahashi. Blue baroque Tahitian bird ring from SeaBeautyShop on Etsy.

SurfnSci: Wow. Those are gorgeous. My favorite pearl colors. Trying to capture the rainbows in the luster of the pearl nacre. Sea of Cortez keshi pearls from the PP SoC Live Event and Perlas del Mar de Cortez. Tin-cup necklace made by Hisano Shepherd of Pearl Paradise. La Perlagrina...

Pomelo: That peapod is sweet!