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You know, Steve, at first glance, I dismissed these as being uninteresting, translucent, milky, glassy, all properties we regard with less favour in another pearl.... (ok, ok, I was seduced their flashier sisters' luster & orient....) But they kept calling me back to look again in wonderment at...

I'm going to need my extra super strength magnifying glasses.... Dont tease us please, I implore you, Borah, bigger pictures please please please

To drive from one side of our country to the other takes 3 days! Melbourne to Perth takes 4 hours to fly.

MMMMM honey & cream & caramel....delicious! Its making me hungry though... nearly 3pm sugar time.

Ok, still in the dark here, pearl coloured glasses? a pair of eye masks for the sunbed? Caviare spoons? ooooohhhhh, you mean what kind of pearlllllll (Even darker about that, I have so much to learn.)

Thanks Pearl Angel. It seems like 10 minutes ago I was new here too, discovering so much helpful information about my passion. Its a steep learning curve, assisted by good comments like yours.

This is what happens when us newbies trawl through all the old posts. A customer brought in an antique ring with a similar woven section behind glass underneath the gemstones. She had purchased it as an engagement ring. I had the advice of an antiques expert repairer. He said its actually a...

I feel like I'm 3 years old again, waiting for my package of treasures to arrive. Perhaps I should explain: the Brownlow Medal is a red carpet event just for Football mad Melbourne, though it will be televised nationally, and appear in the press. It is an award for the fairest & best...

Pattye, her other work is much more exciting. Glad you made me look.

Thanks for the link Heidi, arent they creative? I thought the earrings were outclassed by the other pieces though. Nice, wearable, but hardly groundbreaking technique, materials or design.

Oh Jeremy, I am quite overwhelmed! Re-confirms my love of freshies. Nerida, any of these on hand? How glorious would they be for my Brownlow girls. Show stoppers!

I KnewI had seen that glowing golden washed colour... Here is a pic of a strange strand I bought ages ago from a ebay supplier in Melbourne. It is graduated, somewhat, colourwise, from one end to the other! From pale washed out pink, getting warmer and more apricot, until it ends in a glorious...

Ok Ok, looking at the photos on my home monitor, I can see where the purply fluorite idea comes from. IRL, they are a lovely sheer navy blue. Bernadette, yes please! I do need a Nikon, but also, I could probably play around with the colours a bit more. I am about to get Photoshop, so we will see...

She loved them! I gave them to her on Friday night, and she wore to her party, the necklace & earrings with a gorgeous deep purple top, which went with the iolite perfectly. The polished gold disks drew attention to her ears & she had lots of compliments.

Lots of it! That is stunning!!!! I have had a few customers lately who want the settings to allow the stone (or Pearl) to touch their finger, apparently its some kind of mystical thing, the vibrations/power transmits directly.

OK Blaire, todays offering: a collaboration between Bernadette & my inner "lowly beader". My MIL's sister has a signifigant birthday this weekend, and she wanted to wear her pearls, but they were broken. Bernadette to the rescue! She flew in with her cape fluttering, and waved her hands and...

Mikeyy, we all start that way, and believe me, even after all my years of Salsa, I still (after 7 lessons) feel that way in Tango. That's why we go to lessons! My teacher assures me I am making progress, and so far, nobody has fallen down, no blood on the floor... I'm sure by the next Ruckus, we...

OOOOh Blaire!!!! really??? You lucky thing! I just had a call from one of the WAGS I will be be-jewelling for a red carpet event later this month & they would be perfect! She is wearing silver. Ah well, now on with the hunt for silver pearls, and nothing will compare I'm sure. Thats the trouble...

Check that out! There are some there (top left side) with distinctly different colours in individual parts of the cluster. Does that depend on the prevailing conditions when that particular layer of nacre was laid down? Then why wasn't that colour laid down on all of that cluster? The...

Thank you all so much! I am brave enough to turn the torch on if its only silver & FW. Gold & diamonds & SS or anything more exotic, I am happy to design, but hand over the tricky parts to the experts. I use a variety of specialists, depending on the materials & techniques needed. I can carve a...