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Ok, here is the strand picked to replace my lost 157 http://www.pearlparadise.com/detail.aspx?ID=1727. It looks more white and isn't roundish, but has high luster and a clean surface. I can't wait to see what those exotic freshwaters Jeremy hinted about look like, though I don't think my...

Thanks for the support guys. Will need you when the bill comes :D Crowed a bit too soon as mid this message Kirsten emailed me to say 157 was already claimed by another. I think I've ordered another strand, but will wait to see. The downer is 157 was the roundish one I liked best it had a...

Oh, god, I bought 3. I was in such a frenzy I didn't notice the ratings at the side, but in my calmer state now I checked them over and didn't do too bad. 2 lightly blemished (one with intense orient) and one that's blemished (though it looked good on the screen so I'll have to see, but I...

I have seen this line sold on HSN too. If you go to www.hsn.com and search undert technibond pearl it usually brings them up. In their case they claim they are almost "real" because the "pearls" are mother of shell beads coated in a "marine solution" that is almost the same as an oyster's...

I think most people would recognize it as Betty's necklace since the show is a hit. I just knew it was Anne's first because I saw a couple portraits of her wearing it. I like Jeremy's idea of the colored drops, though all those letters would be hard to keep in stock, didn't really think...

ABC's "Ugly" Betty Suarez wears a B necklace strung on a faux pearl strand with faux pearls hanging off the B that is a copy of a necklace the ill-fated Anne Boleyn wore. I found the site that sold the necklace to the show (which is how I know they are faux pearls and the offer all initials...

I am into antique jewelry and I like to research things I'm into so that came from various things I've read, seen and the part about the use of what was left around in the US during WWII was from an Antique's Roadshow I watched on PBS.

Since there are "fireballs", should we call the blue-silver akoyas iceballs?

My email arrived safe and sound. I can not wait to see the pearls pictured in that email. I hope I can get a strand. Between waiting for them and waiting to see what this month's PP special will be my credit cards are getting twitchy. Now is when the 3 hour time diff between PA and CA is...

Oh, pink gold with some untreated pink CFWP (which are much pinker in person than on the screen) or even white pearls on pink gold would be pretty too. I forgot to say when I first posted this, that Honora has been hit or miss for me for anyone interested in ordering from QVC. I did not care...

I only insure pieces that I know I'll never see again (either because of quality or lack of availability) like my antique pieces. I insure them with a rider off of homeowners insurance, but they have to be appraised to be insured.

I have used crimp beads before and I love them. I actually have the pliers, crimps, wire (depending on the drill size in the pearls) and a silver-tone toggle clasp at home. I might also have a c-ring clasp floating about from my teenage forays into crafts. I could kick myself now, but when I...

Here is the photo used on ebay for them. Not my coveted dark rounds, but something to play with.

I am a big fan of the 16 inch necklace because I love the look of whatever I happen to be wearing around my neck resting just "there". About the only thing that length doesn't work with is a turtleneck, but I never wear them so it's perfect:D I had been kicking around getting a tahitian on an...

I've seen SS pearls on omegas where you can wear a solataire pearl or add/change pearls. I would love to see this done with large, perhaps freshadama or untreated, freshwaters. Imagine wearing one naturally eggplant pearl at the hollow of your throat.

Well my purple pearl addiction has added a new member to my jewelry box family. I bid on and won a strand of lavender drusy pearls on ebay. I loved the color. The seller had excellent feedback but they were under $30 so if they're junk it's not a big loss. Next I need to look into how to...

I read that term on here, but wasn't sure if that was the offical color name or someone's best description. I think part of my obsession with the tahitians and these purples are that they look best with my coloring. There is usually a thread with a complexion debate, but I will say that I have...

Thanks for the speedy reply. I managed to get a baroque strand of untreateds that are a bluish-lavender with some outstanding overtones so I guess I'll have to content myself with them for now. That strand has just turned me into a purple pearl obsessive. I once was a very dark tahitian with...

Caitlin, if you don't mind my asking, did you have to request the purple freshadamas or did you get a wonderful surprise when they arrived? I've heard the lavendar freshwaters have a different name once they cross a certain color barrier and are truly dark purple. Does anyone know what it is...

Does anyone know if it's possible to get a round (or near round) strand of freshwaters in purple instead of lavender? Some of Pearl Paradise's multi-colored near round strands of freshwaters appear in the pix tohave pearls in them that are more purple then lavendar and some of the baroque...