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I ordered a couple of books and I am absorbing as much information as I can as I go. I don't know how every one can tell all the types apart yet but I intend to learn it as well hahah.

He immediately text me, she loved it. ^_^ I was super excited. I hope to make many more things in the future!

So I know a lot of you make the most fantastic and beautiful pieces but this is my first pearl I ever mounted and put together for a coworkers wife for Christmas. Freshwater about 7.2 mm

Thanks! I bought a couple books to read too so that may help me start picking up small things as well. That strand is so gorgeous!! I would love to find something with some history to restring for myself. I was worried these seemed... too perfect

Close Up - I am thinking fake as I see no knotting on the strand and they seem really uniform but being so new I would hate to be wrong.

I am trying to learn as quickly as I can but I am sure many of you can pick these out with out even a second glance. Do these look real? Or fake? Hoping if I keep asking questions I will be able to pick things like this out quickly * Note for full disclosure - I honestly do not know, they are...

I also will not be opening the rest of the oysters I have on facebook for fun or otherwise. They will be opened just in private so I don't have to throw all my money out lol. I have explained everything thoroughly on my facebook post to them as well to hopefully deter the .. limited but decent...

I totally understand the frustration. Years ago I used to breed high end reptiles, I had my life in it and soon the market was flooded with people that thought they could stick any two of the same species in the same tank and make thousands of dollars. The market quickly became over saturated...

I guess bottom line here, ignoring the original post is.. I enjoy making jewelry. I would like to expand that enjoyment to pearls. I would like to do it the correct way and learn about them so I know what I am talking about when it comes to pearls. Thank you guys for the welcome posts. I do...

Well Dave, once again I am not affiliated with any of those. I just know how to make jewelry and am capable of setting things so my friends asked me if I would do some. I purchased on my own and have 0 affiliation with any of them aside from one over priced bracelet I got from Vantel before I...

Ya I had no idea! I read that and immediately went and made a post about it so everyone I know that does those *they make purchases not consultants or whatever* is aware of what they are getting and not what they are told they are getting. I also let them know the ones they got from me were the...

I understand that totally, I was worried I had spoken to soon before reading and was going to be written off and thats certainly not what I wanted to happen. :) thats all

And even just reputable places to get loose pearls. I can Google of course but with limited knowledge help from people that know would be exponentially better.

I don't know what to expect. At all. I have only ever worked with beading and gemstones. Id love to get into pearls but I want to learn about them the correct way. I had 0 idea pearl parties had a negative connection before only a few hours ago. I only ordered 10 from a website in California for...

Is this site for a more established pearl person or did I scare everyone off by not knowing that they all hated pearl parties even though I'm not a part of those businesses?

On that note is there a recommended place for settings that people trust? I have googled high and low and aside from stuff from China have not found much US based etc.

For some reason one of my posts didn't post so I apologize if it shows up twice for anyone. I am super new to the group - literally heard of this group like .. maybe an hour ago from googling to learn stuff myself. ALL of my friends have been notified that they are Freshwater and so is all of...

Also makes me a little sad I bought a Vantel to begin with for a friends party :(

Thank you!

I literally just joined, so I was reading until my post got cleared. I have read that most if not all are freshwater and not akoya and that black is dyed not natural. I have informed all of my friends of this. I do not work for any of these weird pearl party companies I was doing this for fun...