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That is a good idea. I've seen them do something similar to that on Jewel school. They have so many cool tools out there nowadays, but boy can they get expensive.

One other question, you know the pearl thing I'm attempting for my wedding. Well I bought a bunch of sterling silver heads pins in different sizes to work with but now I'm concerned about tarnishing. Has anybody tried working with stainless steel? Is it hard to manipulate? I know I wouldn't be...

Thank you all, I think I looks much better too. The beads are 14K too. My only concern is I can only wear real gold or sterling silver, unfortunately I'm allergic to most everything else. Which is why I can only buy gold or silver to work with, so I do hope the prices come down soon. Silver and...

I haven't been able to find 14k French wire at all. So when you restring your pearls do you reuse the gimp? I have only been half successful with that so far. So one part of the clasp has it and the other side doesn't. My other question is, can you assume the gimp is 14K if the clasp is 14K...

Now that I am home, I got a good look at it with the loupe and it has one crack underneath the nacre. The other one I thought was a crack, was a little surface scratch. Since I have been wearing it everyday I was wondering, is it a bad thing to sleep with it on? I have forgotten to take it off a...

Thank you all so much. I will continue to wear it and I am determined to find a nicer bail. :) Caitlin, yes it does have a few cracks under the surface. I was wondering if the cracks underneath the nacre were from a fall too. Thank you for the insight on the cracks, I dropped it last night and...

I'm not sure what kinda of old cut diamond it was. I was just told it had an old diamond bail. ~d

Hi Pattye! Yes, it used to have one is what I was told. It just has a jump ring as a bail now. It is 18MM by 8MM.

I have had this for a few weeks now and I'm totally stumped on what this could be. I have found some pearls online that look pretty close to it but nothing definitive. I rescued this from a gem jar in a little antique shop. Its 18k and it used to have an old cut diamond bail but it was removed...

What a lovely heirloom. Those pearls are gorgeous and the luster is incredible. You mom sounds like an amazing person. Those are some special pearls and your photography is excellent. Thank you for sharing. ~d

LOL GG, it sure is ;) BAS, Thank you so much! My oldest son helped me put it all together. I found that old wooden bead board for a $1 and he wanted to sand it down nice and smooth for his mom. I ended up spending $17 on three different kinds of sand paper, but to watch him take the time and do...

Exquisite!! I love it! You can't help but notice such a beautiful piece!

Not sure why it went sideways but the keyboard area is the best place I could find to store my pearls so far. :o

This is a cool thread! Here is mine ;)

That's an idea :) Never thought of that. I have been looking at some really nice multi strand clasp to use for the clusters. Thank you so much. ~d

Such yummy pieces! I love them all. I have learned so much about pearls On this forum. I never knew there were so many different types of pearls out there. You can never get bored of them!!! EVER!!! ~d

Thank you all so much. I am starting with the round clusters first, since I will need quite a few of them. I have found a few candidates online but they look smaller than the ones in the photo. So my search continues. :) ~d

I totally agree, I would get the one from PP. I honestly think your mom would love whatever you get her. :) The one from Tiffany's is nice but with it being sterling silver, she would have to polish all those little nooks and crannies. The design would make it difficult to keep the polishing...

Thank you all so much. You guys have brought up some great ideas. I really wanted to try and make it myself first. It is definitely a big venture but I love the challenge. Going shopping for supplies, taking measurements, just everything that comes with making something yourself is exciting to...

Thank you so much all :D Twenty years, Wow! I can't believe it myself, LOL. I know making this thing is going to be a lot of trial and error but I think I can do it and I will definitely take photos of my progress along the way. Thanks so much again ~d