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Okay, I really can't leave this one alone. DO NOT put water and vinegar on your pearls and soak. Vinegar ruins pearls. Just in case anybody new out there is reading and doesn't know this yet. barbie PS Like biology? Get a jar with a lid. Put a cup of vinegar and an egg (in the shell) in...

Dear Jiazzi: Have you read the following article in Lowly Beaders Club? The second page talks a lot about that little empty space that happens. [B]Top Ten Boo-Boos LBers (and knotters) make. [/B barbie PS I'll have to remember not to pull on my pearls at work and break them. LOL Thanks for...

A Thai imperial princess ring. About 11 different colors of ruby. 22kt gold. I had it for about 2 years. When I left my husband in 1979, I walked out the door in the clothes I was wearing. Didn't even take my passport. Why didn't I just wear that ring? barbie

Wow, and wow.:) Those look great on you and you did a great job with them. That's one amazing strand of peals you knotted up for yourself. Welcome to the board.;) barbie

I'd need to acquire longer pearls or a longer neck for that! But those pearls are gorgeous, like all Josh pearls. Happy wearing. barbie

Very beautiful.

I wonder if people who don't look at pearls often realize how small a 5.5-6mm pearl is? I use that size for spacers on the occasional design. Or as gifts for little girls. They are perfect at the back of a graduated necklace.

Love the fruit.

Nerida: Your stall was truly amazing. Bernadette, I loved your earrings. Covet, covet. Wendy: you are cracking me up. "Shell scheme" jeez. Pearlysmile: Earrings? Ya know? You could use a matched pair out of the necklace you buy during the sale and PP will make dangles out of them...

All too true Anna. Iim not sure if it's reprehensible. Maybe. But I've kind of given up working so hard at worrying every little decision to death. If I can afford Tahitians this year and can get them from PP or TPO I probably will. If I can't I won't. I didn't bankrupt Perles de Tahiti...

Oops! I thought they were fish practicing gymnastics. Dogfish?

I thought CFWP meant Chinese Fresh Water Pearl. Somebody correct me quick. Does it mean cultured?

Just to be the devil's advocate: If we are talking about choices and what is right and wrong. You have to be sure how deeply you believe in something. If you really believe it is wrong to purchase a Tahitian while there is no tax on them because there is dumping on the market, then maybe you...

This makes me so so sad. Human kind really hasn't changed much in 10,000 years. Individuals rise above the morass, but there are so many who do not. What I love about this forum is that so many here think about things and then do something about it. Thank you to all of you who have posted...

Does anyone have any idea what the cause was? barbie

It's a beautiful thing isn't it? I can't really guess at this point. Are the large pearls some kind of Tahitian or SS since they are saltwater? And where do you find those little purple ones? I know it doesn't have any further info. Just curious. barbie

Ilse: I love the colors you are speaking of! Care Ehret has a bracelet on her site made of those colors. Last year I purchased exotics from Pearl Paradise and while playing with them discovered I could use some of them to make a (smaller) version of those colors. With some tiny 22kt gold...

LaurenB I hope you don't mind me answering this as best I can. Since I don't know Jeremy personally, having only spoken to him on the phone a couple of times over the years, I can't say for sure. However, from experience purchasing from his sales I can tell you that he almost always has very...

Gee, I'm glad everybody covered most of the things you could accurately say about these pearls (I wouldn't want to be critical) because I was thinking they were really inexpensively priced for 8-9mm akoya.

Dear Texas Girl: Oh good! It's nice to know that you are so happy with your new pearls from PP. :) Have you looked at their Freshadama rings? I hope to get one eventually myself. I hear they have some new Freshies in this week. Good hunting,:D barbie