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Karin, rocknroll + feminine is awesome so thank you. Are you sure it doesn't describe my husband? Joking. Thank you Marianne and Karin for the tips, I need them. I could use synthetic silk and could treat the leather with a water seal before braiding it to make it a little more resistant. I...

Nerida, thank you for the kind words. I have always crafted in one way or another and have secretly wanted my own little etsy shop for ages. I feel a bit insecure not only about the business aspect but also whether what I make is nice enough to sell to others. I'd rather try it with jewelry than...

Ah, yes, the additional information is helpful. The formation of the Tahitian Pearl Consortium and it's resulting restrictions is actually the recommendation of a government paid consulting firm and hasn't been adopted and finalized yet. Somehow that wasn't clear to me the first time around! The...

Ditto to that! I've read the written instructions on this from another thread and somewhat understood it after reading over and over and carefully visualizing. This is so much better! Love, love, love all the photos and special tips and instructions.

I appreciate all of your comments! Thank you to each of you. In the back of my mind was the idea that if I couldn't get it right I might have to take it apart ring by ring O_O In the past once, I worked in a costume shop. If I made a mistake, the ladies I sewed with would just say, "That's...

Oh, thank you so much, Caitlin! I do want to make more chainmaille pieces. This little piece used over 100 jumps though. Eeek.

Sea Urchin, I know what you mean by play pearls but I don't have any yet. This weekend at our company Christmas dinner, a coworker wore three long ropes which looked to be fake white pearls, fake black pearls and a chunky fake gold chain. They actually looked really cute and stylish on her. I...

My first chainmaille My first chainmaille It's been a wet and rainy weekend. I'm thankful it isn't flooding, which I know is happening other places. For us, the rain is most welcome and perfect weather for staying inside and beading. So guess what? I made my first chainmaille piece! After all...

Thank you, Cyril. You post wonderful articles. The slightly off translation coupled with the fact that I'm new makes them a little hard to follow at times. If I'm correct in understanding, Chinese progress with freshwater bead nucleation continues to increase uncertainty for the future of the...

Oh, I saw this thread the first time around and thought it was really cool. I'm already in.

Karin, it was so fun going through your entire thread. You're so very talented, and I love your designs!

Thanks, Hisano! I ordered some silver and gold plated bohemian glass spike beads. I hope I can incorporate them into a playful design.

Oh, swoon! Thanks for sharing such beautiful creations! I adore the rings and the faceted pearl on the first page is one of the nicest I've ever seen.

I received these pearls today and they're very fun, many more flaws than the photos show but I thought as much and considering how little I paid I'm completely happy with them. They'll make great project pearls to experiment with, but I'll have to play with them a bit before taking them apart. I...

Hisano, it's gorgeous, but somehow I'm not surprised because you're so very talented! Playing with such beautiful 'misfit' pearls would be a dream.

Oh, absolutely! Any hobby that pays for itself is fantastic. I'd totally love that.

Pink rosebuds, grrrr! Pink rosebuds, grrrr! Still hoping to see how other people wear their rosebuds. I've been dying to make this necklace but I had to wait until I had all the parts. I've been tweaking the length but I'm so pleased with it! I got a multicolor rosebud strand from Sarah and...

Karin, your quote is too funny but the problem, I think, is bucket size! Hopefully my bucket will be small and will overflow sooner :p It is definitely the color of the teal circle strand that caught me by surprise and I've decided to keep them - guilt free! They have a lot of personality and...

Thank you for your words of wisdom! If I understand correctly, what you're saying is that pearl greed is perfectly acceptable and I should continue to buy more and more pearls and keep them for myself until I have so many that I can finally bear to part with some! Am I catching on? :eek:

I'm not exactly sure if this thread should go under Tahitian Pearls or the Lowly Beaders Club, but I recently bought a second-hand strand of heavily circled teal colored Tahitian pearls. In addition to the strand, there are 5 extra matching pearls. My thought was that it could be broken up into...