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I'm glad you found your pearl. And also glad that you reminded me of a novelette that I love, Dune Roller. You can read it at that link. Considering the last sentence of your post, you should read it... :eek::eek::eek:

That asymmetrical necklace is gorgeous! I've never seen one done like that, it's unusual and very nice! The pearls are beautiful!

I just realized I said fake "kasumi" and that could be taken the wrong way! I meant they aren't kasumi, just ripples with pretty colors. They are real pearls!! ;-) Thanks for the comments!

I've been wanting to try some leather, so maybe this is an omen!! ;-)

I'm wearing my fake "kasumi" strand today, with a mother of pearl pendant which was the first wire wrapped piece I did (wire wrapping is on the pearl dangle.)

The beads are 11mm (6mm thick) but there was a LOT of variation in this strand. They're not top grade. I got them a while ago at a bead show and had strung them into a bracelet for myself, but I never wore it. I had strung them and knotted between with really large silk. I thought it would...

Thanks for the info. I have more than one of those extra necklaces around here. I think I might try the wire wrapping with 14kt wire here soon. I have avoided it since I was told by the person that taught me to knot pearls that wire wrapping with karat gold is somewhat different than using...

It's beautiful!!! What size chain did you use?

Those are stunning!

I have used the Moss Power Pro to string some citrine beads and it looked great! It also looks good with dark pearls. My husband and I own a sporting goods store (of a sort) so I get what the marine wholesalers have, large spools of moss green!! They only recently started carrying the white...

Frost, I think what you have are needles for sewing with beads. I could be wrong but that's always what I thought they were for. I have some as well from when I was trying to work with seed beads... I use needles similar to what JerseyPearl suggested. The package I'm looking at right now is...

Thanks Cathy!! The funny thing is, they were rotated the right way on my computer before I posted them.....

I had one of these when I was a teenager. I don't remember exactly when, but it was in the early 1970's. I bought the thing in Gatlinburg, Tenn. I remember the clam was in a can, about the same dimensions of a tuna fish can but larger. The clam was in some type of liquid inside. I don't...

I just finished a new project, my first foray back into making jewelry in a while. (I've been mostly knitting......) These are 14-23mm bronze freshwater baroque pearls, dyed I'm sure. They are interspersed with 3.5mm gold filled beads and sunstone beads. I strung this on flex wire, since...

I got the first of my White Tahitian strands. I've fallen HARD for these.... I'm wearing them with my sapphire station necklace that hubby bought for me for Mother's Day. This is a strand from the 8.0-10.0 mm AA+ White Tahitian Freeform Drop Pearl Necklace set, lot 1733: I also got a...

I just wanted to say for the record that my nail buffer worked GREAT on my coral beads!!! If anyone else runs into this I would suggest that you try a nail buffer. I was only able to do a trial run, but I can see that an evening in front of the television with the nail buffer and the beads is...

According to the tracking info mine are supposed to be here tomorrow. I'm betting they don't make it until Friday, since they aren't even to Atlanta yet (yes, I'm stalking the tracking info!) and it usually takes a whole day from the time they hit Atlanta. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Yes!! It helps a lot!! I have one of those for buffing nails, as well as a sunshine cloth. I knew I would get some great advice here! The necklace is ok as it is, I don't think anyone but myself would even notice the difference in the shine since the "bad" ones are on the sides and back of...

This isn't about pearls, but it is bead related and I'm hoping someone here has some suggestions. I have a red coral bead and carved gemstone elephant necklace that hubby bought for me at an auction. It was pretty old and dirty. I wore it a couple of times and noticed the thread it was strung...

Those colors are beautiful! It looks really nice on you as well!