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Ok why not just post the list about reliable places to buy? About 6 months ago I purchased a DVD from Rio Grande on stringing pearls. Other than a few jewelry supply houses that i trust I don't know about other sources or for that matter all the little ins and outs of beading (as if i need...

Slraep, I had Sandy during the school year. It was better than the gov. boarding schools. She taught us a lot about her culture and made the best Navajo Tacos. During the summer months she returned to her family and we would visit them. Sandy's parents are very traditional Navajo, still...

I helped raise a Navajo girl during the school year. Her family has sort of adopted me and my family into theirs. They have a lot of great recipes as it were for dying wool. They use what is at hand on their land to do it with. I love watching them.

Its the uric acid in urine that is the active ingredient. Many acids will give different colors. I have about 7 books on the subject of just metal patinas. Quite fun to do, and not really hard. Just get a good pair of nitrile gloves just in case you use the nasty stuff.

Well Wendy once my kids hit school age, I found that going back to school was fun. I have degrees in, BA communications to expound upon my BS degree in political science. BS in Molecular bio chem, and working currently on a Fine arts degree. Minored in geology, psychology, and folklore...

Ash come on urine was a big thing in renaissance times. In fact patinas are the first go green lets compost, lets recycle art form. In Shakespeare's time metalsmiths would take a barrel fill it with sawdust. That was the start of modern recycling. That after they were finished with it would...

The Akoya earrings and the baroque bracelet. They are both sold out. I'm not a fan of the fancy darker dyed pearls. I have a rope length very nice lavender CFWP necklace that I got about 15 years ago. While I was learning my first steps of weilding a blow torch, I worked for a high end...

Darn the ones I would have gotten are sold out. Maybe next month.

Sept. special? Where? I'm too new to know who is who or what.

Why not take them to a jewelry store and ask the jeweler not the sales person. A gift store lady is suspect as to an authority. If you can come up with a way to measure the pearls as fast as you did, and see a gift shop lady and such since this thread was started, you definately have time to...

LOL, want a good laugh you should be here when hubby thinks I need to raise my blood pressure. That channel does the slashing as part of their game. They give you all sorts of hype, but most of it is so outlandish. They have sales people giving you verbal diarehha to entice you to buy. It's...

Maybe the pearls came from Rocky Mountain Oysters?

The New Zealand Puaua (sp) farmer has a USA distributor that does fancy inlay tiles for the bathroom and other products. Maybe they were refering to an inlaid toilet? OK it is time for me to go anneal some more metal.

Tom, Baldamera Olivera has done wonderful research with the conus sea snail. He has isolated out regio specific chemicals that can anthsethize just one eyelid at a time. So we never know what can happen with research with other marine animals. I would love to see that pearl in a not close...

lol, you have Florida, we here where I am have warren Jeffs.

Marc, I get the overpriced bit all the time. The one that really irked me was about a month ago. A lady had her approx. 8 y/o son come over to my table while I was demoing my craft. He loudly asked, "Do you give free samples?" I told him no. His mother came up and was angry stating, "We...

Have you tried toothpaste and a soft toothbrush yet? I wouldn't worry too much since people who buy silver know it will tarnish. As for gold prices, I saw it rise over $700 and ounce back in the late 70's only to fall below $300 by the late 90's. It rose recently to over $1000 an ounce, and...

The link below what I said was not positive about the jewelry networks. It is from a thread here on PB. I bought a watch that was supposedly silver and freshwater pearls. When I got it, it was plated plastic with really cheap pearls. I was very underwhelmed. A freind of mine the same time...

Glad I'm not the only one who feels this way about jewelry shopping networks. https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/tahitian-pearls/2699-jewelry-channel.html

For giggles and grins yesterday while in Vegas for the Harvest Festival at Cashman Convention Center, I did a fast run over to the Venetian. I checked out the Mikimoto store there. Granted I'm not a pearl expert, but I do know gem stones and jewelry techniques. They need to train their staff...