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I see a trip to Ban Island in my future. I already troll the sitewide sale on a daily basis.

They are definitely charging a premium, but I've been hunting this book for several years. I ordered once from someone who didn't have it (got a refund) and was ordering from Europe when Covid shut international shipping down. Karl Fischer never turned up in any search results, unless it was...

I found my Holy Grail, Elizabeth Strack's Pearls. The good news is that there are more books in stock in both English and German. The price is CHF 150.00 (roughly $168 USD) plus shipping to NY, CHF 69.00 ($77 USD 😲). The total so far, $245 USD. I don't know if I'll have to pay customs-...

I tuned in because I love looking at pearls and it was tempting, but I haven't even seen my Japan live event purchases yet! I have packages coming today and Friday, and they include a BBA strand that I was wait-listed for. Any activity now would definitely send me to Ban Island! You really have...

Beautiful. I can't believe there was ever a time I didn't care for Tahitians. I had never seen lustrous Tahitians with colorful tones, so I thought they were dark and boring. Forgive me! And those are mighty fresh crabs you've got there.

The "earring case" is a brilliant idea!

We need a pearl intervention.

Thank you!

Are there any tutorials for it? My brain is spinning because I have some drilled Akoyas from a necklace that became a bracelet, and drilled raw ruby beads, and I'm envisioning something. Thank you jeg.

I'd have to see what motions are involved. I was going to try to learn beading first, but I've had recurring trigger finger. It's messing up my dexterity, as well as my ability to give my fellow NY drivers instant feedback vis-à-vis their driving ability and courtesy level. (No I don't really do...

I'm really intrigued by it.

Is wire wrapping difficult to master?

Way to class up Pajama Sunday!

Such a clean, fresh look.

BWeaves, I especially like what is going on with the pendant. It took me a minute to realize it was one pearl with many personalities. Yup, the waters were rough. I wasn't planning on purchasing, but I'm finding myself more and more drawn to unusual/irregular pearls lately. Maybe it's a natural...

I've always loved a good Hamantaschen, just didn't know you could wear one! The luster on that is crazy.

Well, there's no wrong answer to that, but I did think the wishbone looked great.

I love an eclectic mix. In fact, it was a necklace from Kojima 2 years ago that helped to broaden my pearl horizons. It combined Tahitian pearls and keshi with tiny vintage tuquoise, lapis, coral and Nepali brass and silver beads. These are drop Tahitians from PP, and my tribal-looking medley...

I always admire your pearls, but I'm just salivating over the coral necklace. It screams vintage, because finding good quality coral becomes more difficult every year.

It really does help to see the pieces on someone. Sometimes I have trouble visualizing the size and scale of a piece even with the measurements in front of me, so JEG really performed a great service.