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Hmm... I was born in the year of the rooster, which might explain why I'm such a cock-a-doodle-doo? :D

Folk music adapts to the woes of the era, and recognizing this, I submit the following: "There iiiiis a house in Los Angeles, It's caaaalled Pearl Paaaradise. It's been woo-in many a previously casual pearl consumer, And now, we know, you're one." Third line might need a little work if anyone...

I never posted the 100 inch strand I made in June ? haven't been around much because of family issues that snatched me from the very bosom of the pearl ruckus and other frenzied matters. This challenge was posted a few days after I received an order that included 6 strands of blue irradiated...

Zowie! Quite a shooter, should you decide to assemble the most spectacular marble set ever. :D

Don't know if you've had one, but I think the blue diet Rockstar is tastier than the white. Both are big faves because I love sour things. Unfortunately, though, I'm pretty inured to them as a stimulant. Hooray for more gothy photos!

Dremel is the brand name of a company best known for rotary tools. They make other stuff, but their brand has become synonymous with rotary tools, just as "Kleenex" and "Xerox" are used as object names.

I'm curious about this because I have been planning to experiment on pearls with the variable speed Dremel MultiPro with a detachable flex-shaft I used when I was carving stone ? when you were having power issues with a Dremel, was it a battery-powered or plug-in unit? Do you happen to know or...

Ahh, it looks like you all had a wonderful, incredible time! I'm so sad I missed it, but it turns out I was doubly right to back out — aforementioned mother crisis, now quasi-resolved, and an unexpected trauma for my host-friend in LA, a Treyarch employee who was passionately immersed in a...

Hello all, I'm not going to have the pleasure of your company this weekend because my mother is having a health emergency. We're not entirely certain what's going on at the moment, but her blood pressure is very low. I've already missed my flight, but I expect I'll be able to get that worked...

The, umm... piece... has been relisted at a far more reasonable price :D This is a great surprise! When I saw the title, I thought the link would either be to the (NSFW) pearl thong with the uber-unfortunate vegetal brand name or the equally NSFW Coco de Mer pearl massage ring. I'm tempted...

I doubt I'll ever use them extensively, but I will definitely pick up a few snapeez jumps because the machining is really impressive. Tiny... spring... must... dissect. :) I've used ellipse-shaped jump rings a few times and like the way they follow the shape of fish hooks. The cut is on the...

Oooh, lovely. Thank you for sharing these! I adore the silver settings ? they make the pearls look like supernatural fruit from a mythological tale.

Yes, open. I've never had one pull open under pressure, even with the 36in+ strands that I tug into place as a nervous habit. But I've mainly used sterling and niobium jumps for stringing. Seems like gold, high karat particularly, might pose a greater risk of spontaneous openage because of its...

A trick which doesn't seem to have a downside so far: I put the jump ring on at the same time I thread the gimp, so the gimp tightens into a semicircle around the ring. That way I know I have enough. I've seen fish hook clasps fitted directly into the gimp via their little soldered rings and...

But Jeremy — they will give you a totally sweet store credit if you're not satisfied (and the moon is waning gibbous, Pluto is transiting and you click your heels three times)! I though jewelry prices on St. Thomas and St. John were unimpressive, but I didn't see anything that bad, not even...

chinesegemstone's prices seem high, but maybe their shipping is lower than some other international sellers. I really like Inger, who sells as rainbowislandpearls. (S)he should totally join PG if that hasn't already happened. I've had good experiences with pearllunar and several other eBay...

Was the Dallas fossil like the link on the bottom here? http://www.blackriverfossils.org/Fossils/Misc/FossilPearl/tabid/53/pt/2/Filter/131n288/Default.aspx

If I go to ebay.co.uk, I still see them. The flexible knot geode necklace is worth a glance too.

We mustn't forget how easy it is to confuse the widely available Tackitian, harvested from the wildly prolific, Crayola-guzzling P. ickata, with the rarer and more subtle Tahitian pearl... ;)

Thanks for your reply! That makes sense, based on the melty/cracky plastic-superglue reactions one sees from time to time. I think I've not had any issues with the superglue because I only put it on the knot (using Vigor's pushpin top), but I wouldn't want to rely on replicating that...