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Pareltje -- they are very pretty! I recently purchased metallic white edison freshwater pearls from the same vendor, still has no time (and no skills) to string them yet. Cant wait to see what you'd come up with for these lovely pearls

Ahhhh I missed the vote on the earring but I would have chosen the #1 too. Please share pictures when your order arrive so we can drool all over them over the screen together :D

Thanks to GemGeek and Lagoon Island Pearls for such a great explanation, LOVE the lake comparison :) My understanding, please feel free to correct me if i am wrong; Metallic refers to color. Freshadama refers to Grading system, in this case by PP of its freshwater pearls that quality...

Sokie -- your knots look soooo professional and those pearls are so pretty! Thanks for sharing the pictures! :)

trulyviolet -- wow great job! Put me to shame (even worse) when I see how great your knots are :)

dmj -- your silver/blue tahitian is killing me! :D

Trylyviolet -- omg how come I had not seen this thread sooner! I always have this question which is why all my pearl strands are sitting in the closet. I do not think I dress well enough to match them on daily basis. dkan168 -- funny you mentioned a cat! i hid myself in the walking closet...

Sea Urchin (love the name! :) -- thanks to PP esp Hisano who was able to find these gorgeous babies for me and many other pearl lovers! dornab -- yes the same strand do not show undertones on my skin as much as on white paper towel and when wear - they reflect different color under different...

amti -- thank you and love how you call it "family picture" :) Katbran -- I actually reached out to a friend who mentioned to me about the certification of south sea pearls and asked the very same question I started this thread and was refered to this vendoe who sells jewelry and pearls...

trulyviolet -- hope you'll have a chance to pick up your package soon, cannot wait to see your pearls! Now this thread makes me feel like getting back for another attempt. Pattye -- I have not tried with other clasps yet but from what I see, all should work as they are much bigger than the one...

Pearl Dreams -- first problem i ran into was the clasp hoop being too small for the french wire. Pattye (who has always been my great moral supports :) recommended to enlarge with an awl which I still have yet to try (I have heavy hands and extremly clumsy - I am afraid i would break it). My...

TrulyViolet -- would love to see the picture of your masterpiece please! My first attempt failed badly. I did not expect stringing pearls would be easy but it was like mission impossible to me. Since then, i had not tried again but would like to get back to it sometimes soon.

Thank you, Hanadama! (love your log-in name, totally appropriate in here :D As little spare time as I have, I love hanging out here with friends who appreciate the same thing.

dornab -- unfortunately weather today is so gloomy, bad light for picture. I dug through my old pictures and found these; The middle strand is the Metallic Freshadama. I attached all for you to see different colortones of them through out the strand :) and here is the neckshot -...

Hello All - Thanks for the replies and compliments :) GemGeek - They are permanent strand but came unknotted. I have been trying to learn how to re-strand (first attempt failed miserably :( until I am really able to string, I would not dare to work on these and ruin them.

Pearl Dreams, thank you so much for reposting the link! I was tryinf to find pictures on my phone while I replied but I could not find them since I just switched over to the new phone :) dornab, from the top picture of your most recent post - the bottom strand is my most favorite (boy I like...

If you are not in a hurry, I would suggest you to wait for Metallic Freshadama! I was actually running into the same situation - the Metallic they had were AAA. Back then they offered promo so I purchased White Freshadama with the promo price. Months later, Hisano reached back to me with...

Hello BWeaves - hmmm... not sure how I can describe -- they (not all but some) smell like unwashed fresh Oyster. Not something rotten, rather seafood-like. I would have to sniff them very closely to get the smell but I would like to clean the smell away before stringing (and wearing) them.

Hello Pearl Pros, I just purchase some loose edison pearls from Etsy for my new pet project - learning to string them for the first time :rolleyes: Vendor drilled them before they were shipped to me. They were still covered in dust (i assume from drilling) so I gave them a bath of diluted...

Thank you, Pearl Dreams and Katbran. Here's the neckshot - I wear them for the first time too :) And since I pulled them out for pictures, might as well do comparison shots with Hanadama and my fav Metallic Freshadama :D