365 Days of Pearls

[Sanippy]

Your rosebuds are lovely but the tiny akoya!! So sweet and lovely! I adore them.

 

[baby nurse]

Thanks hanadama. It's funny, I never liked those little akoya until I posted them a few weeks ago and realized that they really are lovely. I wish luster was better but I love their size, the fact that they're so round and their antique lace color.

 

[baby nurse]

Day 49:

Catherine Cardellini ripples and earrings. These are pieces I was delighted to find when I began digging through my jewelry box. They've got wonderful purple overtones, great luster and nice drop shapes.

 

[trulyviolet]

Day 49:

Catherine Cardellini ripples and earrings. These are pieces I was delighted to find when I began digging through my jewelry box. They've got wonderful purple overtones, great luster and nice drop shapes.

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i'm just here drooling on myself....... please ignore me......
i think i now need to lie down.....

perchance to dream?

 

[baby nurse]

Trulyviolet you are a hoot!

 

[trulyviolet]

Trulyviolet you are a hoot!

sniff....... here i sit....covered in drool.....
a glazed look in my eye..........
sniff

i lay down and dreamed of ripple pearls in candy box colors.........
all just slightly OUT of my greedy grasping fingers.....

sigh

ok well, i made bread today so i have to console myself with that i guess

 

[lmgarden]

Lovely ripples, BN! While I was a silent lurker, before I posted a word, every ripple strand you've ever posted got me hooked!!

 

[Pearly-Whites]

Those are so gorgeous!

 

[SunSeeker]

BN, your ripples have gorgeous color and luster! And I liked your creamy, dreamy rosebuds from yesterday, with or without the pendant!

 

[baby nurse]

sniff....... here i sit....covered in drool.....
a glazed look in my eye..........
sniff

i lay down and dreamed of ripple pearls in candy box colors.........
all just slightly OUT of my greedy grasping fingers.....

sigh

ok well, i made bread today so i have to console myself with that i guess

Homemade bread sounds awfully good! Did you use a bread maker or do it completely yourself?

 

[baby nurse]

Lovely ripples, BN! While I was a silent lurker, before I posted a word, every ripple strand you've ever posted got me hooked!!

Aww this warms my heart! And I'm immensely flattered because you, lmgarden have amazing taste

 

[baby nurse]

Those are so gorgeous!

Thank you, Pearly : )

 

[lmgarden]

Aww this warms my heart! And I'm immensely flattered because you, lmgarden have amazing taste

Oh, that so nice, BN - thank you for the kind words. Looking forward to all your inspirational posts to come!

 

[trulyviolet]

Homemade bread sounds awfully good! Did you use a bread maker or do it completely yourself?

no knead lazy person bread.....
sinfully easy.....
* although i did grind my own flour....*

 

[baby nurse]

BN, your ripples have gorgeous color and luster! And I liked your creamy, dreamy rosebuds from yesterday, with or without the pendant!

Thanks, SunSeeker. The ripples were literally at bottom of my jewelry box and I hadn't even laid eyes on them in... possibly 2 years? They're gorgeous in real life.

I'm not overly confident about the layers but having fun with it. I think it can magnify the beauty of individual pieces, you know? I love seeing the effect of layers on PGers like Purranha, lmgarden, MSC (and others).

 

[baby nurse]

no knead lazy person bread.....
sinfully easy.....
* although i did grind my own flour....*

Lol!! Trulyviolet, grinding flour sounds a lot more impressive than kneading dough! What do you have to grind?

 

[trulyviolet]

Lol!! Trulyviolet, grinding flour sounds a lot more impressive than kneading dough! What do you have to grind?

i have an electric (see told you....lazy) nutri mill.......
you dump the grain in the top.....turn it on and boom flour comes out the bottom!
it's like MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
then right into the bowl for no knead bread (and that goes into the fridge for a long slow cold rise)
the excess into the freezer for pancakes or whatever down the road
i will say, there is a huge difference in taste between store bought whole grain flour and freshly ground

 

[baby nurse]

Oh! Very interesting! So it's wheat grain?

 

[trulyviolet]

Oh! Very interesting! So it's wheat grain?

well i mixed hard red and hard white wheat * the whole grain is called berrys*
i can also grind other things, like rice or rye, buckwheat, spelt.......
the next batch is got buckwheat in the dough
and i'm planning on moving into a part wheat part spelt loaf in the future

 

[baby nurse]

That sounds very healthy, not to mention tasty. We are what we eat, right?

Day 50:

Soufflé and blue baroque akoya tin cup and earrings by Hisano Shepherd. The tin cup is 36" long and on white gold, as are the earrings.