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As I have stated before, the majority of my pearls come in earring form. I don't wear a lot of bracelets because I am a thin-blooded gal and wear long sleeves for 3/4 of the year, and because I worry that the pearls will get banged up, an issue which was recently discussed elsewhere on the forum.
However, bracelets do have a couple of things going for them: the ability to admire your own pearls while wearing them, and the fact that since there are fewer pearls than a necklace, they are more affordable.
I recently acquired 2 very pretty bracelets I thought folks might like to see. The first is a Tahitian from Pearl Paradise: mixed round and keshi. I had called PP because one of the bracelets they had on the site looked more blue than another and being a blues freak, I wanted to know if the color was true or just an artifact of my computer. Unfortunately, the bracelet I was interested in could not be found anywhere. Elia offered to try and make a similar bracelet for me of some of the bluer pearls they had on hand. The resulting bracelet is more navy than aqua but it is gorgeous - I just love it.
However, bracelets do have a couple of things going for them: the ability to admire your own pearls while wearing them, and the fact that since there are fewer pearls than a necklace, they are more affordable.
I recently acquired 2 very pretty bracelets I thought folks might like to see. The first is a Tahitian from Pearl Paradise: mixed round and keshi. I had called PP because one of the bracelets they had on the site looked more blue than another and being a blues freak, I wanted to know if the color was true or just an artifact of my computer. Unfortunately, the bracelet I was interested in could not be found anywhere. Elia offered to try and make a similar bracelet for me of some of the bluer pearls they had on hand. The resulting bracelet is more navy than aqua but it is gorgeous - I just love it.
). I had purchased an extra strand of the baroque akoyas to break up and make into earrings and pendants for various friends and relatives, and when all was said and done, I was left with 8 extra pearls. I had also purchased a FW baroque bracelet from one of TPO's specials, but the bracelet was a bit too small for me (I prefer mine to be loose, despite the added risk to the pearls) and also I found the fishhook clasp to be difficult to use one-handed. Eventually it occurred to me that I had "2 great pearls that look great together" (to borrow from Reese's) and I enlisted the help of KP to construct the bracelet. My knotting skills are meager, and I am unfamiliar with using gimp, but I wanted the bracelet to have a nice finish. So, off went the pearls to Florida, and I just got them back today in finished form. The bracelet is alternating FW and akoya with the white gold ball clasp that came with the akoyas. Huge thanks to Knotty Panda for her kind assistance in creating the bracelet!!
