finally, a tahitian rope. for MOI.

[juliebeth]

well, actually two, that i have restrung and am wearing as one in these photos, however they can go single if i need to pare down a bit.

The true baroques were from the lovely rainbowislandpearls on ebay, these are now a few months with me, so i actually stretched the silk out wearing them too often (ooops, maybe a shower now or then), and i coudln't wait to restring them anyway, so i could shorten them a little AND have a pair to finish off my pearl paradise mongrelized earrings. (the earhooks were actually from my 14-200mm edison earrings which were just TOO BIG, which i made into a pendant and a...pretty pearl to look at...the two top tahitians are from a pp sale tincup, and i just needed two more to finish the dangles!)

the ringed strand i bought for less than 100 from a seller on ebay who didn't know what she had OR ELSE i've been had, but i LOVE THEM! restrung them right up, with an accent of a giant flawed tahitian (covered up the flaw with a bead cap) and some tourmaline beads for balance.

just wanted to get these documented. by the way, these are among my first forays into Beader's Secret THANK YOU PATTYE!!!!

 

[juliebeth]

oh yeah, pics.



can't get the colors right, of course. this is in the afternoon light on the WRONG color of tablecloth.

 

[juliebeth]

another couple of selfies:

(my don't i look somber!)
EARRING TIME:

 

[GemGeek]

LUCKY MOI!!!

 

[Amrita]

Wow!! Beautiful necklace - and you take such good selfies...

 

[newberry]

Juliebeth you lucky, lucky girl enjoy your new beauties.

 

[pattye]

Juliebeth,Stunning! What a great job of combining your pearl strands, making earrings and modeling! Love the big Tahitian! Very creative!! The colors sure pop with your sweater and you look fab~so glad the Beaders Secret worked well for you!

 

[MSC]

om nom nom nom

 

[battah]

Gorgeous, Juliebeth! I love the bead cap detail, what a pretty way to break up the strand! Ringed Tahitians are the best <3

 

[Sarah]

Yay, juliebeth! I'm so happy you got a rope, and it's so cool that you made it yourself. It's beautiful and you gave it such creative touches! Someday I'll join the club too.

 

[LitGeek]

You did a fantastic job with the rope and earrings and they look fabulous on you!!! I would love to have a 26" Harvest Strand someday...

 

[juliebeth]

thanks all! the true baroques are the most beautiful by far, but they also were pricey, of course. the circle pearls were a bit of luck, just gotta keep up that ebay searching (and risking! yeesh, at least if they'd been duds, it wasn't going to be too bad. i totally lucked out!).

 

[theseventhsphinx]

LOVE!! Tahitians look so great in a variegated strand like this! ♥