My freshwater pearl drops from China!

[KatalinPG]

Ok ladies, initially I thought yellow - my inspiration was newberrys metallic tincup from PP, but I also toyed with the idea to use rose gold. I would like the colors to pop, and rose gold just blends in with my skin tone, so maybe it's a good idea. Now I just need a RG chain and wire! I really like the chain Purranha was using to her last tincup, I hope I find it in RG.
Thanks for your opinions!

 

[Pareltje]

Ok ladies, initially I thought yellow - my inspiration was newberrys metallic tincup from PP, but I also toyed with the idea to use rose gold. I would like the colors to pop, and rose gold just blends in with my skin tone, so maybe it's a good idea. Now I just need a RG chain and wire! I really like the chain Purranha was using to her last tincup, I hope I find it in RG.
Thanks for your opinions!

Please post the picture of the end result, Katalin, that we can enjoy it too

 

[Purranha]

Ok ladies, initially I thought yellow - my inspiration was newberrys metallic tincup from PP, but I also toyed with the idea to use rose gold. I would like the colors to pop, and rose gold just blends in with my skin tone, so maybe it's a good idea. Now I just need a RG chain and wire! I really like the chain Purranha was using to her last tincup, I hope I find it in RG.
Thanks for your opinions!

Your wish delivered:
Rose Gold: https://www.etsy.com/listing/239273...filled-short-and-long?ref=shop_home_active_50
Yellow Gold: https://www.etsy.com/listing/257946...and-23-mm-gold-filled?ref=shop_home_active_33
YG w/ Texture: https://www.etsy.com/listing/257842...-gold-filled-textured?ref=shop_home_active_49
There are also silver & oxidized silver.

Though I have not attempted rose-gold colored wires! If anyone finds any good ones please share!

 

[kalmen22]

Katalin. . Yes think rose gold would look wonderful. Love those Metallics. Can't wait to see your final product

 

[Minasan]

Minasan, the picture was taken in natural light in my room. I put the necklace in a white plastic box. Here are some extra pics of the ripples taken in the garden. In the shade and full sun.View attachment 44703
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Woow looks amzing! you did a good job! Hard labor turns into beauty!

 

[newberry]

Pareltje- BEAUTIFUL ripples!

I also got my metallic drops, and arranged my pearls for a necklace. I want to make a station necklace, and arranged my pearls on power pro. I just can't decide,what color metal to use. What do you all think?

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You pearls are lovely and I really like the spacing you have chosen. I think you can use any color gold you prefer and have it look wonderful. I have a tin cup with metallic pearls and used yellow gold.

 

[Frost Me]

Pareltje- BEAUTIFUL ripples!

I also got my metallic drops, and arranged my pearls for a necklace. I want to make a station necklace, and arranged my pearls on power pro. I just can't decide,what color metal to use. What do you all think?



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I vote for white gold, Katalin, that is beautiful.

 

[Pareltje]

Woow looks amzing! you did a good job! Hard labor turns into beauty!

Minasan, thank you.

 

[KatalinPG]

Purranha - thank you for the links! I saved it already as you showed us your last tincup! I just haven't found rg chain in that shop, but it seems, I haven't looked at the right place! Thank you!
Regarding wire I have found - and I almost don't believe it - a wire in Germany! Yay - low shipping costs! The rg wire is 24 g and half hard. I hope, it's going to be ok for my project!

I also have found another chain, its even vermeil. Do you think the links are going to be too small? I mean its my first attempt for wire wrapping.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/181128564/3-feet-oval-link-rose-gold-vermeil-chain

Frost me - I tried to put silver chain between the pearls, and they just got too cold for my taste, if you understand what I mean.

Newberry - thank you for that beautiful photo! This was my Inspiration! Can you maybe post a neckshot of that tincup? I would be very happy to see it worn!

 

[Pareltje]

Purranha - thank you for the links! I saved it already as you showed us your last tincup! I just haven't found rg chain in that shop, but it seems, I haven't looked at the right place! Thank you!
Regarding wire I have found - and I almost don't believe it - a wire in Germany! Yay - low shipping costs! The rg wire is 24 g and half hard. I hope, it's going to be ok for my project!

I also have found another chain, its even vermeil. Do you think the links are going to be too small? I mean its my first attempt for wire wrapping.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/181128564/3-feet-oval-link-rose-gold-vermeil-chain

Frost me - I tried to put silver chain between the pearls, and they just got too cold for my taste, if you understand what I mean.

Newberry - thank you for that beautiful photo! This was my Inspiration! Can you maybe post a neckshot of that tincup? I would be very happy to see it worn!

Katalin, have you tried cooksongold.co.uk? Good luck!

 

[amti]

OMGosh, I love those ripples and the metallics! I don't own either but gosh darn it, you all are making me want them!!! Newberry, I am in love with your metallic tin cup! It is gorgeous and if I had some metallics, I would definitely be copying yours! It looks so elegant!!! Katalin, I am excited for you and can't wait to see which design you take your pearls. Purr, I totally know what you mean with Wen's site... I have to walk away after a while because there are pages and pages of pearls and my eyes just can't take it. JP, I posted a pic of my Tahitians with garnets in the lowly beader's club post... https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?10733-Tin-cup-help-pls!/page3

 

[Minasan]

Minasan, the picture was taken in natural light in my room. I put the necklace in a white plastic box. Here are some extra pics of the ripples taken in the garden. In the shade and full sun.View attachment 44703
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where do you get your clasp Pareltje?

 

[Pareltje]

where do you get your clasp Pareltje?

Minasan, I got the clasp from an Etsy shop called JewelleryMakingUK but apparently the shop is now closed. It was this https://www.etsy.com/people/JewelleryMakingUK
It's a sterling silver infinity clasp studded with cubic zirconia.

 

[Pareltje]

You pearls are lovely and I really like the spacing you have chosen. I think you can use any color gold you prefer and have it look wonderful. I have a tin cup with metallic pearls and used yellow gold.

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Newberry, I hope you won't mind if someday I copy your color shifting pearl necklace. It's really gorgeous I'll look for the pearls first LOL

 

[KatalinPG]

Your wish delivered:
Rose Gold: https://www.etsy.com/listing/239273...filled-short-and-long?ref=shop_home_active_50
Yellow Gold: https://www.etsy.com/listing/257946...and-23-mm-gold-filled?ref=shop_home_active_33
YG w/ Texture: https://www.etsy.com/listing/257842...-gold-filled-textured?ref=shop_home_active_49
There are also silver & oxidized silver.
Though I have not attempted rose-gold colored wires! If anyone finds any good ones please share!

Purranha - could you please share once more the link, where you showed us your pearl station necklace, made with this chain? I would like to see a real life picture, because the picture on etsy is too close up. I searched for your picture high and low on the Forum, and cannot find them! Thank you in forward.

 

[Pareltje]

Katalin, this one you mean? https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/s...-from-the-Ruckus-2016/page20&highlight=ruckus

 

[KatalinPG]

Oh yes! Thank you Pareltje! I'm also looking at an other chain, and I couldn't decide, which one to choose, but after seeing this picture, I think I'm going to buy the other one. I just needed to see the proportion of the chain links to the pearls. Thank you once more!

 

[Pareltje]

Oh yes! Thank you Pareltje! I'm also looking at an other chain, and I couldn't decide, which one to choose, but after seeing this picture, I think I'm going to buy the other one. I just needed to see the proportion of the chain links to the pearls. Thank you once more!

You're welcome, Katalin

 

[lary007]

Well, I ended up getting another set of tahitians from wen..got them today and I am loving them! These are smaller than the ones I got before, as you can see in the pictures. The biggest pearls belong to the strand I got from PP last year.

In the pictures with all three strands, the first is the original strand I got from Wen a few weeks ago, the second is the one I just got, and the third is the PP strand. Obviously way fewer circles in that strand, but the circles in the other ones are still beautiful to me!

 

[Sanippy]

Lary the colours are lovely! I'm impressed with the quality of wen's Tahitians.

Might as well add my recent purchases to this thread - AAAA metallic freshwater keshi and tiny AA 3.5-4mm pink/peach and lavender pearls.

I'll try to get a better photos of the keshi - I struggled to capture the irridescence. They are lovely but I must say that I prefer my Tahitian keshi - they just seem to have more weight? The tiny pearls are just lovely and better than AA quality I think.