In the midst of all my pearling I realized that my husband didn't have any pearls! He's not the type to wear a pearl on his neck or ears, but he does play with a professional Orchestra so I started looking for suitable pearls to wear with his tuxedo. I found these vintage Mikimoto cufflinks in rhodium sterling silver and some vintage shirt studs. I ended up having to find one more "shirt stud finding" to match these and one more pearl to go with that finding. He needed 4 shirt studs instead of the traditional 3. He wears them all the time, and because of my passions, appreciates the quality and beauty of these little pearls.
(I think I did a pretty good job matching that extra shirt stud...can't tell which one is the newest, except for fewer scratches on the gold!)
He now, also, recognizes quality pearls when he is looking into the audience. One time he turned to his fellow orchestra musician section member and pointed out a lady sitting on the front row, who was wearing a stunning 3-strand of 15-17mm perfectly white South Sea pearls. He said, "Dude, look at those pearls on that lady's neck." His friend replied, "Yeah, they probably cost more than my car." To which my husband knowledgably replied, "No, they probably cost more than your HOUSE!"
It's so fun that he loves me enough to share my pearling passions.
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