eolian pearls Your new aubergine pearls are gorgeous! That floating 13 mm pendant is incredible! I am so sorry your other packages have not arrived. That is really frustrating and anxiety-provoking! I am sending a bunch of positive thoughts your way for their safe arrival soon!
jeg I am drooling over those fabulous ombre Kojima strands!!!! And your J.hunter bracelet is amazing...I love JNBGems - Jun is one of my biggest enablers, haha, and I definitely departed Ban Island a few days ago when I bought a new pink T from Jun. I did manage to make it 2 weeks
Charlotta Yes, you're exactly right. I know you have a ton of experience with making beautiful jewelry and probably already know this, but through my own failed attempts I found that the only way to ensure the ring twists are even is to pull steady tension when twisting. I bend a piece of wire in half and clasp the two free ends with flat nose pliers, place either a toothpick or a thin pencil at the opposite round end, then pull and twist until the desired "tightness" of the twists. Next I size the ring and insert one of the free ends under then into the loop end of the ring and bend it up into a peg, then glue on the pearl. I usually cut the remaining free end off under the band so that it doesn't show, and file it. I can't wait to see what you make!!!
Thanks everyone! Pattye, wow, 2.5 million is a milestone! SurfnSci, and just when I was getting ready to come visit you on Ban Island! I was hoping for a shelling/beach combing adventure.
Subtle ombré Tahitian and Tahitian keshi rope from Kojima again, with a strand I knotted with colorful Tahitians from CMW.
What a beautiful combination Jeg! Love love the subtle and colorful together!!!
I have GREAT news to share!!!! Yes, yes, my package has arrived!!!! It’s incredible how fast the positive thoughts work!!!! Thank you everyone!!!! It has arrived to my Mom’s address so now it still has a few weeks to come to me but YAY!!!! It has been without the tracking details for the last two months and I was really losing hope...I did buy some consolation pearls in the meantime Hopping to the ban island now!!!!!
Thank you all for sharing my pearl joy!!!! I will be thrilled when they finally finally get here, I bought the SoC necklace with the money my Grandmother gave me for something special...So I really really needed the package not to be lost
Oh the consolation pearls Have to be banned from CMW pearls’ website...my fingers just take over and click on buy now there...
eolian pearls, lucky for me the pearls on cmw pearls are usually sold when I check. Haha, might be you. When I bought my rainbow bracelet I refreshed the site every minute, since I had seen it on Instagram before. Lucky for me it was my breakfast break then. The blue and the apple green bracelet fell into the basket all by itself that day.
Thank you for your enthusiasm SurfnSci and Cathy! I will most definitely share my new lovelies once they finally finally arrive! Just a bit more patience...although I feel like buying a plane ticket and going to get my pearls myself ;-)
eolian pearls Haha, I don't blame you! It's so frustrating to wait and worry!!! I once had a package (ironically with a SoC piece!) sit in customs just down the road for nearly 2 months. I was honestly convinced it had fallen behind someone's desk and would never get to me; I definitely contemplated driving there to get it myself!
I am now obsessed with wire wrapping, and a huge thank you to everyone who has posted techniques/tips and pearly inspirations on the forum! Today I'm wearing mixed Vietnamese akoyas from a PP vault sale a few years ago.
SurfnSci, that wire wrap ombre is stunning! I had my mixed color akoyas restyled into a long mixed rope a few years ago; now I am sorely tempted to ombre it ... gorgeous
SurfnSci your ombre akoya tincup is simply stunning. That's such a pretty look. I never did ombre akoyas. I will have to find some multicolored to play with soon
Oh SurfnSci your akoya ombre is absolutely amazing!!!! Such beautiful pearls and the subtle graduation is so so dreamy! And your wirewrapping skills are fantastic!!! A beautiful beautiful creation!
Oh my goodness, thank you so very much for your kind words, CathyKeshi, Charlotta, eolian pearls and BWeaves!!!! Your creations and stylings always inspire me
I am now back vacationing on Ban Island, kindly escorted by my loving husband so that I didn't fall off the boat or try to swim to a different island, so I'm thinking about giving some other older pearly pieces a wire wrap face-lift.