Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

[jshepherd]

OMG! JEG and SurfnSci, your SoC pearls are gorgeous. I managed to get back from my weaving conference in time to catch the last SoC Live event. I'll have to watch the recordings to see what I missed. But I love the deep turquoise blue and hot pink SoC pearl I bought from Douglas at my last Ruckus, so I have a stunning one and don't feel like I missed out on buying one.

But while I was gone, THIS arrived. Presenting The Divine Sarah from Kojima. She's set in 18K yellow gold, and she changes color as I move around the house. She's huge, and perfect on all sides.

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Wowzers! What a pearl!!!

 

[jeg]

Thanks so much, CatMom, 86C, CathyKeshi, SurfnSci, BWeaves and lary007! Thank you, pearlgirl12! I would be all in for earring bearing trees, too!
SurfnSci, you have a lot of patience, but it sure is paying off. That necklace has come together beautifully!

BWeaves! Whoa, what a gorgeous new pendant. Beautiful color and the bail highlights the unusual shape.

Wonderful choices, lary007. Can’t wait to see what you do with your new SOC pearls. I have a mabe setting something like what BWeaves is describing. I had it out to take pics today and will post tomorrow. For the two loose pearls, maybe a pendant setting with both pearls?

I knew the SOC keshi were rare, but after listening to Douglas’ story/spin about the last person standing… I’ll hold on tight to this necklace. A Sea of Cortez keshi necklace from Kojima, with Akoya dangle earrings from Simply Adorned.

 

[lary007]

Jeg - yes, very interesting about the SoC keshis. It makes that necklace even more of a treasure. And I can't wait to see your mabe in that setting!

 

[CatMom]

So nice to catch up on everyone's absolutely gorgeous pearls, wow!!! At a work conference so I have only been able to catch snippets of the PP SOC livestream, but I am so hoping to see some of the beauties purchased yesterday on this thread in the future! Jeg, your strand is magnificent!

Cortez strand I've been piecing together for several years...still a work in progress!
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Wow, what a gorgeous strand SurfnSci!

 

[CatMom]

OMG! JEG and SurfnSci, your SoC pearls are gorgeous. I managed to get back from my weaving conference in time to catch the last SoC Live event. I'll have to watch the recordings to see what I missed. But I love the deep turquoise blue and hot pink SoC pearl I bought from Douglas at my last Ruckus, so I have a stunning one and don't feel like I missed out on buying one.

But while I was gone, THIS arrived. Presenting The Divine Sarah from Kojima. She's set in 18K yellow gold, and she changes color as I move around the house. She's huge, and perfect on all sides.

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That's such a colorful pearl BWeaves and the cap is amazing!

 

[CatMom]

Thanks so much, CatMom, 86C, CathyKeshi, SurfnSci, BWeaves and lary007! Thank you, pearlgirl12! I would be all in for earring bearing trees, too!
SurfnSci, you have a lot of patience, but it sure is paying off. That necklace has come together beautifully!

BWeaves! Whoa, what a gorgeous new pendant. Beautiful color and the bail highlights the unusual shape.

Wonderful choices, lary007. Can’t wait to see what you do with your new SOC pearls. I have a mabe setting something like what BWeaves is describing. I had it out to take pics today and will post tomorrow. For the two loose pearls, maybe a pendant setting with both pearls?

I knew the SOC keshi were rare, but after listening to Douglas’ story/spin about the last person standing… I’ll hold on tight to this necklace. A Sea of Cortez keshi necklace from Kojima, with Akoya dangle earrings from Simply Adorned.

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Gorgeous colors jeg!

 

[CortezPearls]

Wearing a necklace of Sea of Cortez pearls for the SOC weekend!

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This is one helluva gorgeous necklace!

 

[BWeaves]

Thanks so much, CatMom, 86C, CathyKeshi, SurfnSci, BWeaves and lary007! Thank you, pearlgirl12! I would be all in for earring bearing trees, too!
SurfnSci, you have a lot of patience, but it sure is paying off. That necklace has come together beautifully!

BWeaves! Whoa, what a gorgeous new pendant. Beautiful color and the bail highlights the unusual shape.

Wonderful choices, lary007. Can’t wait to see what you do with your new SOC pearls. I have a mabe setting something like what BWeaves is describing. I had it out to take pics today and will post tomorrow. For the two loose pearls, maybe a pendant setting with both pearls?

I knew the SOC keshi were rare, but after listening to Douglas’ story/spin about the last person standing… I’ll hold on tight to this necklace. A Sea of Cortez keshi necklace from Kojima, with Akoya dangle earrings from Simply Adorned.

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Now I'm really kicking myself that I didn't buy that SoC keshi necklace when it popped up on the Kojima website. It was so similar in looks to the ombre' Tahitian necklace I bought from Kojima, that I didn't think I needed two the same. Doh! I love that I get to see it on you, JEG. I'll live vicariously.

Also, it's a good thing I was not able to attend most of the SoC live events, because my wallet thanks me. But in honor of Douglas, I wore my SoC ring today. The SoC pearl that Douglas brought to the last Ruckus for me looks nothing like any of the pearls in the live event. I got a unicorn. It's set in a PP Frost setting in rose gold.

I wore it today with Sharkey pendant and black and white (peacock and lavender) Tahitian pearls from Kamoka. I love that stupid shark pearl, and I don't even like sharks.

And because I'm in a colorful mood. Here's the Eclipse necklace (Edisons from PP) with The Swan (Pacific Pearls) and The Devine Sarah (Kojima). Lately I've been buying pearls that don't even look like pearls. These are just crazy. I went from loving only white pearls to not being able to get them colorful enough.

And the back of The Swan. She's in a pressure setting, so if I ever decide to reset her, the front back and sides of the pearl are all beautiful and undrilled.

 

[jeg]

Thanks so much, lary007, Douglas, CatMom and BWeaves! I’m happy to have it BWeaves, and will gladly share pics with you anytime!

SOC mabe and gemstone necklace with the Seaglass Tahitian strand. Both from Kojima. The rainbow lipped shell was a ruckus gift from Douglas. (Thank you Douglas! I use it as a jewelry dish)

 

[lary007]

@BWeaves & @jeg - Y'all gotta stop posting stuff like that back to back. I can't handle it!

 

[BWeaves]

BWA-HAHAHAHHA! Oh, I'm drooling over your pearls, too, lary007!

JEG: I love that SoC pendant, and that Sea Glass strand is another one that got away because I dithered too long thinking about it. Beautiful.

 

[BWeaves]

OK lary007, I'll give you break today. Doing chores in my PJs. Pistachio Tahitian studs from Kojima, and pistachio baroque akoya necklace from PP. I strung them on "mint" thread from Pattye. The pearls were the only pistachios each of the vendors' had.

And now, thanks to Douglas, I will forever pronounce it pis-TACK-kio.

I just noticed my napkins have shells on them.

 

[CatMom]

Gorgeous Pistakios BWeaves and I'll never be able to pronounce it the same again either. You and jeg have to stop posting these ultra colorful pearls. I'm drooling too much.

 

[lary007]

OK lary007, I'll give you break today. Doing chores in my PJs. Pistachio Tahitian studs from Kojima, and pistachio baroque akoya necklace from PP. I strung them on "mint" thread from Pattye. The pearls were the only pistachios each of the vendors' had.

And now, thanks to Douglas, I will forever pronounce it pis-TACK-kio.

I just noticed my napkins have shells on them.

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You're just wrong for this! You know I'd give one of my kidneys for this strand!

....I am always ecstatic to see it though if I could even find ONE pearl that looks like these I would be a happy camper. A pair of earrings would probably send me over the edge.

#foreverjealous

 

[lary007]

I'm wearing a strand of tiny tahitians from one of the earlier live sales and some tahitian keshi earrings. Also a big white south sea ring. The necklace makes me want a light multicolored strand so bad. It just goes with everything.

 

[jeg]

Hahaha- pistachios will never be the same for anyone watching the live event. The earrings and strand make a great combo, BWeaves!

Love your combo, too, lary007! I’m a big fan of Tahitian keshi and tiny T’s!!! (and multi-colored strands!!!)

In addition to my vintage Biwa necklace from Fuji, I also received a mix of vintage Akoya, which I wire wrapped into a short tin cup. Short tin cups have been a staple for me this past year.

Wearing them with another tin cup I made with Vietnamese Akoya, and MOP earrings from Hawaii.

 

[Purranha]

Hello ladies! While I was able to log onto the Saturday PP SoC Lives, I was out on Sunday and missed out. It prompted me to dig through my own SoC pieces, so I am doing a little bit of throw-back post here.

I seem to always start my first purchases in each pearl categories with a bang lol. I was lucky enough to adopt from PKinnew one of the earlier SoC mabe strands back in 2016 when she rehomed her collection. This strand was well photographed in one of the earlier ruckuses and you can see one of the pic was by Blaire.

The amazing thing about this strand, aside from the larger and colorful center mabe, the rest of the mabes are pretty well matched across.

 

[Purranha]

And then one of my most prized pieces, custom made by the amazing Sheri of course. OMG just LOOK at this ring!!! The color, my reflection in the pearl, the craftswomanship, and the head of the teensy octo is a SoC keshi of course lol.

 

[Purranha]

Just a few group pics here:

 

[jshepherd]

And then one of my most prized pieces, custom made by the amazing Sheri of course. OMG just LOOK at this ring!!! The color, my reflection in the pearl, the craftswomanship, and the head of the teensy octo is a SoC keshi of course lol.

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That rainbow