Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

[SteveM]

My wife is deathly afraid of magnets from having lost valuable pieces in the past. Lost an SOC Keshi bracelet in Spain, changed a magnet to standard clasp on a Cook Island keshi bracelet upon return. Obviously, it's a tradeoff. (And maybe not a good idea to be hiking in steep vineyards with a magnet clasp.)

 

[jeg]

We'll have to talk at PBTB about not allowing such a gathering to occur in our own backyard without us again!

Looking forward to meeting you and your wife, Steve!

 

[jeg]

Endless strands and tin cups are great, CatMom! I just finished making one for a friend of mine who has trouble with clasps, so she can just slip it over her head. Also they can be turned in any direction to show different pearls/design.

Can’t blame you, BWeaves. peacock and greens are hard to resist. All your pieces look lovely together and I say, you can never have enough of anything!

Paspaley SS pearls from Cees, little h earrings, and tiny station chains I made with turquoise, coral and vintage Akoya.

 

[BWeaves]

Ooo JEG, love how the tin-cups work with the little h earrings. You wore those to tempt me further to the emerald and little pearl earrings on PP.

I avoid bracelets because I cannot work clasps with one hand. I find it easier to string long necklaces with an orbit clasp (or any fancy clasp) because it's easier than stringing a no clasp necklace. I just never use the clasp, and put the necklace on over my head. But an orbit clasp makes a great place to hang a pendant off of.

 

[CathyKeshi]

Thanks Douglas

BWeaves, of course we will miss you at PBTB ... it's the most fun all year ... if anyone is in doubt, just come; you'll find yourself in a big room of old friends immediately!

P.S. BWeaves I have a thing for ombre necklaces; that tin cup is stunning. You NEED little H emerald earrings ... just my opinion of course ... I have had my eye on a different pair of little H earrings for a while now, sigh ...

 

[BWeaves]

It's going to be hot today and the air conditioner repair man is coming to prep us for summer.

I'm 100% Kamoka chested today. Kamoka T-shirt. Black and white Tahitian studs. 2019 All Josh Harvest necklace. The strand is very black and white. It's quite different from all my other Tahitians which are very colorful. It's also very different from all of the other Kamoka harvest necklaces in that all the pearls are near round. Josh does good grafting of nuclei.

 

[CatMom]

I seem to always be drawn to a certain color of Tahitian pearls. Kamoka pendant, La Perlagrina. The pearls in the opal earrings from Kojima match the pendant perfectly. Ombre' tin-cup from Kojima. Kojima has another ombre' tin-cup on their website that I'm lusting over, but it's the same length and style as the one I have. I just cannot justify having two, right? I have an even longer ombre' tin-cup from Kojima, so I really don't need three, right?

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I love how the cherry ring on the left earring goes around the equator, but the cherry ring on the right earring is a halo. You can't tell when I'm wearing them, but only when they're next to each other.

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It's so hard to capture the sparkle of the opals and the color of the Tahitian pearls in the same photo.

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Two of my most favorite things, opals and pearls!

 

[CatMom]

Endless strands and tin cups are great, CatMom! I just finished making one for a friend of mine who has trouble with clasps, so she can just slip it over her head. Also they can be turned in any direction to show different pearls/design.

Can’t blame you, BWeaves. peacock and greens are hard to resist. All your pieces look lovely together and I say, you can never have enough of anything!

Paspaley SS pearls from Cees, little h earrings, and tiny station chains I made with turquoise, coral and vintage Akoya.
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What a beautiful combination jeg and the earrings are just the finishing touch!

 

[jeg]

Thanks so much, CatMom and BWeaves! Hahaha- there’s too much temptation everywhere you look, BWeaves.. Love all your Kamoka’s, too!

An Edison pendant from PP from way back, two beaded fun ropes from Kojima, and earrings I made.

 

[CatMom]

Thanks so much, CatMom and BWeaves! Hahaha- there’s too much temptation everywhere you look, BWeaves.. Love all your Kamoka’s, too!

An Edison pendant from PP from way back, two beaded fun ropes from Kojima, and earrings I made.
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As always those work so well together jeg. Beautiful pairing!

 

[BWeaves]

Love all your Pearls JEG. Gorgeous earrings and pendant. I don't think I've seen the fun necklaces before.

I'm fully Kojima chested today. The Everything Bagel rope (lots of blue and pistachio baroque akoyas, with Kamoka keshi, Kasumi and white and gold South Sea pearls). Long white and gold South Sea and blue baroque akoya keshi tin-cup. Spring Rain pendant. New keshi tin-cup earrings. I love asymmetric earrings.

 

[CatMom]

Love all your Pearls JEG. Gorgeous earrings and pendant. I don't think I've seen the fun necklaces before.

I'm fully Kojima chested today. The Everything Bagel rope (lots of blue and pistachio baroque akoyas, with Kamoka keshi, Kasumi and white and gold South Sea pearls). Long white and gold South Sea and blue baroque akoya keshi tin-cup. Spring Rain pendant. New keshi tin-cup earrings. I love asymmetric earrings.

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Lovely combination as well BWeaves!

 

[jeg]

Thanks so much CatMom and BWeaves! BWeaves, the beaded ropes are from PBTB last year. Sarah had several beaded ropes she said she and Heather had a fun play day putting them together. I have one more that is a mix of greys and goldens. They were all a playful mix of beads, shells and pearls and are so light and easy to wear. And of course, I love your Kojima chested mix today!

All things I put together- an opera length of light to medium golden SS, a station chain of vintage Akoya from PacificPearls.US, and SS and Akoya earrings.

 

[BWeaves]

Gorgeous!

 

[SteveM]

The SS goldens are stunning quality, and far more interesting and eye-catching than (more expensive) matched color.

 

[jeg]

Thanks so much BWeaves and Steve!

More goldens- twisted together, a strand of SS goldens from Kojima, with a SS multi-strand I put together. SS tokki earrings from Kojima.

 

[CortezPearls]

Thanks so much BWeaves and Steve!

More goldens- twisted together, a strand of SS goldens from Kojima, with a SS multi-strand I put together. SS tokki earrings from Kojima.
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Luscious Orbs of Golden!

 

[BWeaves]

Lovely!!!!

I just purchased those little h emerald and tiny pearl geode earrings. I definitely want to see them in person.

Today it was BBAs all the way. The photos don't capture all the soap bubble goodness these pearls display.

Tiny blue baroque akoya rope from Hisano at Pearl Paradise. Round BBAs from Pearls of Joy, bought at my first Ruckus at the white house. Vietnamese BBAs from PP, linked to them to make a longer rope. Dyed drop earrings with white topaz hoops from Kojima. Spring Rain pendant from Kojima. Peacock Tahitian yellow gold ring from Kamoka. And Sea of Cortez pearl from Douglas in a PP pink gold Frost setting. I think that covers almost everyone.

The 4th photo down is the closest I could get to showing the colors of these pearls.
And yes, my SoC ring really is that intense in color. What does Douglas call it? Erotochromatic? Erectochromatic?

 

[CortezPearls]

Lovely!!!!

I just purchased those little h emerald and tiny pearl geode earrings. I definitely want to see them in person.

Today it was BBAs all the way. The photos don't capture all the soap bubble goodness these pearls display.

Tiny blue baroque akoya rope from Hisano at Pearl Paradise. Round BBAs from Pearls of Joy, bought at my first Ruckus at the white house. Vietnamese BBAs from PP, linked to them to make a longer rope. Dyed drop earrings with white topaz hoops from Kojima. Spring Rain pendant from Kojima. Peacock Tahitian yellow gold ring from Kamoka. And Sea of Cortez pearl from Douglas in a PP pink gold Frost setting. I think that covers almost everyone.

The 4th photo down is the closest I could get to showing the colors of these pearls.
And yes, my SoC ring really is that intense in color. What does Douglas call it? Erotochromatic? Erectochromatic?

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Oh Yes! Erotochromatic indeed!

 

[CatMom]

Thanks so much CatMom and BWeaves! BWeaves, the beaded ropes are from PBTB last year. Sarah had several beaded ropes she said she and Heather had a fun play day putting them together. I have one more that is a mix of greys and goldens. They were all a playful mix of beads, shells and pearls and are so light and easy to wear. And of course, I love your Kojima chested mix today!

All things I put together- an opera length of light to medium golden SS, a station chain of vintage Akoya from PacificPearls.US, and SS and Akoya earrings.
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I love the mixed goldens jeg! It seems more and more I am liking mixed strands vs matching strands.