Show me your casually styled pearls

[Daisys and Diamonds]

grrrrr
why is every photo i take awful

 

[PreRaphaelite]

grrrrr
why is every photo i take awful

We all feel like that but actually the photos are just like life: the more authentic, the better!

 

[yssie]

im.going off on a bit of a tangent but i didn't want to start a new thread for one small question to dear @yssie

plus this is a great thread and needs woken up again

so what im wearing isnt a pearl

but just wait a mo ...
so ive taken to wearing the shorter chain to train myself back into wearing a shorter necklace - because i love pearl chokers (the 80s were a great time to be alive!)
a put this pendent on for some colour
it came in the little 'box of bits & pieces' ... im getting to my pearl related question


so remember the lovelly pistachio you very kindly gave me ?
Well I'm inspired to wear it this way

So im shopping for findings for an assortment of unfinished projects and i was wondering would this fit it
.....and do you think i could fit it myself ?
although the lady who is going to be knotting my jet necklace does work in pearls ... and silver ?
im kind of loath to take it to the jewlers

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Yes!! Totally!!

But I think the pistachio was full drilled? So you'll want something with a bottom, or I suppose you could just cut the post! But that wouldn't look as nice.

Maybe something like this to sit on top of the pearl...

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And then a pre-made head pin for the pearl, loop it on top yourself!?

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[Daisys and Diamonds]

Yes!! Totally!!

But I think the pistachio was full drilled? So you'll want something with a bottom, or I suppose you could just cut the post! But that wouldn't look as nice.

Maybe something like this to sit on top of the pearl...

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And then a pre-made head pin for the pearl, loop it on top yourself!?

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thank you
i will buy this right this minute
yes its fully drilled
when i had mum's (pretty average) pearl earings converted from clip ons to pierced studs they came back with like what looked like a tiny silver bead on the end

do i have to glue it as well ?

 

[yssie]

No need for the glue unless you want it, I think! If you add it (I would, personally) take a brillo pad to the bottom of the headpin, right above the bottom where the pearl will sit - the pearl will stick better if the metal is roughed up a touch!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

No need for the glue unless you want it, I think! If you add it (I would, personally) take a brillo pad to the bottom of the headpin, right above the bottom where the pearl will sit - the pearl will stick better if the metal is roughed up a touch!

thank you
but if you say it doesn't need it i probably wont bother
what is the pint of asking for expert advice if one then doesn't take it

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

No need for the glue unless you want it, I think! If you add it (I would, personally) take a brillo pad to the bottom of the headpin, right above the bottom where the pearl will sit - the pearl will stick better if the metal is roughed up a touch!

opps read that wrong
what sort of glue do you recomend ?

 

[yssie]

opps read that wrong
what sort of glue do you recomend ?

Hahaha I like epoxy. But "what glue to use" is a dangerous question on here, vendors go to war over it
Epoxy beats superglue (cyanoacrylate) for me!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Hahaha I like epoxy. But "what glue to use" is a dangerous question on here, vendors go to war over it
Epoxy beats superglue (cyanoacrylate) for me!

so
um
the araldite that dries clear ok
my hand is all shaky just thinking about getting it on without making a mess

 

[katbran]

There are head pins that have a ball on the end or they can be flat ..like a nail. . so they hardly show at all. If you are happy for them to show headpins from Bali sometimes have a pattern soldered to the end like their classic 'flower' spacer..or I've seen some that have a small leaf shape or 'spear' point.

 

[yssie]

Sounds like it's epoxy with special sauce, should work fine!?

I can't not make a mess. I have epoxy solvent on hand at all times. Last time I glued my fingers together, though, and the husband had to help unglue me since I couldn't open the solvent tin. You win some you lose some.

so
um
the araldite that dries clear ok
my hand is all shaky just thinking about getting it on without making a mess