Show me your Pearls!

[bebe]

the tincup necklace is from Beijing too.
the other starnd I bought online, never worn.

 

[Elmorton]

Bebe, your collection is amazing!!

 

[AGBF]

Date: 3/6/2009 11:27:11 PM
Author: ksinger


My 8mm gem grades....

20'' strand

ivory overtone

I wear them almost every day.

...and that is so good for them!!! Pearls do not like to be kept in a box! (And mine are!) You are treating your pearls well. These are fantastic! I have been lurking and just looking at all the pictures. Everyone''s pearls are gorgeous and soothing for me to see!

Deb

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Marvellous collections gals! Wonderful eye candy!

SDL--your photo is so beautiful it took my breath away!

cheers--Sharon

 

[Miscka]

HOW HAVE I NOT FOUND THIS????

!!! Yay!!

I will have to take pics of mine. I have some baroque silvery-blue (natural color) akoyas, a lavender FW set, SS and tahitian pendants, and some multicolor strands that are amazing colors.

Coati-are those multicolors from PPs exotic sale by chance????

Yay for pearls on PS!

ETA nevermind Coati, just found your thread!

 

[newsboysgrl777]

Date: 3/2/2009 8:46:39 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk
vintage white strand from ebay. These need to be worn so they warm/luster up a bit.

I hate to be dumb, but...is this true?? I bought a pearl strand (necklace and bracelet set) from ebay to wear on my wedding day. I have no idea if they are real or not - cheap or otherwise. But they don''t exactly ''luster.'' Would wearing them more bring this out?? I def. want to do so if that''s the case...before my big day!!

I will post photos and a description of them in a sec. Nothing to compare to what YOU GUYS have, though...GORGEOUS

 

[ladymentha]

wow i am in pearl heaven!!!

 

[newsboysgrl777]

Okay...here is my pearl necklace and bracelet set that I got from someone on ebay. Again, I don''t know if they are synthetic or natural. They are an off-white, but not quite ivory (despite the photos. When I took these photos, I had tried different lighting, but nothing photographed exactly what I saw with my eye)The heart is made up of small pink sapphires which I have to say are probably lab-created. Their color is less than satisfactory, but the idea of it is still nice (as I have a pink sapphire as the center stone in my engagement ring). And on each side of the heart (in both the necklace and the bracelet) is a small diamond chip. I feel awful posting such non-specific info on PS, but it''s all I know for now. For the bracelet, the heart is the clasp (which I think is really neat) and then there is a traditional clasp for the necklace.

The following pictures are from the vendor who sold these to me. She must''ve had super strong lighting and a way better camera than me!

The color on the heart isn''t really anything like this...it''s kind of more brownish-orangish-peachish?? If that makes sense...but NOT a padparadscha...*swoon* I wish!!

Okay!! And that''s it...now I''m trying to find earrings to match/incorporate everything (on a budget) and it''s extremely difficult.

I found these and I LOVE them, but they''re out of my budget right now. *cries*

 

[LD]

Oh Ladies!!!! I''ve just found this bit of the forum and what gorgous pearls you all have! I''ve been lusting over the Mikimotos and just about everything else in general! I adore the wedding photos.

I have a bit of a Tahitian Pearl fetish - here are some of mine ..........

This is my favourite TP pendant. The TP is 9mm and is mounted on either 14 or 18k white gold (can''t remember which!) with diamonds. It is astonishingly heavy!

 

[LD]

Earrings and matching pendant - sorry about the awful photos!

 

[LD]

Pendants

 

[LD]

Rings

 

[LD]

My favourite TP rings! Oooops I've resized the photo and it looks oblong!!!

 

[Linda W]

LD: What a beautiful collection of Tahitian Pearls you have. They are lovely. I love the huge pendant of yours, beautiful luster.

 

[ilovesparkles]

Date: 3/5/2009 1:52:04 PM
Author: coatimundi

Date: 3/4/2009 11:34:41 PM

Author: Linda W


Coati: OMG!!! What a collection you have. Are those Black Tahitian I see??? Look at the colors on those babies. Not to mention the luster on all of them. I agree with the others, what a beautiful neck you have. Matches your beautiful fingers and your beautiful face too.

Oh thank you Linda!!


Here''s another pic of my Tahitian baroques--circled and drop shaped. It''s a graduated 20in strand. 8.5mm to 11mm from Pearl Paradise.


Body color is silver with green and rose overtones. They look blue against my skin. They are one of my favorites!

Swooooon, OMG these are to die for! So gorgeous!

 

[evansjm1]

Beautiful everyone!

Here is an interesting project that I did last year. This is my original engagement ring setting. It''s 3-sided eternity pave setting in platinum with coin edge detailing. NOT very practical for everyday wear! Within a month of having my engagement ring, the platinum under the palm of my hand was all mashed and deformed...I even ended up breaking a diamond! So, instead of fixing the ring and having all of these issues again (which made me very distraught) I decided to re-set my diamond. This led me to, "what to do?" with the custom engagement setting so I bought a black pearl on my honeymoon in French Polynesia and turned it into a necklace. It is much more practical this way since I don''t have to worry about being too rough with it around my neck. But a bonus, it is still connected in a very special way to our engagement and wedding. It''s now my "go to" necklace.

Hope you enjoy!

 

[evansjm1]

Here''s another. This is a necklace with a black pearl and a solitaire diamond that I bought on our honeymoon in French Polynesia...

 

[evansjm1]

Classic 16" freshwater...

 

[evansjm1]

Last one and more black

Naturally harvested black pearls...

 

[Linda W]

Wow Jan, I love your collection. They are beautiful. I love how you set the pearl in your original engagement ring... beautiful. I

your Tahitian and diamond pendant too. They are all so beautiful.

 

[geckodani]

Date: 4/9/2009 5:33:53 PM
Author: Linda W
Wow Jan, I love your collection. They are beautiful. I love how you set the pearl in your original engagement ring... beautiful. I

your Tahitian and diamond pendant too. They are all so beautiful.

I''ll second that! What a great way to recycle your original setting!

 

[packrat]

Ooo I can play too! This is my pearl ring in a whale''s tail setting my parents bought me. It matches a pendant I have..why I didn''t think to take a picture of that while I was at it I don''t know..

 

[packrat]

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[packrat]

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[packrat]

pendant

 

[Madam Bijoux]

Great thread! Everyone''s pearls are so beautiful

 

[Imdanny]

Date: 3/2/2009 7:26:25 PM
Author: Elmorton
And these are my baroques... there''s a bit of a story here. My mom found an e-bay seller who was selling pearls for insanely low prices, and she bought a ton of them as fun jewelery. I fell in love with this set so Mom just gave them to me, since she had purchased some other similar pieces. I know literally nothing about pearls, but I think they''re ''real'' (they''re very heavy and some of them have flaws, and they feel like baroques that I''ve seen in stores). Anyway, regardless of quality/authenticity, I love wearing these because of how they feel on (and I love the chunky style compared to my other pearls).

They''re beautiful on you!

 

[Catmom]

Gorgeous pearls everyone! Here are mine..........

 

[luvthemstrawberries]

YUUUUMMMMMMM

I am LOVING all the pearls here!!!

Gonna have to go take some photos of mine too. I LOVE the different colors!!!!

 

[T L]

Date: 4/3/2009 12:44:54 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds
Oh Ladies!!!! I''ve just found this bit of the forum and what gorgous pearls you all have! I''ve been lusting over the Mikimotos and just about everything else in general! I adore the wedding photos.

I have a bit of a Tahitian Pearl fetish - here are some of mine ..........

This is my favourite TP pendant. The TP is 9mm and is mounted on either 14 or 18k white gold (can''t remember which!) with diamonds. It is astonishingly heavy!

Okay LD,
Is there a gemstone that you do not have? I think there was a break in at the Smithsonian.

Of course, you have to have a Tahitian with amazing luster!!