File this away as, “isn’t this cool?”… I was contacted by a professor with the German Gemological Association who is developing a new course on organic gems and he wanted to include my Pearl Farm video in his lecture. He wanted to make sure that was okay! I told him to give a shout out …
Yes! I love yesterday’s quote from Tiffany’s Executive Vice President, Jon King: “As jewellers we share the frustration that pearls are underrated. Pearls are beautiful and unique and have a rare quality.” In an interview with National Post’s Nathalie Atkinson, King pointed out how, “the tradition of pearls as a rite of passage has fallen …
Buying love with a pearl necklace? Well, it is worth a try! On Tom and Daisy’s wedding night, Tom presented Daisy with a pearl necklace. Maybe he was buying her love or maybe just merely trying to impress her? Either way, pearls are ever present in this novel. And once again, these gorgeous pearls will …
How cool is this?! I found a link to our site and The Pearl Girls Samantha Necklace through the Indiana Chronicle. Writer Amanda Groce chose to wear the Samantha Necklace with a faux wrap dress to her sister’s wedding. She didn’t want to go with a classic strand of pearls but instead decided to “turn some …
Where should you wear pearls? To the Kentucky Derby, of course! Some people look for the hats… I look for the jewelry! I can’t wait to see all the photos from the Kentucky Derby to see who wore what. Glamour magazine did a feature on what to wear to your Kentucky Derby party (since we …
Tonight is the fabulous benefit ball for the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens. The theme of tonight’s ball is “Midnight in Paris…An Elegant Soirée” and guests will enjoy a formal, seated dinner with fanciful French cuisine, live jazz and dancing in a Parisian setting. I will not be at the ball tonight but each year my …
As a pearl grader, world explorer and lover of everything to do with pearls, I get so frustrated by how people throw around the word pearl! Clearly, “pearl” can be used to describe any thing closely resembling a real, genuine pearl. I find it frustrating because some people spend ALOT of money on plastic, glass, …
Born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, Hedy Lamarr eventually found her name and film success in Hollywood in the late 1930s and 1940s. She was the star of many films but I remember her as the gorgeous Delilah in Cecil B. DeMille’s Samson and Delilah in 1949. Here is the best, though, Hedy was also a mathematician. In 1942, with …
My mom is a devoted Pearl Girls and we have many talks about pearls… I have to admit I love stumping her with pearl trivia! Well, the other day we were talking about an old friend of hers who is settling the estate of her mother and discovered that the pearls her mom wore for …
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Loren writes, “My most-prized pearls were given to me by my husband. He gave me a set with a necklace, earrings, and bracelet “just because” back when we were dating. I still cherish the beautiful set and have worn it for every big occasion in our family: our wedding, the baptisms of both of our children, and …
Here is the story of a very large cultured pearl… Found in 1987, this pearl, at the time, was the largest cultured pearl ever cultivated. It was found on a pearl farm on Samui Island in Southern Thailand. It even made it …
