A customer emailed us about her one Tahitian pearl. Here is her story… Hi there, I recently was gifted a beautiful pair of gray stud Tahitian pearl earrings and promptly lost one of them. I came across your site when finding something to do with my one remaining Tahitian pearl, and I see that you …
I am planning on featuring a pearl story every week this year (go New Year’s resolutions, right?!) So, if you have a great pearl story to share, please let us know! For stories 300 words of longer, I will feature you on our blog and you will receive a special coupon code for 25% off! …
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I purchased some chocolate pearls, a set of earrings and a pendant, all chocolate pearls with 14K gold setting and 4 diamonds in each setting. The pearls are the size of a pea. Very beautiful, the sales person says they are cultured but not dyed. Can this be so? -Michael Hi Michael! Thanks for reaching out …
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Another question from our friend Michael, “Can cultured pearls be naturally colored, or are they dyed to preference?” This is a great question Michael! In The Pearl Girls shop, we sell gorgeous pink pearl necklaces. I love selling them because they are so soft in color and they illuminate all skin tones. They are not …
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So, you want to know how pearls get their color. Let’s go ahead and throw out any ideas of dyed or treated pearls. I have written about dyed pearls before but I want to tell you about how natural pearls get their color. And, when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Let’s review …
Cyber Monday is here and I am excited to shake some things up!! Shake up some pearls, that is! Look at our roll out for this weeks giveaway and SALE! First up, the gorgeous Shake It Up Pearl Necklace! 30 inches of wire wrapped pearls and sterling silver chain. These pearls are minuscule 3mm pearls and …
Lost a pearl stud earring? What a bummer! We have customers that come to us all the time with that one pearl earring. They usually buy another pair of earrings and plan on having a spare, just in case! Because, really, how could someone reuse one stud earring? Somewhere, somehow, the matching earring was misplaced …
If you haven’t already, check out my post on Growing Baby Oysters. This is part two, what kills the mollusk?
Today I am feeling sentimental and I want to talk about babies… specifically growing baby oysters! Okay, okay, if you have read my post “I Thought Oysters Produced Pearls” you know they are really not oysters but these are the mollusks they use to produce cultured pearls. Look at these sweet babies, only 17 days old!
Graduated cultured pearls have an interesting history. Since I am launching a graduated pearl necklace and graduated pearl earrings this week, I thought this would be the perfect time to discuss graduated pearls with you!
I have mentioned Empress Eugenia before so it was (almost) no surprise that when I was researching a pearl crown, her name came up! Look at this beauty:
“Why are pearls popular in the South?” an executive editor from a prominent southern magazine asked me last week. It is a good question and really got me thinking. Running a popular southern pearl business, I frankly have simply taken it for granted that we southerner love our pearls! But where did this love affair with …
