Save your pennies because a really big pearl is coming up for auction. You might have noticed I love chatting about how natural pearls are very popular on the auction scene these days. Buyers are loving natural pearls and their prices are staggering. Well, Woolley & Wallis, a British auction house, has announced that a really big …
Happy pearls, I like to call them! Are you familiar with one of the top songs right now? Happy is a song by Pharrell Williams (young gals, give me a pass while I explain this… we have an audience of many diverse women!) Happy. Here is the chorus: Because I’m happy Clap along if you …
My pearl beliefs are strong. I believe in the power of pearls to connect us to the ones we love. I believe in the power of pearls to carry us through life’s amazingly wonderful events. I very much believe that every woman deserves a gorgeous strand of genuine pearls. But I love the confirmation that …
I was chatting with a friend today and a simple question generated a very long response! By the end of my monologue, I just fell out laughing (and fortunately she did too)! Sometimes there is no such thing as a simple answer in a southerner’s life. It reminds me of my entire family… I am …
Admit it, graduation is one of the most amazing times. From Kindergarten, 8th Grade, High School, College… even my husband is about to graduate from UGA with his Specialist Degree. I know he is MORE than excited! It is a rite of passage, a time to celebrate, a wonderful memory, a mark of time well …
Pearl Girls want to know… Can you get a strand of BIG cultured pearls from Japan? This is such a great question! Japanese pearls are typically small. Why? The Japanese are known for culturing pearls in Akoya oysters. These oysters are small…very small and the cultured pearls they produce are small…very small. You will rarely …
Spring has sprung in our little corner of Georgia. I am having a ball running around with my kids outside and I even got so optimistic that I have invested in a double jogging stroller. And, let me tell you… it is an investment!! I think pearls are so fresh and look so amazingly cute …
Seriously, would you have reacted any differently? There I was at a remote pearl farm in Japan. First I was analyzing all of the aquatic species that attach to oysters during the pearl culturing process. Did you see the video featuring the worm? Gross, right? Now flashback to my childhood… I am southern! I was …
Okay, it is 3:45 in the morning. I have truthfully been up since midnight after going to bed at 9:30. It is four days since my return but I still cant seem to sleep. So, having watched all the t.v. I could possibly watch… I decided to start working on the videos from my trip. …
India explains how gosh darn dirty oysters can get! Barnacles, bryozoans, sea squirts and other young oysters attach themselves to the mother oysters. Tube worms also burrow into the mother oysters. Take a look! Part of the pearl culturing process is about cleaning and maintaining these oysters so their livelihood is not compromised. Healthy oysters …
India RowsI am a modern day treasure hunter who travels the world for gorgeous pearls and amazing adventures. I own a pearl jewelry and jewelry repair business, ThePearlGirls.com, with a cute retail store in Athens, GA. I also have a Pearl Travel business and travel blog at TheWorldofPearl.com.
Freshwater Pearls versus Saltwater Pearls At The Pearl Girls we absolutely love freshwater pearls. Although we use some saltwater pearls in our pieces, we love freshwater because they are the closest rival to natural pearls. I know that some people misunderstand freshwater pearls. After Mikimoto started culturing saltwater pearls in the early 1900s, he tried …
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