I must admit, I have been out of sorts recently. I think it was last month’s marathon of travel. In March I had 20 flights and 23 nights away from home. Even for someone like me, with the wild traveling spirit, that was just a bit much. I have come home to an overload of work, …
What an interesting conversation I had with a Pearl Girl on the Gulf Coast this morning. She called to talk about her Mikimoto Mothball. What the heck is a Mikimoto Mothball? Good question! And I, unfortunately, do not have a good answer for you. But let me untangle the Mikimoto Mothball story for you and …
What an awesome time I had learning about pearls in Uruguay. It all started with a request to teach a local Girl Scout Troop about pearls. These local middle school girls have been learning about women in business AND they have been learning about value. How do you value things? How do you increase the …
We hear it all the time… the random stories of people finding a pearl in an oyster dinner. I love these stories although I feel so bad for the people that find pearls in their fried oysters! All those beautiful fried pearls… what a disappointment! Disclaimer: Most of these pearls are non-nacreous pearls so truthfully they …
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Pearl Farming in The Philippines Having just returned from Australia, this is pretty wild that I turned around four days later to another destination for South Sea pearls, The Philippines. And, compared with Australia, production in the Philippines is miniscule. Only 15% of the world’s south sea pearls are produced in The Philippines. That equals …
I am on the plane to Manila musing about starting a pearl farm in The Philippines… Get your bankroll ready if you want to start a pearl farm in the Philippines! Yes, farming cultured pearls is an expensive business! This is true for anyone thinking they want to start their own pearl farm! You need the money. …
While knotting pearls today, Dana came up with an amazing idea…using our Pearls and More Bracelets for a gender reveal surprise! What a unique gender reveal. We are always looking for ways to make things more exciting especially in our life as mammas! We love making (and wearing!) our cute stretch pearl bracelets. These bracelets …
Conch Pearls Look at this beauty! In recent blog posts I have been discussing non-nacreous pearls. Do you know what they are? Well, I previously called them pearls without the luster. Which, is so not true!! Look at this pink conch pearl and tell me it doesn’t have its own bit of shine! I have …
Hark! The flame of pearls, the pearl on fire, the flame structure of pearls! You will only get the flame of pearls in non-nacreous pearls. Tell me, do you know what a non-nacreous pearl is? Well, read all about them here! Here is the brief run-down: Gorgeous, lustrous, nacreous pearls are composed of mostly aragonite. Fabulous, …
All Kinds of Pearls Have Value You may have seen my post on What is a Non-Nacreous Pearl? In it I showed you all types of pearls including this big massive lump that comes from a Giant Clam in The Philippines. We have discussed that non-nacreous pearls can kind of be like teeth. They are not …
What is a Non-Nacreous Pearl? Quite a word, isn’t it? Non-Nacreous! Well, let’s take it back to the word nacre. Does that sound a little friendlier? Pronounced with a long “a,” nacre is mother of pearl. It is the building block for a pearl. Nacre is that beautiful, lustrous material in the inside of a …
You do not know what you do not know is my anger-filled rant at jewelry stores that do not know how to knot or restring pearls. Ugh! You jewelry stores do not know what you are doing and I think you should just admit it!! Trust me, I understand. Here is my “dirty secret”… I …
