I am thrilled that we have finally launched pearl knotting classes! Starting October 22nd we will host a class to teach men and women the ins and outs of knotting pearls. I am so excited to introduce The Pearl Girls to a wider scope of our Athens, GA community. Truthfully we do so much in …
Oriental pearls is the descriptive name for pearls that displays a trait called orient. What is Orient? I like to think of it as the rainbow. You know how white light is not really white, it actually covers a spectrum of colors. Well, some pearls reflect that spectrum through a rainbow iridescence on their surface. …
I LOVE the fact that the High Museum of Art is calling their exhibit of The Girl with The Pearl Earring the High Pearl Girl. When I first started The Pearl Girls and googled “The Pearl Girls”, The Girl With The Pearl Earring would come up in the results. My goal was to at least …
How do you get star shaped pearls? These star shaped pearls started with a bead shaped in the design of a star. They were cut from another medium, most likely a mussel shell. Many jewelry designer stop there. They will take star shaped shells, dye them a variety of colors and use them in their …
Wondering how much Frances Cromwell’s natural pearls fetched at auction this week? If you do not know about these pearls, captured in a painting by John Michael Wright’s painting, see our post on Frances Cromwell’s Pearls for Sale. This natural saltwater pearl necklace remained in the Cromwell family for years. The necklace features a graduated …
The largest natural pearl discovery happened in the U.S. in 1976 at Fort Gibson Lake in Wagner, OK. Workers from the American Shell Company found this three ridge mussel with 2100 natural pearls inside. Still intact to this day are all 2100 pearls, the shell and the mussel meat. This was truly an amazing discovery …
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We love how they look, how they feel and the luxurious pearl jewelry designs but is there more? What are the metaphysical properties of pearls? Well, first things first, what is a metaphysical property? Metaphysics is a branch of science or philosophy that attempts to explain the unexplainable. Where physics deals with objects on a …
Sometimes the beauty of U.S. mussels is simply in the shell. Here is a Tennessee Heelsplitter Belt made from the shell of a Tennessee Heelsplitter mussel. Which, by the way, was named due to the mussel shell’s sharp edges. Step on this mussel while wading barefoot in the river and it might just cut (or …
How will she remember you? How will she remember her values, that you are still there for her? All the love and energy that we pour into our children. It is hard to let them go. Maybe it is even more difficult to trust that we did what we meant to do… instill our daughter …
It is a question I hear all the time, what length pearl necklace should I buy? And when men call to buy necklaces for their loved ones, they really don’t have a clue! And the funny thing is, body size does not matter! Some petite women have large necks and some larger women have small …
Opera singer, veteran of Cosmopolitan Magazine, wife, mother and style maven of New York City. Joyce Carpati is a fashionista and, at 80 years old, she still does not leave home until she looks her best. She tells TODAY contributor, Adrienne Mand Lewin, “… my hair has to be perfect. That is my signature …
At the prestigious St. Regis Cup yesterday, pearls were off the cuff. Laura Whitmore (of MTV Europe) chose to wear a cream dress with pearl encrusted sleeves. She kept it heavy on pearls and light on jewelry. Maybe the pearls said it all. Check out her look in this photo by Richard Young/Rex Features: India …
