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Thanks Michelle--just what I needed another website to drool over!!
So fun! Are they heavy?
Thanks Michelle--just what I needed another website to drool over!!
So fun! Are they heavy?
Gorgeous!!
Thank you!
The baroque necklace needed its own moment. This was purchased from someone who works with the pearl company as well as the pearl farmers in Japan. This is his image because I'm not great at photographing pearls.
The process for this necklace involved selecting 200 pearls with outstanding luster out of 30,000 pre-sorted pearls. The seller has videos and an article on his website detailing the entire process. I was captivated as soon as I saw it.
Can I ask the vendor? Its lovely!
Of course!
The vendor is FlowerJem on Etsy & Insta. I purchased via PayPal from his website directly after reaching out.
Here is his blog post about this necklace -
Creating a Necklace: 200 Meticulously Selected Pearls
Witness the meticulous process of crafting a high-quality necklace with 200 carefully chosen pearls from a collection of 30,000.flower-jem.com
I'm not sure if the other necklace made from this batch of pearls and strung with silver thread is still available. It seems to be sold out on Etsy but still available on his website. It had a bit more pink in it. I nearly bought both! It took a lot of willpower to walk away because I could imagine the second necklace as an extender but I am allocating funds for a gemmy Akoya strand and a pair of mabe earrings in the coming months.
I very much appreciated purchasing from him because he is so knowledgeable about pearls. Selling jewelry and providing exceptional pearl education is his hobby/passion gig. The seller mostly deals in blue Akoyas. He also works for a large pearl company and closely with the pearl farmers at his job. Also his knotting work is beyond nice.
These pearls feel ultra hefty. I think there's a video on his website in a later blog post where he compares the two top luster strands and it is literally ASMR pearl heaven.
@Alybird Thank you for sharing! I ended up buying a strand from him today - I loved reading his blog and website
I'm so glad that the recommendation was useful! He was responsive and pleasure to work with and I love his blog too. Interesting, informative and amusing at times.
I hope you'll share what you got!!
I ended up getting one of the silvery blue baroque necklaces - I am also going to get a pair of earrings once he wakes up *laughs* He needed to go to bed as we were emailing.
Ironically I told him I much prefer the different color thread- I like to think I am younger than I am and it feels different and more youthful and playful. Honestly when I saw your post it sang to me and then I spent a few days reading through his site - and it reminded me of when you visit someone's home who cooks and embeds everyting they love about cooking and baking into their meal - where you can FEEL it.. sounds silly I know!