The pearls I use are cultured freshwater pearls from China where they are grown in rivers and ponds on pearl farms. They have come a long way since the rice crispie pearls of thirty years ago.

I like the different colours and shapes cultured freshwater pearls are available in so that is what I have here.
If your taste is for white, perfectly round pearls, I probably will not have what you're looking for, or at least not many.

Colours are natural unless the description says they are dyed. Most are natural, simply because I like the gorgeous undyed colours.

Photos are taken in my front porch in deep shade. I try to get the photos to look as close as possible to the way your pearls will look when you wear them. I think they look better in real life.

The clasps are either fine silver, sterling silver or gold filled (rolled gold), some purchased, most hand made. The hand made clasps have been very popular as they are nice and easy to do up and undo, which of course means we wear our lovely necklaces more often. For some odd reason after I needed reading glasses I had difficulty with fiddly clasps, even though I used to do them up by feel. Maybe its a patience thing.

Please feel free to ask questions using the contact link below. There are more photos on the More Photos page, I think the colours of the pearls are more accurate when lying on a paper towel or white cloth.

If you are not already familiar with navigating the site, the using the site page has information to help you
I really hope you are thrilled with your purchase.
Catherine.

PRICES: The price of each item is in Australian Dollars, but there is a drop down box (scroll down a little) so you can change prices to your local currency. More detailed information on the Using The Site Page; there is a link at the bottom of the page. Or click HERE.
If you haven't discovered the WISH LIST yet: there is a link at the bottom of the page. Or click HERE.

THIS IS THE PLACE TO CHECK FOR NEWS OF NEW UPDATES AND SPECIAL PROMOTIONS.

14th January 2012:
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year! I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while; about a week before Christmas a van exploded in the driveway of the house next door, and a young man was tragically killed. The front of their house is a mess, and parts of ours was too. The few days before Christmas we had builders replacing broken windows and repairing split ceilings. On the lucky side, for us anyway, my son was sitting next to the largest window that blew in, and thanks to the timber blind catching the flying glass, the worst he got was a light fitting on his head (and that one was a nice light, cheap plastic light fitting, not one of the heavy glass ones) and a tiny nick on his foot from walking barefoot through the broken glass. I was a bit muzzy headed for a bit, but I'm starting to feel like stringing again! Catherine

20th September 2011:
I've added several items to into Specials and removed two. If you have your settings on Unsorted, they will be at the front.

13th February 2010:
Lucas made me a page for photos of the bears I used to make (well,some, not all). Some of you might be interested, and it's good to have them somewhere safe. Link down the bottom In The Past, Or click HERE.

NOTE:
If you want a necklace of a set but not the earrings, email me and I can alter the item so it is no longer a set. If I list them seperately and the matching earrings sell, I cannot make another pair the same. If they happen to be in the Specials section, I'll reduce the price proportionately.
I hope you all have a lovely week!
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