{"id":783,"date":"2015-03-03T11:51:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T11:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/?p=783"},"modified":"2015-03-03T11:51:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T11:51:29","slug":"earring-pairs-fun-akoya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/pearlescence\/earring-pairs-fun-akoya\/","title":{"rendered":"More earring pairs and some fun akoya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I was out at the show proper for the first time. The list is almost covered so today has been bowing and picking up some of the peals I could not get in Tsim Sha Tse..especially akoya. I had some akoya requests. Mostly straightforward white earring pairs, plus a special of a ring iwth small black and white akoya with the shank like the one you’ve seen on me in the last few posts. (everyone admires that pearl by the way. It really is mirror metallic)<\/p>\n

Who knew how hard it was to find a single 5mm black akoya pearl. They just aren’t being dyed or something. In the end I did, but I had gone up and down all the aisles of the akoya specialists looking. On my akoya trek I did find these three fun akoya nayural colours very baroque pearls. Super colours and metallic lustre. Serous haggling means a great price will be possible. Round natural colour strands have quadrupled. Presumably the farmers and dealers have twigged how popular natural colour pearls\u00a0 have become and are leaving them as is rather than bleaching them all white. Plenty of natural white about too. But I’ll leave white akoya to those who have them covered already. That market is full.<\/p>\n

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Very baroque natural colours akoya pearls. Lovely colours and wow lustre<\/p><\/div>\n

Heading back to Grace for a sit down and a chat with my long term friend there, Cicie, I spotted some luscious\u00a0 huge deep strong natural colour button pearls and went through their entire stock to find just these few pairs – up to 16mm and metallic. Being buttons they’ll make better earrings as they sit better and more neatly to the ear lobe than rounds when you are getting into seriously big studs.<\/p>\n

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Sumptuous HUGE natural colours button pearl pairs<\/p><\/div>\n

I was so tempted to browse and get some more of those rich huge strands of purple, violet and lilac matched strands like my new one but resisted. But if anyone seriousy wants one please email me now = last chance for me to select one tomorrow before I head home.<\/p>\n

It was time to head back to Kowloon but finally these two strands caught my eye on my way out so I got them. Dyed black big rounds, lovely range of colours, and metallic.The photo shows them darker than they are.<\/p>\n

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black on the way out strands<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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