I think someone has glued a pin back onto My Little Pony. I don't see ivory or bone. How is weight for size? Biggest risk with washing is that...
@bluumz Realized you would not get an alert that we are talking about your wonderful 60s dress haul.
I see Tr____ with some stray paint.
[IMG] Particularly love this one. What size, can you tell?
There are people who wash, soak & oil pieces at least once a year. I consulted someone who sells shells, corals, etc., to collectors & she said...
More like some kind of cleanser. Probably still looked OK while wet; then it dried out. What a mess.
The brown/grey ones appear to be cerclé, having those grooves/bands around them? I don't recall ever seeing that until I got into beading myself...
This is just one of many: https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/
Let's hope it doesn't start "One ring..."
Precioussss.
Deco in sensibility but I was getting a new vibe even before seeing the mark. I just used a marcasite set square toggle clasp on something I put...
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You are using the word 'amethyst' in an idiosyncratic way. Amethyst is purple macrocrystalline quartz. Citrine is the same thing in yellow -...
[ATTACH] Welcome, CallieAnna. Some of us are old. :)
The way I encourage people interested in cameos to engage in eye training, looking at cameos in both artificial & natural materials, to learn to...
Which clasp do you mean? I'm not sure how the one on the white strand works because in pix the 2 ends look like they're for 2 different types....
I was thinking of the mirror of Galadriel but think that is specifically described as being silver. I'm imagining it should be something like the...
Grittiness is variable & more pronounced on some pearls than others. Don't write off the white ones just yet. To be sure, I just nibbled at...
And this is how it looks covered with slobber from the last time I saw it. Isn't it delightful?
I thought this was going to be just joking around, but it actually does look like Elvish or one of Tolkien's invented languages. Appendices to...
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