I think I have spoken about this before and it still winds me up! Why would you put metal beads on silk thread?! I know they might be gold, the pearls are nice pearls and you probably paid a lot of money for the necklace. I understand you want it threaded "the best" way, but …
Why I can’t always knot your pearls!
This is an example of when there is little point in knotting your pearls. This was a very graduated string of pearls that has a large size difference between the smallest and largest pearls. The problem with this is that the holes in the small pearls are often smaller than those in the largest …
Ruined Pearls
You get good pearls and you get bad pearls. Then you get pearls that were once ok but now are wrecked! I had some of these this week for restringing that were the worst I had seen for a long time... They arrived as a double row that had broken. When I opened the bag …
Nail fail!
I decided to treat myself to new nails for Christmas! I have wanted long almond nails for ages (ask anyone on my Pinterest feed!!) so I did it! I got up one morning and squeezed into a last-minute cancellation. It never once even crossed my mind that I would physically struggle to pick up any …