Sunday, February 10, 2008

Remember your grandmothers pearls? The standard princess necklace, which consisted of a single strand of pearls 16 - 18 inches long made with perfectly round pearls, uniform, lustrous, simple, elegant and oh so versatile.

You might imagine that because I make jewelry that I would make my own jewelry instead of buying it. I actually buy a lot of jewelry because I think that to make it for yourself is a bit of a chore rather than the treat it’s supposed to be. Today I decided to treat myself to what I call “granny’s pearls”. I have always thought that the best way to wear pearls is in the princess style and that no jewelry box is complete without the mandatory princess necklace of perfect pearls. They are indubitably the little black dress of your jewelry box.

Having searched for hours to find my “granny’s pearls”, I resolved to have to make the necklace myself! I think that I’ve seen every type of necklace involving pearls of any description that you could possibly imagine except for the one I wanted. There were hundreds upon hundreds of them. I did see one necklace that had a lovely style and the pearls graduated in size from large to small back toward the clasp. The only draw back is that they were "simulated", glass or plastic? with a laughable price tag of US$70. I can’t believe it - what happed to granny’s pearls? Is there a conspiracy? Is simple elegance dead? Could I really rob a nursing home?

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Labels: necklace, pearl, pearls, princess, simple, single, strand

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