Welcome to All About Pearls. This is our pearl blog where The Pearl Girls founder, India Rows, shares everything possible about pearls, pearl jewelry, pearl history, the science of pearls, pearls in art, American pearls and more… Basically this is the place where we showcase our complete passion for pearls. Enjoy! And don’t forget to get in touch with questions, comments and more!
With the launch of this week’s Star and Moon Necklace, I decided to write a blog post discussing the shape of pearls and why pearls have the shapes that they do! Is it possible (gasp!) that I have never written a comprehensive blog post on the Shape of Pearls? Read more about Coin Pearls here! […]
Hi Friends! For today’s weekly email, I am trying a few new things! First, I thought it would be fun to make my email a blog post in case y’all wanted to comment! As always, you are welcome to email me back or you can trying commenting below, either way! Next, for this week’s launch, […]
Can a scallop produce a pearl? Oh, yes it can!! But do not expect to find a full scallop pearl necklace. These are not common occurrences! I got to see my first scallop pearl in Hong Kong in March, 2019! So, this feels like a very timely question from Mark in Australia! Bert Ternat from […]
Are you buying pearls in a Department Store? Do you want to know what type of pearls you are buying? Your Questions Answered Thanks so much to Lorraine who reached out and asked me to help her understand how The Pearl Girls pearls differ from department store pearls. Lorraine is shopping […]
I was recently asked a question about The Pearl Girls pearls and how they differ from department store pearls. What I wrote ended up being very long so I broke it up into a few different blog posts. Here is some more info about department store pearls and about the experience I had ordering pearls […]
Julia Roberts character in Pretty Woman starts the movie wearing large hoop earrings but along with her transformation comes an upgrade to pretty woman pearls! We see her wearing large pearl drop earrings on gold french wire like these. Marilyn Vance, a popular costume designer at the time, chose these earrings to mark the rise […]
Although we are not pearl appraiser, we have many Pearl Girls who ask us about their pearls worth. Again, this is outside of my area of expertise. On purpose! I love pearls so much and I do not like to get wrapped up in their valuation. But I do love looking at pearls… and I […]
Thank you so much for your interest in The Pearl Girls ® Jewelry Repair Service! If you are ready to get started on a repair, click here. Here are some more details on costs to repair pearls! How much does it cost to repair pearls? Do you have a broken strand of pearls? Are you […]
Are you interested in using The Pearl Girls ® Reknot and Repair Service to repair you broken pearl or beaded jewelry? Do you want to know the cost of a pearl repair before you get started? I understand! It is important to know how much you will be investing in your beautiful gems. Although we […]
