Customer Inquiry:  My mom recently passed away, and when going through her boxes, I found several strands of pearls that belonged to my great, great grandmother. They are very beautiful, but how can I tell if they are good pearls or costume pearls, and how can I clean them? Any help would be appreciated.  My friend [...]

Hi Everybody!  Our Summer Sale is raging hot, hot, hot!! Many thanks to all of our wonderful customers for making this Summer amazing! For this edition of our weekly blog, I’d like to show off our Featured Strand for August! A South Sea Pearl Necklace fit for a Queen, and exclusively at PurePearls.com! These stunningly [...]

Hi Everybody! We are currently working on getting our Monthly Special up and running; this August we are featuring an “End of the Summer Blowout” sale, and will be sending you all a special email with links to some of our favorite jewelry items, as well as introducing some new pieces that we think you’re sure [...]

Hi Everybody!   The custom necklace is finished, and I just couldn’t wait to share it with you all! As I mentioned in my previous post, this necklace is an heirloom Birthstone necklace for a client that is very special. There are 15 Precious and Semi-Precious Gemstones stationed carefully in 5 small bezel-set “Clusters” of [...]

Hi Everybody! I have a fantastic Prominent Pearl Sighting for July, and it goes to Angelina Jolie! She was spotted wearing these gorgeous White South Sea Baroque Pearl Dangle Earrings for the Venice, Italy red carpet premiere of Ocean’s 13 with Brad Pitt, and as we just finished creating a similar pair I thought this would [...]

Hi Everybody!  We are involved in creating another custom piece of jewelry for a customer of ours, and before we get too into the nitty gritty of it all I wanted to share with everyone the preliminary layouts… There are to be 15 gemstones to represent children and grandchildren in the necklace- the two center [...]

Hi Everybody! For these hot Summer months, you need some very cool earrings, and we’ve made these adorable PurePearls.com favorites more affordable than EVER!! We’ve taken up to 25% Off our already everyday low prices for our July Monthly Special. The very smart, very fresh, and very fashionable Freshwater Coin Pearl Earrings are just the ticket! [...]

Hi Everybody! I have one more wonderful custom pearl delight to share with you all! Recently finished for a wonderful customer, this 14.0-15.0mm AAA Quality White South Seas pearl pendant is perfectly balanced with a .20ct VS1-GH Quality sparkling round-brilliant diamond, and hung from a glimmering 18-inch Snake Chain of 14K White Gold (one of my [...]

Hi Everybody!  I just finished working on an absolutely gorgeous pair of Silver-Rose Overtone White South Sea Baroque pearl earrings and they turned out so beautifully- I just had to post them on our blog this week to share! The pearls are AAA Quality, very well-matched Drop-Shapes that measure 11.0-12.0mm and are set on solid [...]

Hi Everybody!   The latest Prominent Pearl Sighting simply must go to Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays the beloved writer/fashionista Carrie Bradshaw in the new Sex and the City movie that just debuted to rave reviews last week. The famous Opera Length strand of pearls makes the scene in just about every shot featuring the [...]