THE SEASON FOR PEARLS -- CREAMY WHITE AND SHADES OF GRAY

Pearls are so appropriate, anywhere. You can wear a string of cultured pearls with jeans or a wedding dress. Nothing is too overdone or out of place. I love using a classic pearl necklace as the background for a lovely pendant. I found these pearls at my favorite bead store. They are huge baroques with a nice luster. complimenting them are brushed silver beads dotted with sparkly cubic zirconia. The pendant was found in a store on Grant Avenue in San Francisco. I kept it for a long time until I found those CZ-studded stardust beads and then knew exactly what I wanted to do with all of them. The pendant is made up cabachons in two different shades of gray. The round one is the deeper gray of the South Sea pearl; the bigger oval appears to be a Philippine pearl. Together, they are simple and sophisticated.