Despite the rain, Molly Malaney looked stunning in a $45,000 Monique Lhuillier gown at her wedding last week to Season 13 Bachelor Jason Mesnick. She donned Neil Lane diamonds in a wedding fit for TV… oh wait- it was on TV! While we love Malaney’s diamonds, we were thrilled to see the bridesmaids wearing green freshwater pearl necklaces that were paired with gold chains and other gemstones. They wore matching green freshwater pearl stud earrings that looked stunning with their black dresses.

Pearl jewelry can be worn in a classic, traditional manner at a wedding or, as seen at the Malaney-Mesnick wedding, in an artistic, chunky style.

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Click here to see a photo of the bridesmaid jewelry from the Bachelor wedding

Lady Gaga is known for her outrageous sense of fashion and love for couture, so we thought we’d share how she wore her pearls at the amfAR party last night in New York

Click here to see the photo of Lady Gaga’s pearls

While we don’t recommend doing this with your Museum Way Pearls’ jewelry, Lady Gaga’s make-up artist had some fun sticking pearls all over the pop star’s face. Next her hairstylist wove strands of pearls throughout her hair. Lady Gaga also strung some tiny pearl necklaces around her neck.

Lady Gaga’s passion for pearls is definitely making wave throughout the fashion industry, but we give her a thumbs up for trying something new, yet very odd, with pearls.

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Museum Way Pearls is partnering with Splendicity Shopaholics Daily to host a jewelry contest. We’re giving away a 7-8 mm stunning pink pearl necklace that sells on MuseumWayPearls.com for $99. It comes with an appraisal prepared by a GIA certified appraiser.

FYI: Take 10% off your Valentine’s Day purchase at Museum Way Pearls with coupon code/ discount code ‘LOVE PEARLS’ at checkout.

Visit Splendicity Shopaholics Daily to enter!

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We truly value our customers and on top of providing an outstanding product at exceptional prices, we try to offer the best customer service possible. So, Museum Way Pearls was thrilled to have our unique customer service mentioned in the February 2010 edition of Entrepreneur Magazine.

Read Entrepreneur’s ‘Rewarding the Repeaters’ article here

FYI: Take 10% off your Valentine’s Day purchase at Museum Way Pearls with coupon code/ discount code ‘LOVE PEARLS’ at checkout.

Looking polished as always, we wanted to point out Nancy Pelosi’s ever-popular strand of power pearls. Her multi-color pearl necklace looked stunning worn with a lavender suit. If you would like a Pelosi-style pearl necklace contact Museum Way Pearls and we’d be happy to customize a pearl necklace just like hers. Pelosi’s necklace features 11-13mm Tahitian and South Sea pearls and looks to be 18-inches long, but we can design your Pelosi-style necklace as long or as short as you would like.

Click to see a photo of Pelosi’s pearls from 2010 State of the Union

Michelle Obama also wore a strand of brilliant white pearls that really stood out over her eggplant Isaac Mizrahi dress. While it may not come to mind to wear white pearls over a dark shirt or dress, this is one of the best ways to highlight them the luminous qualities of the pearls.

Click here to contact us for details and prices on a Pelosi-style necklace

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The Emirates Palace Hotel in the UAE capital is hosting an exhibit that will feature one of the biggest pearls in the world.

The previously unnamed pearl, right, now goes by Danat Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, the Mother of the Nation and weighs in at 856.58-carats (10.2 centimeters long and has a circumference of 15.2cm). It is about two times as large as the Hope Pearl and weighs around 11 carats more than the Burma Pearl.

The Mother of the Nation pearl is positioned in a historic gold torso of a centaur, a half-man, half-horse being from Greek mythology. It is on display next to many famous pearls of the world that are part of the Natural Pearl Display, a permanent exhibition at the Emirates Palace Hotel.

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A beautiful piece of pearl jewelry can be an affordable and impressive gift for your loved one this Valentine’s Day. While it may be a few weeks way, don’t procrastinate because MuseumWayPearls.com is offering free shipping on all of pearl jewelry. Plus, they’ll even take 10% off your entire purchase with coupon code ‘LOVE PEARLS.’

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Our friends at Pearl-Guide.com (the top website for pearl enthusiasts) have a great review of the new book ‘The French Blue.’ This fictional narrative details the existence and travels of Jean Baptiste Tavernier.

In his era, Tavernier was one of the most significant gem traders and is also known for having a major role in pearl trading.

According to the reviewers on Pearl Guide, author Richard Wise weaves fact and fiction ‘seamlessly’ to tell Tavernier’s adventurous story.

Details on the book:
The French Blue
Brunswick House Press
ISBN: 97809722367
Hardcover $29.95
http://www.thefrenchblue.com

Visit Pearl Guide to see the full review of ‘The French Blue’

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While is no secret that pearls are our favorite at MuseumWayPearls.com, we do appreciate all gemstones, so we were excited to read about an upcoming “Ruby Day.”

National Jeweler Network just reported CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, will hold a gemological mini-conference in Munich with a concentration on rubies at the (Feb 19) 2010 CIBJO Congress.

The one-day event is referred to as “Ruby Day” and will be solely devoted to lectures and talks on study findings about rubies.

Planners state this conference will commence a new ritual for upcoming congresses- hopefully pearls will be on the roster soon.

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In order to have your beautiful packages of pearl jewelry under the tree for Christmas, UPS 3-Day orders must be placed by December 17, UPS 2-Day orders must be placed by December 20 and anything after that should be shipped overnight. Please contact us (888-817-2843) if you will be shipping internationally and we’ll help you select the best option.

Feel free to use our free shipping on orders that can arrive after Christmas.