pick a pearl setting

[TeamTinkerbell]

Love it! What a Mother's Day you had!

Yes, it's hard to tell from the pic what color it is, but it's still gorgeous.

 

[loveladyntramp]

I surprised my DD12 with this in April. Her birthday is in June, her birthstone is Pearl. She was so excited. They said the pearl has a pink tint and is a little bigger than average, 7mm. My DD picked a heart necklace setting. Sorry the picture of the necklace is a little blurry.

 

[daughterlovesgoofy]

I have heard great things about this experience. I am thinking of taking my DD 10 and letting her pick one out and putting it into a ring. I think she will love this.

 

[loveladyntramp]

It is definitely a great experience. My DD12 loved it. It worked out perfectly too. My DH, DS and his friends did the Segway tour, DD couldn't do that - you have to be 16. My DH, DS, his friends and I (on two different days) did the Keys to the Kingtom tour. DD couldn't do that - you have to be 16. She was pretty upset. I tried to figure out something she could do that was special. Then, weeks before our trip, I found this thread. All I told her was that I found something special that was just for her. When we walked into the store in Japan, I asked her "Isn't your birthstone pearl?" She said "Yeah". Then I asked her, "How would you like to pick a pearl?" By then we were standing right in front of the tank. I wish I had a picture of her face. She was so surprised and she really loved the whole thing from beginning to end.

 

[TeamTinkerbell]

It is definitely a great experience. My DD12 loved it. It worked out perfectly too. My DH, DS and his friends did the Segway tour, DD couldn't do that - you have to be 16. My DH, DS, his friends and I (on two different days) did the Keys to the Kingtom tour. DD couldn't do that - you have to be 16. She was pretty upset. I tried to figure out something she could do that was special. Then, weeks before our trip, I found this thread. All I told her was that I found something special that was just for her. When we walked into the store in Japan, I asked her "Isn't your birthstone pearl?" She said "Yeah". Then I asked her, "How would you like to pick a pearl?" By then we were standing right in front of the tank. I wish I had a picture of her face. She was so surprised and she really loved the whole thing from beginning to end.

What a great surprise!! I cannot wait until our trip for DD11 and I to do this as mother and daughter. She is so excited and loves to see the pics that everyone puts up.

 

[Wife2Grumpy]

I did not know about this at all. I somehow missed this entirely in Japan.
I am so excited. I leave in a little over two weeks and am going to do this for
me and DD.

For anyone interested.......... I found some youtubes of the experience that
people have posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS3tzisGcyQ

They have a few different videos from "Pick A Pearl".

 

[Kellylynn3]

i really love the sterling silver cage setting. does anyone have this and how is it holding up? i tend to wear the same jewelry 24/7. including in the shower and etc. but i dont want to damage the jewelry if i end up going with the necklace.
thanks.

 

[DizzDoll]

i really love the sterling silver cage setting. does anyone have this and how is it holding up? i tend to wear the same jewelry 24/7. including in the shower and etc. but i dont want to damage the jewelry if i end up going with the necklace.
thanks.

I have this and so does my daughter. We wear it ALL the time, and only take it off to go to bed. It has held up very well. But since it IS a cage we don't want to "bend the bars" that's why we take it off at night.

 

[KJF]

i really love the sterling silver cage setting. does anyone have this and how is it holding up? i tend to wear the same jewelry 24/7. including in the shower and etc. but i dont want to damage the jewelry if i end up going with the necklace.
thanks.

We had trouble w/ ours before we even left the park - my DD5 & I got matching ones. Her's came off on test track - somehow I noticed it before the car started moving w/ the next people & the man in her seat found it wedged in a corner - she would have been so upset if it was lost. The hook holding the cage to the chain broke - the chain was still on her & the cage was in the seat. I didn't have time to go back & get it fixed, so I got a new one put on when we got home.

Unfortunately, that is something that could have happened w/ any necklace - I don't know if the hook looked open/lose or anything - I'll take a look next time.

I think this is a tradition that I want to do on every trip w/ my DD

 

[Jaci]

My DD#1 who was 9yo when she got hers, wears the cage setting often. We've had no problem with it. However, with pearls, you will want to take them off when showering, etc...soaps, perfumes, makeup, even oils from your skin can damage a pearl.

Jaci

 

[surfergirl602]

We did this A LOT this past trip. I think my husband is addicted to it... he picked twins three times!!!

it all started when I did it with my mom for a mothers day gift. We each picked out oysters, and both ended up getting champaigne gold pearls! We had them set in the same pendant necklaces. Gorgeous. My hubby and I went back, I wanted to do it again - he kept trying for a black one, but we never got it. He picked one, I picked one... I got a 8mm pink one, he got twins! We did it at sea world, he got twins again! Made those into earrings. We did one for each of our girls and got them cute little matching rhinestone pendants. All were a pink color. We did it at dtd while waiting for our bus to the airport, he got twins again!! He's my good luck charm, I guess! There settings were way more expensive than Japans. I have to say I liked the "show" of Japan much better than the other places. Most of our money was spent on pearls, seriously. It's my birthstone and I love them, so it was totally worth it... but you keep wanting that bigger one, or that yellow one, or that black one... The excitement of not knowing what you are going to get will keep us coming back I guess! We will do it again the next time we visit.

 

[famsen]

My husband is also addicted to it. We picked a couple of oysters but we also spent about an hour just watching everyone else pick theirs.
My husband picked one with a 7-1/4" pearl and I picked TWINS!
First time we ever got twins. My husband made them into a beautiful pair of earings with 14K gold settings for me for my birthday.

 

[surfergirl602]

Also, the woman picking before us got twins in her oyster! From what I understand, that doesn't happen often.

While were were there this past time, first week of may, my hubby picked three different oysters (at different places) that all had twins. He's my good luck charm! I told him he needed to go buy a lottery ticket!

We picked at Japan, Sea World, and DTD, but I liked Japan better.

 

[surfergirl602]

Oh yes definitely. They saw my rings were silver (actually white gold) and the first things they pulled out were the VERY expensive pendants. The one over 600 dollars! I ended up liking the one pendant that was 179, but I wanted to go cheaper. But they kept pushing me towards the more expensive pendants. Very disappointing and I will go again, only armed with information. I am going to look at the website, look at the prices and tell them exactly what I would like. I enjoy the picking of the pearl there. The picking of the setting, not so much.

Honestly? My favorite experience was the booth at Blizzard Beach. The woman there was an absolute sweetheart and gave us both an experience to remember.

I felt pressured there as well. Bad experience. I was looking for a little pendant for my daughter, and bring out the "only one they had" for $25. We went back later, and they pulled out the ones they had for $11!!! Def. was irked about that!!! They seem to show you the expensive ones first, no prices are listed, so you get your heart broken when you find something you like only to learn that it's like a hundred dollars!!! The settings in Japan were much less money, and I thought they were prettier!! Sea World was twice as expensive then all disney ones!

 

[TeamTinkerbell]

I felt pressured there as well. Bad experience. I was looking for a little pendant for my daughter, and bring out the "only one they had" for $25. We went back later, and they pulled out the ones they had for $11!!! Def. was irked about that!!! They seem to show you the expensive ones first, no prices are listed, so you get your heart broken when you find something you like only to learn that it's like a hundred dollars!!! The settings in Japan were much less money, and I thought they were prettier!! Sea World was twice as expensive then all disney ones!

Where was this?

 

[surfergirl602]

Where was this?

DTD. They were all about the money there it seemed.

 

[lumpy08]

Do they happen to make a setting with Mickey ears?

 

[brandijo5]

Do they happen to make a setting with Mickey ears?

The one in Japan didn't when I was there last Dec.

 

[daughterlovesgoofy]

We did this for my 10 year old daughter and she loves it. They glued it and she had to wait 24 hours to wear it. We just had this done last week, it was in a little cart on the side of the street. The pearl she chose is beautiful. It was a litlle bigger than medium, sorry don't know the size. They kinda pushed a ring setting with diamonds but we chose the silver setting it was still $49.00 for the setting and $15.95 for the pearl. It is beautiful and a nice experience. They gave us a warranty and said they will replace the peal for a life time.

 

[FormrCastMbr]

Subbing...I would like to do this next week and share pics when I return...thanks!