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I've never seen it in person, and hadn't seen it on the website. But, I love a good mystery, and had fun looking through older catalogs for it. 
Now seeing the silver version of your necklace on the website, the price of the silver one is now more than the price noted in the oldie catalog for your gold one!Right? Looking at those prices made my heart hurt a little. Kind of like when you compare CA real estate to TX, etc. Honestly, I didn’t know it was on the current website till afterwards when I was trying to date it. Looking through the old catalogs must have been so fun!Well, I had to laugh when you said it's a current item!
90s onward, there's a distinctive shift to (graphically) quieter minimalism that resonates more with me.
Thanks! I'm going to binge watch! I always heard the Studio 54 was over the top. I'm looking forward to see this.@BigAkoya mentioned the upcoming Netflix program, Halston. It begins Friday, and they currently have a few clips up. I'm sure I saw a few Peretti Beans flash by as I watched the longer (second) one. Looking forward to seeing which of her pieces they feature!
If you scroll to the very bottom of the link you'll see the clips.
Watch Halston | Netflix Official Site
His name built an empire. His style defined an era. American fashion designer Halston skyrockets to fame before his life starts to spin out of control.www.netflix.com
Wow... I love this! I love how you made it a necklace with a white cord. So summery! Is it possible for a modshot? I would like to see how big it is worn long. If not (which I totally get as I hate body mod shots), then perhaps hold it up to your hand?Delivery Today!
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Inspired by @A1aGypsy's recent purchase, and @MatAllston's brilliant conversion of the same item, I decided I needed a Bean! I was so excited to get going on my project that I forgot to take a before pic! Here’s the Tiffany photo of the Bean Key Ring.
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No going back now, leather cord removed!
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I used white satin cord to convert it to a necklace. Happily it turned out just as I hoped. I love my new Bean pendant!
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That is SUPER COOL! I saw it on the website but preferred a black leather, brown just looks wrong to me. That will look stunning casual or dressy. Great job!Delivery Today!
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Inspired by @A1aGypsy's recent purchase, and @MatAllston's brilliant conversion of the same item, I decided I needed a Bean! I was so excited to get going on my project that I forgot to take a before pic! Here’s the Tiffany photo of the Bean Key Ring.
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No going back now, leather cord removed!
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I used white satin cord to convert it to a necklace. Happily it turned out just as I hoped. I love my new Bean pendant!
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Wow! It looks great on the white cord. Congratulations!Delivery Today!
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Inspired by @A1aGypsy's recent purchase, and @MatAllston's brilliant conversion of the same item, I decided I needed a Bean! I was so excited to get going on my project that I forgot to take a before pic! Here’s the Tiffany photo of the Bean Key Ring.
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No going back now, leather cord removed!
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I used white satin cord to convert it to a necklace. Happily it turned out just as I hoped. I love my new Bean pendant!
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Hi BigAkoya, many thanks!
The large bean is hollow (lighter in weight than I expected) and has a hole in the top and bottom. Once I untied the leather cord and removed it, I stared at it for a bit, trying to decide how to proceed!
I noticed it had a bit of black, powdery debris falling out of it, I assume from production and polishing. I gently tapped the bean in my hand until it stopping coming out. I also have very long, skinny, q-tip like swabs that I was able to push through the holes to remove a bit more.
I then threaded a long, skinny needle with thick thread and pushed that through the bean's top hole and then out the bottom hole. I then fed the threaded needle through a loop of the white satin cord. I then pushed just the needle and thread back up the bottom hole, and through the top one. As the thread was still fed through the satin cord below, I then pulled the rest of the thread through, which pulled the looped satin cord up through both holes, as well.
At that point I had the satin cord on the bean, with a big loop coming out the top, and the cord’s two ends hanging out the bottom of the bean. I then tied a knot at the top of the bean leaving about 24” of cord (just long enough to allow me to slip it over my head). Then I tied the knot at the bottom of the bean, trimmed the excess cord, and used a bit of “Fray Check” on the ends of the cord to seal any loose threads.
A bit hard to describe, but hopefully all above and pics below are helpful!
For size reference, pic shows the big needle I used, my new Bean, and the large Starfish.
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Quick modelling pic. I think this could be worn longer, too.
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Hi BigAkoya, many thanks!
The large bean is hollow (lighter in weight than I expected) and has a hole in the top and bottom. Once I untied the leather cord and removed it, I stared at it for a bit, trying to decide how to proceed!
I noticed it had a bit of black, powdery debris falling out of it, I assume from production and polishing. I gently tapped the bean in my hand until it stopping coming out. I also have very long, skinny, q-tip like swabs that I was able to push through the holes to remove a bit more.
I then threaded a long, skinny needle with thick thread and pushed that through the bean's top hole and then out the bottom hole. I then fed the threaded needle through a loop of the white satin cord. I then pushed just the needle and thread back up the bottom hole, and through the top one. As the thread was still fed through the satin cord below, I then pulled the rest of the thread through, which pulled the looped satin cord up through both holes, as well.
At that point I had the satin cord on the bean, with a big loop coming out the top, and the cord’s two ends hanging out the bottom of the bean. I then tied a knot at the top of the bean leaving about 24” of cord (just long enough to allow me to slip it over my head). Then I tied the knot at the bottom of the bean, trimmed the excess cord, and used a bit of “Fray Check” on the ends of the cord to seal any loose threads.
A bit hard to describe, but hopefully all above and pics below are helpful!
For size reference, pic shows the big needle I used, my new Bean, and the large Starfish.
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Quick modelling pic. I think this could be worn longer, too.
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