This shipment of pearls just arrived and they are beautiful. The colors are luscious and the variety of types include button, round, semi-round, peanut, large and small biwa, and potato. I love flat-backed pearls for bead embroidery projects and biwa pearls are such stunning accents…I think it’s time to get out some beading foundation and create another cuff and perhaps several more brooches. Incidentally, several of these types of pearls are included in my One-of-a-Kind “Sea Garden” bead-embroidered brooch kits!