Also, if your decorations are intended to be pearls, I would make them just a bit creamier with a touch more ambience. Try to get some luster out of them (without making them glow in the dark, of course). And, for what it's worth, I think mboncher has a nice idea. Again, if you're talking priceless object, then a large egg with an intact surprize would bring the big bucks.

Could be worse, could be raining.