Using Freshwater Pearls to Create High End Hand Made Jewelry

Wholesale pearls are much less expensive than most people think, particularly if you are dealing with a company that owns its own pearl farms.

The ability to buy loose individual pearls or strands ‘by the foot’ has made it possible for the pearl enthusiast to make their own jewelry!You can pick your settings and choose your color, shape and style of pearls to fit your own personality and wardrobe.

You can easily assemble the materials needed to make earrings and pendants; all you need is the components, half drilled pearls, a few toothpicks, jeweler’s glue or cement and a stable place to set the jewelry to dry.

Knotted bracelets and necklaces are a little more complex. You need strong thread, tweezers or a knotting tool, full drilled pearls, clamshells and clasps. A large clean workspace with plenty of light is a big plus! Knotting the pearls properly just requires a bit of practice, and the good thing about making your own jewelry is that you can practice with beads first, then graduate to pearls when you feel ready. Even then, if you mess up, all you have to do is snip the string between the pearls and redo.

Hopefully you will be eager to try making your own pearl jewelry. You can get all the materials you need from CathayGems, including pearls of every type to use in your own incredible creations!

Check out cathaygems’s wiki at http://cathaygems.wetpaint.com/ to meet other pearl enthusiast and find instructions and tutorials on how to make your own pearl jewelry.

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