Making A Beautiful Jewelry With The Use Of Pearl Beads

A pearl is an object which is literally hard gotten from the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk. This article describes about the pearl beads and its classification with jewelries  A pearl is composed of calcium carbonate in crystalline form just like the shell of a clam, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, it has some form of concentric layers. An ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but there are many other shapes which sometimes occur. Some finest and quality natural pearls are valued as gemstones and used as objects of beauty for some centuries. 

Been a valued gemstone the pearl has become something rare, admirable, fine and relatively very valuable. These pearls are used in bead making and are called Pearl Beads

The most valuable pearls are extremely rare as they are wild. These wild pearls are the natural pearls.

Types of pearls used in Pearl Beads

Pearls are basically of two types, they are the natural pearls and the cultured pearls.

Natural pearls are almost 100% calcium carbonate and conciliation.

People say that natural pearls formed under some set of accidental conditions in which microscopic parasite enters a bivalve mollusk and settles inside the shell of the mollusk. The mollusk, been disturbed by the microscopic parasite, forms a pearl. The mollusk goes through some repeated secretion process thereby producing a pearl, theses pearls which are taken and holes been drilled in them are then used in making Pearl beads. Natural pearls always come in different shapes, with rare perfectly round ones. While cultured pearls are the response of the shell to a tissue implant and are not actually near 100% calcium and conciliation.

Pearl beads and its classification with jewelries  

Earrings and necklaces are also been classified by grade and color of the pearl it’s been made with: Pearls do come from different water source and are also in different colors

·         Saltwater Pearls

·         Freshwater pearls

These different sources of Pearls come in many different colors. White, and more recently black color pearls are the basic saltwater pearls, although other colors such as; Pink, champagne, blue, green, and sometimes purple saltwater pearls are encountered.

Some Ideas of Pearl beads

Pearl beads are used in making fancy, valuable and beautiful jewelries; these jewelries come in forms of Bracelets, earrings and necklaces, these pearls are also used alongside some other valuables such as gold, silver and diamond in jewelry making.

How To Make Christmas Bead Choker Necklaces?

This is a chic handmade choker necklace made of pearl beads and glass beads. If you are fond of pearls, you can not miss this one. 

It’s a truth that all women love wearing pearl jewelry. Many poets compare beautiful women to pearls. Because pearls can make a woman more delicate and graceful. 

If you want to make this pearl bead handmade choker necklace, you will need these materials:

4MM Round White Glass Pearl Beads

8MM Round White Glass Pearl Beads

6MM Bicone Clear Glass Beads

6MM Bicone Red Glass Beads

0.2MM Transparent Fishing Wire

Spring Ring Clasps

Jump Rings

Scissor

After all these things are prepared, you can follow these steps to make the necklace.

Step 1: cut off one piece of long fishing wire and slide five 4mm white glass pearl beads and a spring ring clasp onto it like the picture shows.

Step 2: tie the wires to form a loop and cut off one end, then make another end cross through one glass pearl bead.

Step 3: slide three bicone red glass beads and two white glass pearl beads onto the wire. Cross the wire through the white glass pearl bead to form another loop.

Step 4: cross the wire through the next bicone red glass bead and a white glass pearl bead, then slide three 4mm white glass pearl beads and two 8mm white glass pearl beads onto the wire.

Step 5: cross the wire through the red glass bead to make a loop then cross the wire through two 4mm white glass pearl beads and two 8mm glass pearl beads along the loop.

Step 6: slide five 4mm white glass pearl beads and one 6mm clear glass bead onto the wire.

Step 7: cross the wire through the second glass pearl bead to make a loop then slide another 6mm clear glass bead, a 8mm glass pearl bead and two 4mm glass pearl beads onto the wire.

Step 8: cross the wire through the 8mm white glass pearl bead to make a loop and cross the wire through more beads along the loop, then slide three 4mm white glass pearl beads, one 8mm white glass pearl bead and a red glass bead onto the wire.

Step 9: cross the wire through the 8mm white glass pearl bead as picture shows.

Step 10: cross the wire though more beads along the loop and slide three 4mm white glass pearl beads and two red glass beads onto the wire.

Step 11: cross the wire through the red glass bead to make a loop, and by now, we have finish one unit of the necklace.

Step 12: repeat the procedures to make more of the units until the length is suitable.

Step 13: slide four 4mm white glass pearl beads and a jump ring onto the wire, then cross the wire though the white glass pearl bead to make a loop. Make a knot at the end of the wire and cut off extra wires.

We have finished all the steps, and let’s appreciate the beauty of this pearl bead choker necklace!

Although making this Christmas beads necklace is a little challenging, but all hard works can pay off when you get such a gorgeous necklace. If you have some spare time, why not try to make one by yourself?