Shells have presented themselves in human history since the ancient time, back to the Stone Age historic time. Throughout the human history, shells have been incorporated into many symbols as part of architects and body decorations.

In the Greek and Roman period, shells were used to represent the mystic symbol of prosperity and regeneration according to its association with the sea, the source of fertility. The shell was also used as a symbol of mythic birth of Venus (Aphrodite). Shells were used in the arts and architectural designs since these times.

Shells in the jewelry world

The beauty of shell jewelry has been discovered since the ancient time. However, to make the shell jewelry is not as easy as it seems. You need to carefully done in all steps involved in jewelry making. You need to start first from the seashell collection. This is the most importantbut difficult step to do. Unique shells would be the great material for the generation of exclusive of jewelry piece. Take your time and be patience for this step, for your best jewelry piece.

Different seashells are collecting fromdifferent period of time, depend on the season and month of the year. All you need to do every time you walk along the beach at different time is looking for the right seashells for your collection. Once the season is over, it’s time to perform your creativity using your collections.

When you first collected the shells, you need to clean it up first. Take out the animals inside, all the tiny rocks or piece of sands and let the shell clean and dried out. Then, you have to sort all the shells out. Sorting step is quite boring but you still need to do it anyway. Group them into different colors and sizes forfurther step in jewelry making, at the same time you need to discard some shells according to its imperfection for your jewelry pieces. When you finish all these steps, you can start your jewelry making based on your styles and designs. The beauty of shell jewelry is already there, waiting for you to extract the beauty for yourself.

Pearls are a symbol of purity as they are occurred naturally. It is well known as an “organic gem” based on its original. Natural pearls are formed by contamination of an irritant in the oyster shell. It will take several years to create a pearl inside the oysters for a decent size and shape. Not every oysters will give a round pearls with reasonable size. Therefore, the perfect round pearls are quite expensive according to its occurrence.

Recently, natural pearls are not widely available due to the great demand in the world of pearl jewelry, the cultured pearls are the answer for this requirement. The cultured pearls are successfully make its way in the market with a great quality asnatural pearl. Most pearls in the market are culture pearls which you have to keep in mind. If you want the natural one, ask for the warranty for its origin. However, if you don’t mind about cultured or natural pearl, you can start to look for your pearl jewelry right now.

First thing if you want to go with the pearl jewelrt, you need to decide what jewelry piece you will go for. There are many jewelry piece you can go with the pearls; necklace in various styles (collar, choker, princess, matinee, opera and etc), bracelets, earrings and rings. You can also go for the whole set of pearl jewelry as they will perfectly match to each other, if possible. By this way, you can be sure that your pearls will well match to each other.

Next, you have to consider about pearl quality. The pearl qualities are based on pearl luster and size. Pearl luster is the most important factor when you consider to go for pearl jewelry. Together with the size, pearls with great reflection on its surface with larger size will be considered as the high quality pearls. Larger pearls are generally targeted for necklace. However, you can choose to go with the earrings if they have come in couple. For the ring, larger pearl might bring attention to you but are difficult to wear. Pearl quality is also a main factor to determine the cost of your pearl jewelry.

Then, you should think about the style for your pearl jewelry. You should have considered about the wearer outfit style. Make a great match between your jewelry and your outfit style. The traditional white pearls choker is the best for formal business outfit while the pearl earrings can go well with either business or party outfits. Think about the occasions you would like to show your pearl jewelry before make your final decision.