Have you heard about freshwater pearls? These are the most wanted items in jewelry making or jewelry designing. Basically, freshwater pearls are the pearls that come from the freshwater mussels. Most of these freshwater pearls are found in US, Scotland, China and Japan.

Freshwater pearls are a fabulous gift idea to anyone, no matter whatever the reason or season may be. You can get these freshwater pearls in a number of colors, shapes and sizes and make mind-blowing jewelries for your loved ones to wear. You can make jewelries out of freshwater pearls that are not only limited to necklaces, earrings and bracelets. However, you can also create wonderful brooches, pendants, pins, tiaras, finger rings, etc. The limitation is only your imagination and creativity. You can make exclusive jewelry sets out of these pearls.

The freshwater pearls come from the cultured pearls that are found in the oysters in the sea. These pearls range in shades of pink, peach, black, white and peacock colors. All the colors are highly impressive and attractive. With so many different shapes and colors, freshwater pearl jewelry is an exquisite item to explore. It is a jewelry that goes very well with any outfit and any occasion. You can wear it daily in your office or college. You can wear them for some auspicious occasion or any special event. You can wear them with your formal wear, casual wear or informal wear. No matter, you will be the source of attraction and gain a number of compliments on your pearl jewelries.

Add a spice of novelty and uniqueness to your freshwater pearl jewelry by adding various gems like sapphires, crystals, CZ and diamonds to them as spacers or just incorporate them somewhere in the jewelry. This will make an unmatched combination that will be memorized for years to come. You will find this jewelry almost anywhere, where jewelry is sold. You can purchase the readymade jewelry or create your own jewelries using your imagination and creativity levels upto your full potentials.

Being the granddaughter of a jewelry addict I've picked up some taste (even if I still can't figure out just how DNA and blood have made us related). No, we don't got shopping together, well sure we do but we just go to the same mall. What my point is we're are not Shopping Buddies. No, we're not that pair from the chick flick you just saw last week where we hover over each other's purchases and go "Like, OMG, that is SO cute!" and start giggling the whole time during the buying process. No, I go to my section of the mall, pick up a pretzel, and she goes...well, I guess this is an obvious piece of evidence we don't go shopping together. I have seen her jewelry boxes though, what's filled with self indulgent buys to gifts to random finds from dog walks. Then additionally being a WikiManiac I wikied it.

And found Nacre. Or more commonly known as the mother of pearl. Narce received its name of Mother of Pearl because, well, it's seriously the real "mother" of true pearls. That's where pearls come from. Narce is the creator of pearls, the inside layer of pearl oyster shells, and freshwater pearl mussel shells. Nacre is also a common inner shell layer of other species of mollusks (type of shells) such as marine gastropods (i.e. Haliotidae, the Trochidae, and Turbinidae) Narce as the inner shell of oysters and said mollusks is a mix of minerals that are used on the inside of their shells as a protection from parasites and other not-supposed-to-be-there kinds of things.

Most mother of pearl are found in pearl oysters from tropical seas from Asia. Many freshwater mussels are found in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Abalone, another popular jewelry piece, are mostly found in California, Japan, and other Pacific regions and of the Indian Ocean off Southern Africa.

Narce on jewelry is commonly used in jewelry. They can be sown onto clothing, and are used decoratively on watch face, knives, and guns. Mother of pearl is a beautiful piece admired by a wide range of ages (something very rare these days). Why, even heiress Nikki Hilton agrees and I'm sure she wouldn't wear just any ol' piece of junk!

I have found a few cute pieces of mother of pearl jewelry here for a very reasonable price. Grandma does not know how to shop on line, which created a great opportunity for me. At least I know where and what to get for her next piece of mother of pearl jewelry for under $20, which she might think it would be at least $120!


Rock on,
Ally Day.

Hey everyone,

Following the positive response received from the little poll previously, I've decided to forge ahead with the pre-order for the earrings. In addition, I've also included some other lovely picks, so you can choose to your heart's content. If you would like to place an order for something, just fill in the order form as per normal.

Click the banner below to start shopping:

Terms of pre-order:
1. Please note that there might be a wait of up to a few days before your orders can be posted out.
2. All prices stated are in AUD. Currency conversion on the site at the moment is 1 AUD = 1 SGD.
3. Backing out of orders are not appreciated! So please only order if you are sure on getting it.
4. Once orders are received, invoices will be sent out accordingly. Payment to be made within 24hours of invoice receipt, thanks.
5. Pre-order will close on the 4th of April 2009.

PS These are just a few great gift ideas for upcoming Mothers' Day :)

Pearl is one of the favorite decorative article and one of the most collected gems. Pearls are nothing but deposits of calcium carbonate. Pearls are by product of mollusks. They secrete calcium deposits on the foreign object which enters the shell. Pearls are very valuable.

Pearl jewelry is very popular. Pearls are used for making various kinds of jewelry. Most of them are sold solo like rings, earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. But most people prefer buying sets, which include all the jewels with similar design or with same theme. These sets are preferred because they can be used either as separate piece or as set.

Usually a set includes bracelet and necklace. But a complete pearl jewelry set might include many articles. Most people prefer a bracelet and necklace set. Pearls differ by color, size, and place of birth means sea water or fresh water. Sea water pearls are more expensive. Cultured pearls are more inexpensive compared to sea water pearls. Pearl necklaces are also rated according to the strands. More the better. Pearl earrings are also found in many designs like studs, danglers, chandeliers etc. Most brides choose pearl sets as these milky gems are perfect match for white gowns. Oriental pearls have many designs to choose from.

So I came across these really pretty earrings on the internet and was wondering what you guys thought if I held a pre-order for them?

LEFT: Black faceted glass clip-on; RIGHT: Gold diamante clip-on

LEFT: Cream pearl and diamante clip-on; RIGHT: Silver diamante bow studs


Pricing: Each pair = AUD$6.00
EXCEPT for the black faceted glass clip-on = AUD$5.00
*Please note that 1 AUD = 1 SGD


Thanks guys!

I'm one of those owners who like to dress their dog up. Calm down, incase you're one of those people who get hyped up about dressed animals and see it as animal cruelty. If it's over the top, I'm with you, but the way I dress my dog, Tippy, is practical. He's a short-haired, lazy dog who likes the good life and when winter comes there's no way we can get him to go outside from under the covers in front of the heater. Sure that would be fine, if he were trained to use the toilet. Unless we can get him out of the house, he'll only take a crap in the house. Not too pleasant for those of you who don't have a pet. So when it's winter we've got some cute dog jackets to dress him in. Again, nothing over the top, just for his own good. But now Spring's coming so my Tippy won't need his jacket. Somehow, after a long cold dreary season of seeing Tippy in his comfty warm coat and suddenly without it makes him look a bit...bare, like something's missing. So now with the new season, a new Tip. Casually browsing, I've found something adorable for Tippy that will go with any season, and for the animal rights advocates, it's nothing crazy either. A collar, but a little more eye catching. A real freshwater pearl collar for me and my pooch. Just like Tori Spelling!