DIY | Pearl jewellery for party

The beautiful baroque freshwater pearls are here to stay!

Real pearls exude beauty in their own right and combine naturally with gold, silver, glass beads, crystal beads and other jewelry materials. Their organic shapes and smooth exterior will forever be a classic in jewelry making.
In the following, we present a series of ideas for bracelets and earrings with freshwater pearls that you can easily make yourself. Of course, we link to the jewelry parts used so you can put together your own jewelry, but don't be afraid to browse the many product categories on the webshop and try other types of materials and creative combinations that suit your style and personality.

With freshwater pearls you can make all kinds of jewelry, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and more. At Smyks, we have many types of genuine cultured pearls. There are the beautiful uneven baroque pearls, the fine rice-shaped freshwater pearls, the flat rondelle-shaped and the more round potato-shaped, as well as the completely uniform shell pearls. Treat yourself, your best friend or maybe your partner with freshwater pearl and mother-of-pearl jewelry from the ocean treasury!
 

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Large hoops with baroque pearls

You need the following DIY materials to make these earrings:

• 1 pair of hoops, 50mm, gilded sterling silver
• 2 baroque pearls, size 20x13mm
• 2 long headpins with plate, gilded sterling silver
• 2 locking beads with rubber membrane, 4mm, gilded sterling silver
• jewellery glue
• chain-nose pliers

Start by placing the large bead on the headpin, measure the length so that the bead hangs in the centre of the hoop. Use the round nose pliers to grab where the eye will be placed and wrap the wire all the way around the conical jaw of the round nose pliers until it forms a circle, then cut off the piece of wire.

Slightly straighten the bend of the creole with the pointed rod, just enough to allow the locking bead to slide on. Next, guide the rod with the bead onto the hoop and gently straighten the bend back. Be careful not to straighten the bend out and back again several times as it may break.

Put on the earring and push the locking bead up to the wand so that it hangs neatly.

Hoops with floating pearl

You need the following DIY materials to make these earrings:

• 1 pair of hoops with peg, 25mm, gilded sterling silver
• 2 half-drilled freshwater pearls, approx. 11x7mm
• jewellery glue
• cutting pliers

These earrings are easy to make. You simply glue the half-drilled pearl onto the peg. Check the length of the peg before you glue it and cut it to size if necessary. The pearl should sit directly on the hoop.

You can use all kinds of half-drilled beads for these earrings. Click here to browse our vast assortment of half-drilled beads and pearls.
 

Hoops wrapped with freshwater pearls
 

You need the following DIY materials to make these earrings:

• 1 pair of hoops, 25mm, gilded sterling silver
• 20 freshwater pearls, 4x3mm
• approx. 50cm wire (0.4mm), gilded sterling silver
• cutting pliers
• chain-nose pliers

First, you cut the wire into two pieces à approx. 25cm. Open the hoop and wind one piece of wire a few times around it. Thread the first pearl on the wire, position it outside the hoop and hold it in place while you wind the wire around the hoop. Then, you thread the next pearl, position it on the outside and hold it in place while you wind the wire around the hoop again. Continue like that until you have fastened the desired amount of pearls.

To round it off, you wind the the wire around the hoop again - as often as you did at the beginning. Cut the excess wire off and press the end of the wire to the hoop. See our earlier blog post on Wrapped earrings.

Hoops with large freshwater pearls
 

You need the following DIY materials to make these earrings:

• 1 pair og hoops, 40mm, gilded sterling silver
• 28 freshwater pearls, 9mm, with large hole
• chain-nose pliers

Straighten the hook on the hoop carefully, so the pearls can be pulled over it. Thread the desired amout of pearls and turn the hook back into its original position.

Earrings with large baroque pearls

You need the following DIY materials to make these earrings:

• 1 pair of earwires with peg and crystal, gilded sterling silver

       (also available in sterling silver, oxidised and rose gold-plated sterling silver)

• 2 headpins with plate, gilded sterling silver
• 2 baroque pearls, approx. 20x13mm
• jewellery glue
• cutting pliers

First, you cut the headpin with plate to size and glue it into the hole at the bottom of the baroque pearl. Then, you glue the peg of the earwire into the hole at the top of the pearl. Check the length of the cut headpin and the peg before you glue them and make sure they fit into the pearl together. Cut them to size if they are too long. 
 

Earthreads with baroque pearl

You need the following DIY materials to make these earrings:

• 1 pair of earthreads with a peg on each end, 10cm, gilded sterling silver
• 2 baroque pearls, approx. 20x13mm
• 2 apatite beads, 2mm
• 2 headpins with plate, gilded sterling silver
• 10cm wire (0.4mm), gilded sterling silver
• jewellery glue
• cutting pliers
• round-nose pliers
• chain-nose pliers
• flat nose-pliers
   

First, you cut the earthread in two, approx. 1cm away from the peg. Take 5cm of beading wire (diameter 0.4mm) and shape a loop, fasten it to the chain and make some windings. Thread the apatite bead onto the wire, shape a loop and fasten in to the other part of the earthread. Make some windings. For more detailed instructions on how to make a loop with wire, please read out DIY guide on How to make a loop over a pearl. 
 

Bracelet with pearls
 

You need the following DIY materials to make this bracelet:

• shell pearls 4mm
• freshwater pearls potato shape 5-6mm
• freshwater pearls 3mm
• 1 cowrie shell
• 1 cowrie shell, golden
• 1m Tigertail beading wire (0.30mm)
• lobster claw clasp, 10mm, gilded stainless steel
• chain extender, gilded brass

Please read our earlier blog post DIY mini Bracelets with Delica beads for step-by-step instructions.
 

For this bracelet with a cowrie shell in the centre, you wind the the wire twice around one end of the shell. Do the same at the other end of the cowrie shell. You make the bracelet in the same way as explained in the DIY instructions - but with a double wire.

Have fun :-)

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For centuries, genuine cultured pearls have symbolised elegance and timeless beauty. When used in jewellery, they add a natural and sophisticated look that never goes out of style. Whether it's a necklace, a bracelet or a pair of earrings, genuine pearls add a unique touch - and now you can learn how to make jewellery with them.

At smyks.dk you'll find everything you need to get started designing your own jewellery with real pearls. We have online tutorials, blog posts and video guides where you can learn the techniques from scratch and get inspiration to express your personal style. Making your own jewellery not only saves you a lot of money, it also gives you the opportunity to create exactly the piece of jewellery you or your friend dreams of.

Making jewellery is also a creative and meditative process where you can relax and immerse yourself in something tangible and beautiful. Homemade jewellery with real pearls is also a very personal gift idea - a loving gesture that shows thoughtfulness and care.

Give your jewellery soul and history - and experience the joy of creating it yourself.