transform an akoya necklace

[trulyviolet]

tears of the sea.....they're all just wonderful

 

[JerseyPearl]

Seriously, MSC, I may have to fight you for those findings....I love the necklace and the spacers.
Tears of the Sea, your creations are just lovely. And I'm not at all serious about fighting MSC for those spacers (well, maybe a little bit, but not really)

 

[tears_of_the_sea]

Thanks very much ,ladies.

MSC, I bought all the metals from some factories in China, I grabbed their contacts from a big jewel show , and occasionally will check their catalogue and make order.
The shell setting is 6USD/each. I think can negotiate to 5ish if bulk-buy, but it is just my hobby , I don't have a store or online store, can't order big amount.
The leaf is 6.5 USD/each.
The button pearls( must use super high quality button, super luster , zero blemish )
The buttons set on the leaf and shell are 10mm , 2-4 USD/each, different shades ( This is bulky price, my supplier only accept 20 buttons minimum per order in each size.

I have really good quality button pearls supply, thanks to the supplier.
I am in the down under. It's boring here.

 

[Katbran]

Well done ! You have made yourself lots of fabulous things to wear ! I think those little spacers are cute too.

 

[tears_of_the_sea]

The key will join the other keys, haha

 

[amti]

Love the settings and the designs you've created! I think you will go through 200 spacers in no time at all at the rate you're creating! Does your supplier sell to the US? Can you share their contact with us?

 

[MSC]

Jersey, sharing is caring (that's what the care bears taught me )

 

[tears_of_the_sea]

Hi amti

No worries, but the Chinese suppliers don't speak very good English.
You can go to Jack Ma's online shopping site TAOBAO to buy at inexpensive retail price, or when I order next time, I will send you these suppliers' catalogue, set your address as recipient address, so you choose and buy, all you need to do is set your own Alipay account ( Alipay is very handy, like PayPal, more robust than PayPal), so you can make payments to the suppliers directly .
I use mail forwarding services in China for those online orders, to consolidate small parcels, and forward to myself in Australia.
You can do the same, too easy.

Have a close look at the spacer.
Those I used on the necklace are for double strands(two holes)
There are triple strands(three holes)spacers in same style.

 

[tears_of_the_sea]

Haha, I adore your humour , MSC.

In real world, Seth MacFarlne tells better bear stories than care bear though.

 

[MSC]

Thank you for sharing where to order! I'm going to check that site out right now

 

[tears_of_the_sea]

Thank you for sharing where to order! I'm going to check that site out right now

If you go to China ,check this http://www.cpjcity.com/tour/english/. Hundreds , thousands of whole sellers and retailers in the mall. Need to prepare at least a full day to go through booths and shops in the mall.

 

[MSC]

I hope I can make a trip someday, Tears, it would be quite an experience!

 

[kalmen22]

Tears are there specific stores on taobao you would recommend. Taobao can be quite difficult to navigate and I read mandarin.
But I have most definitely picked up great deals for clothes.

 

[tears_of_the_sea]

Tears are there specific stores on taobao you would recommend. Taobao can be quite difficult to navigate and I read mandarin.
But I have most definitely picked up great deals for clothes.

The stores in Tmall are better. Too messy on taobao market.
I found this store is quite good.



And this one has some loose FWP, Loose Edison etc

 

[tears_of_the_sea]

I hope I can make a trip someday, Tears, it would be quite an experience!

The STAGE 1 development of this mall is 410,000m2.... 410000m2 mall filled with pearls and all kinds of settings, wires,clasps...haha.
I heard the mall is developed by the top brand Chinese freshwater pearl companies together , including Ruans and Grace... Grace's Edison Pearl farming in recent years is surely a success.

 

[MSC]

So much for Taobao, kinda useless for non-Chinese readers

 

[tears_of_the_sea]

Indeed, it is huge.
The transaction of TAOBAO on its sales day is 15 billion USD. 15 Billion/day!!!

So much for Taobao, kinda useless for non-Chinese readers

 

[kalmen22]

The stores in Tmall are better. Too messy on taobao market.
I found this store is quite good.

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And this one has some loose FWP, Loose Edison etc
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Not sure why but the image I'm seeing is small so I can't read the name of the shop.
Could I trouble u to post again.

 

[tears_of_the_sea]

Not sure why but the image I'm seeing is small so I can't read the name of the shop.
Could I trouble u to post again.

That's a screenshot of the Taobao App, sorry didn't show very clearly .
I copied and pasted the names of the two stores , here :

 

[MSC]

Indeed, it is huge.
The transaction of TAOBAO on its sales day is 15 billion USD. 15 Billion/day!!!

Good lord! I can't even comprehend that number!