Consider using inexpensive pearls

In this case, why not recycle your pearls? Take your jewelry apart, and make something brand-new. A long strand necklace can be turned into a double row bracelet and a pair of chandelier earrings, or a bracelet can be combined with some extra pearls to create a choker.

Watch for specials on pearl strands and stock up on peanut, potato, baroque, rice and seed pearls. Vary the colors, and remember you can mix and match shades and sizes later.

Consider using inexpensive Crystal Jewelry to decorate your craft projects. Edge a lampshade with irregular pearls, or arrange a grouping in the corner of a picture frame. Paperweights are a great way to utilize a mish mash of cheap pearls left over from other projects; simply find a rock and use a hot glue gun to attach the pearls.

You can affix a seashell to a plaque, and encrust the edge with pearls for a conversation piece, or use seed pearls to accent a piece of artwork like a collage. The variety of colors available makes it possible to do almost anything.

So due to the bet Cleopatra that she would throw a grand banquet to prove this and in Marc Antony's honor the banquet was held. There was finery all through the hall as fitting a grand state such as Egypt. And on the banquet table where Marc Antony and Cleopatra would sit there was a an empty plate and a goblet filled with what is now said to be wine but was probably more like a vinegar that was set in front of them both. Cleopatra's servants came out and brought out the main course. That course was one of the largest and most amazingly beautiful pearls that were ever seen. The servants placed this pearl upon Cleopatra's empty plate and she then proceeded to crush the pearl and the place the dust of the pearl into the goblet of wine. After drinking down her exotic and vastly expensive concoction she then offered Marc Antony his portion of the dinner which was a pearl that was just as exquisite. He of course declined and said that the beautiful queen had won her bet and that Egypt should not be conquered. Of course there are many reports that say that Cleopatra and her land had already been conquered at the time that this legend is supposed to take place but it shows a great respect for the pearl and how highly it was prized. Marc Antony declined his dinner because to the Romans the pearl was priceless.MORE;white pearl necklace