We decided to do something different and unique today, perfect for a rainy afternoon, we took a pearl class to make some jewelry! Delia, Terri, Suen and I all went to Pick a Pearl Jewelry Store on the main street of Coron.  We each picked a frozen giant clam shell, that had been put in a fresh water farm to develop cultured pearls. The bounty of each shell was random, we averaged 28 to 30 varying size pearls and the colors were also random. I got a mix of white, pink, lavender and pale gold pearls. Terri went first and below is the step by step process.

I went next , then Suen and Delia last. We were all happy with our pearls, but sadly the rest of the class fell short in our expectations.

The Shop had lots of pretty and interesting settings for their pearls, showing off many premade pieces. Sadly, they just didn't have any availability in the products they offered us to create interesting settings for our pearls! They were terribly disorganized and had minimal supplies to make anything. We were all disappointed and kept trying to find something, to make it work. Instead, we came home with our pearls in a bag, to hopefully use somewhere else later! Terri and I each bought one of their premade items. I was able to convince them to sell me a pair of 18K gold hoops and removed their pearls from it.  Then I had them drill holes in 8 of my larger pearls, that I can change out as desired. It was an ok compromise, but such a missed opportunity on their end!