Big News for Pearl Lovers

If you love working with pearls but get frustrated because of those tiny holes most of them have, then you will love to hear that Beadshop.com has some new pearls with super big holes in them. Yes, you can use a bead reamer and make holes larger, but that is not only a pain in the you know what, but a good way to destroy perfectly good pearl beads if you aren't careful.

You've probably seen similar jewelry in fancy catalogs and always wondered how they managed to string those pearls on such thick media. These pearls have holes so large you can even string them on leather (or pleather). Pictured above is a free bracelet project posted on Beadshop.com that uses pleather and one large-holed pearl bead.