Comments on: Dyeing Pearls

By: Lois

Lois — Mon, 03 May 2010 02:24:59 +0000

I have even had good luck dyeing a string of store bought pearl, inexpensive ones. I only left them in a few seconds, like the ones Martha did.

By: Geta Shenker

Geta Shenker — Sun, 02 May 2010 01:35:25 +0000

saw this segment on How To channel, thought it would be great project for a group of women who get together once a month. Can you please give me a bit more infomation i.e different dye charts,where to get the pearls, etc. Hoping to hear from you soon. Regards Geta

By: lil

lil — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:56:14 +0000

Wonderful craft! However, can you post how to mix the RIT dyes to make the other beautiful colors? In particular...gray and chocolate! Thanks!

By: Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – Kristin St. Clair’s Pearl Necklaces

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – Kristin St. Clair’s Pearl Necklaces — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:46:19 +0000

[...] real pearls… how interesting is that? Here is a link where Kristin explains how she does it: Dyeing Pearls. Apparently she gets the ribbon from here: Silk Ribbon Kristin was asking $75 for the short [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:26:08 +0000

I would never have guessed that you could do something like this at home -- and with ordinary RIT dyes. It's really rather amazing and the finished pearls look beautiful. The photo with all of the colors together is gorgeous.

By: Kristin St. Clair

Kristin St. Clair — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:49:26 +0000

Most colored real pearls are actually dyed... they get really expensive when they are naturally colored. You can find fresh water pearls pretty inexpensive—not as cheap as the glass pearls of course— so it can also be fun to experiment with them as well. Makes a really nice bridesmaid gift or mother's day gift, and of course a sweet birthday present!

By: Margo Smith

Margo Smith — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:47:46 +0000

I can understand adding color to faux pearls, but adding color to real pearls? Oh, the thought of that is painful to me. Great idea to dress up the phony ones, though.

By: Jewelry – How to Dye Pearls – Crafty Christina

Jewelry – How to Dye Pearls – Crafty Christina — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:37:53 +0000

[...] Kristin St. Clair of lemmemakeit posted the information on The Crafts Dept site here. [...]

By: gemmifer

*gemmifer* — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:53:46 +0000

What a fabulous project re-cap! Like I don't already have a thousand jewelry projects I want to try... you have to go and come up with a really great one that has to go to the top of my list. Thanks for another wonderful post!

By: melanie

melanie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:42:51 +0000

I remember this segment. Those are just beautiful and a fantastic project. Thank you for all of the links. =D