Bacca Pearls

Julya, who has been in the US  for the summer, heads back to Shanghai tomorrow. For the past few days, her life has been consumed with organizing… leading up to the dreaded packing. To be honest, packing to come to the USA and then back to China is never an easy feat for either of [...]

3.5 hours outside of Shanghai is Zhuji, in Zhejiang Province, China. Zhuji (Pearl City) is one of the largest producers of freshwater pearls in the world. We buy all of our freshwater pearls directly from the producers, or pearl farmers.

Buying from the original source allows us to hand select the pearls that become our jewelry. [...]