How to DIY the Perfect Summer Necklace

A little tutorial for my fellow mermaids.

A few summers ago, I had a necklace stuck in my head. It was from the designer Sophie Buhai’s fine jewelry collection: an 18K gold nautilus shell pendant strung on a thick piece of black silk rope cord. I couldn’t stop thinking about it, no matter how hard I tried. And I did try, because it cost $8,400 — very much outside my budget for whimsical jewelry…