I got the center piece at a festival in Ohio. An artist there made it by hand! Wow! Then I took it on my way back to Boston and went to Boston Bead Works and picked out some snazzy beads to go with it. I strung them all together in the store using their tools and in about a 1/2 hour I had a gorgeous new necklace! I must give props to the amazing hippie in the woods for making the pendant. It is lovely! The whole thing ran me about 40$. The pendant was 20, and the beads were also 20 (mostly because Boston Bead works is pretty overpriced). I think it is was a pretty good deal overall, a good necklace is worth 40$.