personally, I love to make my own jewelry. It is fun to do, you can customize it to exactly how you like and the cost of things like pandora beads is much lower as opposed to just buying something pre made. I know that I get much more compliments on the jewelry that I made compared to the things that I have bought in the stores. And beads like swarovski crystals are so much cheaper to get and to make rather than getting a necklace already made.