Under "Volunteer" we offer a number of suggestions about support activities for Paper to Pearls, including bead parties, selling our beads at craft fairs and special events…even at the office. All of these are wonderful ways to extend a hand to our beaders.

We’re also offering the opportunity to be a Paper to Pearls Personal Representative. You become, in essence, a retailer for Paper to Pearls. As a PR, you buy a quantity of our jewelry at wholesale prices and then sell it at retail in any way that interests you, keeping the profit. In this way, you establish your own Paper to Pearls business! For example, you could sell on college campuses through individual sales or college stores. You could set up your own Paper to Pearls booth at events. You can create Paper to Pearls gift baskets to sell during the holidays. You can add our jewelry to other product lines you’re already selling. There is no limit! The only requirement is that whatever you do maintains the integrity of our product and the Paper to Pearls name and good will. We would thus require that you sign a simple Associate agreement that outlines this understanding.

For our associates, we provide a start-up kit that gives you the basics of what you need to set up your business. This includes promotional pieces and sales templates, brochures, organza bags for packaging along with tags that tell the story of the project, and a DVD of the Paper to Pearls story, plus any updates. To help us cover costs, there is a small charge of $25 for the kit.

If being a Paper to Pearls Personal Representative interests you or if you’d like to discuss any other ideas, please email us at info@papertopearls.org, or call us at 703-549-7077 x 205.