My very first necklace + what to do with loose pearls?

[Hannah Damma]

So after wanting a pearl necklace for a very long time, I finally pulled the trigger on these 8.5-9mm Hanadama Akoyas. My wallet is crying tears of sadness, but I am ignoring that for now because GUYS. This thing is SOOO shiny. The pics don't do it justice. I don't even wanna know what a tennyo strand looks like because this one kept messing up my pictures because of how reflective it is. (I'm also just a terrible photographer using my phone, but -- I was wearing a pink-purple shirt while taking the pics and the pearls kept turning out looking like they've been pinked. Which they haven't; they're kind of a silvery-white-ivory color IRL.)

Anyway, I know I "should've" gone for something like a smaller freshwater strand for my first set, but I couldn't help it. These pearls were calling my name, so I had to lol.

One question I had is: originally the necklace was an 18". I had it shortened to 16" and now I have 5 pearls left over. I don't want a bracelet because I like leaving my hands free / I'd be perpetually afraid of banging my arm against something and damaging the pearls. Maybe a pendant, brooch, hairpiece, or something else? Anyone have design suggestions/places to go for design suggestions?

 

[Hannah Damma]

Oh, and these came from Yokota Pearls on eBay. I looked on a bunch of secondhand auction sites like Catawiki and others for awhile, but the quality on those sites just seemed less trustworthy + what little customer service they had lacked the details and info I wanted, so I decided to buy from a more official storefront. I ended up paying ~$4200 total ($3700 for the necklace and pearl set, and the rest in taxes and import duties).