Ok, am I first?
Here's what Becki sent me to work with:
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My DD and I both looked and said, "What's wrong with these?" At first, I was going to use a different pendant, but then didn't like the way that one was going, so then I decided to bead the big stone bead. Again, I tried something that wasn't working, so I had to do it over and finally settled on a netting around the stone.I loved the Tiger's Eye beads that were in the necklace, so I decided to add more of those to embellish the stone.
Here's my finished piece:
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and a close up of the pendant:
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I'm a little anal retentive about things matching and such, so I was trying to stretch a little by not making the pendant symmetrical and by NOT matching up the beads in the necklace. I'm really happy with it. I had a lot of fun with this project! Thanks so much , Becki, for making a fun little challange for us! I look forward to seeing what everyone else has done!