Well, I'm finished with my Alaskan bead project. These might not have been the beads I'd chosen for myself but it all kind of came together. I bought some Hill Tribe silver pieces to go with the beads Mom bought. (I also learned some of the differences between Bali beads and Hill Tribe silver beads while I was at my LBS. I've decided I prefer Hill Tribe.)
I'm going to try to scan the necklace and see if I can get a good shot. If not, I'll take a picture tomorrow and find someplace online to post it. It's not perfect but I'm rather pleased with it.
Oh, and I think I'm going to call it "Orca Odyssey". It's been a bit of an adventure figuring out what to do with this collection of beads - and then it just fell into place.