BEAD SWAP

Here is what my bead swap partner sent me:

So many pretty beads and 

interesting items 

to work with!

She even made these cute

little envelopes from 

awesome paper

to send some of the

beads in

I knew I would at least

make some earrings and

a bracelet

(I took the easy road and

strung the bracelet beads on elastic)

but had lots more beads 

and cool stuff to work with 

so at the very last minute (tonight)

guess I work best under pressure....

After pondering what to do with the rest

I decided to try my hand

at a necklace

I wasn't sure at first how I wanted

to do it but ended up just

stringing some of the beads

that were left and

then adding this great locket

and then to give it an updated, somewhat edgy look added 

the chains hanging down

from the sides

I had a lot of fun with this

(my second swap)

Hope you like it

Many thanks to Sarah with

My So Called Junky Life blog

http://mysocalledjunkylife.blogspot.com/

for hosting such a great swap

and thank you again

Jayne (my swap partner)with

Mama's Got To Doodle blog

http://mamasgottodoodle.blogspot.com/

for the wonderful beads and other

neat-o items