Ok, am I first?

Here's what Becki sent me to work with:

http://www.beadbimbo.com/ebay/challange1asm.jpg

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:

http://www.beadbimbo.com/ebay/brown3.jpg

and a close up of the pendant:

http://www.beadbimbo.com/ebay/brown2sm.jpg

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!

--
Jerri
www.beadbimbo.com