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I got the cherrywood cab beaded and done. Now to remember to get it in the mail Mon.. Got the ornament drapes done, too-at least I think I have. I may have 1 or 2 more left in me if the right color combos grab me. For my next trick, I have a teardrop shaped turquoise cab to work with. This is for me and it's special because it was a gift from...

I am so hoping that there are lots of bracelets on the way. What a great bunch of people !!

I am stll struggling with these beaded cabs for the seed bead challenge. The only reason I can come up with for the problems is that the cabs are thin and don't have very big domes on them. So with this in mind, I'm going to continue attempting to bead these things-right up to the challenge deadline.

These are the beads I used in the blue bargello necklace:
Dyna Mites-Transparent rainbow clear, turquoise and aqua
Delicas-Morning sky
Ornela czech 11's-Sky blue
I also used 4mm fire polished czech AB crystals for the accents and Nymo D.

This piece started making me crazy the day I started to pull the beads for this project together. I wanted an icy, light blue look. The beads I had ordered, filled the bill, but were so close in color, they defeated the whole bargello idea. So, I pulled out all my blue beads and came up with ones to use for this. I'm still not happy with the...