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by: Dwyn Tomlinson

Beads can be soothing and meditative  from sorting and organizing to stringing and wearing. This set came from the happy combination of colours that just called out to me. The impression jasper is such a lovely colour and turquoise is always beautifully accented by shades of red. And, of course, black looks great with everything. ;-)

By now, you should be familiar with my current obsession with simple stretchy bracelets. Use the elastic-needle to quickly make them up. I tie the opelon doubled for larger beads like these in a surgeon's knot, and then cover with a crimp cover. Alternately if I am using a big hole accent bead like these Swarovski becharmed beads, the bead just covers the knot and it disappears!

Leftover beads on a headpin and a couple of inches of chain make nice coordinated accent earrings. You can go for the complete matched look with the matte black ear wires, or as I have to admit  they made my ears itch,you can go with sterling which doesn't look as coordinated but may be more comfortable.

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		s37622 Chain - Medium Almost Round Chain - Matte Black (Foot)	Price: $ 2.42 per	In Stock
		s58197 Earring - French Style Classic Fishhook - Matte Black (Pair)	Price: $ 0.65 per	Sorry - this item is unavailable.
		tc90-1120-11 Earring - Plain Earwire - Sterling (Pair) (can us any earwire 96987901220-11)	Price: $ 5.25 per	Sorry - this item is unavailable.
		23611156 Earring - Plastic stopper for Earring Wires - Clear-ish (10)	Price: $ 0.59 per	In Stock
		22601036 Headpins - 2in / 24ga Flat Head - Gunmetal (100)	Price: $ 1.75 per	Sorry - this item is unavailable.
		s56461 Stone Beads - Free Form Oval - Aqua Impression Jasper (Dyed) (strand)	Price: $ 14.95 per	Sorry - this item is unavailable.
		s56454 Stone Beads - 8mm Round - Aqua Impression Jasper (Dyed) (strand)	Price: $ 9.25 per	Sorry - this item is unavailable.
		27600627-02 Stone Beads Round - 8mm - Black Onyx	Price: $ 4.90 per	Sorry, Out of Stock
		27780101015327 Swarovski Bead - 14mm Becharmed Pave (8010) - Indian Siam	Price: $ 18.95 per	Sorry - this item is unavailable.