I must admit, I am wowed by this necklace!

Selling one of my hand made jewelry designs is similar to arranging an adoption. It's hard to part with some of my creations, but I feel a certain sense of elation in finding a "good home" for them. It's particularly exciting to see somebody wearing my pieces, like my coworker Sam, who purchased a gleaming tiger eye necklace with matching earrings. She looked stunning!

I really, really adore this necklace. It started as a "beaded bead" worked in Cellini Spiral, an intricate stitch which demands total concentration in order to maintain the pattern. It was so lovely, that I just had to make it the centerpiece of a necklace. I love how the pale aqua color of the amazonite adds contrast to the blue of the bead, and how the greenish-blue of the labradorite ovals capture flashes of deeper blue. Swarovski crystals in indicolite are a near match to the blue of the focal bead. Sterling silver is used throughout.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/73336624/sterling-silver-link-necklace-with