The Little "Beaded Bead"

I am fascinated with beaded beads. If you're not familiar with this term, a beaded bead is a selection of different beads and crystals hand stitched into a compact little ball shape. The bead can be used just like real beads incorporated into different designs. Recently, I've taken a single pattern and have created variations on a theme using different colors, different sized beads, crystals, seed beads, etc. See what you think. Which one do you like best? My personal favorite it the necklace I created with dark hematite-finish chain and hand-stitched beads made with opal-look Swarovski crystals (third and last pictures.)

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