This Necklace was inspired by the Graceful NEcklace on page 49 in the Bead Fantasies III book by Takako Samejima. I really wanted to make this necklace, and you would think that with all of the pearls that I have that I would have some suitable for the design. My little pearl flowers looked horrible. What I do have however is a plethora of swarovski Crystal bicone beads. I’m also not so sure that the seed beads that I used are the right size, but I wanted a fun summer necklace in this color to match an outfit of mine. I just decided to go with what I have.

I started by making the flowers and I did it exactly how it is done in the book. I used 4mm white bicones for the petals and a 3mm bead for the center. I think they look cute.

Because the beads in my flowers are a different size, and it is also likely that my seed beads are the wrong size I had to guess on how to space my flowers. I put 15 size 11 seed beads between the top two flowers and then 25 on either side. On the bottom strand I put 15 between the flowers and then 25 on the outer sides as well. I ran both sets of strand through a 4mm,8mm and 4mm bicone. I then finished out the sides to make them a good length for me to wear. The necklace looks quite a bit different from the one in the book. It was simple to make and went together quickly and it looks great with the shirt it was made to go with!

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