Rhyolite & Jasper Necklace...

Bonehead move number one was to let go of one end of the stringing wire outside on the deck while I was positioning the necklace to photograph and... you got it. Beads everywhere. Luckily, they're all more or less rondelle shapes so they didn't get too far. Only lost a couple over the edge.

The nice thing about these trapezoid shapes is that they're cut with all the edges rounded so that both sides are usable -- and considerably different from each other.

Side 1:

Side 2:

I haven't put a clasp on yet but it will be copper. I'll be running this by a few people at the market tomorrow to see if I should stick with the multi-coloured seed beads or pick a single colour before I finish it off. I don't know if it's getting too busy with all the colours, or if that will disappear when it's being worn.

Please comment, and thanks for looking!

A thought about sites like Pinterest... and Nelson Gemstones

I wonder if Pinterest or similar sites have taken off in other countries like it has in the US? I wonder if there's a correlation between the high level in North America of "shopping culture" and other countries where consumerism, for various reasons, hasn't taken root? I find I'm using Pinterest as a substitute for shopping-shopping and also for bead shopping at the moment. Appeases my hunter-gatherer instincts. Certainly I can afford to hoard much nicer pictures of things than I could ever afford to buy, at least in this lifetime.

Any thoughts on this?

But I did buy these... and they showed up two days ago. Got 'em from Nelson Gemstones. Joanne's got quality gemstones in most of the sizes of rounds for most of the popular stones, as well as her own jewellery. My order was her first time shipping to Canada and any form-filling-out bugs were successfully dealt with. Also, back orders are processed very quickly. Worth checking out especially if you're looking for those elusive sequential rounds.

Mmmmmmmmmmm lapis...

Thanks for looking!