Finally

Been trying to make this necklace for awhile. I love the way these green stones look with the small purple ones. I wanted to do a necklace in my typical style, using wire to string a few beads, make a loop at each end and loop it through the next piece. Unfortunately, the only wire I had that would fit through the purple beads was so thin that the loops wouldn't support each other. The easy solution to this would be wire wrapping, which is what I ended up doing at each end of the long strand by the clasp, but I'm not that good at wire wrapping yet. Hopefully I can get better with some more practice!

All of these stones came from the Smoky Mountains and I'm very excited to be going back there next week. We're not sure if the cabin we've rented has internet access, so the blog may be going on hiatus next week. Hopefully I'll get some crafting done on my vacation, but if not, I'll double up on posts and projects until I catch up.