I've been slacking on the blogging. I'm sorry. But I have been busy with beading, at least. Here's a necklace that took some time. It's a little more complicated than it looks, but really only because of getting ALL those strands hooked onto the chain without any of them being twisted.

This necklace has a lot of bling! 150 Swarovski crystals and 5-1/2 feet of sterling silver chain, to be exact! Each strand is made from 2" of chain, then 15 Swarovski 4mm bicones, then another 2" of chain. There's 10 of these strands in the necklace. There's also a chain strand without any crystals that goes after the 5th crystal strand (so it will be 5 crystal strands, one chain strand, 5 crystal strands).

The first strand starts at the 1st link after the dead center of the necklace chain. Eyeball how much you want it draping, then connect the other end to the left of the center. Move over 4 links and repeat. Do this until you've connected all 11 strands. Add a clasp, and you're finished!