I’m planning a necklace for Christine. She’s decided she would enjoy wood beads, and while surfind around eBay together, she fell in love with a lovely cinnabar bead.
The focal bead is a pair of cranes in an embrace, “a flat teardrop shape that measures 32x32x7mm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 inches).” I imagine I’ll suspend it from a wire loop. $3.50 ? I’ve placed my bid. From the same dealer, i’ll select my other cinnabar beads so the reds will match.
She likes her necklaces short. No more than 20 inches long = 508 mm.
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4 red 7×28 mm tubes “==” : 112mm ($6.75)
6 black 14 mm diamonds “x” : 84 mm ($6.25)
6 red 16 mm floral coins “O” : (2) 32 mm [others for earrings] ($5.50)