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Blue on Monday. I've posted this necklace before, but never listed it. But I will now. This necklace is so light that it could blow away in the wind up here on my balcony. Here's a close-up of the simple, but elegant sterling silver toogle clasp. It looks like a blue glass fringe! But I like it! It is very light-weight, made of cobolt blue pressed glass daggers from the Czech Republic and two sizes of cobolt blue seed beads. Thank you for visiting! Best wishes, Anna First Commenter: Lourie of Point and Shoot , CA Girl and Metabolism Blues To see more Blue Monday posts please visit Smiling Sally's site.

For Blue on Monday, I would like to show some newly made blue, beaded jewellery. First is this stretch-bracelet that I made from large flat round lampwork glass beads that I took from a necklace that I hade done several years ago. I wasn't happy with the design idea I had back them and just cut it apart and used the large beads to make the bracelet. I had so much fun making the first bracelet that I went on to make a second stretch-bracelet out of other kinds of blue glass beads. These are silver-lined and seem to almost glow . And while I'm at it, I may as well make a matching necklace too. Oh dear. I don't have enough oval beads to make a good length. I want this necklace to be a matinee or princess length and not a choker. No problem! I just added some round beads to increase the length. That was fun. I wonder if I can do something with these very, very large lampwork beads that l have had laying around for a long time. Why not make a short necklace with them? And whil...