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Three-strand leather thonging bracelet with large-hole beads which go over more than one strand, and alternate as to which strands they go on. Kind of like a faux braid.

What I like about this is that the necklace doesn't just end at the donut pendant, but continues on through with the matching leather cord dangle. Part of the reason it works is because the same leather cord is used above and below, and because the cord above is attached so as to mirror the cord below. (original listing has vanished)

One necklace which can be worn in three different ways (really two ways) - one as a long necklace with a hoop pendant, secondly doubled over with the hoop used as part of a toggle clasp. (Third way is just the second way, worn backwards) Nifty idea.

Amethyst druzy focal, clasped within gold and silver branches.

This bracelet is a cool design. It requires beads with four holes in them, but the beads could probably be replaced with normal jump rings or maybe decorative closed rings. It all depends on whether one could figure out the right sizes.

This is apparently the \Clear Celtic Princess Necklace\ as featured in \Creative Beading Magazine Volume 8 No 4\. I like it. The thing that strikes me is the nifty way the four-way Celtic knot charms are used to attach beads/dangles to make feature-points in the necklace.

Lariat-style necklace which works because the cord is leather and that makes it easier to slip the two ends through the folded end (a bit like pulling the ends of a scarf through the folded end, only a necklace). I like the way the dangly ends are the centrepiece, and how they are adjusted so that one end is below the other end, so that you can see both ends clearly instead of them being tangled up in each other.

Necklace which uses a leaf toggle clasp as a centrepiece, by attaching the necklace part to the loop of the toggle, and adding an additional dangle to the part of the toggle which would normally be connected to the necklace. Brilliant! (the original links to an Ebay listing which has since vanished)

Cool fly (or bee) made from wire and beads.

Simple but elegant; large glass bead used as a focal for a leather and wire-wrapped necklace.

Pretty wire-woven bracelet with beads peeking out like peas in a pod.

Lucite flower Earrings Serenity Pure by whiteravendesignsau on Etsy. (Unfortunately, neither the listing nor the shop exist any more.) I like the elegant simplicity of this, bringing the disparate elements together to make something lovely.

I like the asymmetry of this, the way the twisted trunk looks all gnarled, the way the dark round beads look like green fruit peeping out between the leaves.

Wire and bead ring. Interesting because the bead is attached with an eyepin and bead caps, rather than using the main wire threaded through the bead. This enables the main wire to be thicker and thus more sturdy.

Showing the design process for a wirework pendant (more of a wirework centrepiece, really) Cool.

Lampwork bead enclosed with chains to make it look like a hot air balloon. Cool idea for a pendant.

Beads strung on stiff wire, and then wrapped with wire in a spiral along the whole thing. Lovely. (original listing gone)

_Silk Road Gypsy Hoop Earrings, Small, Eclectic, Teal and Red, Silk Wrapped Copper Earrings_ Interesting idea: wrap a hoop with silk strips (recycled sari silk, most likely) and then bind it with wire and beads. (original listing is gone)

Cool idea: spell out a word in Morse Code with long and short beads. Adds a (hidden) meaning to the work.

What I like about this is the way that it uses heart-shaped beads for the leaves of the shamrock.