Secret Beader Exchange Gift To Me

On the Bead & Button Forums, I'm participating in a Secret Beader Exchange. I received from my Secret Beader today, and I am FLOORED!

It is breathtakingly stunning, elegant, unique; a marvelous design that is just WOW!

This picture does NOT do it any kind of justice; perhaps I can get a better pic tomorrow outside . . . .

It turns out that Scarlatte was my Secret Beader! I have ALWAYS admired her gorgeous designs; I am SO lucky to receive such a MARVELOUSLY designed bracelet, with fantastically beautiful materials . . .

She used sterling silver, Bali silver, Biwa stick pearls, rock crystal and black onyx. The faceted focal is amazing . . . I could be mesmerized in its depths for a long time!

The way this lies around my wrist, with the two rock crystals framed by the black onyx and silver, framing the focal, and then down around the sides of my wrist to the beautifully silky, elegant, and extravagant stick pearls . . . this is such a luscious gift, beyond anything I could have hoped for in this exchange!!!

Thank you SO MUCH Scarlatte . . . this came on a day when I was having a really hard time, having a really bad day. This washed it away INSTANTLY with its brilliant and beautiful design, materials, and the thoughtfulness and care that you put into it . . . .

I am touched and VERY appreciative. The two loops are, indeed, very handy as I have larger wrists, and the option of two loops to put the stick-pearl-as-toggle into are much appreciated, and do, in fact, allow me to wear the bracelet!

Ok, so I'm gushing, but who wouldn't? The shine, the reflection of light off the focal's facets . . . the sheen and pearlescence of the pearls, the icy translucence of the crystals . . . the organic feel that the Bali silver spirals and the stick pearls contribute . . .

Ok, can you tell I'm in LOVE!!! Hee hee.

Oh, thank you thank you Scarlatte! If my giftee likes a tenth as much as what she's getting as I love this, I'll be happy about that.