The Design Gallery
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Chatter
on “Fortunate mistake”:“Yes Yvette, I would like to have some of the beads keep their frosty aqua coat…” read »
on “Lush Greens”:“I love the copper beads, I was messing with some copper sheet, but they did not…” read »
- on “Cool Summer Bracelet”:
“Loving the bracelet too
…” read » - on “Cool Summer Necklace”:
“Love the focal, great beads to go with it
…” read » 
on “Rustic Agate”:“Fantastic design! Another winner.…” read »
- on “The Mad Dash Pair”:
“Simply wonderful!…” read »
- on “Southwestern Summer”:
“Great summer colors
…” read » - on “Coconut meets Tagua”:
“I love it , waiting for my Tagua beads to get here, have to be patient…” read »
- on “The Mad Dash Pair”:
“It's good to have a stash of beads, great idea
…” read » - on “Lush Greens”:
“Love this set too!...you do really great work!…” read »
on “The Mad Dash Pair”:“Perfect!…” read »
- on “Pearl diving”:
“I adore this, Asia! Just lovely!…” read »
- on “Coconut meets Tagua”:
“Fabulous design!…” read »
- on “Southwestern Summer”:
“Cool element went into this design! Really Terrific!…” read »
- on “Southwestern Summer”:
“What an interesting color combo!…” read »
- on “Cool Summer Bracelet”:
“Very cool! The set is just wonderful!…” read »
- on “Cool Summer Necklace”:
“Lovely rustic piece!…” read »
- on “Cool Summer Bracelet”:
“Very cool!…” read »
- on “Cool Summer Necklace”:
“Fabulous! Love the colors!…” read »
- on “Lush Greens”:
“Fabulous!!…” read »
- on “Pearl diving”:
“LOVE this!!!! YUM!…” read »
on “Pearl diving”:“Seriously gorgeous Asia. Fantastic asymmetrical design.…” read »
- on “Coconut meets Tagua”:
“Very very cool. Love that chain especially.…” read »
- on “Cool Summer Bracelet”:
“Love the bracelet too...might actually like it more.…” read »
- on “Cool Summer Necklace”:
“Love it. The focal is gorgeous. Great earthy boho look.…” read »
on “Daggeroodo1”:“Love it!!…” read »
- on “Bevy of Dancing Loop Bracelets”:
“Love them all. I now what to start createing, but we have our house up for…” read »
on “Starfish Dreams”:“I won't use this feature, bot interested at all…” read »
on “Moon River”:“I missed this when you first posted it. I was just browsing thru the earrings and…” read »
- on “Coconut meets Tagua”:
“"in" spiration that is. my fingers just don't cooperate.…” read »
- on “Coconut meets Tagua”:
“Terri... looks like you've given lots of spiration for the gang.
…” read » 
on “How about a bracelet”:“Love this; it's just right. I agree w gembeads in loving Becky's "so stinkin' cute" comment!…” read »
on “Fortunate mistake”:“Neat experiment...looks like you kept good notes for a protocol. I like the looks of your…” read »
- on “Coconut meets Tagua”:
“Thanks so much ladies. I do wear a lot of chocolate brown. I was thrown for…” read »
on “The Mad Dash Pair”:“Simply stunning!…” read »
- on “Coconut meets Tagua”:
“Fresh and funky as well as earthy and ethnic. an all around winner I'd say.…” read »
on “Coconut meets Tagua”:“Great design...love the use of the taguas, and I really like the coconut chain!…” read »
on “The Mad Dash Pair”:“I like the Keep It Simple style of your earrings. Create one more as a focal…” read »
- on “Coconut meets Tagua”:
“This is SO cool Terri! It certainly has the earthy vibe, but I can see it…” read »
on “Fortunate mistake”:“I think a gold or silver gilders paste would look amazing and still maintain the pretty…” read »
On Feb 19, 2012 at 5:11 pm #
NY Bella says:What a gorgeous focal! The design rocks!!
On Feb 19, 2012 at 5:29 pm #
Little Round Chick says:Wowzers! What a fantastic design! Ditto to NY Bella’s comments.
On Feb 19, 2012 at 5:43 pm #
Wemai Coffee Chick says:Mmmmm – this is sweet! Is this a long necklace, Shannon?
On Feb 20, 2012 at 9:16 am #
sunny chick says:Another eye popping stunner, my friend!
On Feb 20, 2012 at 11:56 am #
gembeans says:Oh yes, this is one for me! The focal is perfect and that long bead keeping the shape is genius! Loving that dragonfly! Length looks perfect! Okaym let say: I love it!
On Feb 20, 2012 at 1:11 pm #
nancykathryn says:A very unusal necklace, you sure think out of the box Shannon. Love, love this piece.
On Feb 21, 2012 at 6:53 pm #
Lynn g says:This is so wonderful!!!!! The dragonfly has a beautiful gemstone. This is my favorite…
On Feb 21, 2012 at 9:13 pm #
Jewelry by Shannon says:Wow, thank you all for your great comments … I wasn’t sure how popular this one would be.
Wenche, it’s not super long … probably about 20″.
The dragonfly is Hill Tribe Silver and Lynn, I too love that gemstone on the bottom!
SLS