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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 918911, member: 5833&quot;]And none of you twitted me on this?!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I would junk the &#039;gold&#039; beads.&nbsp; Freshwater pearls are not expensive to buy by the strand.&nbsp; For myself, I would go with ones quite a bit smaller than the coral beads so the coral stands out, but if you like chunkier jewellery or the Wilma Flintstone look works on you (it doesn&#039;t on me), then you could go with larger ones.&nbsp; I would resort the beads into a graduated line up &amp; put the nicest of the largest front &amp; center.&nbsp; Taking before photos is a good idea if you want to recreate it as is; not so necessary if you are going to redesign it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is what I don&#039;t like about using French wire:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/c68800c5-6d71-4245-a82d-8f8451e8716b-jpeg.201213/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You have to double back with the cord &amp; secure it by knotting.&nbsp; In this case it is really noticeable because the rest of the necklace is not knotted; even when there are knots all around, the ones at the ends tend to look different because they involve twice the cord.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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