Beautiful Beading

I have always loved bead jewellery, but find the quality of the mass-produced stuff appallingly bad.  I started making my own after a necklace suddenly exploded all over Woolworths floor, much to the amusement of everyone else in the queue.  I received a bead board for Christmas, which meant that I could finally start attempting patterns.  As I write this, I have a necklace in basic square stitch done and a bracelet with a simple decrease that will be finished as soon as I can work out why the bead tag keeps tangling in the closure loop.