Give Peace a Chance

I received a surprise package in the mail this week - my prize from the Art with a Heart challenge.  There was a couple strands of stone and glass beads, a Softflex wire trio of lime green, purple and turquoise (Egg Hunt) and a large bag of resin beads.  I've been dying to try all the cool shapes that Happy Mango Beads has for sale, so this will give me a great start.  Also among the goodies was a purple stone peace sign.  It caught the attention of my daughter Emma, and although she would never come right out and say "I want that", I recognized that look of beady covetiveness in her eyes.  So late last night ('cause all beading in my world happens late at night) I wire wrapped it, and attached a small amethyst stone, to use with the cord from her first day of school necklace.  I left it on the kitchen island for her to find this morning.