My tourmaline beads are so tiny I thought it would be great with this equally small pave diamond bead. But Drats. I forgot to measure the thing and upon completion, the necklace was a hair short of 16 inches making it a bit short/tight around my neck.
Then, while pondering a gift for my mom, I thought "hey, I could make the center bigger and lengthen the entire thing." Like this:
And so I did. I gave it to my mom and she wears it as a casual every day necklace :)
