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One little note about my "buy now" button system: paypal keeps track of inventory, which means each frog can only be purchased once. Unfortunately the system has a major flaw: until I manually remove the button after the item has sold, you won't know whether something is still available until you actually CLICK on the button. THEN it will tell you if the item is sold out. Until I figure out a way to change that, I can only apologize for the inconvenience. Shipping is $ 3.00, no matter where the frog hops! I moved all the "old" frogs from this page to a new archive,
THE FROG POND, in case you are curious what was hopping around here before...and there are LOTS of frogs hopping around, it might take a long long time to load.
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
Biology experts made a new discovery of Poison-fart frogs in a remote part of the djungle in Costa Rica....and I snatched a few specimens for your delight...
# A - Googlefrog with Glow
3/4 inch high, $ 50
  
# B - The Office Google Frog
1 inch high, $ 65
   
# C - Greg in the Greens
1 1/4 inch high, $ 80
    
# D - Ernest guards his eggs
1 1/2 inch high, very cool! $ 120
   
# E - Lewis on the Leaf
1 1/4 inch high lentil with dichroic, $ 100
 
# F - Fergus finds his way
(there was some kind of reason I named him this way, but now, 20 minutes later, I can't remember. Reason for concern? Anyway, this is without doubt one of my "finest" frogs, everything is "just right" - a nice 1.4 inch purple medallion with murrini "eggs" and intricate leaf application, one of those beads where I hope someone will stop you on the street and ask you about it...) $ 150
  
I have one cool giveway frog, more about that later....thanks for looking!
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012
All of today's frogs are "hopping in a winterwonderland"..
# A - MacSmitten
This guy would be perfect for someone who likes "silly", and who would wear orange mittens without feeling embarrassed...lots of nice detail, I am particularly proud about the fringes on his scarf... 1 inch high, $ 55
  
# B - The frog says: "My heart is melting for you..."
Once a year I get the urge to populate innocent snowmen with frogs who have nothing better to do this time of the year....this snowman is 1 1/2 inches high and on the slim side, so the idea of melting does not appeal to him, $ 55
# C - The snowman says: "Get off me, you're too hot!"
Doesn't this snowman look downright terrified? I would too, in his place...size is somewhere between 1 1/4 and 1 1/2 inch, in that American nowwhereland of measurements....$ 55
# D - A dreary day in the snow
So, the little frog made his way into the woods, wanting to play in the snow with his buddies, but when he arrived where the endless snows meet the sky, nobody was there...just the darkening sky, more snow looming, and then it dawned on him: all his froggish friends were at home, watching the "Super-Pond". Darn. He learned to next time check the TV-schedule first...
Flat "landscape" bead with frog, 2 inches high, $ 65 (back is decorated with snowy swirls...)
 
# E - Dancing with Snowflakes
This (and the next) bead were really hard to photograph, because there is so much white and clear, so I left the background slightly greenish to make the beads stand out more (Ususally I change the white balance in Photoshop to get a white background..) You might have to believe me that they are just adorable and very sparkly...with lots of intricate snowflake pattern on silver dichroic... The first bead is 3/4 inch high, $ 35
 
# F - Serene Snow Angel
The second snow-flake pattern bead is one inch high with wings (they are very sturdy!). $ 48
 
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Friday, December 16th
# A - Santini
I usually offer a variety of "Christmas Frogs" or "Frogs on Snowmen" this time of the year, but this year was just - well, different. I didn't really get into the mood, but I have ONE Christmas-Pandora Frog. Hope someone will give him some Eggnogg.... $ 30 (frog only)
# B - Ozzy, Sole Survivor
Another Pandora size frog - kind of predicting what is going to happen this Sunday. If you have no idea what I am talking about, good for you! Metallic Bronze frog on a purple dichroic bead. $ 28
# C - Out of Season, Bunny Frog Earrings
Not everybody is always "right on time" with the season feelings, so, if you are having some foresight, remembering that Easter is only a few month away, you might feel like bringing some bunny earrings into your life. The frogs are wearing cute little costumes, with (very sturdy) white ears, which are a little bit hard to see in the pictures.... $ 65
 
We all wish you some hopping happy holidays!
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Friday, October 28th
Last week I had a few more key-watch-fobs, and the one that was most popular seemed to be number B - so for those of you who missed out and were heartbroken (;-)) over it, I have 3 that are very similar:
# A - Time for summerdreams - 1
$ 75
# B - Time for summerdreams - 2
$ 75
# C - Time for summerdreams - 3
$ 75
# D - It's always time to celebrate
Who needs to wait for the 4th of July to feel patriotic?
The colors are glowing from inside...$ 60
If you happened to start at the "regular beads" page, you might have noticed that I mentioned "frog charms" that would match the two blizzard sets. Here they are - although of course someone might like them all for their tiny adorable selves....
# E - Snow Angel
A darling little white frog with angel wings...there is a beautiful bubble in the base bead, which started out as a hollow bead, but as it sometimes happens, the hollow completely collapsed on me, and all that air that I had carefully "trapped" condensed into the tiny bubble you can see in the picture. In case you are worried about the stability of the bead - it is perfectly safe! The bead is 16 mm high and 20 mm wide, $ 27
# F - Snowstorm Angel
Even a little smaller than his white Snow Angel buddy, totally cute! He sits on a silver dichroic bead with white swirly decoration. He is looking up in horror at the masses of snow that are coming at him, temporarily forgetting that he is supposed to protect people from such harm. All he can think of is "I hope my wings won't break off".....so, if you live in a snowy area, don't count on HIM.....14mm high and 17mm wide, $ 28
# G - Snowfall Angel
If HE can help some lovely snowfall, I should probably keep him for myself, but then again, we all remember that saying "be careful what you wish for..." This little guy sits on a "semi-hollow" bead decorate with lots of tiny dots....very dainty! 14mm high and 19mm wide, $ 28
That's it for a while - more around the end of November!
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Thursday, October 20th
A little while ago I had this kind of watch-key-fob, whatever you want to call it - and now that Christmas is fast approaching (how scary is THAT thought?!), it's time for a little "encore".
The "standard" watch comes with a keyholder at the other end, but if you prefer to use it in a more "fashionable way", I can switch the keyholder for a larger, silver plated lobster clasp (as in # C), which might look nice for a purse attachment or ever a pendant on a long chain. That's how I wear mine... Since the lobster clasps are more expensive than the keyholder parts, there is a $ 2.00 difference, you can choose in the drop-down menu.
I have two different kinds of frogs/beads : silvered glass, metallic frogs - and plain old green frogs..
Last night I made this silly little bird, which I will flip randomly into one of the packages for today's sale...
 
# A - Every moment counts
# B - Never enough time in summer
# C - Time can put you into a tail spin
# D - Time flies when you're having fun
# E - Where does time go after we spent it?
# F - Hot Pink is timeless
# G - It's always party time when you're green...
# H - Lost in Time
# I - Sweet memories of times past
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Wednesday, October 3rd
# A - The Glass Hopper
A slightly different "stance" in this frog, which wasn't really planned, like it's the case with so many cool beads. I started out with a long flattened bead to try out the new color "Earth" (forgot whether it's a Vetrofond or Effetre color, but it's basically blue with green striations). The bead didn't turn out all that interesting, so I tried to cover it with as much frog as possible, thus the "Glass hopper" was born. Looks like something Sharon Peters could have made, but she would have come up with a funnier name....I'm very pleased with the frog and will make this part of my future repertoire for sure.
1 1/2 inch long, squeezed (the backside is just blue with green streaks, nothing special) $ 52
MINI-FROGS
By "popular demand" I made a bunch of tiny frogs, each about 18 mm high...I list them in "bundles" and will try to give you as many options as possible in a drop-down menu. hope that works. If you order more than one, I will refund you any overpaid shipping charges!
# B - The Clio Convention
In order to save some time this afternoon I didn't take a picture of each frog - they are very similar except for the hue of the basebead. Each of the beads was made with a trantsparent core, a layer of clear, a layer of DH Clio and another layer of clear (try that on a bead that size!) There are two "general hues": reddish/pink or bluish.The frogs are made with Rembrand, which is reduced to a slightly metallic bronze color. 18 mm high (including the frog), $ 28
(SOLD)
# C - Froggie Geometrie
One thing I like to do when I work on something I can do with my hands tied behind my back is change just ONE element of the bead. In the Clio Convention above I changed the coloring of the base-bead...in THIS group I changed the shape of each bead. Every single bead has a core of dichroic, and then there are cones, and cubes, a lentil...well, you can pretty much see it in the picture. While some of the shapes take a little more time to make (like the cube, which a lot of you know takes forever to make), they are all priced the same for convenience sake... each geometry mini-frog is $ 25
(SOLD)
# D - Black Pearl Frogs
For the first time I tried to make mini-frogs with Effetre's "Black Pearl" (one of those insanely expensive colors that defines the term "hit and miss" when it comes to the colors you get). These two guys are definitely a "hit", fantastic color changes on the body and the limbs. Since this is a very dark glass I had to make "double layer" eyes, to make them show up. Tiny and sweet. $ 30 PER frog, you can specify the one on the left or the one on the right (having fun with the drop-down menus today...)
(SOLD)
 
# E - Mini Halloween Frogs
These two little fellows were more an excercise in "how small can I get this?" I can probably go tinyer than this (14 mm high), but then it would be next to invisible.... One of these has a goldstone vine, the other doesn't, oh well. $ 30 each... specify which one you would like...
(SOLD)
# F - Big Brother knows best
I only make this kind of "double frog" bead when something goes wrong with the first frog - talk about a great cover-up! While I am making the second frog, I always think of a story, depending on the size of the frogs or the way the are arranged on the bead. Here the big brother frog is telling the little one what to do, but the little one snubs and decides to ignore big brothers advice. How is it going to turn out? That is YOUR story to discover. Although it might matter that the two guys are sitting on a teardrop shaped bead....an omen? 1/2 inch high and 3/4 inch wide, $ 42
 
# G - Froggie Sceance
As I was looking at these two guys to figure out a name for the bead, I noticed how they were holding their hands, with the bead looking like a little table - they kind of named themselves! These two frogs are made with different silvered glass (Rembrandt and Black Pearl), and each thinks they are prettier than the other one, so they don't look at each other, but stare into the Universe for guidance how to outshine the other. As long as you don't take away their illusions, they'll be fine!15 mm tall and 24 mm wide, $ 50
 
THANKS TO YOU GUYS for keeping me occupied!
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'Tis the Season
While it's not quite time for Santa Frogs on lightbulbs, Halloween is certainly a good enough reason to let frogs hop out of the box...I have some more spooky fellows up my (mental) sleeve, but for now I am just offering what one of my dear and faithful customers asked me to make: frogs on Pumpkins. I honestly don't recall ever making these before, but my memory has holes the size of award winning giant pumpkins, so, who knows.
This time I realized how wonderful it is to have a stack of glass that was purchased a long time ago and ended up with the other pounds and pounds of "forgotten colors" - turns out that CIM's "Pumpkin" is not only the perfect color, but also the perfect consistency for this kind of project. Pumpkin, like most of the other CIM opaques is very stiff, which comes in handy when adding a sculptural element (the frog) onto a bead with sculptural elements (the pumpkin ribs). Had I made the pumpkin in a softer Effetre color, the ribs would have disappeared when heating the pumpkin enough for the frog to stick. On top of that the pumpkin color has a touch of translucency to it, which looks "glassy" and good. So, we ended up with a happy corina in halloween-land...But enough of the preface, here is what I have today (all of the Halloween frogs are FOCAL SIZE, pretty big):
# A - Boohoo Joe
1 inch high, $ 50
 
# B - "Peter hates Pumpkin"
1 inch high, $ 50
 
# C - "Pie, someone give me Pie!"
1 inch high, $ 50
 
# D - "I don't need no stinkin' hat to be scary!"
(I don't think he is scary at all, but don't tell him...) 1 inch high, $ 45
 
Next I have a bunch of what I call "test frogs" - I often test new colors or new designs, and if I'm not all that thrilled with the result, but I still don't want to waste the bead, I put a frog on it. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with these beads/frogs, but they are a bit cheaper than they would be if I had planned on making them...
# E - "Come Rain or Shine"
This frog came into the world while I was working on the blue and green "summer rain" set, I accidentally overmelted a couple of the raindrops, so I thought to cover that up with a frog - which is a stupid idea, since it's very difficult to add the toes onto a bead with little raised bumps - and not melt those in as well. A cool challenge though, and the bead is adorable. 3/4 inch high, $ 25
 
# F - Hang on Hugo
Hugo gets to hang on a test-lentil I made to see what the new Effetre Silver glass is doing. Well, it's probably MY fault, but it didn't do sh....t for me...Great bead though, with a mucky greenish blue tint...1 inch diameter, $ 32
(SOLD) 
# G - The Burger King
This bead still cracks me up, again, I was testing Effetre Silver Glass, and I can't believe I continued with the darn thing for another hour.. totally got carried away, and I actually love the shape I ended up with a lot, very unusual. Reminded me of a hamburger.... The style of the bead (silvery and semi-organic) doesn't match the whimsical frog with "Sharon-Peter-style-eyes" one bit - but the whole thing works....would be a fortune if I had set out to make a bead like this, but since it's a tester, it's $ 38 (1 inch high).
(SOLD)
   
# H - Floating Flowers
In this bead, which turned out really pretty, I was testing an odd Effetre color, don't even remember what it's called, but it's a transparent blue-green on the inside and an opque whitish color on the inside. I also tested a new bead squeeze size we are probably going to offer "on sale" by next week....As you can see in the picture, there is a little bit of reduction on the top right of the bead - you can easily take this off by soaking the bead in Coke, just didn't have any of that in my fridge, so I leave that up to you. Also, the color of the dots on the back (teal) doesn't exactly go with the color of the base bead, though the frog body kind of blocks it from really clashing...the bead is almost 2 inches long and flat...$ 40.
 
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Hope on Froggish Friend!
Sometimes strange things happen when we turn the torch off and let stuff "stew" in a kiln for a while. Imagine my surprise when I opened the kiln in the morning and found that some of my frogs had jumped mandrels end were riding fish-gun! I didn't have the heart to seperate the new friends, so here they are:
# A - Fred went fishing
As with all my hanging fish, the hole goes horizontal through the head...I made one of these for myself and can promise that the fish-frog combo hangs beautifully on a shorter chain....1 1/2 inch long, $ 60
 
# B - Fritz went fishing too
This fish is purple with a dichroic dot pattern, 1 1/2 ich long, $ 60
 
The Frog-Explorers, Eddie Bauer Edition
I was obviously in "dreaming of vacation" mode this week, and out of this longing came 3 wonderful snorkeling frogs, getting ready to dive into the ocean (bead)...
# C - Sebastian went snorkeling
....and he was so fascinated by the scenery below that he didn't notice the starfish that settled on his behind.. 1 1/2 inches high, $ 100
   
# D - Stevie went snorkeling
....and he was even slower than Sebastian, so he allowed a barnecle to settle on his butt...1 1/2 inch tall, $ 95
   
# E - Sven went snorkeling
and he discovered a live coral. Of course, like any self respecting frog, he didn't touch, just stared...1 1/2 inch tall, $ 95
   
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Tuesday, August 25th
Just one type of frog today, the TRUE imposter Minnie Frog. Let's hope Disney doesn't catch me...get one before they get ME
I list them all at once, without making a button for each (except for the larger one), like the fish, these are $ 28, the larger one (big Imposter) is $ 30.
Minnie Imposter small (3/4 inch tall), $28
Sunday, August 21st
# A - Mini Mouse Frog ENCORE
In my last sale I had ONE frog that turned out to be particularly popular: The Mini Mouse Frog. I don't know whether people liked him because his face was so cute, because he was so tiny or just because he was so cheap ($ 15, which of course is relative when it comes to cheap...).
One of the problems with making single beads that are cheap is not the MAKING of them, but the selling and shipping. I have to admit that I much rather ship ONE strand for $ 150 than TEN darn frogs for $ 15. I'm sure I'm not the only one....but on the other hand, if at the end there are TEN happy customers (who might come back for something else later), the world is as it should be: GOOD
So, just because I felt pleasing lots of people, I made some more Mini Mouse Frogs, but I made a little compromise in regards to the "offering" them: instead of taking a picture of each frog and listing one by one, spending time on naming and writing a description, I piled them all up on my hand and if you would like one, you get whichever one I pick (honestly, they are all equally cute....)
Each frog is $ 15.00
# B - Best Friends - stuck with each other forever OR Married Couples Communicaton
In the process of making these little fellows I had a couple of "blunders" - and what is better than covering up a blunder with - ANOTHER FROG!
Thus were born the Best Friends - something that is incredibly difficult, because you need enough heat for all the limps and toes to stick to each other, but a smidgen too much heat melts it all into oblivion, which is why I literally hold my breath almost all the way through the bead. That's why these guys are $ 35....
Again, if you would like one of these, it's a random pick....
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August 15th
Today I have to "categories" of frogs: the really fancy ones on complex flat or oval shaped beads, and the "rescue frogs" - which you will see further below.
But the fancy ones first:
# A - Jacques Frogteau
A beautiful combination of an intricate, etched Tidepool bead (appr. 2 1/4 inch long, not quite 1 inch wide) with a shiny bronze colored frogs with tiny eye-murrini for a curious look into the world underneath his feet. $ 90
(SOLD)
  
# B - Seymore the Skilled Gardener
Considering the huge and colorful garden I get to look at every day, it's a miracle that I don't make more fancy garden beads....This one was so varied and interesting that I ALMOST didn't put a frog on it, since the frog covers up quite a bit of the design. But then again, I'm glad I did, because he looks like he belongs onto this bead. $ 85
  
I have 4 beads with frogs on encased floral beads - all of these beads were shaped using my Monster Shaper, I kind of wanted to show you the variety of shapes you can get with just one tool. And then again, I wanted to make some really pretty beads, and I think I succeeded...
# C - Parker parked himself on a pink Flower bead
No description necessary, the oval bead is a little over 1 inch high. $ 65
   
# D - Percy prefers purple
Percy and Parker are good friends, they hopped in the same froggiegarden, but Percy has more sophisticated taste, and he is into the intricate little things of life....so is the bead.1 1/4 inch tall, $ 70
   
# E - Albert has the hots for Aqua
This bead just glows! 1 1/4 inch tall, slim, $ 65
(SOLD)
   
# F - Paul just likes purple
Beautiful big lavender blossoms on a glowing purple background. Slightly smaller than the other florals above, 1 1/8th inch tall, $ 55
   
RESCUE FROGS
I made these frogs because I had created a more or less boring bead, usually to test a new glass, and then I made the frog on the bead to make it somewhat interesting....those are a lot cheaper, of course, not because there is anything wrong with them, but because they already served a purpose...
# G - Gregory is going green
In this bead I tried a different approach to reducing the Rembrand glass that I use for my bronze metallic frog. It went into the kiln in a beautiful metallic shine - and it came out green. Still a cute little frog with sweet eyes, 3/4 inch high (bead AND frog), $ 20.
 
# H - Shiny Sherman
I made this guy as a test for a couple of silver-glass murrini I purchased...the frog turned out great, the murrini are okay, but it's fairly dark. This bead fits onto a pandora necklace or bracelet, though it might be a bit too large for a bracelet. $ 25
  
# I - Mini Mouse Froggie
Absolutely adorable little guy, which I made on a test bead of the new Arrow Springs silvered glass. Nothing wrong with this bead, other than that you might need strong glasses to find him if you happen to drop him. $ 15
# J - Beach Ball Bernie
I made the aqua beachball as part of a set of fun bright beads, but I don't know what I was thinking about, because I wanted to press the bead into a lentil and I made it WAY too big for that. So, I put a frog on top. Turned out great! A little over 1/2 inch tall, $ 18
  
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May 31st: I have moved all the "left-over" frogs to the top of the page....
# 0 - Pancho the Pebble Hopper
45 mm x 25 mm, $ 75
 
The 4 beads below weren't all that popular in my "big sale"...funny, since they are some of MY favorites. I also love the semi-translucent glass of the beads they are sitting on, this is very "precious" glass I received from my Australian friend Jackie, it's called SILK and is allegedly a Vetrofond color that is not available anymore. It is just beautiful and creates the perfect backdrop to the sparkly translucence of the grass green. Maybe I'll just wear all these fun red-eyed tree frogs myself...;-)
# U - Glowing Gustaf is Egg-bound
29 mm x 23 mm, $ 48
 
# W - Glowing Gilbert gets ready to jump
35 mm x 32 mm, $ 65
 
# X - Glowing Glen aims for the Moon
40 mm x 23 mm, $ 65
 
# Z - Glowing Henry loves Hugs
48 mm x 25 mm, $ 70
 
Part 1: Classic Peagreen Frogs, with lots of flowers...
# A - Hugo Went to Vegas
22 mm x 17 mm, $ 32
 
# B - Gerald likes gentle things
20 mm x 23 mm, $ 40
 
# C - Bobbie Blue Bayou
20 mm x 22 mm, $ 40
SOLD
 
# D - Frederick Forget Me Not
20 mm x 22 mm, $ 40
 
# E - Peter guards the Purple Glow
23 mm x 25 mm, $ 45
SOLD
  
# F - Bentley on the Flower Barrel
25 mm x 23, $ 50
 
# G - Peer prefers Pink
27 mm x 27 mm, $ 50
 
# H - Pauly is proud of his flower
25 mm x 26 mm, $ 60
 
# I - Orlando hugs the Oval Floral
30 mm x 27 mm, $ 70
 
# J - Fat-ass Steven thinks it's stunning
26 mm x 30 mm, $ 75
# K - Chris revels in his favorite Color
28 mm x 29 mm, $ 85
SOLD
 
# L - Roll over Rupert
32 mm x 23 mm, $ 78
SOLD
# M - No dog in these woods
47 mm x 25 mm, $ 100
SOLD
 
# N - Ronny the Rock Frog
35 mm x 35 mm, $ 85
 
# P - Hang on Hugo
38 mm x 23 mm, $ 50
 
# Q - Preston Goes Psycho
50 mm x 20 mm, $ 95
 
# R - Robert is longing for the roses
45 mm x 26 mm, $ 150
SOLD
 
# S - Amazing Antonius
38 mm x 38 mm, $ 125
 
# T - Walter wants to be Inside
63 mm x 25 mm, $ 155
SOLD
 
# V - Glowing Gary likes to party
30 mm x 23 mm, $ 50
  
# Y - Glowing Grant moving aside
47 mm x 26 mm, $ 50
 
Part 3: Metallic green "Terminator" frogs
(just a note, the metallic look is more pronounced in person than in the picture)
# AA - Terminator Tim barrels along
30 mm x 18 mm, $ 42
  
# AB - Terminator Sean likes it shaken, not stirred
36 mm x 25 mm, $ 50
  
# AC - Terminator Arnold has lost his luster
45 mm x 27 mm, $ 25
SOLD
 
# AD - Terminator Fred favors Fireworks
30 mm x 25 mm, $ 60
  
# AE - Outback Bubble Bozo Frog
38 mm x 32 mm, $ 90
  
and a few more: PANDORA FROGS
(all of these frogs are really tiny....in the pictures they look humongous...)
# 1 - Albert on green dichroic, $ 30
# 2 - Boris on Gold-green Dichroic , $ 30
# 3 - Sydney on Silver Dichroic, $ 30
# 4 - Sydney's angry little brother, $ 30
# 5 - Dagobert diving into the deep, $ 30
# 6 - Weeny Willy gone Wild, SOLD
# 7 - Arty "Le Artiste", $ 45
(the quirk design goes around the bead, kind of like # S, "Amazing Antonius" on a miniature scale...)
# 8 - Lil'Pete on Purple, $ 38
# 9 - Billiebob's got the Blues, $ 38
# 10 - Prince of purple passion, $ 40
(this bead is slightly larger than the others, if you prefer more of a "bold" bead for your bracelet. The bead itself, without frog is 1/2 inch high)
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