[Ashtonjewels]

Carol, you did a fantastic job! Don't be so hard on yourself because you don't deserve anything less than huge kudos for a job well done. If it makes you feel any better, it took me a year to REALLY get this design to turn out the way I wanted it to. A few months ago, my failure rate on this bead was probably one successful bead out of every three that I made. After a great deal of practice, it became easier and now I really no longer have a failure rate. So, since you are doing this well after only having tried to make five of them, you're doing exceptionally well!