Not for the faint of heart or weak of neck.

So, it's really not that heavy, I just wanted to use that title.

My polymer bead pile was growing so I decide to go through it all, group into like colors or designs, and shine it up with my new buffer. I ended up with a sizable collection of new and old faux-wood-ish beads in assorted sizes. Last week I bought three strands of two sizes of cool rectangle faceted black beads at Barb Kaczor's  Four Directions  Jewelry Studio.

So what did I make with my collection? This awesome thing!

My late grandmother, who was quite a creative seamstress, looks on approvingly with her WVU sorority sisters. Mary Belle is the sixth from left in the front row.