Or this Montana Agate...
While I enjoy doing most kinds of beading, I generally find seed beads to be just too "fiddly". But recently I discovered the new twin-style beads....definitely more fun....
As a child, I spent many warm summer afternoons sifting through the gravel in my parents' driveway for sparkly rocks to use in my craft projects. Today, I craft artistic jewelry from sparkly "rocks" (beads and gems) that I obsessively collect from every corner of the world. In some ways, not much has changed over the years.....except, of course, for the cost of the "rocks". :-)