Crystal Butterfly Bead and Wire Necklace

The inspiration for this necklace was this beautiful butterfly pendant. It came from Soft Flex (item number BBB-10391) and it retails for $11.76 each. When I saw it, I thought about how nice it would look with some fire-polished red crystal beads I had.

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