Update

The morning sun on the green beads was just too, too much. So I'm going to take the sage advice of my friend Carol Dean (whose lovely beadwork can be found here) and use some 24K green gold plated Delicas. Which, naturally, I don't have on hand. They should be here in a couple of days.

The bright green around the pearl "flowers", while not suited to the elegance of this particular necklace, is a really wonderful look that I am not at all finished with. Stay tuned. :-)