For my birthday, a friend bought me these cool beads. They were awesome, but hard to work into a design. Finally one day I decided that the beads are elaborate enough - the jewelry would be better simple.
I played around with my stock beads until I found some that perfectly matched. I wouldn't have thought about the blue lace agates if I hadn't seen them up close. The colors on the agate were just light enough to draw out the colors on the glass even more, and the hint of blue looked great with all the glass, even the red.
The result was a beautiful (accidental) work of art.
See the bracelet at Sun Sparkle Designs.