About a week ago, I found this little pattern amongst my freebies ("Flora Vine" by Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum) and decided I had to stitch it. And then I got the crazy idea that by stitching it over-one it would fit in one of those little pocket watch frames that have been all the rage....
So here is the finished stitching. I didn't have any of the flosses called for, so I improvised....and the beads were my own addition.

And as I was looking it, inside the little pocket watch, I thought, "this is......uninspiring." So I hunted around online for other ideas until I stumbled on Lynn B's "cross stitch necklace tutorial." For about $4 worth of supplies from Hobby Lobby (I had a coupon!), this is what I created -
Pretty, no? It isn't perfect, but I think it works!
