Taking a side trip

I had been working on a sweatshirt for the last four or five weeks and decided to take a break. As I went rummaging through my stash of stuff I found this beautiful abalone shell cabochon and right then decided it would make a fabulous cuff bracelet. Of course I had never made a beaded bracelet, but why should that stop me. So I set to work. Gathering beads that I thought brought out the colors of the shell I was off and running. After attaching the cabochon to a piece of beading cloth (can't remember what it's called and to lazy to go downstairs and look) I was like a woman possessed beading in free form peyote stitch around the cab then attacking the two sides creating the pattern as I went. Unleashing my Muse to dive into the beads and pattern until I realized something. How was I going to attach a clasp? The solution! Make a loop closure on one side and attach a abalone shell button to the other with dangles and beads. Sometimes you have to put one thing down and take a side trip. It's good for your soul.