How about this for a coincidence?

They way I design my jewelry is sometimes I do a sketch of a design  but being that I can't draw a straight line with a ruler most of the time I see a material I like,buy it,wait to be inspired and work from there. I few months ago I found this and had to have it:

I saw this rose and had to have it but really wasn't sure what I would do with it. So it sat and my workbench for a few weeks  with no idea what to do with it then I remembered a custom I did last year with opalite beads and I knew that they would look perfect together.

So the end result is this:

I was real happy with the way it turned out and thought it would be just perfect for the summer

Then my May version of Good Housekeeping comes and something on the cover looks vaguely familiar:

Take a good look at Mrs. Obama's necklace. Although I can't be sure but it looks to me like graduated pearls and a pave set rose. Not the same but sure looks it!

Not too bad having the President's wife on the cover of a magazine wearing a similar design. Now if only I can get her wearing something of my designs on another cover......