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I posted previously the cheery little jump-rope necklaces at newhighmart.com. I’ve never been very crafty. I don’t even like carving pumpkins anymore. But I scheduled a play date with my 9-year-old niece last week, figuring we could be crafty together and I could create my own beaded necklace for the spring.

I used André Benjamin’s indian necklace that he shared on his 10 Essentials list as my source inspiration. My niece used “waterfalls” as inspiration for her own necklace, and she added a fish charm to hers, F.Y.I.

So there it is. Now I have not only a new necklace, but a happy memory to go along with it.

I’m on the verge of picking myself up one of these jump-ropey necklaces. The nod to 5th grade gym-glass is playful, and the packaging nearly seals the deal.

I just wonder, as beads, essentially, if they’d be a little too chunky or “Living Single” for me to brave. I also imagine my neck hairs and skin getting pinched inside the beads quite a lot. Is the pleasure worth the pain? I’m trying to decide.

Available at www.newhighmart.com