@critterologist I mixed 1 part Elmer's and one part water and gave both sides several coats. Then I gave it a coat of Martha Stewart pearl craft paint. I haven't had any problems and I have several necklaces which I have worn lots of times, and believe me, I'm a real klutz when it comes to breaking things.
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.
"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam