Most people like to wear their bracelets full or almost full. If you just have a few beads they fall to the bottom and tend to be bothersome. There are two main approaches to designing your bracelet. Symmetrical/Balanced, or Mixed Up/Ecclectic. A lot of the photos you see on the site will be of the Symmetrical/Balanced type, because that is just how I like to have my bracelets! But a lot of folks like to have all different colors of beads and do not like to repeat the silver designs at all. Here are two examples of Mixed Up/Ecclectic bracelets:

These bracelets are not symmetrical-no two silver beads are the same, and some times there are two glass beads together between silver and sometimes one. The glass beads do not match either, however they coordinate in color tones.

Here are two examples of Symmetrical/Balanced Bracelets: 

In the first bracelet, I've used 5 beads and kept them together in the center of the bracelet, spaced by matching small spacers. The remaining silver beads are symmetrical from the beads to the clasp, as well as being graduated in size. The only non-symmetrical aspect is the dangle charm that I like to put toward the clasp end of the bracelet.

In the second bracelet, even though the beads are a combination of colors, they all coordinate, and are equally spaced between the silver beads. I start this design in the middle, with a glass bead, and add two of the same silver spacers on either side, and work to the ends that way.

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