What better way to start than by sharing my favorite piece.  This is not an original design of course.   I love all the beading magazines (yes, another addiction), Bead and Button and Beadwork in particular.  This design came from one of those.  I know, I know, I really should be more specific and give proper credit but I can't find the pattern right now in that mountain of magazines.  This project is a series of simple flat peyote stitched squares of delicas, strung together with shiny firepolished czech glass beads.   This piece is fun because I got to play with lots and lots of colors, though time consuming.  I really must start logging hours worked on pieces like this.  Size 11 Delicas (the type of bead used here) aren't the smallest bead you can find but they're pretty close. 

Delica Beads - Delica seed beads are perfectly cylindrical modern Japanese beads with thin walls and large holes.  They can be smooth or six-sided.  Their uniform size and shape make them perfect for precision work      http://www.smallpleasures.com.au/20.html

Working the geometric design keeps it interesting and challenging. 

If you bead you know the one major pitfall to the craft is -- friends and family coveting your work.  This piece now has a nice home with my sister in law whose first words when she saw this was "for me!!??"