Raku bead from 2010 show, experiment a qualified success?

I can't decide if this worked or not.  Does raku bead get a little lost in the bezel?

Gifts for the ladies

This is a terrible pic but I it is all I have of these sweet little gifties for sweeter ladies - the team who planned our DC advocacy trip this year.   I am hoping to do more of these woven earrings, they work up fast and use very little in the way of beads....  and they fit neatly into plastic eggs.