Thumb down, thumb up and the unexpected

I have a thumb down when it come to beads.  This one thumb down is a wired up bead.  I can see that the wire is not a perfect match for the beads.  This is probably why it doesn't work that well.  The wire is too thin for the bead.  I agree that the shape of the bead is not easy to fit with a wire:

i won't buy those bead again.  At least, as long as they stay like that.  Or I make a sphere with thicker wiring and get the beads into it.

My thumb up is a more round bead that have the proper wire:

those are a real success with me.  The wire is thick enough to wrap well the beads.  It is a breaze to work with those beads.  No problem, no beads getting out of the wire wrapping.  Well, it would be hard because on how it is wrapped.

I got a nice surprised with the last components:

They are not that big but I like the idea behind them.  I did it simple with earring but I am sure could do more with them.