I hate beading whole strands, lol, it takes forever. I did it for Shveta's bead-strand barrette though because it's the look I was going for...but to get the look I wanted the beads were much larger than the little buddies you used for your Koi barrettes.

I like the new dangles just fine, but I admit I like the old ones even better, with just a few bigger beads crimped on like bubbles. The new ones look perhaps more like water swishes?

The new guys are a much better size though and the dangle length looks quite reasonable :) I couldn't have worn the first one but I could wear these.

It'd be nice to have dangles from butterfly barrettes, too. Or dragonflies...they're even more popular than butterflies right now.