Was excited to get mine in the mail, but one bead fell off as soon as it came out of the package! The entire thing (all beads) is held together by 1 plastic thin thread! I caught the tip of the broken thread and sewed it back with a normal cotton thread and it's fine now. Also, some of the beads look like they got chewed on if you look up close. Overall, it looks nice from other people's point of view.