Wow I have missed a lot of posts!
First of all I love how you used black seed beads as a bail for the donut. The cinnabar bead is carved with dragons, which goes perfectly with the carvings in the donut, and the pop of red is a great contrast. I like your use of the black onyx rondelles at both ends of the jade barrels and think that shape compliments them nicely. The necklace is very pretty as is.
However, if you wanted to change the necklace part of it, I do like fano's suggestion to use black onyx rondelles instead of seed beads. If you want to break up the rondelles, you can alternate them with seed beads, or some other small beads like tiny silver beads. Do your small red coral beads go with the cinnabar bead color-wise? You could put a coral bead in the middle of the onyx rondelles for a small pop of red along the necklace. Jewelry designers have often said that odd numbers look better than even numbers. With that in mind it can be 3 rondelles, a coral bead, and 3 more rondelles. Or just 3, 5 or 7 (or whichever spacing you prefer) rondelles in between the barrels.
DIY is so much fun in that we can play and experiment with different styles and looks with the same materials over and over and over...
