Chips... Are they popular?

I started beading when I was 13... then stopped beading for a while until the controversial year 2K.  When I restarted there was a chip frenzie.  Every piece of jewelry had chips in them.  They were very popular.  Then we evolved and left chips aside.  I had been reluctanct to buy more chips, but I needed some mother of pearl chips and FMG had a deal I could not resist.  So I started to think of ways to incorporate chips in my jewelry and still making modern pieces.

My MB blue necklace is the first result of this experiment.  I hope to be posting more jewelry with chips.

Here are the Blue MB matching earrings: