Another cane glass project; was trying to clean out the remains of my stash tonight. Projects like this let me think about other things while I work, and today was one of those days I needed that. As this bracelet came together, the red-orange crystal bicones reminded me of candied apple slices I used to get at Shoney's as a kid (a chain now out of business). I thought they contrasted well with the handblown cane glass, and they actually match the red stripes on them. Also used silver rounds.
Name: Candied Apples and Orange Peel
Price: $15 (reason: cane glass prices)
Length: 7.5 inches
This necklace is named after my rose, Orange N' Lemons, given the color scheme. I used up some handblown cane glass, the last of my fire opal Swarovski bicones, yellow-orange rondelles, and flat yellow Czech glass rondelles with gold metal seed beads. Bright and cheery, and even a little bit refreshing to look at. I don't do much with crystal (or sparkle), and strangely enough I don't do much with fire tones like these despite the fact that I'm drawn to them.
Name: Oranges N' Lemons
Price: $25 (reason: cost of cane glass and Swarovskis)
Length: about 19 inches
My sister, photographer Margot Roudebush (blog: whimsicalsbymargot.blogspot.com), recently challenged herself and worked extremely hard to get certification to teach yoga classes. She had to memorize a bunch of routines and be tested in them over the last two weeks or so, and passed last weekend with flying colors.
I wanted to give her something to congratulate her, and picked out materials for a necklace which is still in the works because one of the things that arrived didn't match (a downside to online shopping). Shortly after I ordered the materials, I found these really neat hand-blown glass beads on another site and knew they would suit her just as much, so now she's getting two gifts instead of one.
Oh, if you look at the top of the photo, you can see Merlin's paw descending to step right on the bracelet when I was trying to take the picture; it's why it's mostly shadowed, too.
Name: N/A
Price: $30 (reason: hand-blown glass, Swarovski crystals; given to Margot R.)
Length: about 8 to 8.5 inches
