Happy March! Spring is just around the corner (on my birthday, in fact!) and here in the Bay Area, the rainy weather continues. After years - decades? - of drought, we're getting lots of rain the past couple winters, which means I haven't been getting many opportunities to melt glass with my giant magnifying glass. But that's ok! Since my glass-melting process is so weather-dependent, I always try to keep enough stock in reserve to make it through the un-sunny seasons.
Back when I lived in Colorado and Minnesota, I'd stock up for winter so that I wouldn't need to sit outside and try to melt glass in the snow, wearing snowpants and a down jacket. (The glass melted just fine - the hot spot is 3,000 degrees Fahreheit, after all - but I could only sit there for so long without freezing my butt off!) Here in the Bay Area, it's more a question of whether or not the skies are clear enough during the "winter" months. Mostly not. 😉
But even if I can't make more teardrops at the moment, I have enough stocked up, and this pale blue glass is perfect for this rainy season. As I wrote last time, I'm still obsessed with these old favorites. I love the color of these dainty drops made from old Bombay Sapphire Gin bottles - they look just like little raindrops! Check out all my jewelry made from these pale blue bottles here!
