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The making of rain jewelry from sunshine and recycled bottles

by Tawny Reynolds || March 08 2017
Making rain jewelry from sunshine and recycled bottles by Sundrop Jewelry


One of Sundrop Jewelry’s most popular colors is “Water.” Not only is it a gorgeous color in its own right - the pale blue teardrops look just like little drops of rain jewelry - it is also the perfect color for the March birthstone, aquamarine.  Best of all, these pale blue translucent glass drops are made from recycled Bombay Sapphire Gin bottles!

Take a look behind the scenes at this elegant rain jewelry in each stage of the process.  


Making rain jewelry from Bombay Sapphire Gin bottles
Long strips of glass are cut from this big square bottle that once held Bombay Sapphire Gin.


Giant magnifying glass to focus sunshine and melt recycled bottle glass into rain drop jewelry
Using a giant magnifying glass to focus sunshine, the strips are melted into small glass teardrops that look just like rain drops!



Melted strip of recycled bottle glass and teardrops for rain jewelry
A melted strip of recycled Bombay Sapphire Gin bottle, with unfinished glass teardrops.


Drops of glass rain jewelry made from a Bombay Sapphire Gin bottle
So many elegant little rain drops!


Sorting and pairing glass drops to make glistening, pale blue rain jewelry
Sorting and pairing glass drops to make glistening, pale blue rain jewelry.


Rain jewelry - from a single tiny water drop of the Solandra Y-Necklace to the flooding cascade of Lanata Earrings.
A sample of Sundrop Jewelry's rain jewelry - from a single tiny water drop of the Solandra Y-Necklace to the flooding cascade of Lanata Earrings.