Inspired by Beach Glass

It was so cold here in our pre-vacation months that I couldn't even make beads because the studio heater wasn't powerful enough to battle sub-freezing temps outside. But as soon as we had a 40+ degree day, I got out there. These are my sea glass inspired beads. Simple, but beautiful... soothing almost. Kinda like the ocean.   

Dreaming of the Beach

Over the past couple months, I've grown extremely tired of this dreary winter - this year more than years past. Maybe it's because I knew we were going to Florida in March and so I was looking forward to that, and in the meantime, we just kept getting more and more Michigan snow. With Florida and sunshine in mind, I got inspired by images of sea glass, or beach glass, which is glass that has been discarded and has ended up in the ocean - basically as litter. Over time, the glass is broken up and tossed around by the waves and rocks and gets this really cool smooth, etched look.