Twinkle, twinkle

This is the troublemaker. Meet the Ice Cube Bracelet, the kit that got me into all this trouble in the first place. See, while it's kit #2 in terms of being assembled, it's the first one that caught my eye at the bead store. I credit this to the fact that it sparkles. The bead store had artfully arranged the display model so that bright lights would hit it just right, and there it was: a twinkling rainbow reaching out to grab my attention. (Put it in sunlight, and the effect is not unlike a disco ball). My inner magpie just had to have it. Even so, I resisted acquiring it for a while, since I thought that it might look a bit too formal to go with my casual-to-the-point-of-unnoticeable wardrobe, and what's the point of making a piece of jewelry that never gets worn? (I'm already having that problem with Sally's Favorite Summer Sweater—aargh!). But now that I'm actually wearing it, I see that plain clothing just gives it a quiet background to sparkle against and that it probably will get out of the jewelry box more than once.



Oh, and I've increased my vocabulary. The black beads are in a shape called "bicone" (and the colored beads are "cubes," but yes, I did know that term already). Now is there any other aspect of my life in which I'll be able to use this new word? It's not just craft: it's educational!