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Reyka Gin — how pretty is this bottle? I was so excited when someone donated it to me. The colour is just that little bit different from so many others…

I shared the white milk glass goblet the other day — today it’s blue milk glass! This piece started life as a candlestick. The colour is just gorgeous. It’s not quite…

A beautiful perfume bottle today. I’m always curious to see what happens when I melt pieces like this — sometimes they work out beautifully, and sometimes… well, I have an…

When I was sorting through my stash of glass — some collected, some gifted — I found this purple cup. It was such an unusual piece, with its mix of…

Fever Tree Tonic Water bottles — they say the secret to a great G&T is the tonic, and Fever Tree is one of my favourites! Good for sipping and melting…

White Milk Glass. Today’s bead begins with a white milk glass goblet — simple, sturdy, and once treasured on someone’s shelf. Milk glass has been around since the 1500s, originally…

Pink Depression Glass today! Depression glass was made in lots of beautiful colours — green is the most well-known, but there’s also blue, brown, and this lovely pink. One of…

Bethany Wine Chardonnay bottles — another favourite to melt! I was first introduced to Bethany Wines when I did a SALA exhibition there about 10 years ago. I used their…

Cranberry Glass — how beautiful is that pink? I think this piece was probably from the late 1800’s. I remember finding a pink bowl in an antique shop in the…

July 4 — Melted Moments 💙🍸 Bombay Sapphire Gin bottles — one of my favourites! When I first started making beads from recycled glass, so many people suggested these bottles…

July 3 — Melted Moments 💙 I get all sorts of glass donated to me — sometimes it’s an old bottle someone wants turned into a keepsake, sometimes it’s just…

Today’s beads are in honour of Coopers Sparkling Ale — a proud local South Australian company with a long commitment to looking after the environment. Back in 2013, I created…