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‘Autumn Twilight’

CiM Desert Pink encased with CiM Pink Champagne with Effetre White 204 decoration and CiM Crocus spacers

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‘Deep Purple’

CiM Heffalump encased with Effetre transparent Dark Violet 039, decorated with Effetre pastel Ink Blue 247, with CiM Crocus spacers

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‘Pumpkin’ Pendants

CiM Harvest and CiM Meadow

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‘Jack Frost’

CiM Zachary encased with Effetre transparent Pale Aquamarine 038, with Effetre White 204 decoration. Spacers are Effetre 038 coated with silver mica.

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‘Fruity Brew’

CiM Cranberry Pink encased with Effetre Super (Crystal) Clear 006 with CiM Alley Cat decoration and spacers

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CiM Testing: Egg White

Oooh, hello, this is a nice one. Egg White is a translucent opal and it’s a thing of beauty. It’s got a sort of softest-hint-of-yellow creaminess to it that reminds me of ivory or antique lace.

Egg White was soft and smooth to work with and I had no shockiness problems with it. I work very cool and I found that if I heated the glass too much for too long it scummed a bit so I’m guessing that this one likes to be handled with care.

I love this glass and will definitely be adding it to my bead shopping list.

The photograph was taken indoors in natural daylight.

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CiM Testing: Lemonade

Lemonade is a beautiful colour - it’s clear with a hint of misty creaminess. It’s like a misty opal version of CiM Egg White.

The rod I had was quite shocky with a couple of big bubbles in it but after I nipped off the end couple of inches I had no more shocky-poppy issues with it. The glass did have a few microbubbles in it but these are nothing terrible. Lemonade goes a really bright yellow while it’s heated which I found amusing and novel. (I’m easily pleased.)

Lemonade has a nice level of opal mistiness to it. It’s subtle but it’s there. Lovely glass.

The photograph was taken indoors in natural daylight.

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CiM Testing: Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass is a misty opal version of CiM Poison Apple. Wheatgrass is so very green and as I was cleaning these beads I was reminded of Lord Percy Percy when he creates “a nugget of purest green” in Blackadder II.

The glass is only a tiny bit misty and you can see this best in the heart bead, probably because it is larger and was worked for longer in the flame, along with some cooling and reheating. The spacers are pretty much transparent.

Wheatgrass melted well, although the rod I had was a tad bubblesome but not so much that it is distractingly bubbly. No shocking and no scumming.

The photograph was taken indoors in natural daylight.