One of the things I love about my job is that I’ve built up enough trust with my customer base over the years that people will just let me send them shiny things without knowing exactly what they’re getting, and sometimes whatever thing I pick out happens to be precisely the right thing to make a difficult situation a little easier to bear. 

This entire YEAR has been one giant Difficult Situation after another... and as you probably know by now, I tend to resort to opals when I’m stressed. (Also potato chips, but I don’t want to talk about that.) Through it all, though, there have been tiny moments of kindness and goodness and self-growth that shine through, and if these beads aren’t a metaphor for that, I really don’t know what is. 

These beads are opal-in-matrix, and from a distance they just look dark. Get them out into the sunlight and look closely, though, and they light up with pinpricks of fire. Not a lot. Not very brightly. But it’s there. Just enough to make a tiny difference. Enough to be a reminder to keep going, one moment at a time. 

I’ll make you a pendant or bracelet with one of these beads. (They’re not great for earrings in my opinion - this is the sort of piece you’ll want to be able to look at while wearing it - but if you only wear earrings, I do have a few extra beads that have less flash than the ones I picked for this project, so I could toss in one of those and do a pair of simple earrings for the $25... or you could buy two of these and get a fancy pair of earrings for $50.) Your choice of wire. They should ship early next week. 

Limited edition of 8.