Murrini Monday

I am so in love with murrini, it's becoming ridiculous. Sometimes I just take it out and admire it. I marvel at how very small and detailed it can be. And I make plans for each and every piece I own. Sometimes I carry out those plans, and other times I file them away for later.

I recently received some murrini from Mallory at rosebud101. One of the bags contained "reactive" glass murrini. I wasn't sure what that was and I told Mallory I would do some research. She urged me not to do research, and to just play with it and see what happens. So what did I do? I waited. I thought this reactive glass would require a big plan, and I didn't want to mess it up. The murrini was white and what looked like gray on the outside. I couldn't figure it out.

I finally took a chance and made a black pup. Then I added some of that reactive murrini and voila! The part I thought was gray was silvered ivory! Little bits of silver shone on the bead and the silvered ivory crackled on the doggie's coat. I loved it!

Black dog with reactive murrini.

Then I had to try it again. This time I made a kitty cat with an ivory base:

More crackling on the bead. Judging by the kitty's reaction, this murrini is a hit. The murrini I used for this bead is on the left.