Thursday, January 12, 2017

Crackled Ice Drop

One of the ladies on the Ice Drop Addicts page posted a link for fried marble... what a blast from the past!

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=202515.0

I haven't fried marbles since the 1980s when daughter Alison came from school and wanted to try them. The method shown in the link works much better than what I tried back then!


Preheat your oven to 500°. Put your glass gems or marbles in a pie plate and heat in the oven for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, fill a metal bowl or pot with ice and water and pour the heated gems in the water.


They will crackle beautifully! I only had one that wasn't usable. A large piece cracked off, so I just threw that gem away.


I don't know how well the crackling shows up on your monitor, but in person it looks really cool!


Denise and I found these cute charms when we were out shopping yesterday. I think they're a perfect addition!

7 comments:

  1. My grandmother made a necklace for me when I was younger. Thanks for instruction.

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  2. Oh boy, oh boy! Wonderful!, I can't wait to try it!

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  3. Yours looks great, BTW especially with that charm!

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  4. My daughter did same thing except placed them in a pot on the stove that fun brings back memories 💟😄💟

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  5. Never heard of cooking the glass nuggets, worth a try. Thanks for sharing the instructions

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  6. This is exactly how my uber creative Grandma crackled round marbles decades ago. The crackles really do add to the dance of light on your Ice Drops.

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