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an experiment and a dilemma

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an experiment : I needed some eyeballs for some characters I have in mind. I looked around on the web for glass eyes, but I didn't necessarily need or want the eyes to be "realistic", just eyeball-ish. These started out as glass 'baubles', the kind you buy in the bag at Walmart in the silk flower section=) I used acrylic paints and spray glaze. Now I just need to bake some with the polymer clay to make sure there isn't a reaction between the glaze and the clay. If there is an issue with the glaze I can always use glass paint and skip the glaze. a dilemma: I made these with a purpose in mind. I wanted to make a set of stitch markers. I had visions of adding a few fresh water pearls, they would be really fancy. But then, who would buy a set of unnecessarily fancy stitch markers? Certainly not something I would buy for myself, but they would make a really nice gift. Or, should I make them into a couple sets of earrings or use them as the focal in a few necklace