Explosion at the Candy Factory!

The ice was only superficially frozen because it wasn't that cold overnight, but it had lots of ice bridges and crystals that gave me some fun textures. I dumped out a lot of water before I began. This time, I used my strand of colorful plastic beads and added a second set of red and clear beads, which ended up looking like red berries. Looks festive, no? :-)

I couldn't decide between these tunes, so here are two candy-themed favorites: Cyndi Lauper and Alison Krauss, with Hard Candy Christmas (and here's Dolly's original), and Roy Orbison, with Candyman from Black and White Night.

Bonus: more of this photo set on Instagram.