Arizona Christmas

Arizona Christmas

Because Capitola Girl just got back from Arizona, you're going to be seeing a lot of red, green and blue necklaces on her blog. This necklace features red and gold foil India glass beads and light blue fiber optic barrel beads, which are accented by lime green seed beads. It also has a barrel shaped piece of red coral as its focal point.

Red Coral seems to have become quite popular in the last year. But, because coral is an endangered species, Capitola Girl does not purchase it unless she is sure its not taken from live reefs. Instead, Capitola Girl looks for coral that has died and broken off the reefs naturally. Her bead manufacturers assure her that this coral is dyed with a mangrove dye. She also hears that truly precious red coral doesn't have a lot of surface imperfections like the pieces she got recently.