Frosted glass holders can come with crystals for around $20
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So if you buy a frosted glass sculpture, the glass ball comes included! And the smaller sculptures can be portable as well...
I just happened to be at a New Age kind of shop (San Jose Bookstore) on this rainy afternoon. I had been saving money for a 'New Year's' treat and came across a Chinese bag for $8 and there was a mauve Chinese dragon of frosted glass that served as a holder of a beautiful, perfectly clear crystal sphere of two inches. The dragon was six inches across and about five inches around. The ball and glass sculpture was about twenty dollars. I was perfectly happy with something small and found at home that I had material to wrap these items in for travel: a small linen handkerchief and two gauze bags would hold the sphere and dragon and and a muslin material bookcover lined with purple cotton serves as a pillowy wrap inside a small purse
I'll try to attach a picture of it...I had been wanting a lovely small crystal sphere and the holder was what initially attracted me. I've searched on the web for dragons and crystal holders, but am surprised my Chinese dragon isn't around in multitudes.
The Chinese symbol in front means "alive". I had originally crowded this picture with charms, material and cards, and ended up doing a simpler layout and editing the picture in a softer black and white and gray tone...the mauve colors are so dusty in indoor incandescent light, so the details are better seen this way. The moonstone pendent is fun for me, as it reminds me of a cloudy moon with a star shining behind it...
It's my virtual New Year's card, as well!