We’re supposed to be having a snowstorm here in western New York State but all I see is sunshine! Today, I don’t mind getting something I’m not supposed to be getting (sunshine) but oftentimes, getting something you don’t want is disappointing -especially in glass.

Lauscha’s Carmello and Effetre’s Opalino Carnelian glass rods are a huge disappointment to me. I’d really love to have a yummy butterscotch color – which is what seems to be promised in Lauscha’s Carmello – instead, it is a 1950’s Russell Wright dinnerware salmon color!

Handmade German glass

I’m not a lover of Effetre’s Opalino Carnelian, either for the very same reason. I’d love a nice coppery carnelian color in glass but Effetre must have been teasing when it decided to name this color “carnelian.” It’s a pink!

Either color is lovely – if it’s what you’re expecting. But getting either color reminds me of my father at my wedding reception – Dad thought the cheese quiche was apple pie – he bit into it and yelled to me, “what the hell kind of pie is this?!?” It wasn’t what he was expecting although he admitted once he adjusted his expectations, the quiche was delicious.

Carmello and Carnelian are lovely colors – I just have to adjust my expectations.