I just bookmarked another page on the SJ Designs website, the one for Confetti. This is a tubular thread similar to Rachel and Frosty Rays but the color range is different. I particularly like their subtle colors for smoke and snow and creating the illusion of distant ice. You can see all the available colors starting here.
http://www.sj-designs.com/category_21/Confetti.htm
By the way, Susan has added new sizes to her pearl beads. You can now pick up a range of sizes, which I find particularly useful.
http://www.sj-designs.com/category_63/Faux-Pearls-BY-SIZE.htm
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Blogger is acting up and won't let Goldy pose this question: "What colors of Confetti would you use for ice and for distant ice? I have an ice skating pond to stitch and was considering using Confetti as part of a Fancy stitch (any other stitch recommendations would be welcome, too)."
My answer is If you go to image sites like Bing or Getty Images and search for Mountains With Ice or something similar, you'll see that the tops of ice covered areas are white while the places in shadow are blue, purple or gray. I'd look for blue and gray colors of Confetti myself, depending on just what I was doing. If your pond is off in the background, the front would be lighter in color and the stitches larger while the back end would be darker and the stitches smaller. That's my take on what I would attempt, anyway. If you can figure out a smaller variation of your stitch to put in the back, that might look great.
Water N Ice is also great for glass and icy looks. I would also consider white Flair (and perhaps some of the pastel blues or purples or grays). Some of the Kreinik metallics might work also, although there are fewer icy colors to choose from and the "ice" made with Kreinik would probably look quite solid, not transparent. But you'd have the gleam of the surface of an icy pond. Snow done in a sort of bargello stitch with lots of types of thread (silks, metallics, etc.) looks wonderful so you might also be able to tart up the lighter parts of your ice with metallics.
Anyway, hope this gives you ideas you can use!
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