We have a customer, an elderly lady who lives in Tyldesley in a 1-bed council bungalow – Mrs R. As I was chatting to her one visit, we got chatting about her crystal animals, and she said how sad she was that the teardrop crystal she used to have hanging at the window had broken so that she couldn’t hang it up any more. She talked about how she loved having rainbows flying round the room, but wasn’t able to anymore.

My Aunt Ann recently sent a solar-powered window crystal to Mum, which rotates mechanically when the (really bright) sun hits the solar panels. I mentioned this to Mrs R, and she was excited by the idea. So, when I got back to “base” I looked to see if I could find any on the web. I did, and next time I went back to Mrs R’s, I showed her where she could find them.

I found out yesterday that she now has rainbows bouncing around her front room again.

For other interested parties, here is the link: swarovski-crystal-rainbow-maker