Vis Lang: Lime twist ideas

For the first round i would like to give the lime twist one of 2 ideas....

first being a happy smily face connotation where i build a face out of lime twist or lime candy

my second idea is a negative connotation and i would make the lime drowning in a glass of liquid. With this idea i would use photography and i need to make sure the image is floating, maybe upside down, the lime twist could look water logged, the color may or may not be vibrant in color. I may need to try to capture the lime more engulfed in the liquid or play off the floater route.