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New Gemstone Jewelry for 2015
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and successful year ahead in 2015. I’m really excited about the newest designs I’m working on and I want to share some of my ideas with you. I’ve designed a number of gemstone earrings and some sterling silver coil earrings in several styles. These coiled silver earrings have…
Read MorePantone Colors for Fall & Winter 2014 through Spring 2015
Pantone has published their fashion color guides for this Fall and Winter. The colors are terrific strong hues for Fall and Winter with softer shades for next Spring. The link to the Fall/Winter forecast is http://www.pantone.com/pages/fcr/?season=fall&year=2014 Strong hues for Fall into Winter: Radiant orchid, royal blue, aluminum (silvery gray), aurora red (brick red), misted yellow (marigold),…
Read MoreHealing Stones for Us and for Our Furry Friends
Healing Stones for Us and for Our Furry Friends – I love gemstones and crystals and I’m always interested in learning more ways to have beneficial stones around me to bolster me and also my environment. This interest has inspired me to work on designs for PetsAmulets – healing and protective stones for our furry friends.…
Read MoreNew Jewelry Designs
Mokume Gane in a fascinating metal laminate that I’ve been playing with recently. will have earrings and other pieces in this interesting metal available in the next several weeks. I have several pieces in progress, but none of them are ready to sell yet. Mokume Gane was invented in Japan by Denbei Shoami in…
Read MoreGemstones I Love – the Feldspar Group
The Feldspar group includes several very popular gemstones – Amazonite, Moonstone, Sunstone, and Labradorite among others. In the earth’s crust, feldspars may be more abundant than all other minerals combined. The majority of the common feldspars fall into two groups, (1) the alkali feldspars – potassium aluminum silicates (KAlSi3O8) and sodium aluminum silicates (NaAlSi3O8) and (2)…
Read MoreMy Favorite Gemstones – Turquoise
Chemically, turquoise is a hydrated copper aluminum phosphate. Turquoise has been known and used for jewelry and ornamental purposes since ancient times. It is definitely one of the oldest known stones. Turquoise got its name because the stones were originally shipped through Turkey. Deposits in Egypt were totally depleted before 2000 BC. Long ago ancient…
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