Whew...

I am totally exhausted... Carlos has been really sick the past couple of days with a high temperature and the most persistent cough I've ever heard. The coughing has been keeping him (and me) from getting any decent sleep so we're all pretty wiped out. I took him to the doctor today and she said he has an ear infection and possibly pneumonia. He got antibiotics and cough syrup with codeine for night time; hopefully he'll be his usual self again soon. In the meantime he has been even more clingy than usual and I haven't had time to do much other than medicate and soothe him and watch movies with him. I think the codeine finally kicked in though so I'm trying to catch up on a huge backlog of work. Here are some beads I bought the other day - I have no idea when I'll get around to listing them in my shop but here's a sneak peek.

Ametrine marquis briolettes

Andalusite marquis briolettes

Fluorite briolettes

Faceted garnet 'rice'beads

Iolite briolettes

Garnet briolettes

Smoky lemon quartz marquis briolettes

Affordable tourmaline oval beads

Faceted prehnite beads

Affordable tourmaline 'brick' beads

Rose quartz marquis briolettes

Large multicolored sapphire rondelles

Even larger red/pink spinel rondelles

Faceted multicolored tourmaline 'rice' beads

I also bought some yummy labradorite cabochons...

These will go up for sale eventually...

...so will these...

...and these...

(another view of the same ones, showing the flash better on the lower right cab, which I think is actually spectrolite)

And these are the ones I'm hoarding for my own designs, so if you really love one of them and would like a custom ring, let me know.

My supplier offered me a smokin' deal on some gorgeous bezel set gemstone pendants, so I couldn't resist stocking up. I've already used some in my own designs (to be posted next), but I bought plenty to sell as well.

Faceted amethyst & sterling silver

Faceted amethyst & sterling silver

I'm totally blanking on the name of this stone... a little help?

Charoite & sterling silver

Kyanite & sterling silver

And now let the labradorite love-fest begin...

Ooooh...

Aaaaaah...

{sigh} do I really want to part with this one??? methinks perhaps not.

Yum!

Is it too redundant to say 'sigh' again?

Lovin' that orange fire!

Lapis & sterling silver

On to a parade of pietersite...

So pretty!

Love these markings...

...and the color in this one is to-die-for.

Rubies!!!

Ruby fuschite (only got one of these, darn!)

Rutilated quartz & sterling silver

Eek, that was a huge post... hope you enjoyed the eye candy. Now if Carlos keeps sleeping for a bit I suppose I could post some new designs...