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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

New Stones

Woo-hoo! Tons of new Oregon sunstone!!! Gorgeous stuff...

These are available for custom orders; drop me a line if you're interested. (I have more photos available of most of these if you'd like to see other views.)

oregon sunstoneOregon sunstone; 5.5mm (0.55 carats)

green oregon sunstoneOregon sunstone; 5.5mm (0.55 carats)

5mm oregon suntsoneOregon sunstone; 5mm (0.47 carats)

orange oregon sunstoneOregon sunstone; 8mm (1.53 carats)

Oregon sunstone; 6mm (0.68 carats)

Oregon sunstone; 5mm (0.52 carats)

Oregon sunstone; 6mm (0.83 carats)

Oregon sunstone; 5mm (0.42 carats)

Oregon sunstone; 5mm (0.43 carats)

Oregon sunstone; 4.5mm (0.31 carats)

Thursday, September 17, 2009

New Work

oregon sunstone jewelryOregon sunstone, recycled 14k yellow gold, and recycled sterling silver ring, size 6.5
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

ethical ruby ringChatham lab-created ruby and recycled 14k gold ring
{ custom order; sold }

ethical wedding bandsRecycled sterling silver and recycled 14k gold wedding bands
{ custom order; sold }

New Stones

tashmarineFair trade Tashmarine, 8mm
(I don't know what I'm going to do with this - I thought I was getting an 8mm round and I don't know how to set this shape, but it's so pretty, I don't want to send it back.)

tashmarineFair trade Tashmarine, 6mm
(The color is closer to that of the first stone; I had trouble capturing it in this photo.)

fair trade garnetFair trade garnet, 6mm
(I also got some 5mm stones.)

Molting Turkeys

Have you missed my turkey posts? I know, I've been slacking. I had to share how crazy these girls are looking as they molt...

molting turkey



Monday, September 14, 2009

New Work

garnet silver ringFair trade grape garnet and recycled sterling silver ring, size 8
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

gold tourmaline ringCalifornia green tourmaline and recycled 14k gold ring, size 7
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

nevada turquoise jewelryNevada turquoise and recycled sterling silver ring, size 7
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

poppy jasper jewelryCalifornia poppy jasper and recycled sterling silver ring, size 8
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

gem chrysocolla jewelryArizona gem chrysocolla, recycled 14k gold, and recycled sterling silver ring, size 6.75
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Saturday, September 12, 2009

New Stones

green tourmalineCalifornia green tourmaline, 5mm

square green tourmalineCalifornia green tourmaline, 5mm

nevada turquoise jewelryNevada turquoise -
Top left: 15mm x 24mm (6.5mm dome)
Top right: 15mm x 20mm (4mm dome)
Bottom left: 19mm x 23mm (8mm dome)
Bottom right: 15mm x 23mm (6mm dome)

poppy jasperCalifornia poppy jasper -
Top: 19.5mm x 34mm (6.5mm dome)
Bottom left: 20mm x 26.5mm (5.5mm dome)
Bottom right: 17mm x 26.5mm (5mm dome)

yellow opalCalifornia lemon opal (very rare) -
Left: 11.5mm x 16mm (4.5 mm dome)
Right: 11.5mm x 14.5mm (5.5 mm dome)

binghamiteMinnesota binghamite (aka American Tiger Eye; also quite rare) -
14.5mm x 31mm (5mm dome)

gem chrysocolla
Saving my favorite for last...
Arizona gem chrysocolla with sagenite crystals (again, very rare) -
Top left: 17mm x 20mm (3.5mm dome)
Top right: 16mm x 22mm (5mm dome)
Bottom: 18.5mm x 23mm (8mm dome)

As usual, if you see something you love, shoot me an email and we can chat about a custom order. :-)

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

New Work

Yikes! One whole week with no posts... that's not like me. Sorry about that. :-) Anyhoo...

silver sunstone ringOregon sunstone, moissanite, and recycled palladium sterling silver engagement ring
{ custom order; sold }

rose gold moissaniteMoissanite, recycled 14k rose gold, and recycled 14k palladium white gold ring
{ custom order; sold }

green sunstone ringOregon sunstone and recycled 14k white gold ring, size 6.25

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

August Jewelry for Charity Recap & September Kick-Off

September already - can you believe it?!? Time flies...

Anyways, great news for August - with your support, I've raised $590.00 for WINGS-Guatemala, an amazing group working to provide education and quality reproductive health care for men and women in Guatemala. This brings my total donations to $12,216.00 since I began this program in May 2007.

Coming up this month, I'll be featuring Animal Place again. In case you're wondering why I keep featuring AP over and over, it's because I'm making an extra effort to support them in their upcoming move to a much larger and more temperate sanctuary. So remember, 5% of anything you buy from me during the month of September will go straight to Animal Place, supporting their incredible work protecting and sheltering animals.