New Work

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

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

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

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

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

New Work

Fair trade grape garnet, lab-created Padparadscha sapphire, and palladium sterling silver ring, size 6
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

New Stones!!!

I am quite excited - I got some new stones yesterday - not just new pieces of the same things I've always had (well, yes, some of those too), but some new types of stones that I've never worked with before.

I'm 100% committed to using exclusively fair trade/ethical stones, but since I officially made that transition a few months ago, I have missed that wonderful feeling of discovery that comes with finding new stones to work with. Well, thanks to my awesome vendors, I'm riding a new-stone high once again. :-) Now I just have to find time to add the new ones to my fair trade stone directory.

Fair trade smoky quartz, 7mm

Fair trade rutilated quartz, 10mm
(Yowza! Can't you just imagine this in a big old chunky gold ring?)

Fair trade rose quartz, 10mm

Fair trade peridot, 5mm

Fair trade Oro Verde quartz, 10mm

Fair trade green quartz, 10mm

Fair trade grape garnet, 6mm
(I also got some more 5mm.)

Fair trade Purple Sage chalcedony cabs, 8mm

New Work

Fair trade grape garnet and recycled sterling silver ring, size 6.5

Fair trade black spinel and recycled sterling silver ring, size 6.5

Fair trade Oregon sunstone, moissanite, and recycled sterling silver engagement ring
{ custom order; sold }

And finally, I thought I'd try my hand at some earrings, since several of my contest participants mentioned that they would like to see some earrings in my shop. These are teeny-tiny (3mm) fair trade California green tourmalines set in 14k recycled white gold.

Reborn

Every so often, I make something that seems to just fall flat. This ring was one such item. Too plain maybe? Who knows... but I have many of these not-quite-right pieces sitting around waiting for a second chance to shine. A little tweak here, a touch of bling there, and viola! ... a whole new piece rises from the ashes -

Fair trade grape garnet (6mm) and recycled 14k gold ring, size 9.5

Now if I can only find the time to do the same for the other dozen or so misfits collecting dust on my bench.