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A few new necklaces...

Blue tourmaline solitaire necklace, sterling silver

Labradorite and prasiolite (green amethyst) necklace, sterling silver

Pink tourmaline and citrine necklace, sterling silver

Also, I have a couple of necklaces that have been around forever, but weren't listed in my shop...

Simply elegant Swarovski pearl and sterling silver necklace

Eni Oken style ornately wrapped cathedral agate pendant, sterling silver

I'll be listing all of these in my shop soon.

Luxe Necklaces

Due to my little trip over the weekend, I wasn't able to make any rings, but the urge to create was driving me a little crazy, so I had to find time to use some of my new beads. I love all three of these necklaces, especially the last one. Which is your favorite?

Polished prasiolite (green amethyst) nuggets with flashy labradorite pendant:

Garnet nuggets with Swarovski simulated pearls:

Tourmaline, tourmaline, and more tourmaline!

All three will be listed in my Etsy shop within the next couple of days.

Just a quickie post...

... to let you all know I've restocked these beads, which sold out quickly the last time I carried them.

Prasiolite (green amethyst) onion briolettes, 6-7mm

Citrine step-faceted ovals, 13-14mm

Prasiolite (green amethyst) rice briolettes, 6-7mm

Oh, and one more new ring, with more hopefully to follow in the next day or so...

Labradorite & sterling silver ring, size 8.5-ish, satin finish

Aren't you proud of me? I even got them all listed already!!!

A teaser...

I have about a dozen rings just waiting for a final polish before I can photograph and list them, but I'll have to wait until nap time to get that done... In the meantime, here's one ring that didn't require polishing, and a necklace I made a couple of days ago.

Grey moonstone & sterling silver ring

This bezel was technically a 'mistake' - I almost melted it beyond repair, but thankfully caught it in time. I think it actually turned out pretty cool - isn't it fun when a near-disaster ends up being interesting and attractive?

Labradorite & prasiolite (green amethyst) necklace

More soon, I hope...

Delivery Day!

I got a package today filled with all kinds of treasures...

12mm faceted prasiolite (green amethyst) cabochons

12mm cushion shaped prehnite cabochons - great color!

12mm cushion shaped rutilated quartz cabochons

8mm turquoise cabochons

Rhodolite garnet briolette drops

Enormous citrine cabochon

Slightly smaller citrine cabs

8mm labradorite cabs

12mm faceted labradorite cabochons

12mm pink amethyst faceted cabs (I think these are my favorite)

I also restocked some items that I had run out of - faceted labradorite rondelles, rainbow moonstone briolettes, and labradorite 'rice' briolettes.

Custom Order Rings

Here are a few custom order rings I finished today...

Amethyst with antiqued, hammered band

(rear view of the same)

Prasiolite (green amethyst)

Clear quartz with purple mineral inclusions

Finally some more new rings

I have been waiting ever-so-impatiently for my new buffing wheels to arrive so I could finish a few rings that have been almost-done for a long time. Here are a few of my favorites...

I love this one - the stone is SO amazing. It's an Afghan blue tourmaline cab set on a wide, dotty band. I'm definitely planning to go get more stones like this. All of the silver is recycled (yay!)... This is a tiny ring - only a size 4.5 (and the wide band makes it fit even smaller, probably more like a 4) - I hope someone out there with tiny fingers (or perhaps an affinity for pinky rings?) will find this ring and give it a home!

Lemon quartz and sterling silver ring, size 6.5, and another view...

...to show the back side of this ring - it's all wide open, pretty cool, huh?

A custom order olive green tourmaline ring - this is going to be a wedding ring, how exciting!

Faceted prasiolite (green amethyst) and sterling silver (all silver is recycled!); I made two of these, one is a size 5.75 and the other is a size 8.75.

Prehnite and sterling silver ring (again, all recycled silver), size 7