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Sunday, March 25, 2012

New Work

oval sapphire ringFair trade Malawi sapphire and recycled 18k white gold wedding and engagement rings
{ custom order; sold }

unique wedding ringMoissanite, fair trade peridot, and recycled 14k white gold engagement ring
{ custom order; sold }

moissanite princess cutMoissanite and recycled palladium sterling silver ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

distressed wedding bandRecycled 18k palladium white gold and palladium sterling silver wedding band
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

inexpensive wedding bandRecycled palladium sterling silver and moissanite band
{ custom order; sold }

mother's ringMother's ring - recycled palladium sterling silver, Chatham emerald, peridot, Chatham pink sapphire, and Chatham yellow sapphire
{ custom order; sold }

mens wedding bandRecycled 14k palladium white gold ring
{ custom order; sold }

recycled gold bandsRecycled 14k yellow gold wedding bands
{ custom order; sold }

Recycled 14k white gold wedding band
{ custom order; sold }

recycled wedding bandRecycled 14k white gold wedding band
{ custom order; sold }

ethical wedding ringsRecycled 14k white and yellow gold wedding bands
{ custom order; sold }

moissanite engagement ringMoissanite and recycled 14k white gold engagement ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

unique wedding bandsLeft: fair trade grape garnet, recycled 14k rose gold, and recycled sterling silver ring
Right: moissanite, recycled 14k rose gold, and recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

chatham sapphire ringChatham sapphire, moissanite, and recycled 14k yellow gold ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

New Work

moissanite silver ringMoissanite and recycled sterling silver ring
{ available now on Etsy }

yellow sapphire ringFair trade Malawi yellow sapphire and recycled 14k yellow gold ring
{ available now on Etsy }

moissanite rose goldMoissanite and recycled 14k rose gold wedding band
{ custom order; sold }

moissanite square ringMoissanite and recycled palladium sterling silver ring
{ available now on Etsy }

moissanite eternity bandMoissanite and recycled sterling silver band
{ available now on Etsy }

sapphire engagement ringChatham sapphire and recycled 18k palladium white gold ring
{ available now on Etsy }

Saturday, February 18, 2012

New Work

moissanite eternity band
Chatham lab-created emerald, recycled 14k yellow gold, and recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

silver moissanite ring
Moissanite and recycled sterling silver ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

moissanite rose gold ring
Moissanite and recycled 14k rose gold ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

sapphire rose gold ring
Fair trade Malawi sapphire and recycled 14k rose gold ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

square moissanite ring
Moissanite and recycled palladium sterling silver ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

New Work

tourmaline rose gold
Fair trade Afghan tourmaline and recycled 14k rose gold ring
{ custom order; sold }

fair trade sapphire
Fair trade Montana sapphire and recycled 18k palladium white gold ring
{ custom order; sold }

fair trade aquamarine
Fair trade aquamarine, recycled 14k yellow gold, and recycled 18k palladium white gold ring
{ custom order; sold }

rose gold sapphire
Fair trade sapphire and recycled 14k rose gold ring
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

New Work

purple sapphire ring
Fair trade sapphire and recycled 14k yellow gold ring
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

ethical ruby ring
Fair trade ruby and recycled 14k yellow gold ring
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

Sunday, January 22, 2012

New Work


custom wedding rings
Moissanite, Chatham alexandrite, Chatham sapphire, and recycled 18k palladium white gold wedding and engagement rings
{ custom order; sold }

padparadscha sapphire ring
Chatham padparadscha sapphire and recycled 14k white gold wedding band
{ custom order; sold }

silver wedding bands
Recycled sterling silver wedding bands
(The wider band is for sale in my Etsy shop and I can make more of the narrow ones as well upon request.)

moissanite wedding bands
Left: Moissanite and recycled 14k white gold wedding band
Right: Moissanite and recycled 14k palladium white gold wedding band
{ custom order; sold }

rainbow wedding bands
Chatham ruby, sapphire (orange, yellow, and blue), emerald, and recycled palladium sterling silver bands
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

New Stones

Limiting myself to working exclusively fair trade stones, no matter how noble my intentions may be, can sometimes make me feel artistically... limited. I see beautiful stones for sale that sing to me with design possibilities, but I won't buy them because I don't know their provenance (or worse yet, I do know and it's not good). So it's especially exciting when I ever-so-occasionally stumble across a new fair trade gemstone vendor, and better still when said new vendor has certain types of stones for sale that I've not had access to in the past. I am happy to say that I recently discovered such a source! Behold... :-)

fair trade sapphire
Fair trade sapphire, 5mm, 0.7 carats

purple sapphire
Fair trade sapphire, 5mm, 0.6 carats
You guys, it's purple!!!

ethical pink sapphire
Fair trade sapphire, 4.5mm, 0.3 carats

fair trade rubyFair trade ruby, 5mm, 0.7 carats

blue spinelFair trade spinel, 5mm, 0.5 carats

At the moment, all are up for grabs for custom orders, but I don't expect that to last for long before I can't resist just doing whatever I want with them. :-)