3rd Year Wedding Anniversary Gemstone

This year will be my 3rd Wedding Anniversary. I wanted to know which gemstone represents that Anniversary, and it is two of my favorites. Pearls, and Jade. I love both Pearls, and Jade especially grey Pearls, and pink Jade. I will be looking to see if I can find something I love to make myself a piece of jewelry for my Anniversary. My husband does not ever buy me jewelry, I always make my own. Except for my wedding band, though I am looking to make a new one of those too. The two items pictured are both Freshwater green Pearls. One is a cuff style bracelet, which will adjust for most wrist sizes. The other is a cute pair of leverback style earrings. These are both available for sale in my Etsy store, or you can purchase them here, and get free shipping and handling, to USA buyers.

Huge Orange Fire Murano Glass Pendant With Chain

This lovely necklace is a 40mm Murano Glass bead, you can buy one here http://www.artbeads.com/mrg-006.html

I used a copper colored very flexible craft wire to make the bead into a pendant. then I added a fancy scroll gold tone jumpring and attached it to the 20 inch goldtone chain. This is substantial and lovely. I was going to add pearls to the links of the chain, but I didn't like the way it looked, so I left it as it is now. This lovely necklace will be available for sale in my Etsy store for 74.99, or you can purchase it here through my blog, and get free S/H, plus 10% off. This applys to USA buyers only, that pay with paypal. I do not currently ship internationally. If you are interested please feel free to contact me.

I Really Need To Get Going

I have been so busy the last 3 weeks, I have not been able to make any new pieces.

I finally found the beads I want to buy for my Beadpen. I got the bead pen here http://search.artbeads.com/?gallery_view=&lcr=1&view=&q=bead+pen&x=15&y=17

It took me a while because I wanted a certain kind. I now have to order them, as they will be specially made. The cost is a little bit more than I wanted, meaning I will have to sell it at a higher price, than I intended. But they will make a lovely gift for someone.

I still have not received all my ring supplies, but they should be here soon. I got some really interesting semi mounts coming, and I can not wait to start creating, and sharing them with all of you.

I should have some time later today, to start creating. Have a great Monday, everyone.

Hot Pink Tourmaline Ring

Tourmaline is the official USA gemstone, and one of my favorite family of gemstones. It is almost always natural in color, with no enhancements. It comes in a whole range of colors, including this lovely Hot Pink color. It has a hardness of 7-71/2 on the Moh's hardness scale. It is known to have inclusions, and is often accepted in the trade, especially in the more rare varieties. This ring is a size 6 1/2, sterling silver featuring a 3mm round Hot Pink Tourmaline gemstone, flanked on either side by two 3mm round White Topaz gemstones. Each stone weighs approximately 10 points, giving it an approximate carat weight of 1/3 of a carat, or 30 points. This would make a lovely wedding band. It sits low, and will not catch if you work in a very active profession. I have two of them, and they would make great ring guards as well. If you are interested you can purchase through my Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16276222 for 29.99 for one ring. Or you can buy through this blog, and get free S/H to USA customers only. Any questions, please feel free to ask me.

Hey All You January Babies

First of all no matter what date you were born on in January, Happy Birthday. My mom's birthday is January 5th. I am making her a matching pair or Magnesite(White Buffalo Turqoise) earrings. I made her the necklace, for Christmas and she loved it.

Garnet is the birthstone for January babies. My mom has tons of Garnet jewelry, which is why I did not make a Garnet piece for her.

The most popular form of Garnet is the Red Garnet, and most affordable. Depending on what hue of red you like, it can be very dark red like brick colored, or a more cherry red which comes from Madagascar. There are several other red stones, that you could use in replace of Garnet, if you like the more exotic type stones. Such as Red Spinel, Red Labradorite, Hessonite Garnet, Red Diamond, or even a Ruby if you love Rubies.

There are more exotic colors of Garnet that can also be substituted for the traditional red color. Most of these are rare, and very expensive to purchase. There is Mandarin Garnet which is the orange variety of garnet, shown in the pear shape stone. Most material found now is included, and color is not always great. Tsavorite Garnet which is a lovely green color. It is shown it in the picture with the oval stone. It can be darker, which is more valuable, though they are all valuable. Rhodolite Garnet which is sometimes referred to as the Raspberry Garnet. In top quality it is a lovely pink/raspberry color, and can bring in high prices. It is shown in the picture with the oval stone. Demantoid Garnet, though similar in color to Tsavorite it has more brilliance and fire, and can be confused with a diamond. It is very expensive, and hard to get in good quality. I do own one, but do not have a picture of it. It is small, and I cherish it.

Garnets come in all colors except blue, and are natural with no know treatments, or enhancements to them.

Most of these pieces are available for sale. You can see my scrolling template on my sidebar, or you can visit my Etsy store. If you live in the USA, and purchase through my blog, S/H is free, and I do combine shipping, paypal, layaway, and tracking numbers. I no longer am shipping internationally, at least not right now. If you would like to ask about a piece, please feel free to email me, or drop me a comment here.