As soon as I can get some better pictures these juicy ladies will be in the shop.

Serpentine?? and blog Exposure.

I made these earrings from a project in a magazine and I really like them. The only problem is that I don't know for sure what the stone is. Jade or Serpentine? But I know nothing about the properties. What I do know is that they look fabulous with Carnelian. I am going to put them in the shop anyway.
Also something relatively exciting happened. One of my bracelets, the one pictured in the blog banner actually, was featured in foundHandmade.com. Go here and scroll down to the second part of Eye of The Tiger. It is a very cool website helping people who want to buy handmade stuff find what they are looking for. Check it out!!

Random Bracelets

Here are some bangles and brangles.
Rhodonite. Ocean Jasper. Ocean Jasper with Pyrite.

A Little For You, A Little For Me

This funky peice is headed to Austin. It is a crazy little necklace I made for a friend of mine who lives far away and who I miss a great deal these days as we both go through the experience of new motherhood. It would be so sweet if our girls could grow up as friends, but alas our paths were near only briefly. It is made with black tourmaline, pyrite, turquoise and a ruby moonstone. I hope this inspires fun and harmless craziness my dear!!

This necklace of smoky quartz and turquoise is going to my beloved Auntie Jan who is battling cancer right now. I know she is going to kick it's ass. The smokey quartz is to help negate the effects of the chemo and radiation and the turquoise is to help re-establish wholeness and to help her communicate what needs to be communicated. I love you Auntie Jan.
And last but not least, this beauty is for me. This crystal I have had for a long time. I think it is my first clear quartz point. I put a carnelian ring that I made around the top of it and wrapped it all together with copper wire and then I made the necklace part with copper chain that had amethyst, labradorite and iolite wrapped in, (a left over strand from Mystical 3 strand) and some other copper chain with various carnelian, rose quartz, smokey quartz and other agates in it that were given to me by a sweet old lady who was a customer at Extra Foods. Back in those days you know.

Neptune

There is a new necklace in the shop. It turned out to be rather serendipidous. I wanted to make a necklace with the amazing pyrite I got from Norah's shop and some bright smooth blue apatite. I must have been imagining the apatite because when I went to the local bead stores it just wasn't there. I ended up getting some darker more interesting apatite instead. So once I got home and started to pair it up with the amazing fine pyrite I had from Norah I saw that it just wasn't going to work the way I wanted. So I pulled out the last of the Healer's gold pyrite that I had, there were 18 beads left and I layed it all out. I thought it looked a little flat and short so I decided that I might as well use up the faceted pyrite that was left too. There were exactly 18 of those too! I thought that was a clear sign of what was meant to be. And just to create a bit of pop and length I used the rest of my gold filled balls too. It worked out perfectly.