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![[]](/clipart/main-cat.gif) toil + trouble, keeping me cozy | by k.obrien jewelry
|  | I made a special trip home yesterday to get these lovely mitts from my mailbox. I just couldn't wait to get my special order from Ana of toil and trouble. I am smitten with them. The color is perfect, the texture is divine and they are perfectly cozy.This isn't my first positive experience with Ana. She made a lovely cowl for me back in December. There's a long story but the cowl ended up being my mother-in-law's christmas gift. My husband.... | | View full article... |
| TUCSON 2012: Vendors Worth Looking For! | by Robyn Hawk
|  | WE HAVE TWO SHOWROOMS FOR THE 2012 GEM SHOW:HOTEL TUCSON CITY CENTER/INN SUITES AND TEP (TUCSON ELECTRIC PARK)Geoff's Aerolite Meteorites Hotel Tucson City Center showroom (Suite 323 - Hotel Tucson City Center at 475 North Granada at St. Mary's, one block east of I-10) is open every day from Friday, January 27 through Saturday, February 11 from 10 to 6 pm. Aerolite Meteorites is in Suite 323 and don't miss our great friend and gem show partner, Anne Black of Impactika Meteorites in Suite 322.Our Aerolite Meteorites tent at the TEP (Tucson Electric Park) show.... | | View full article... |
| earrings, gold and brilliants | by Mario Cesari
|  | The earrings, polished just too much, lost some crispness
Made two tubes of the right diameter (the crown of the stone rests in the thickness of thetube), made four holes in the circumference at middle height.
enlarging the holes, will leave between them the thickness of a prong
cut in half the tube
to get two pronged bezels
some filing with the round file to set the inclination and regularize the prongs
here are the four (I' making two pair.... | | View full article... |
| The-Vug.com Quarterly Magazine: Director's Cut - Pre-Order NOW! | by Robyn Hawk
| | "The-Vug.com Quarterly Magazine: Director's Cut" is an artfully designed, hardcover book measuring a generous 12 x 9 inches, with 324 full color pages reprinting the complete 16 issue print run of The-Vug.com Quarterly Magazine. It also boasts bonus features, new photos and content, and insightful commentary detailing the creation of this popular mineral digest.Large page format allows for beautiful, uninterrupted graphics, two pages from the magazine per page. All sixteen issues of the magazine are reprinted, re-edited, along with issue.... | | View full article... |
| Celebrity Jewel: Platinum at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | by Robyn Hawk
| | Celebrities in Platinum At Hollywood Foreign Press Assoc. for the 69th Annual Golden Globe AwardsFrom Reese Witherspoon and Natalie Portman's stacked bracelets, to Angelina Jolie and Jessica Biel's diamond stud earrings, Hollywood's leading actresses chose to celebrate their achievements with enduring platinum jewelry at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards.Platinum is naturally white, so it never changes color or fades, thereby maximizing the brilliance of diamonds and colored gemstones. It is the ideal setting for the red carpet, and all of life's most.... | | View full article... |
| Gem Steam Machine. | by hansmeevis
|  | Here is something a little different.
This in my completed oscillating steam engine. Basically, steam or compressed air enters the bottom silver pipe on the left of the picture, then travels up the lapis lazuli support, into the jade cross support.
Then the air enters the cylinder and pushes the sugelite piston down, spinning the flywheel.
The spent steam exits the silver pipe at the top of the machine.
Base and cross support is made out of Nephrite jade from.... | | View full article... |
| Seeking used collapsible display system such as abstracta | by evelyntillett
|  | Show season is just around the corner and I need to update my booth display. I've seen the abstracta system at past shows and it had a professional look, I am told it can be tedious to put up but that the final display makes the effort worth it. I would also be interested in other collapsible systems. Thanks.... | | View full article... |
| Dragon Bracelet Wristband in Bronze | by lianabennett
|  | This a another version of my black dragon wristband with a metallic bronze finish. It looks like a dragon bracelet you picked up at an antique shop, or found digging around some ancient ruin. It just looks more refined. I think this color might appeal more to both men and women. I love how this antique finish accentuates all the tiny details. My Honey-Do says it's his favorite.
The solid brass latches came with the antique finish and really look.... | | View full article... |
| The Story of Peridot.... | by hemienglisher
|  | A couple of thousands years BCE, on a full moon night down at the red sea, sailors landed on a small Island of the Serpents. Under the bright moonlight they saw glowing crystals among the volcanic earth. At first light those crystals turn green glitters in the sand.
This is how humanity discovered Zabargad.
The Egyptian royalty in the capital city of Thebes fell quickly for the mysterious gem. In Naturalis Historia, Pliny tells of the first specimen presented to.... | | View full article... |
| Merry X-mas, Happy New Year and Occupy… Gems | by sako
|  | A broken record. That’s what I’m starting to sound like when the time comes to explain my reasons on why I’m not delivering on my blogs. I’ve had this blog ready to be written for a month now but I’ve been too busy with the whole Christmas period of the jewelry world that my blog was put in the back burner and I neglected it. Better late than never. Fear not, it’s back and hopefully with a bang. They say 2012.... | | View full article... |
| | by Suzanne
|  | Generally I ask my family "what do you think?" when I finish a project and their answers are welcome but sometimes I feel it's a bit like asking them "does this outfit look OK on me?" I know before they reply they'll be nothing if not diplomatic! I take their advice on board but more often than not I ignore it. I constantly get berated "why did you bother asking in the first place?" A spontaneous response to a piece.... | | View full article... |
| Another year older | by rasmussengems
|  | Another year of life has gone by and now I am officially 66. I continue to expand my thoughts and styles. I have been twisting several strands of wire to make a single wire for making metal pieces. This process lends itself to make unique curved designs with the wire. Using square wire produces very interesting patterns in the twisted wire. I was quite surprised at the pattern generated when I twisted round wire. Here are some similar pieces that.... | | View full article... |
| January: International Trade Shows | by Robyn Hawk
| | Product Preview Guide Business to Business Gem Trade ShowFriday, 1/6 – Sunday, 1/8Location: Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, FL Gem FaireFriday, 1/6 – Sunday, 1/8Location: Del Mar Fairgrounds / Bing Crosby Hall, Del Mar, CA Honolulu Whole Bead ShowFriday, 1/6 – Sunday, 1/8Location: The Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, HI India International Jewellery Show (IIJS)--Signature 2012Friday, 1/6 – Monday, 1/9Location: Bombay Exhibition Centre (NSE Complex), Mumbai, India Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry ShowSaturday, 1/7 – Sunday, 1/8Location: Woodlawn Hills Event Center, Cordova, TN Philadelphia Gift ShowSaturday, 1/7 – Tuesday, 1/10Location: Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks, PA AccessoriesTheShowSunday, 1/8 – Tuesday, 1/10Location: Jacob Javits Convention Center,.... | | View full article... |
| Mayan Portal Earrings | by patgullett
|  | I've just opened an Etsy Shop, www.etsy.com/shop/patgullett. In my new spirit of "Do the best you can with what you've got!!" for 2012, here are a pair of Mayan Portal Earrings of fine silver, sterling, and red glass beads.Find us at www.howlingmoonstudio.com and read the blog athttp://howlingmoonstudio.blogspot.com/.... | | View full article... |
| I've been very sick... but I'm better now. | by aule
|  | Hi Folks,
It's been a long while since I last posted. Shortly after my previous post
I simply started to slowly fall apart. Eventually I had to see a
psychiatrist and try different medications.
Most ironically I am now taking the same medication as my father is for
bipolar depression, even though I am not bipolar, for the simple
reason of genetics. It seems there do exist some cases of bipolar
disorder where there is a complete absence.... | | View full article... |
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