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		<title>Orange shaped Triangle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sako</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[faceting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kashmir Sapphires]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Orange]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Another year, another day&#8217; is usually the saying that I go by to start off my first official work day back into the so called &#8216;daily grind&#8217; of life. Nine out of ten times, I&#8217;d agree with that saying but this year seems like it&#8217;s going to be a different year. Unfortunately, 2012 didn&#8217;t really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#38;blog=15879592&#38;post=873&#38;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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		<title>35 gram Emperor</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/sako/2012/11/13/35-gram-emperor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sako</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabochon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drawing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emperor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Filigree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gem cutter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gem Cutting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gemstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gemstones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inlay lapidary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeweler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lapis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woven]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are back to back blogs just to make up for the silent treatment I&#8217;ve been giving you guys. My Instagram blog was just to promote myself on the photo sharing application. Self plugs on my own blog is always acceptable. Anyway, this blog is a good one. I&#8217;m going to share my experience making [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#38;blog=15879592&#38;post=822&#38;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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		<title>InstaGem</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/sako/2012/11/12/instagem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sako</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[aquamarines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bbq]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[custom jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diamond cutter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diamonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DTLA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jewelry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Onyx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality tv]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The age of social media has changed the landscape of how to get your product or service noticed. MySpace was great at first, but just took a dive after users had to deal with spam and junk. Eventually this pushed everyone to Facebook. Facebook was amazing at first and still is to a certain degree [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#38;blog=15879592&#38;post=798&#38;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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		<title>Emerald Aisle</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/sako/2012/07/30/emerald-aisle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sako</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[antique ring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[channel setting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cjd_sako]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[custom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diamond setter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[emerald cut]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[facets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gem cutter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold plating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inlay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inlay lapidary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeweler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jewelry repair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luxury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nickel plating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On to my 31st blog post. I&#8217;ll just pat myself on the back for reaching this small milestone. My last blog post wasn&#8217;t up-to-par according to my father, the godfather of the gem cutting and inlay lapidary world.&#160;Touch&#233; dad, you were right. I blame writers block. Hopefully this post makes up for the last blog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#38;blog=15879592&#38;post=771&#38;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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		<title>Keepin’ Busy</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/sako/2012/07/10/keepin-busy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sako</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[custom jewelry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emeralds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enamal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gem Cutting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gemstones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inlay lapidary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeweler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Onyx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rachel zoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon G]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is by far the biggest lag I&#8217;ve had between blogs. I promise to put them out more regularly. Hope you all had a good and safe 4th of July everyone. I&#8217;m just going to start this edition of my blog with some of the stuff I&#8217;ve been fiddling with in my shop. So let&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#38;blog=15879592&#38;post=736&#38;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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		<title>Tapered French Cuts</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/sako/2012/02/28/tapered-french-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sako</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[custom design work]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gemstones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mini blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sapphires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special orders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taper cut sapphires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white gold ring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my first attempt at posting a mini blog, if you can call it that, off of my WordPress application off my phone so bare with me. I&#8217;ll be doing a lot more to keep this blog active. I supplied about 30 square step cut sapphires with extra just incase my diamond setter breaks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#38;blog=15879592&#38;post=732&#38;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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		<title>At a snail’s pace… Onyx</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/sako/2012/02/28/at-a-snails-pace-onyx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sako</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a snail&#8217;s pace is more like it. Fits well with the title of this blog. I&#8217;m horrible at keeping this thing updated. Have no fear, I&#8217;ve got a belter of a blog for you. Before I begin, can I just say that I&#8217;m still fuming with the Grammys. What a shocking award show. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#38;blog=15879592&#38;post=689&#38;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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		<title>Merry X-mas, Happy New Year and Occupy… Gems</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/sako/2012/01/17/merry-x-mas-happy-new-year-and-occupy-gems/</link>
		<comments>http://ganoksin.com/blog/sako/2012/01/17/merry-x-mas-happy-new-year-and-occupy-gems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sako</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A broken record. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m starting to sound like when the time comes to explain my reasons on why I&#8217;m not delivering on my blogs. I&#8217;ve had this blog ready to be written for a month now but I&#8217;ve been too busy with the whole Christmas period of the jewelry world that my blog [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#38;blog=15879592&#38;post=609&#38;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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		<title>Armored Innovation</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/sako/2011/11/16/armored-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sako</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was supposed to be up 2 weeks ago but I&#8217;ve been lagging it. I don&#8217;t buy into the whole notion of saying &#8216;I don&#8217;t have time&#8217;, because you can always make time for anything you put your mind to. I either fire my secretary, which I don&#8217;t have, or I learn how to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#38;blog=15879592&#38;post=580&#38;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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		<title>Fried Chicken and Gems</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/sako/2011/10/24/fried-chicken-and-gems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sako</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fried Chicken? Really? Once I saw this picture, I had to share my thoughts on it. Some of you may or may not know who Nicki Minaj is but for those who don&#8217;t know who she is, she is a pretty big recording artist. I don&#8217;t want to call this a rant but more of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cicadajewelrydesign.wordpress.com&#38;blog=15879592&#38;post=559&#38;subd=cicadajewelrydesign&#38;ref=&#38;feed=1" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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