Laguna Agate and Agua Nueva
These two new necklaces that I made recently have completely different stones, yet their colours are remarkably similar.
This cabochon of agua nueva is gentle with dusky pinks and pastel yellows and whites.
Whereas this pretty girl of laguna agate is an almost identical shade of pastel pink.
Petrified Woods
So many people love fossils, and I'm one of them, it's simply mindblowing to discover prehistoric pieces of wood that have converted entirely to hard silica. We have a garden full of chunks of fossilised wood that are just crying out to be cut and slabbed.
One of my very favourite cabochons is this piece of Tasmanian fossilised tree fern.
Fossilized Tree Fern
Tasmania has great conditions for creating fossils and some of the most beautiful examples of fossilised wood in Australia come from there. This particular cabochon has gone into my collection, but here's a piece of fossilised palm wood in glorious creams and blacks that is a wearable piece of the prehistoric.
Petrified palm wood pendant in sterling silver
Found here in my shop.
Getting some pieces made up for Christmas
I'm trying so hard, around wrangling children and husbands, to get some new pieces done for Christmas time. I've got a whole heap of stones sitting on my workbench waiting to be wire wrapped.
This piece of tourmalinated quartz begged for my attention first:
Tourmalinated Quartz
And this piece of brecciated jasper just pops in 14k gold-filled:
Brecciated Jasper
This piece of spiderweb jasper is a lovely earthy piece in green and brown - very gentle. I love this green spiderweb jasper and have several pieces waiting to be set. On the bigger cabochons the pinky brown patterning look like pastel peaches on branches, I'll get to them eventually, they're rather special.
Spiderweb Jasper
Keep checking in, there'll be more coming over the next few days. If you'd like to lay claim to any of these pieces before I get them up in the shop, I'd love to hear from you, send me an email.
Ocean jasper matching jewelry
Though the earrings are wire sculpted and the pendant is silversmithed, these two pieces match in style and colour. Pretty, oui? I just love the apricot and mint green.
Something for the blokes
There's so much jewellery out there for women, one of the few items that men can wear are cufflinks. These ones are specifically tailored for the smart and fashionable carlover, being made from sterling silver and fordite, which is vintage car paint.
Custom wire wrapped pendant
I created this custom order from a lovely lady's own cabochon of parrotwing jasper. She requested that it be wrapped in an elegant style in 14k gold-filled wire. She received it today and is so happy with it. I couldn't be more chuffed!
First post and a new webpage design
Hello and welcome!
As my first blog post on my new website, and as it's coming up to Christmas (aaargh) I thought I'd feature my best-selling everyday item - the forget-me-knot bow ring.
I've made hundreds of these now and I love sending them out to folks all around the world who give them to someone special or wear them for a special reason. They are available in sterling silver and 14k gold-filled and I make them in any size that you need!
There's also a matching bow necklace with customisable dangles available in sterling silver.
