Gemstones Arrived Today

I just received these beautiful gemstones in the mail today they are so beautiful! They deserve to be blogged about! Which one is your favourite?Kyanite

Rutilated Quartz

Moss Amethyst

Inspiration Through a Macro Lense

There is nothing like a huge new lot of gemstones! I love to be inspired by their uniqueness, their colour and their beauty. The proccess of figuring out how to use them in a design is therapeutic. Finding the perfect way to hang them from a chain or earring is an art form and finding balance between delicateness and strength is like putting together an ever changing puzzle.

Most of the time I will have several projects in the works at one time. When I get stumped with one I can move onto the next and come back later when I have had time to gather my thoughts. Sometimes what started out as one thing ends up being something totally different, I like to just let the creative process flow.
The photos you have seen in this post are of my work table from a bit of a different perspective. These are the things that inspire me and make how I work unique.

New Bead Storage

As I was doing a grocery shop this past weekend I came across this combo pack of a bunch of spices in these spice jars. I had been on the hunt for something more practicale to store my beads in and I thought "hey that would be perfect". Though I think I need another one because I am organizing them by gemstone type and there are only 16 jars. I think having two or three of them at the back of my desk would be perfect!

It is really cool because it spins around and I can easily see all the different types of stones that I have. I can also take each jar off as I need them, which makes for a more clean and organized desk top.

Finally Friday September 11th

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Exclamations

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Here are some great finds for today's Finally Friday. Please sit back, relax and browse through all of these great artists shops!
Remember its Finally Friday!


To get featured in next Friday's post

1. Leave a comment here saying which item is your favourite.

2. Leave a comment in the Finally Friday Etsy forum post letting me know you commented and what name you commented under.
Etsy forum here.

I will then pick five amazing artists to be featured next week.

Chalcedony Promotes Calm and Peace

I have been using a lot of the stone chalcedony in my designs for fall so I thought I would share some information on this beautiful and eclectic stone.

Chalcedony is one of my favorite stones because it comes in so many different colours. I love versatility! The most common colours of chalcedony are pale blue, yellow, brown or gray. Though chalcedony can come in all the colours of the rainbow.

The precious stone is made up of chalcedony, agates, jaspers, bloodstone, cornelian, onyx, and chrysoprase.

I always wonder what other people's favourite stones are. So feel free to leave a comment and tell us what your favorite stones are! I want to know!!! Mine is apatite because I just love the greenish blue colour!