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Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Work

green moissanite ring
Green moissanite and recycled palladium sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

green moissanite
Green moissanite and recycled sterling silver ring
{ custom order; sold }

pink sapphire ring
Chatham lab-created padparadscha sapphire, moissanite, and recycled 14k rose gold ring
{ custom order; sold }

orange sapphire ring
Chatham lab-created padparadscha sapphire and recycled 14k yellow gold ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

New Work

citrine ring
Fair trade Madeira citrine, recycled 14k yellow gold, and recycled silver ring
{ to be added to my Etsy shop soon }

moissanite jewelry
Petite moissanite and recycled 14k yellow gold ring
{ to be added to my Etsy shop soon }

rose gold ring
Fair trade grape garnet and recycled 14k rose gold ring
{ to be added to my Etsy shop soon }

green moissanite jewelry
Moissanite (green and clear) and recycled 14k yellow gold ring
{ to be added to my Etsy shop soon }

Okay, so the ring pictured above is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, I really like the design; however, it was really hard to do the bezels on the small stones since they are touching the larger bezel, and I'm not pleased with how messy they look along the edges of the middle stone. When you're looking at the ring in real life, I don't think it detracts much (since it's a lot smaller than here on the computer screen, you don't notice it so much, plus it's kind of a rustic finished ring anyways), but I can't decide if it's worthy of being offered for sale... what do you think?

amethyst ring
Fair trade amethyst and recycled 14k yellow gold ring
{ custom order; sold }

moissanite silver ring
Moissanite and recycled sterling silver ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

sustainable sapphire ring
Fair trade Montana sapphire, recycled palladium sterling silver, and recycled 14k white gold ring
{ custom order; sold }

Sunday, December 11, 2011

New Stones

Some drop-dead gorgeous new cabs (available for custom orders) -

ajax mine varisciteNevada turquoise (Ajax mine), 20mm x 10mm (6.33 ct.)

variscite cabochonNevada turquoise (Ajax mine), 22mm x 17mm (17.17 ct.)

variscite cabNevada turquoise (Ajax mine), 30mm x 15mm (14.23 ct.)

variscite jewelryNevada variscite (Blue Boy mine), 21mm x 9mm (6.77 ct.)

custom variscite jewelryNevada turquoise (Ajax mine), 16mm x 13mm (6.99 ct.)

custom turquoise jewelryNevada variscite (Blue Boy mine), 21mm x 15mm (11.22 ct.)

ethical turquoise jewelryNevada variscite (Blue Boy mine), 26mm x 15mm (15.16 ct.)

turquoise cabochonNevada variscite (Blue Boy mine), 26mm x 19mm (17.03 ct.)

turquoise cabNevada turquoise (Ajax mine), 24mm x 13mm (16.51 ct.)

variscite cabNevada variscite (Blue Boy mine), 29mm x 9mm (13.19 ct.)

hessonite garnet cabochonHessonite garnet, 9mm (3.66 ct.)

pink tourmaline cabochonCalifornia pink tourmaline, 13mm x 10mm (4.54 ct.)

And other miscellany -

padparadscha sapphire jewelry6mm round Chatham lab-created padparadscha sapphire

fair trade jewelryPeruvian blue opal pendant, 19mm x 19mm (13.27 ct.)

ethical jewelryNevada variscite (Prince mine) pendant, 20mm x 13mm (12.4 ct.)

custom jewelryPisco blue gem chrysocolla pendant, 30mm x 12mm (17.85 ct.)

Thursday, December 1, 2011

New Work

green moissanite
Green moissanite, recycled, 14k yellow gold, and recycled 14k white gold ring

moissanite ring
Moissanite, recycled 14k yellow gold, and recycled 18k palladium white gold ring
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

silver moissanite ring
Moissanite and recycled sterling silver ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

moissanite bridal jewelry
Moissanite, recycled, 14k yellow gold, and recycled sterling silver ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

variscite ring
Nevada variscite and recycled sterling silver ring
{ for sale now in my Etsy shop }

aquamarine cabochon ring
Aquamarine, recycled 14k yellow gold, and recycled sterling silver ring
{ to be listed soon in my Etsy shop }

ethical sapphire ring
Fair trade sapphire, recycled 14k yellow gold, and recycled 14k white gold ring
{ custom order; sold }