new work

After making jewelry for more years than I care to count, I've finally come to the realization that it might be nice to create collections of jewelry as opposed to jumping from one random stone to the next just because I want to bezel every stone I see! So I reigned myself in this past month, and came up with these two collections so far.

Beautiful Willow Creek jasper that was part of this group, and

ended up as earrings, a pendant, and a ring. Most of these went to Imogen Gallery in Astoria, Oregon.

And this pink collection, mostly Mookaite from Australia, and the center pair, fossil palm wood. 

This bunch of cabs I bought most recently with this group and turned out some 

earrings, a tweeter bird pendant and a ring. These will be available in my etsy shop.

Since I'm rather liking the cohesiveness of these two collections, I think I might work through the Sonoran sunrise I bought last month. It's quite stunning! 

And of course, I'll always find time to slip in something totally unrelated...

I can't seem to keep my hands off the stuff...

My philosophy regarding stones has always been that when you see a good thing, you need to jump on it. Even if you just recently bought a slew of pretty rocks. I mean, when you're talking jaspers and agates, each is one of a kind. You just have to keep that in mind. And I don't buy everything I see, I do employ some restraint... well, a little...

This batch of beauties includes Morrisonite at the top, Montana agate, a nice ocean jasper and a bunch of beautiful Willow Creek jasper. See what I mean? How could a sane person pass these up?

And now the fun begins...

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