Thursday, September 25, 2008

Are We There Yet?

Have you ever had the feeling that you will never get "caught up"(whatever that means)? I'm having one of those episodes now, as I go to the office each day and try to finish what I was trying to finish yesterday! I haven't really had time to post a lot of new Fall jewelry since getting "caught up" means getting orders out, doing paperwork, and organizing new gemstones and components as they are coming in. So today, I don't have many pictures to put on the blog. I'll be glad to get some more help for the paperwork and organizing as soon as I can find someone. I love to travel and have a short Hilton Head trip coming up, but lately getting away hasn't meant getting away at all, but rather working furiously before I go, taking work with me, and being met with a deluge of things to do on coming home. Of course, it doesn't help that I have to work hard to mollify kitties Cluny and Cuervo who feel that forgiveness for my travel is a lengthy process that requires a lot of treats and petting and brushing on my part (although I do have two different people come over every day while I am gone to make sure that they are fed, and one who stays to play with them for an hour or more!)
The jewelry today is (above) a
labradorite bracelet featuring sterling silver and pretty borosilicalte lampwork beads, (below) an opal bracelet made with blue Peruvian opals, smoky quartz, and sterling silver. The second strand is a chain of sterling with charms hanging at intervals. The last bracelet today is made with yellow turquoise - a stone I don't use that often. A customer wanted a bracelet and some other pieces made from yellow turquoise and I started getting interested in the patterns and shades of colour in these oval stones especially. With Suzette Celestin's lampwork beads and Karen Hill Tribes chain, this is one of my favorites although I'd never been very keen on yellow turquoise before. It's not on the turquoise page, but on a new page on the website that features gemstone bracelets that contain gemstones that we don't really have a category for otherwise, such as charoite, sodalite, rhodochrosite, unakite, and yes, yellow turquoise!




5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really love the labradorite bracelet sterling silver! I'm a gemstone and sterling silver lover, so I'm browing for both, so thank you for the tip.

Megan said...

Very beautiful Labradorite bracelet. It's such a beautiful stone and so full of subtle colors.

It seems like getting behind starts a downward spiral and it's so hard to get back on top of all the work. I'm just starting to feel caught up a little bit.

I hope you have a great trip to HH!

Anonymous said...

I love those! The labrodorite bracelet is gorgeous. I would buy those in a heartbeat. I found gorgeous jewelry on http://www.idonowidont.com/ too you should totally check it out. Yellow turqouise is so chic!

Anonymous said...

Wow, nice stuff. Realy unique jewelry. The sort of stuff I would buy for someone special (if I coudl afford it!). Are these made in Italy?

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Anonymous said...

Your bracelets are beautiful, particularly the labradorite! I love those colors together. It is often difficult to remember how much the bead caps and spacers add to a design, not something you simply "fill in" with! Lovely work. Teri http://www.sandtcreations.com/wordpress