Beads, Glorious Beads...

I'm going to have to split this into a couple of posts because I have so much to share! First, here's what arrived today from my supplier in India... all will be listed in my Etsy bead shop as time permits.

Aqua chalcedony briolettes

Carnelian rondelles

Labradorite briolettes

Tiny rhodolite garnet rondelles

Smoky quartz rondelles

Now on to the cabs, which will also go up in my bead shop soon (except for the kyanite), and are also available for custom ring orders.

Amethyst cabochons

Carnelian cabochons

Kyanite cabochons

Labradorite cabochons

Lemon quartz cabochons

Faceted melanite garnet cabs

Yummy Gumdrop Rings

This was a new one for me, and I'm excited about how it turned out. Don't they look like juicy little gumdrop candies?

Finally some more new rings

I have been waiting ever-so-impatiently for my new buffing wheels to arrive so I could finish a few rings that have been almost-done for a long time. Here are a few of my favorites...

I love this one - the stone is SO amazing. It's an Afghan blue tourmaline cab set on a wide, dotty band. I'm definitely planning to go get more stones like this. All of the silver is recycled (yay!)... This is a tiny ring - only a size 4.5 (and the wide band makes it fit even smaller, probably more like a 4) - I hope someone out there with tiny fingers (or perhaps an affinity for pinky rings?) will find this ring and give it a home!

Lemon quartz and sterling silver ring, size 6.5, and another view...

...to show the back side of this ring - it's all wide open, pretty cool, huh?

A custom order olive green tourmaline ring - this is going to be a wedding ring, how exciting!

Faceted prasiolite (green amethyst) and sterling silver (all silver is recycled!); I made two of these, one is a size 5.75 and the other is a size 8.75.

Prehnite and sterling silver ring (again, all recycled silver), size 7