Just Listed In My Etsy Shop

As promised... I have listed some new rings in my Etsy shop.  I have a bunch more to list so keep checking back !! :)

Santa Fe Ring with Azurite-Malachite

Avalon Ring with Turquoise

Avalon Ring with Amethyst

Avalon Ring with Moss Agate

I have been featured in another Treasury!!

Thank you Tamera for featuring my Fossilized Dinosaur Bone pendant in your super cool Treasury!! Check out these cool bones, pins and Dinosaurs.

It's always humbling when people appreciate what I love to make.  Making jewelry is a real passion for me- it's almost like physical craving at times.  Searching for the most unusual stones and minerals that give me the inspiration to do what I do. I love it!!!

New Listings Coming

I am indulging myself and taking the day off today.  This will give me the opportunity to take photos of a bunch of amazing rings and pendants that I have been working on all summer.  It's a little overcast out so I'll be shooting outdoors and I am hoping for some rich colors.  As soon as they are edited- the pieces will be listed on my Etsy site.

Hester Street Market Sun. Aug 15th

So I have been a busy bee this week making up a bunch of stuff to sell this Sunday at the Hester Street Market.

This is a super cool venue on the Lower East Side.  There are always amazing food vendors too- yummmm. There's even a ping pong table in the middle for some friendly or not so friendly matches!!!

So stop by this Sunday.  I will have a bunch of unset stones with me for custom orders.  Make your own ring or pendant! Well you design and I will make. Ha Ha!!

Hester Street Market
Essex and Hester
Lower East Side, NYC
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

I made it into a Treasury on Etsy!!

I checked my email today and what did I find?!?!?!

A message that I was in a Treasury on Etsy.  It's a huuuuuge honor for me that someone loves something I made enough to put it in a Treasury.  I always look at the treasuries with amazement and my little black heart skips a beat in the hopes that one day I will be in one.  WELL TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!  yippee!!!

So today I am off to the studio after a little hiatus.  I share a space in a loft with 2 walls of windows and no air conditioning.  When it's 90 degrees outside it's at least 100 degrees in the studio.  We finally had heat this winter for the first time in 5 years after someone finally complained to the landlord and they came in and turned the nob and voila - heat!   Ha Ha artists!!!

Absynthe Jewelry

My other Etsy shop- Absynthe Jewelry- has been featured in a blog today.

The blog is run by the {NewNew} which is an Etsy team representing independent artists and designers from the Metro NY area.  Check out the blog and if you can make it to an event please do.

The post is about why I chose the name of my shop.  Go read it !!!

Iron Pyrite

I have had a bunch of Iron Pyrite beads sitting in front of me for some time now so I decided to look up their metaphysical properties.  Via crystal-cure.com

The resemblance of pyrite to gold has made it a traditional symbol for money and good luck. It's sunny golden color associates it with the sun, and with fortification and strengthening of the mind. The name comes from the Greek word meaning "a stone which strikes fire".

Iron Pyrite makes a wonderful energy shield, blocking out negativity from various sources. Some of its properties include:

• Overcomes inertia and feelings of inadequacy
• Energizes the area where you place it (such as on a desk where you work)
• Helps you to see behind a facade