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I create handcrafted, energetically connected jewelry using ethically sourced gemstones, reclaimed precious metals, and upcycled or recycled elements.
I also write about jewelry, gemstone energy, and food.
I have an ever-growing list of favorite crystals and Super Seven has moved to the top. Super Seven is also known by Sacred Seven or by its trademarked name, Melody Stone. This amazing crystal has been on the market for a relatively short time.
Since serenity is defined as the quality or state of being calm, peaceful and untroubled, this range also allows us to find the shade that connects to us personally. That's also true about our choice of gemstones: there are many blue stones available to assist us in finding the serenity that we seek.
Here's a trend I've noticed this year: gender-based gemstone energy. Most of the custom gemstone jewelry I've created for women has focused on helping them tap into what we call their masculine side.
The winter holidays can be both joyful and stressful, often at the same time. From navigating family dynamics to workplace celebrations, using gemstone energy just might get you through with a renewed sense of peace and goodwill toward all, including yourself. And the best part is by wearing your energy as jewelry, no one has to be the wiser!
It is my great honor to write about my close friend and artisan, Amy Cousin Jewelry. Amy has been a jewelry wire artist for some time now, skillfully wrapping semi precious stones using gold, silver, and copper wire into pieces of therapeutic, wearable art.
It's great when we listen to it, but how often do we say, "I knew I should have ..." in hindsight. Here are a few sparkly gems that will help you to clear your head and enhance your intuition. Best of all, their colors are perfect for a fashionable summer-fall transition!
If you haven't, you should try it. It's fun! We all we all want it, right? Sometimes (often times) we'll go to extraordinary lengths to get it change our hair, our clothes, our perfume, even act the way we think our desired one wants us to act. All in the name of love.
A few weeks ago, UpcyclePost asked me if I would join the team to beta test their new Marketplace. Let's see... help a movement that I adore succeed in creating a groundbreaking platform for artists such as myself to promote and sell their creative works? Uh... yeah!! What is upcycling?
Creating your own rings, bracelets and pendants from upcycled antique silverware and flatware is an eco-friendly way to highlight your fashion sense. Making jewelry from old spoons requires just a few tools, most of which you can find around your house. Each spoon can produce two pieces of jewelry: a ring or bracelet made from the handle and a...
Beaded Tassel Earrings on Bead Caps Tutorial
Happy Monday! We're expecting at least twelve inches of snow today. Normally I would be ranting about winter too soon and such, but last week I won the Halstead Bead Inc Apron Challenge Giveaway, and that definitely trumps a rant about snow. Why am I just now writing about winning something last week?
In the spirit of sharing more about myself and my process, I have been posting on Instagram. A friend commended me for my effort, saying she was sure customers would like to see "where the magic happens". I smiled. The magic... what a nice thing to say.
Recently, House of Gems asked me to create a tutorial. Talk about great timing! I've had this idea for tassel earrings in my head (and in my design journal) for a while, but always ended up putting it aside to make other pieces. Although I like silk tassel earrings, I adore gemstones.
The other day, I was lamenting Facebook-style about burning the eggplant that I was preparing for dinner. My FB friend Meher, quickly let me know that all was not lost: “Actually Amy, in India they deliberately burn eggplant to make a smoky delicious dish called Baingan Bhartha”. Deliberately burned?
This guest post, on eating insects, is brought to you by Amy Cousin. She's a jewelry maker and a writer! Check out her stuff here.*** My family is Entomophagus. We're insectivores. We eat bugs... intentionally. Crickets, grasshoppers, and mealworms primarily, but our children are bugging me (sorry, I couldn't resist!)
Guest Post by Amy Cousin*** It's happening again. I peer into the abyss of my refrigerator. . . and wonder what I can make out of a jar of pickled herring (where did that even come from?
