FEERIEE 13

 I have recently bought a lot of loose faceted natural gemstones, all great clarity and color, and while I was in awe admiring them it dawned to me that I have never set stones before (  gasp ! )  so I started looking up online easy stone setting methods for beginners, like me. And there it is, click on it... Easy Stone Setting Something like this looks easy and professional, of course you have to measure the stones first. I could try to make my own, perhaps I will one day, but for this price is it worth the time? And how do I place this text in the middle of the two pictures above, anyone knows?!? Ughhh....forget it. This blogging thing is Chinese to me. I have to bookmark this shop on Ebay, good prices and free shipping over $50 And, you know how you start looking up something and end up in a totally different place? Well, this is exactly what happened today, but instead of getting trapped for hours in some useless internet black hole like I usually do, ...

Hi guys!! It's me, the 13th Feeriee...remember me?? I know, I tend to journey pretty often into my La La Land... but, I do bring a lot of good stuff back with me.   Oh, I've read somewhere that the 13th Fairy never gets invited to the ball ~ nonsense!! She gets invited all the time, she's just too busy making jewelry. Anyways, I was wasting time  looking for some inspiration on Pinterest the other day, when I saw  these earrings ...pretty awesome, right? So I thought it would be cool to use them as inspiration for my next pair: ...I know, they don't look much like my inspiration pair, lol. There's an explanation. While I do love the clean, abstract shapes of the modern, contemporary jewelry designs, I am in love  with that rustic, organic form of rough crystals and the unique, imperfect beauty of handmade elements. So, here I am, trying to blend the opposites...aren't they cute??  A pair of  Ancient Treasures made b...

I've always loved amber and I was very happy when my wonderful Mom and my lovely Sis, who sent me a whole bunch of very old, awesome things from Romania, included the gorgeous amber chips that I have used in the ring and the pair of earrings below.  The Magic Tears of Ancient Forests And because I am always curious about everything, I decided to do a quick research on Romanian amber. Hand forged copper ring, natural patina... Romanian amber, or Rumanite, has an ancient history similar to that of Baltic Amber. It is known for its beautiful and varied colors, especially deep red and deep blue with green hues which are uncommon  natural colors for amber. Mine look like liquid sunsets in tones of orange and honey. ...two-tone Rumanite soldered on copper wire. Difficult to obtain at present, most of the Romanian amber originates from the locality of Colti . It has been recovered from two distinct geological formations: Creta...