I’m excited to announce that my sterling silver bracelets are currently being carried by Stock Home Design, a store in downtown Squamish, BC that specializes in vintage meets contemporary style. This is my first placement in a physical, brick and mortar store and I love the shop, so it’s a pretty good day around here. [...] . . . → Read More: Sterling Silver Bracelets Available at Stock Home Design When reading jewelry listings and discussion there’s a term that I frequently encounter: base metals. Understanding this term will help you better understand the materials that will or won’t be in a particular piece. What is a Base Metal? Base metals are non-precious metals such as: Aluminum Copper Lead Nickel Tin Zinc Base Metals in [...] . . . → Read More: Materials: Base Metals Lapis lazuli, or just lapis, is a semi-precious stone adored for its at times intense blue color. What is Lapis Lazuli? While many of the stones I discuss for jewelry-making are minerals or crystals, lapis is neither. Technically it’s a rock composed of multiple minerals, the main one being lazurite at 25 – 40% of [...] . . . → Read More: Material: Lapis Lazuli Here’s a term that generates a lot of blank stares, and that includes me when I first encountered it while shopping for materials. Vermeil refers to sterling silver gilded (plated) with a minimum of 10 carat (42%), 2.5 micrometers of gold. The White House actually has an entire room dedicated to a collection of vermeil [...] . . . → Read More: Materials: Vermeil Since I’m always struggling to keep track of what vendors are out there and track down the best places to get what, and everyone else is too, I’m building the best resource I can on the subject. I’m adding to this in bits and pieces over the days, but it’s big enough now to at [...] . . . → Read More: Resource: Jewelry-Making Vendor List One stone that you’ll find in many colors (sometimes natural, sometimes dyed) is agate. What is Agate? Agate is yet another form of quartz. Not only is it a microcrystalline type of quartz, where the individual crystals are so tiny that you need magnification to see them, agate is actually a cryptocrystalline version, where the [...] . . . → Read More: Materials: Agate Aphrodite over at Eye Candies is giving away a pair of my Swarovski® crystal earrings! Go check out her blog and enter! This is her first giveaway and it’s cool to participate in it. It’s a lot of fun to make people’s day with a prize. She’s also pretty talented in her own right, there’s [...] . . . → Read More: Another giveaway, this time on the Eye Candies blog! From now until Valentine’s Day, I’m offering 10% off everything in my shop as part of the Crazy for You Valentine’s Sale! It officially begins on February 1 but I figure why not start early? While you’re taking a look, don’t forget to tell me what your favorite item is for a chance for a [...] . . . → Read More: "Crazy for You Valentine's Sale" Updated Fri Jan 15: The draw will be on Saturday at 5pm pacific! Next Saturday, January 16, I am giving away one $10 (US dollar) gift certificate to my online shop, a great way to pick up some jewelry for Valentine’s Day among other things! To qualify, take a look through my shop and tell [...] . . . → Read More: Giveaway |
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Why I often order supplies online
Subtitle: Or why supply shops should do better with labeling and receipts. Typically I’m a fan of instant gratification. I’d rather buy things in person so I can have them right now. However, when it comes to jewelry-making materials I’ve discovered that I much prefer to buy online. It’s not that I’m content to wait [...] . . . → Read More: Why I often order supplies online