A mini rose quartz gem tree for a small plant pot.

A mini rose quartz gem tree for a small plant pot.
Beaded kumihimo bracelets in different colours, and a matching set of pink earrings for one.
What can you do with a lot of gemstone chips lying about? I bought a lot of these chip strings as I used them for my tree of life pendants, but I never seem to use all the chips ever. I have most of them sitting in this nice box just tucked away in my …
I wrapped a large tiger eye cabochon with copper wire recently! The shape was quite unusual, so I ran the wire all the way around and sideways as well. I added some topaz Swarovski crystals and wrapped the wire ends around the frame. Sorry there's not much to say with this post! I just kind …
If you are interested in labradorite as a healing stone, you can find its properties here. After finishing my sunstone tree of life, I wanted to try again and hopefully not make any mistakes. This is a labradorite cabochon from a craft fair which was a little smaller and a bit more fiddly to work …
If you are interested in sunstone as a healing stone, you can find its properties here. I bought this teardrop-shaped sunstone gemstone from a craft fair a while ago and finally decided on what to do with it recently. I couldn't figure out how to frame it, so instead I wrapped a tree of life …
I bought a string of green aventurine gemstone chips a very long time ago, and have never used them until now. I felt like they would make for very nice tree leaves, so I wanted to make a tree of life. Seems people like to add things to their trees of life (as seen in …
Goldstone is a manmade stone with differently coloured specks of cobalt and manganese suspended in the stone to create a sparkle effect. This version uses blue goldstone - a red goldstone is just as common and has flecks of copper. Some people like to call it 'starstone' instead. I think I get it - the …
Carnelian cabochon wrapped with copper wire
I made a pendant with serpentine previously - see here! I actually got this cabochon as a gift without being told what it could be (people know I like my gemstones!) so I guessed that it could be serpentine. If someone could tell me otherwise, that would be great! This pendant is named for the …