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Last Tanzanites and a New Shop

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You know when it gets quiet around here, I am usua

You know when it gets quiet around here, I am usually swimming through a sea of gemstones and bending silver like a titan. I have so much goodness in the works for you.

I am also nearly finished with all the commissioned orders, yay! By this afternoon, about 3/4 of all the custom pieces are in the mail.

All I have left are the Winter Berry Tea Rings (because the garnets took a bit longer to get cut than I was anticipating), and a few of the more intricate designs that involve more steps than the others. But I am hoping to have everything all buttoned up and flying through the mail by this weekend, if all goes well!

Thank you for your patience, sweet friends!

Today is definitely a book and giant dinosaur mug

Today is definitely a book and giant dinosaur mug kinda day. 📚🦖☕️

I am plucking dozens of rosebuds out of sterling s

I am plucking dozens of rosebuds out of sterling silver for you!
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✨ Hessonite Garnet Rings, Earrings, and Necklaces: Release Date TBD ✨

When working on a new collection, I often like to

When working on a new collection, I often like to pair the work with books or media that embody the imagery, sentiments, and inspirations.

(Which is how my Mossflower Collection morphed into a love letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's works.)

And so with these romantic Hessonite garnets, inverted heart bezels, and furtive rosebuds, I have begun dipping into Shakespeare's sonnets and "Cyrano de Bergerac."

And now my mind begins to match my bench! All rose petal testaments and secret garden bowers.
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✨ Hessonite Garnet Rings, Earrings, and Necklaces: Release Date TBD ✨

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Favorite break is book break. 📚💚 What have y

Favorite break is book break. 📚💚 What have you been reading lately?

I am positively devouring books lately, recommend me something! I always write down your suggestions and keep an eye out for them at my library.
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This was a few weeks ago, an evening stroll by the

This was a few weeks ago, an evening stroll by the river. The evening sky really does have the very best color palette.

And when the sky looks just like the stones on my bench, well, that is even better. 🎨🌙 💎

(If you sent me a message and I haven't responded yet, just know I am on my way!)
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Friends, what can I say, but my endless thanks! Ev

Friends, what can I say, but my endless thanks! Every tanzanite ring was claimed last night, and I cannot WAIT for you to see them. I might be biased, but I believe they are even more beautiful in person.

I was so nervous for the collection release, and it was such a relief to know that it wen't relatively well for everyone.

The most important thing to me was that all the pieces showed up at the same time for everyone, and I believe they did. The rings landed in the shop for me at the same time (7:01) as some of you all the way in Antarctica! (Hi Rebecca!)

It did seem that a lot of people trying to pay with Paypal got errors, but the odd part is that there were a few people that it worked for, which means it wasn't a totally universal problem. My plan today is to troubleshoot with Paypal and Shopify customer service. Thank you to those who sent me screenshots, those will be so helpful while I try to fix it. My hope is that once this gets ironed out, it wont be a problem again.

Thank you for all your feedback, it is invaluable. There are a few things I would still like to add/tweak. I am determined to get a search bar so that you can quickly search for particular sizes or design names, which will be sooo useful for the larger collections.

This was something I had tried to add a few days ago, but I fudged up the coding and broke the shop entirely, resulting in my having to restart with a blank theme and a sulk-watch of "The Hobbit."

Anyways, I am so excited for future releases, I have so much planned for you! But next, some gorgeous, glowy garnets accompanied by some dainty secret rosebuds.
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Tonight, tonight, friends! (Link to the shop in my

✨ A quick tip for if you are trying to catch som

The full preview is up on the blog, sweet friends!

The full preview is up on the blog, sweet friends!
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✨ Tanzanite Rings Release: TOMORROW, February 26th at 7:00 p.m. EST in the new Shopify Shop! (Direct links soon!) ✨
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Not going to lie, looking at these tanzanites as I

Not going to lie, looking at these tanzanites as I size them on the mandrel and sort through photos has been such a balm to my tech anxiety. They are soothing and calming and just what my frayed nerves need.

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I have a gemstone cabinet, which is really a very

I have a gemstone cabinet, which is really a very old printmakers cabinet that a friend of mine found for me at an antique shop. It has dozens of little shelves and rows that I lined with felt and put dividers in. That is where most of my larger stones and bigger collections live.

But sometimes, I pull stones from the cabinet with plans to make something for you, and then the bowl of selected stones gets a little lost in the shuffle of my overcrowded studio.

And that is what happened to about ten fancy cut tanzanites. I think I pulled them several years ago for something and never used them. And then a few weeks ago as I was pulling stones and checking stock for a few commissions, I found a little glass salt dip with these stones in it. Just in time for this tanzanite offering!

They must be meant for very particular people, because the timing was uncanny.
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