Happy Friday!

Happy Friday to all! I feel like this week has flown by!

I got my first jewelry sale yesterday, which was pretty exciting. My stuff is on Etsy but I have been slacking recently and need to add more items.

So I'm wrapping up this week with some random jewelry news. Yesterday in China, a pearl necklace was sold for $8.7 million in a Sotheby's auction, a record price for imperial jewels. But this was no ordinary necklace. It was believed to have belonged to Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing dynasty. Behind the model is a portrait of the emperor wearing the necklace.

Image from Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//100408/ids_photos_wl/r542375876.jpg/

How's that for some pricey pearls? And that's all I've got for today! :)

The Katy Earrings

When you think of Miami, what comes to mind? The ocean, the beach, the crazy night clubs? Probably all of the above. One of my best friends is now a Miami resident and in honor of her birth I created these earrings. The sea foam green chalcedony reminds me of the sea, the gold reminds me of the beach, and of course you can wear them out to a night club!

Happy Birthday Katy :)

Smooth sea foam chalcedony briolettes with gold filled wire on gold hoops

The Heather Necklace

My friend Heather celebrated her birthday last month. In honor of her January birth, I originally gave her a pair of garnet earrings, her birthstone. Silly me, I forgot her ears aren't pierced. So I crafted this garnet necklace instead just for her.

Three round garnets on gold filled chain.

When you think of a garnet, you probably think of a red stone right?. But did you know that garnets can come in almost every color? (There seems to be a debate on the internet over the existence of a blue garnet.) Garnets in a purplish red are called rhodolite, orange, cinnamon, or pinkish garnets are hessonite, and tsavorite, uvarovite, and demantoid are all green varieties. There's your gemstone fact for the day. :)

Winter Blues

One of the reasons I love Dallas is the mild winters. Recently, it feels as though it has been less mild and more cold and unpredictable. I know it's not as bad as up north, but I just don't have the wardrobe for this type of weather.

Luckily, these earrings work in cold or warm weather.

14K gold vermeil teardrops, with moss aquamarine flat faceted briolettes on gold filled ear wires.

These moss aquamarine stones are gorgeous! Here are some more photos:

Welcome to my Jewelry Blog!

It's a cold February evening in Dallas, Texas, so what better to do than finally post to my jewelry blog?

In the coming posts, I will be bringing you photos and information about the jewelry I have currently been making.

Stay warm out there.