Saturday, June 13, 2009

Gem Lust

I was going to name this blog entry something else but I didn't want to mess up my "adult content" rating because of one word. I went to a bead/gem show today and I wasn't expecting much. After going to the Intergem shows not much else can compare to the experience. However this show had quite a few dealers who were really nice and had a gorgeous selection! So I am a lot lighter in the wallet.

I am going to let these gemstones marinate a bit on my mind and then we will see what I come up with. I will be offering one of the popular Cubist Necklaces in the Green Amethyst cubes you see in an unoxidized sterling silver. Gorgeous! The Prehnite chunky briolettes will go towards my Rivendell necklaces. There is one rather large on in the middle of the strand that I don't know what I am going to do with yet.

Here we go!

In this pictures there is some Citrine, Prehnite (soft green) briolettes, some Moss Amethyst Brios peaking through there and some of the Green Amethyst faceted cubes.

Here we have some sizable Whisky Quartz brios on the left and the sparkling Citrine is center. Gorgeous lemon yellow, best I have purchased yet.


Some pink and green Amethyst cubes.

The Whiskey Quartz and some pink Amethyst "dolphin" cut faceted brios and the Prehnite.

I left a few strands out in my haste. Good haul, no?

19 comments:

  1. Those are all gorgeous!!! I can't wait to see what you make with them!! :D

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  2. I had to wipe my keyboard of all my drool! :)

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  3. oh boy oh boy oh boy! what are you doing to me?!
    wonderful gems, I know just the word you were avoiding, and it would have been very apt.
    have fun creating with them all (so jealous)

    http://rachellucie.etsy.com

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  4. ooooo, the Whiskey Quartz are spectacular!!! {jealous}

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  5. oh you lucky lady! they look beautiful :)

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  6. Drool just fell from my every being!

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  7. Excellent haul! Can't wait to see what you create with these beauties!

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  8. oh, yummy, what a great haul indeed!

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  9. Thanks everyone! I am excited too. I wish I had more time on my hands.

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  10. these are worth the adult content rating!
    yummy and so fun.

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  11. Wow! Ces pierres sont fabuleuses!! J'aimerais tellement en trouver aussi ici à Québec! Malheureusement, nous ne sommes pas gâté côté fournisseur! Bonne création!

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  12. Just stunning! Love everything but especially whiskey quartz!

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  13. Ooooh those are so gorgeous!! I wish bead shows came to my area. *sigh*

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  14. They are sooo delicious looking! I could stare at them all day. We don't have bead shows like that in Singapore.*bummer*

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