First of all, PMC3 is not the android from Star Wars. Although they are both shiny, that is where the similarity ends. C3PO could be obnoxious and stubborn,(although he had a good heart) whereas PMC3 can be shaped and [ … ] Read More
Moonstone and Pearl-June
When I think of June, I think of the song, “By the Light of the Silvery Moon”, which is appropriate for a month that has both moonstone and pearl as its birthstones. Both stones have a long history of [ … ] Read More
Emerald and Agate-May
For May babies,(and everyone else!) there are two lovely stones-emerald and agate. Beautiful, green emeralds have been used in jewelry for thousands of years. They were considered to be a stone of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and [ … ] Read More
Lapidary-(almost) everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Say you’re making a piece of jewelry for that special someone, (could be you!), but you can’t find exactly the right stone for it. You’ve been to rock and gem shops, shows and even looked on-line, but you are [ … ] Read More
Diamond-April
Ever notice how many song titles have the word “diamond” or “diamonds” in them? “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”, and of course, “Diamonds Are A Girl’s [ … ] Read More
Moss Agate
Moss agate was one of the first stones I fell in love with. Each one I looked into seemed to have a whole world in it that was completely different from the last one. Even today, I still love [ … ] Read More
Aquamarine and Bloodstone- March
Dreamy, watery aquamarine-the name comes from Latin, and literally means “water of the sea”. It was considered to be the stone of Neptune, Roman god of the sea. Sailors carried aquamarine as protection against the songs of the sirens [ … ] Read More
Pantone Colour Institute
When it comes to colour, a lot of us can get into a rut. We choose the same stones over and over because they’re our favourites or we’ve gotten so used to those colours, we don’t think of anything [ … ] Read More
Amethyst – February Birthstone
There is an ancient Roman myth about a young and chaste woman named Amethyst. One day, as she was on her way to the temple of Diana, a drunken, lustful Bacchus, who was the Roman god of wine, pursued [ … ] Read More
Garnet – January Birthstone
Beautiful, juicy, deep red garnet. The name comes from the Latin “granatum”, which means pomegranate. One is deliciously wearable and one is deliciously edible. Garnets have been used in jewellery for thousands of years, going all the way back [ … ] Read More
Sterling Silver Care part 2 of 2
Does your silver jewelry live in your bathroom? Or is it hanging around on some sort of display, or cluttered up in an open dish on a random counter top? Do you then have to go through the effort [ … ] Read More