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Six Benefits of Adding White Topaz Beads into Your Jewelry Design
Designing jewelry is a creative process only limited by your imagination. The use of gemstones in strategic placements to create visually stunning pieces takes talent and vision. White topaz beads are quickly...
Red Freshwater Pearls: All You Need to Know
Are you looking for a way to create elegant and sophisticated jewelry that doesn’t break the bank? If so, there is a great way for you to do so. Red...
A Rare Find: The Elusive Strawberry Quartz Bead
The strawberry quartz stone, or red fire, as it is also known, is one that has sparked the imagination and stirred the hearts of many stone collectors and jewelers over...
What Does Your Favorite Gemstone Say About You?
Gemstones have been an object of fascination for humans for centuries, featured heavily in the folklore and legends of countries and cultures throughout the world. Today, they are widely revered...
Stunning Stones from the Andes: Peruvian Opal Beads
Hidden in the Andes Mountains near San Patricio, Peru, are rare Peruvian opals. In fact, these opal stones are considered to be gifts from Pachamama, the Inca goddess known as...
Proud as a Peacock – Spread Your Wings with Inspiring Peacock Pearl
What are Peacock Pearls? Peacock pearls are beautiful black pearls with a range of iridescent colors reflecting all colors of the rainbow, just like the tail of the peacock....
Go for Gold: Create Gorgeous Gilded Jewelry with Gold Beads
Nothing glimmers and glitters quite like gold. Its warm color enhances every skin tone and every outfit. You simply can’t go wrong with gold. There are so many different looking...
Sapphires: Stunning Precious Gemstones for Jewelry Making
The world “sapphire” comes from the Sanskrit word “Shanipriya,” from “shani,” meaning “Saturn,” and “priya” meaning “dear.” So, sapphire comes from the term “dear to Saturn.”There are few gemstones more...
Gorgeous in Green: Best Practices for Jewelry Making with Peridot
Clear, green, sparkling peridot is well known as the August birthstone, and jewelry made with it is a popular traditional gift for a 16th wedding anniversary. It’s mined worldwide from gemstone...
Color of the Caribbean – The Blissful Beauty of Larimar Beads
Larimar beads, also known as “Stefilia’s Stone,” the “dolphin stone,” and the “Atlantis stone,” are a beautiful addition to any collection of cardinal element stones. Cardinal element stones are created...
The Expectant Parent's Guide to Birthstones
What Does Your Child's Birthstone Predict About Their Personality? Pregnancy is a very special time for expectant mothers and fathers. The miraculous growth of an entirely new human being...
Jewelry Maker’s Guide to Black Freshwater Pearls
If the song lyrics are true, “diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” Well, I hate to break it to you, diamonds, but this girl has a new best friend: the...
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