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Lava Jewelry BOGO SALE — Nov 29-Dec 2nd!

Buy one piece of jewelry, get a second piece of jewelry at HALF price! (equal or lesser value)

*Does not include items in the jewelry care/supplies section of my shop.

Just write BOGO in the message to seller when you check out, and wait for me to send you a revised PayPal invoice before paying.

Offer good until Tuesday Dec 2nd, 6am Eastern time (3am Pacific).

While you’re in my shop, be sure to check out my new Clearance section for amazing bargains!

I now offer PayPal gift certificates for Lava Jewelry.

They can be purchased in my shop in amounts starting at only $5, and redeemed at my shop at any time. Very simple and easy-to-use. You can email the certificate to your gift recipient, or give them a print-out. Your choice.

For sellers interested in offering this, it can be set up easily on PayPal under Merchant Services. Let me know if you have any questions.

I rarely sell at shows, so if you’ve been wanting to buy from me in person (and I know you have!), here’s your chance!

When: Sunday December 14, 2008, noon-6pm
Where: W Hotel & XYZ Lounge, 181 Third St, San Francisco (next to MOMA)
What: LAUNCH SF

More info at Indie Industries web site. Free admission! Free swag bags for first 100 customers! RSVP today!

I just created a new site for Lava Jewelry on Big Cartel. I’ve found using Big Cartel to be much easier than creating and maintaining my own web site. It’s fairly flexible, and I’ve done some customization. I’d love some feedback on how to improve my shop!

Post here if you have any questions about Big Cartel, or if you have any suggestions for my shop.

Please take a moment to fill in this poll. I’m interested in what your favorite gemstones are. What gemstones have always been your favorite? What gemstones are your latest favorites? Please feel free to leave comments below, especially if you answer “None of the Above.”

Poll Answers

Lava Jewelry is fully stocked on July’s gorgeous birthstones: ruby and carnelian. I have tons of styles available in both stones, and remember that I love to do custom work, so please contact me if you’d like something different in ruby or carnelian for a July birthday.

Ruby is one of the five precious gemstones (diamond, emerald, sapphire, and tanzanite are the other four). Ruby is the red variety of the mineral corundum. Sapphire is also a variety of corundum, and it includes a huge array of colors, including blue, white, green, and pink. Ruby owes its color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. Corundum has a hardness of 9 on Moh’s scale, second only to diamond. Corundum is found in a variety of geologic settings.

From mineralminers.com: “Ruby: is said to inspire love, and to enhance creativity, wisdom and spirituality. It is also said to give confidence, self-esteem and courage, and to stimulate leadership qualities. Ruby is also said to have been helpful in treating heart and circulatory disease.”

Carnelian is a beautiful, more affordable, July birthstone. Carnelian is a form of chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz) which is orange in color. The color of carnelian is often enhanced by heating. Carnelian ranges in color from bright orange to a deep, almost red, orange.

As a jewelry-maker, I have the unique privilege of working with some really tiny tools. I wanted to share a picture of one of my tools with my blog readers. It is a drill bit that I use in jewelry-making (see photo below). Yes, indeed, I have to do some very tiny, detailed work at times.

In other news, I will soon be moving into my new studio. I’m excited to have a space entirely devoted to my work. I will be posting photos once I set up shop. I hope to be able to offer metalsmithing lessons from there.

Question of the Day: What are your favorite gemstones?

I hit 1000 sales in my Etsy shop this week! Woo hoo!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my wonderful customers. Seriously, I must have the best customers in all of Etsyland. You’ve been an absolute delight, collaborating to make custom jewelry for you, and providing me with extremely generous and valuable feedback. Thank you so much!

And now, a non-Etsy-related Question of the Day: How can Tigh have been a Cylon if he’s been with the military for 40 years? Is this a discrepancy they are going to explain? (Is it possible that Tigh was one of the very first human-form Cylons, created around the time Adama discovered that Cylon lab during the first Cylon war?) Oh, and if the Final Five have been to Earth, when? Are the Five models really old?

I had been wanting to learn to etch copper for quite some time, then recently I ran across a tutorial written by Etsy seller Copperheart that made it seem so easy. Check out her tutorial here!

So now, I’m happily etching every piece of copper, brass, and nickel silver I can get my hands on. You’ll see quite a lot of it popping up in my Zbella shop soon. I’ve already made butterflies, gingko leaves, bamboo (like the example above), and fun little abstract patterns. If there’s anything you’d like to see in my shop, just write your suggestion in the comments below.

Question of the Day: What’s your favorite current tv show?

The Spring Beading Challenge has now officially ended. Come see all of the amazing entries on our Flickr page!

Linda Chandler will be judging the entries, and announcing the winners later this month.

I plan to create a treasury of entries on Etsy soon. I can’t wait! The entries are GORGEOUS.

I still have quite a few bead sets left, so if you’re interested in purchasing them for personal use, please swing by my shop.