Monday, March 30, 2009
Twice a year there's a Bead, Gem, and Mineral Show at the State Fairgrounds. For the past several months I've been looking forward to it. And it was finally here this weekend. I got to endulge in some major new bead porn!
Entry for this show is $5, but it's good for all three days. What I always do is scope the show out on the first day and make a few minor purchases - usually things that catch my eye but are not too expensive. Then I go home and think about 1) what I really need for making jewelry 2) what I really lust after but are more expensive than I should spend.
In the category of "things that caught my eye on the first day", were some amazing matched pairs of Red Creek Jasper cabachons. I fell in love with the rich colors and bought the following pair as soon as I saw them. They just had to be mine.
Entry for this show is $5, but it's good for all three days. What I always do is scope the show out on the first day and make a few minor purchases - usually things that catch my eye but are not too expensive. Then I go home and think about 1) what I really need for making jewelry 2) what I really lust after but are more expensive than I should spend.
In the category of "things that caught my eye on the first day", were some amazing matched pairs of Red Creek Jasper cabachons. I fell in love with the rich colors and bought the following pair as soon as I saw them. They just had to be mine.
Aren't they wonderful! They natural stone is so vibrant and the pair are amazingly well matched! Each is about 1 inch high and, of course, they would be perfect for earrings. In fact, I couldn't delay gratification - I stayed up till 1 AM that night making settings for them. (When the earrings are finished, I promise to post them here.)
I like these cabachons so much that the earrings may end up being MINE. Because of this, on the 2nd day, I bought some more!
Quite different than the first pair, aren't they? The top pair are delicate shades of pinks and golds and they bring to mind butterfly wings. The bottom pair are the painted colors of the desert....or, maybe prehistoric eyes. (I think they'd look great separated, and made into rings.)This isn't all I got. Of course I bought more wonderful things at the gemshow. (Especially on that second day!) But since I had to wait so long for it, I thought that I would do the same to you.
Therefore, over the next several days, I'm going to s-l-o-w-l-y show you my new purchases.
Tomorrow: new turquoise for my shop.
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I know what you mean, I am really falling in love with jasper and bought quite a few pieces this weekend.
And the earrings are just about finished! They just need some final polishing. I will definitely post them on my blog - in the near future.
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I finished the earrings and I'll be posting them later this week. I tried a new way of setting them and I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out.