Contrariwise ramblings

So what am I working on in the meantime?  I have an order for a double-sided pendant with a Prudent Man Agate.

Can you believe this stone!  It looks like an expressionist painting of a forested valley in full foliage, complete with a blue sky with billowy clouds.

(Hey, and unlike the last time, I only broke 2 saw blades cutting the leaf out!  I must be getting better!)

I really love the earthy look of this stone.  I still have a couple of these cabs left (I bought all I could get my hands on and I wish I had more)  and I think I may eventually have to make a necklace for myself to keep.

The pendant is obviously still a work in progress.  I have a lot of finishing, and sanding to do.  There will also be appliques of leaves on the front and back like I did in a similar necklace that I had in my shop recently.  (Plus more details.  :-)

I'll keep you updated on the progress and on the progress of several other things I'm working on at the same time too.

(Teaser:  I just have an awesome triangular Morrisonite  cab which I just made into a pendant with a double-layer setting.  Still not photographed and still not in my Etsy shop.  You'll be the first to see it here.)

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