Monday, June 28, 2010
The only person I met from Etsy that I knew was GemCutter. It was like meeting an old friend. I got a chance to see his cabs in person and preview some that he'll have in his Etsy shop later this week. A few of the ones he was going to list went home with me. (Do you see that huge plume agate and the large Bruno Jasper. Sorry, they're never going to get listed in his shop as they're mine!)
I thought I bought quite a lot of cabs, but when I laid them out to photograph, it doesn't seem to look like much. As you can see in the photo I got some Atlantiscite, plume agates, bruno jasper, imperial jasper, turquoise, a boulder opal, and a bunch of other stuff. (If you want to see individual photos of the cabs, go to my flickr site. )
It's so nice being able to see the cabs rather than buying them on line. They look so different in person and you really know what you're getting. I bought a couple new types that I'd never seen in person, the bruno jasper and the imperial jasper. I'd never been impressed when I'd seen photos of them. They looked pretty boring in photos so I never bought them. But when I saw them in person - WOW! Especially the Imperial Jasper - it has an amazing inner glow that is so difficult to capture.
It was hotter than heck and I was so exhausted when I got back home. ( I have no idea how the sellers can do it.) But I'm already planning to go again next year.
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I was trying to be really good and not buy too much. My aim was to buy only unique stones.
is it gonna be hard to figure out which one you'll play with first?
Teri
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Thanks!
About the next show, I don't know when it is. The site doesn't say anything about it, but I'm sure there's going to be one in 2011.
I first learned about it through a dealer at a gem show. Then I saw the flyer at a local rock shop, Jox Rox.
Best thing to do is ask around and keep googling.
I don't know which I'm setting first. That blue/green/red rectangular one on the lower right is very tempting.
But I'm trying to be patient. Rather than setting any of these cabs, I was working on some back orders yesterday.