Contrariwise ramblings

This beautiful Graveyard Point Plume agate! I just got it this week from Gemcutter , a lapidarist who has a shop on Etsy.  Right as I typ...

I was buying a few cabs from StonesInMotion , one of my favorite lapidarists and, in a last minute decision, I decided to pick up this lag...

I'm a little behind.  Last week was absolutely crazy.   In one day, I had a ton of orders and commissions in my Etsy shop .  I had no id...

I had lots of plans for today.  I 'd finished several new rings over the weekend and I was going to list them in my shop .  The photos w...

I ended up finishing quite a few projects this Saturday AND even taking photos.  Here's the first piece, which will be listed in my sh...

A few of my current projects that I've been working on during the evenings for the past week. Right now it's Saturday morning and...

I spend a lot of time searching for unusual cabochons. Set stones you buy in most stores are pretty run-of-the-mill and were cut from slabs ...

Hello.  My name is Contrariwise and I have an addiction. I admit it. When it comes to beautiful stones, I just can't seem to get enoug...

There's 9 inches of snow back home in Indiana. (Nothing compared to Washington DC, of course). Another 10 inches is expected tonight. Bu...

Squirrels and I have a love/hate relationship - they love my birdfeeder and I hate the cheeky little thieves.  With spring imminent, they ar...

I made so much jewelry over the Christmas break, that I'm still way behind posting about it in my blog and listing it in in my online sh...

Here's a pair of earrings that I thought I sold but I just relisted in my shop . I bought these cabs earlier this year and I fell in ...