Wired Earthy Agate Slice Pendants

In these designs I’ve started with focal pendant in beautiful agate slices. They are all naturally colored in shades of earthy fall – tan, green, gray-blue, rust, cream, white, and brown. The pendants are highly polished on both sides and the edges have been left slightly raw to rough; giving a true ‘earth’ look and feel to the pendants. The pendant is a free form wire wrap in shiny non-tarnish gold wire.

In this design (to the right) I’ve used the green agate slice and surrounded it with mosaic turquoise, toffee colored ceramic beads, gold tone spacers, and a touch of ivoryite for bold color. The pendant is wired in non-tarnish bronze wire.




This design (to the left) starts with a lovely focal pendant in an odd angular oval shape. The agate has more roughness to the edges is quite large, making it a perfect single pendant with matching swirl earrings. The wire is non-tarnish brass wire.


The last design (to the right) is a medium sized agate oval wired in non-tarnish brass wire. The base of the necklace is blue denim lapis, ivoryite, smooth brass rounds, and light blue-white lampwork beads.

Agates: Balancing physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual energies; perceptiveness, strength, inspiration, awakening talents.

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Wild Horse Magnesite Design

This design features some wild horse magnesite disks; pretty white background with a little bit of brown-to-black veining on the stones. They are a great match to the round calcilica stones; nice stones of earthy color with a stream of turquoise color running through, I’ve accented them with big star bead end-caps.

To keep the star theme going I added medium sized stars between each of the wild horse magnesite disks along with some smooth silver tone pewter rounds.


A causal, a little southwest, a little western, a little something to add to your jewelry box!


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Fall Designs Coming - Carnelian

New fall designs are being harvested and available online at our Ruby Lane shop for purchase! Some will also be available at the local shows this fall for purchase too.

This new design is one of the latest ones; to me it is rich, elegant and trendy. I love the pendant in a light olive with a flush of dark red/brown and white swirls. The necklace is crafted with a mix of beads; wood rounds with cutouts, faceted round carnelian, wonky lampwork beads, faceted rondelle crystals, and two different spacers in copper.

Carnelian is a beautiful stone, it is rich and the color is deep and adds an exotic mix to any piece. It is a translucent chalcedony that receives its beautiful red tints from iron oxides, such as hematite, embedded in the colorless silica. It may have either an unbroken color or can be faintly banded. Its name comes from the Latin word carneus, which means ‘fleshy’ in reference to its color. The ancient Greeks and Romans particularly valued carnelian, which they mostly used for intaglios. It has also been popular with signet rings. The Romans said that dark carnelian represented the male, while the light color symbolized the female. Napoleon returned from his campaign in Egypt with an impressive octagonal carnelian stone.

Most of today’s commercial carnelian is stained chalcedony that comes from Brazil or Uruguay. It is also heat-treated to enhance its color; beautiful stones come from India, where they are put in the sun to transform the brown color to red.

Carnelian: Precision, analytical capabilities, physical energy, verbal skill, peace, spirituality.

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Charms Are In Season

Who knew that charms are still the 'in thing' as a jewelry designs!!

I’m always looking for something new to try and keep with a trendy style for customers. This season I came up with something totally different, but seems to be hit so far! I took several different looks and created one design out of just a ‘thought’ for a new line of jewelry. What has gone from a ‘try and see’ has become a hit for this season!


The design incorporates many hand-charmed pieces; Swarovski crystals, freshwater cultured pearls, many natural stones, and wire work that then surrounds different types of pendants in natural stone, Murano glass, dichoric glass, and fossils.


These are all then captured onto coordinating silk cords or combination ribbon cords. The whole process takes several hours to complete just one necklace design; from design conception through labor development to completed necklace piece.

This is a new look that I’ll be doing this year for my collections; you can find them available for purchase at our online shop!

Fall Designs Arriving

Fall designs are arriving almost daily to our online shop! We’ve been busy and continue to create for the coming fall and winter season. Shop early for Christmas and don’t miss out getting your select piece of artisan crafted jewelry!

Mystic Artisan Collection Additions!
A little trendy with some chic mixed in for these new designs…..

Murano Glass Pendant Ceramic Beads Crystals Set (to the right)

Caged Black Agate Crystals Abalone/MOP Pendant Set (to the left)

New Additions at Southwest Flair Collection!
Turquoise is the staple for Southwestern designs and these are no exception!

Turquoise Nuggets Ivoryite Coral Silver Pendant Set (to the right)

Turquoise Carnelian FW Pearls Set (to the left)


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An Odd Mix of Old Stones

This necklace is a mix of some odd stones that I would have never thought to put together. At the base is an irregularly shaped Brazilian Oco Agate slice; coloring is beautiful with raw edges and swirling white around. It has been handcrafted in artistic non-tarnish brass wire. The necklace is strung in some old stones of faceted rectangular Antique Jade; colors ranging from an almost clear, olive, mixed coloring and some that are a hint of off mustard color. Between I’ve putt another old stone, smoothly polished elongated barrels of Turquoise; which has been heat treated and stabilized turning it a nice color of brown with deep dark veining. It is a nice dark contrast to the lightness of the antique jade.

Heat Treatment of Stones
Centuries ago, someone stumbled upon the magical effect of applying heat to gemstones. High heat, such as that from a charcoal fire, can make a bland looking gemstone change its color into something spectacular. If this fortunate technique were not discovered, there would be very few affordable gemstones of good color in the market.

This method of treating stone produces dramatic natural changes by the use of heat only, the dramatic changes being, deeper more brilliant colors, smoother texture, richer luster, and easier workability. This method first includes; Providing stone material, then with or without a sand bath, placing the stone material in a heat treating environment, increasing the temperature in specific increments until the effective heat treating temperature is reached, keeping the stone at that temperature until all the desired changes have occurred, the temperature is then decreased in specific increments until the material is at room temperature. Once the stone is treated and cooled, it is ready to be shaped, and or polished.

Treatments of Turquoise
Treated turquoise, frequently used in modern jewelry, has been altered from its original state by a process intended to improve the color and/or durability of the natural stone. There are a number of different ways that turquoise may be treated.

Treated turquoise has existed for centuries. The earliest kinds involved a fine application of oil or wax to the stone, making it shine and deepening the color. This type of treated turquoise tends to "sweat" when exposed to heat or sunlight and can become cloudy over the years; however, the treatment can sometimes be successfully reapplied.

Most American turquoise today is stabilized or bonded with a treatment of plastic, epoxy, or water glass. This type of treated turquoise retains its look and luster better than oil or wax treated turquoise, and the stabilization process can be used on turquoise that is too unstable to benefit from the oil or wax method. Epoxy stabilization was developed in the 1950s by Colbaugh Processing of Arizona.

Native American jewelers in the Southwestern United States strengthen thin pieces of high-grade turquoise through a process termed backing. The turquoise is glued to a stronger material to prevent its cracking. Early turquoise backings were made of car battery casings and records, while modern jewelers usually use epoxy steel resin.

Some turquoise is dyed to improve its color or make it more uniform. Prussian blue is the most common dye used in this treatment. Some people do not like dyed turquoise, as they feel it is artificial, and it sometimes leaves color on the skin or fades.