I am absolutely over the moon. One of my orders has arrived and I love the lot. The Coral is a fabulous and the Camouflage Stone (a Jasper) is so unusual. It has wonderful earthy tones and flashes of colour, yellows, reds and greens for the most part. I also received the round (8mm) Rhodonite Beads and the 6mm round black agate beads I ordered and some gorgeous Brecciate Jasper coins (10mm).
The lighting is not the best. By the time I got home from the markets, the clouds were rolling in and it was quite overcast. Here I've lumped the whole lot together. You can see the scrumptious coral clearly at the top of this pile of beads. The brecciate jasper is covering most of the camouflage stone, the rhodonite is the pinky stone on the left and then of course the black agate.
Here is a close up of the Coral Nuggets. They were the biggest hit at my stall at the Mossman Markets today. I had barely set myself up when I had my first customer who asked me to make her a necklace and bracelet with 2 strands that she purchased. She went off to look at other stalls at the market and when she came back about 1/2 hour later I had the necklace ready and we were ready for the fitting for her bracelet. Now that's jewellery made to order, which is what I promise all my customers. I am pleased that she was pleased. After making the necklace and the bracelet there was one bead left over so she asked if I could make her a Sterling silver rings with that one remaining bead. That is one of my projects for Monday. I am really looking to making it. We have discussed the design and determined the size of the ring and just by luck the Sterling Silver Beads I ordered arrived yesterday so I can incorporate a few of those into the design.
Rhodonite. Such a beautiful soft pink with shades of pinkish grey. I wanted these to make some chain mail bracelets, like a caged bead bracelet. I think they will look great made up like this. I am waiting for my shipment of 10mm jump rings so I can started on these. Fingers crossed, they will arrive next week along with the tumbled amethyst, citrine, mookite and other gemstones I have ordered. I also plan to make some lovely lariats with these pretty beads. I think they will look great, something reminiscent of the Cha Cha era perhaps.
The Camouflage Stone (Jasper) looks good next to the Rhodonite. Hmmm I might just have to combine the two in a piece of jewellery or two.
This close up of the Camouflage Stone gives you some idea of the patterns and colours in this exquisite stone.
This should give you a little bit of a better look at the Brecciated Jasper. I haven't had the chance to make anything out of this yet due to the lack of time I have at the moment but I have set aside some time on Monday and hopefully I will have time to make at least one piece with these beautiful coin shaped beads.
