Leaves of Fall
joy.joyner on Sep 21 2008 | Filed under: Beads, Crafty Folks, Jewelry, Recently Finished
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The winds have shifted…
joy.joyner on Sep 13 2008 | Filed under: Beads, Crafty Folks, Jewelry, Recently Finished
I can feel it in the air here, Fall is on it’s way. The morning fog is getting thicker, the nights are getting cooler and longer. The wind smells more like crips clean air than arid heat. This is my favorite time of the year. Growing up in southern Ohio, I would be surrounded by [...]
A productive Sunday…
joy.joyner on Aug 03 2008 | Filed under: Beads, Jewelry, Recently Finished
OK OK, it was just a little bit of productivity, but it counts. Today was a lazy day at home, my favorite kind of day. I spent a few hours playing with my beads and a skeleton key that mom picked up for me over in Watsonville at Gizdich Ranch. It made me think of [...]
Buyer Beware – Mystic Labradorite
joy.joyner on Apr 13 2008 | Filed under: Beads, Gemstone, Rants
First off, let me say, I adore Labradorite. It’s the stone that started my infatuation with geology, and my love of stone beads. Recently, I’ve been seeing “Mystic Labradorite” floating around in the bead world. Labradorite is a feldspar mineral, and feldspar minerals make up 60% of the earth’s crust. They’re everywhere. Labradorite is known [...]
