Pearls, pearls, pearls!!!

 The pearl is not normally thought of as a "gemstone", however, it is an Organic Gemstone and can be both precious and costly!
The pearl is one of my favorite gemstones, organic gemstone.

Freshwater Pearls

Pearl Strand from genisi.com

"Pearls are a natural material that are formed when an irritant finds its way into a living oyster. The oyster protects itself by coating this intruder with a secretion called nacre. This is, in fact, the same material the oyster uses to grow its shell. The irritant becomes trapped within the coating, and over time, becomes what we call a pearl. When pearls are stored in very hot, very dry conditions, the moisture evaporates out of the nacre, causing the pearl to lose its luster/shine, change and dull its color, and the outer covering of the nacre will crack. Sadly, there really is no easy way to restore a damaged pearl. The best storage for pearls is in silk where air can circulate and pearls can “breathe.” You can read more about this organic gemstone in the article, For the Love of Pearls."  by Dale “Cougar” Armstrong.LINK   

For the Love of Pearls    a good article for information and reference of pearls.

Earth and Water Pendant

Earth & Water Pendant  by CJD.Sign
This fun pendant combines natural materials of Baroque Pearls, Volcano stone, and copper.
The pendant is approximately 2 inches The wire work is one continual piece of copper wire.

Gemstone Info:
Freshwater Cultured Baroque Pearls
Other Material: Volcanic Rock and Copper wire, handmade One of a Kind
Price: $45.00USD  Link to purchase

Pearls have a been around for centuries. The pearl was prized by the Romans and Egyptians as their favorite gemstone. And was sought to be just for the rich and privileged of people. But today, pearls are harvested and therefore cheaper to come by. Not that they are cheap by any means, just more affordable. Pearls were a sign of Royalty and Wealth and Power.
"Before the creation of cultured pearls in the early 1900s, natural pearls were so rare and expensive that they were reserved almost exclusively for the noble and very rich." by NOVA Link

http://www.123rf.com/photo_14520051_portrait-of-beautiful-woman-in-vintage-image.html

Pearls don't go out of fashion and they are the symbol of wealth. 

http://customgemcutter.weebly.com/wire-work-pendants.html

 This piece of Tangerine & Peach Agate is wire wrapped in Brass to pull out the amazing colors in this piece. Wrapped with 6 Rose Pearls and 5 Aventurine beads to enhance this piece, handmade original

Price: $58.00USD

Double Baroque Button FW Pearls on Sterling Silver $40.00USD

 Link to Purchase

"Mother & Daughter" MOP Donuts & Potato FW Pearls on Sterling Silver 

LINK to Purchase

 

Double Baroque FW Pearls & Moonstone on Sterling Silver

 LINK

 Double Baroque Button FW Pearls sandwiching 4 pink Rice Pearls on Sterling Silver
Earrings LINK

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Pearl Earrings!!
And I have seven pair of beautiful Fresh Water Pearls featured here in this article that are currently for sale.

Mother & Twins Earrings

"Mother & Twins" Double Pearl Donut Earrings
152220 Double Pearl Donut Earrings in taupe, white & silver, 1pr.,1.5in, Fresh Water Baroque Button Pearls & MOP Donut Beads.

$55.00USD
LINK for purchase

Double Pearl Donut Earrings MOP SS

 And Coco Chanel knew pearls!

Hope you enjoyed this blog on Pearls. My Absolute Favorite!! And thanks for looking at my Jewelry Designs!
Blessings,  CJD.Sign

 A wonderful invite for our business  to be featured on Keaki Designs! We are so privileged to be one of the featured Artisan Members! Thank You Kri!

 Kri of Keaki Designs:
Hello Fellow Artisan Member of Checked In Today, I am Kri from Keaki Designs and I am wondering if I could feature you in my blog for my Artist Feature Weekly post that I will be starting up on the 16th of this month. Each artist will be posted once a week which means each week there will be only one post about only one artist with pictures of their art if you allow me to post them and talk about them. Also will be linking to your shop and to the items that I will be talking about. Also, if you allow me to please tell me about yourself, your business and anything else you would like to share and everything that you mentioned to me will be put into the blog post about the featured artist. The name of the blog is: Keaki Designs Jewelry Link: http://keakidesigns.blogspot.com/ Once I have written a blog about you as a featured artist I will send you a message right away tell you and giving you a link to your post about yourself if you allow me to do a feature. :) Many thanks, Kri Keaki Designs

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Matt & CJ started the CustomGemCutter in 2007. Matt had been cutting for 28 years prior by word of mouth and magazine adds. CJ helped with the internet and bringing CustomGemCutterCreations into a combined Studio of Matt's Faceted Gemstones & Jewelry, Rough Gemstones, Cutting Services, Gemstone Repair & Gemstone Sourcing.
And as designers, CJ likes to create jewelry unique to each piece. Matt likes to have the stone dictate the design and use as much of the stone as possible, making the best design for the stone. His designs are not published yet, but that is on the "todo" list!

With the ArtFire Studio, CustomGemCutterCreations, we also have Gemstones & Jewelry from other Countries around the World. GemsnJewelsofJaipur is in Jaipur, India and they handcraft Kundan Meena, Indian Painted, Geode & Agate, Sterling Silver and Gemstone handmade Jewelries. Gems n Jewels of Jaipurhttp://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/CustomGemCutterCreations/1/7/20905//

CustomGemCutterCreations has Natural Gemstones from Nigeria, Africa with Masco Gems LLC., Nigeria/USA. We deal in Rough Gemstones & Cut Gemstones from overseas and with Matt's Professional Precision Faceting these are sold in the USA.

We have cut gemstones & rough gemstones available Now! And more coming each month! http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/CustomGemCutterCreations/1/7/33412//

We have a Co-Op of cutters that have come together for their cutting services. We have requests from customers that are posted for these cutters to CustomGemCutter Co-Op Members to fulfill. Which brings me to a cute story of one cutting job having 10 or more cutters that put contacts out for the job. This customer called us saying she'd not had so much great response and information about gemstones ever and was happy to have found us to help in her project. And the project was a beautiful success!

http://customgemcutter.webs.com/

SaMi 2 yrs, posing in light box

We have a kitten, SaMi, who loves gemstones. When he was just weeks old, Matt placed SaMi behind the facting machine, on the table while he worked cutting gemstones. As SaMi grew, he sometimes reach out with his paw onto the spinning wet lap and then flick water at Matt. He started sitting on the stones we were photographing, and would literally "steal" for himself, stones left overnight on the table. SaMi also likes Matt's loope; the little magnifying tool that is used for looking at gemstones & diamonds. And nightly, SaMi steals the loope for himself.

We truly enjoy the businesses we are in and Thank God for the blessings we receive! Helping customers with their specific needs, cutting, repairing, sourcing, rough stone projects, are what we look forward to each day! http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/CustomGemCutterCreations

About Torches...Great article! by Tammy of Jewelry Making Daily

April 6, 2012

Micro Torches 101, Part 1: The Which, What, and Why of Butane Torches by Kate Richbourg Please accept my apology. I have pulled this article from my blog by request of  Interweave/Jewelry Making Daily due to copy right infringement. But here is their site for a Free Torch Tutorial that is very interesting.    Sorry readers. I have been blocked, so I can't even show you the links. Redirecting your information. Blessings, Constance