Jewellery By Shalini

Carnelian & Sterling Silver Bracelet , a photo by JewellerybyShalini on Flickr. Carnelian & Sterling Silver Bracelet This Bangle style bracelet has a Carnelian Tumble stone Wrapped in Sterling Silver Wire. Size: Suitable if your wrist measures maximum 6 inches

Here is a picture of my first cabs :-) As I said before I am not 100% satisfied with them but it's a start. It's my first attempt and some of them have turned out all right. The others, well back to the grinding wheel again I guess. Here is a close up of the individual cabochons: These are the ones that definitely need more work! ------------------------------------------- These I am reasonably pleased with for a first attempt :-) They are a lot shinier than the pictures show ------------------------------------------- And this one was a bugger! Its a Porcelain Jasper with such beautiful patterns on it but try as I might it does not get an overall smooth finish. The different patterns all seem to have different properties and grind down differently. I'll think about this one a bit more. ------------------------------------------- And I am proud of this one!

Its been a while since I posted here.... been a busy few months with motorhome enquiries picking up. But even more important - the weather has improved and I am spending more and more time in our little workshop having fun with Rocks. At the moment the two hot favourites are Flin t and Labradorite. I'll talk about the Flint later..... Labradorite - one word - WOW! This is the most beautiful Semi Precious stone I have ever seen! I love Rose Quartz and Carnelian but Labradorite is a whole different world. I could spend hours and hours just looking at it from different angles to try and find the flashes (known as Labradorescence) of Blue, Gold and Green that show up when the stone is held at a certain angle and the light is right. In fact I have spent so much time admiring the stone that I have not made any jewellery from it yet! Dave has made some beautiful Labradorite Cabochons: And he wrapped a couple of them in Sterling Silver Wire and made these beautiful Pendants. I th...

Its Mother's Day on 22nd March. Have you thought of a special present for Mum? How about one of these lovely Pendants? Carnelian and 14/20 Gold Filled Pendant Citrine and Gold Filled Wire Pendant A really special Shell Cameo Pendant - SOLD! Its the time to pamper and spoil that very very special lady and indulge her with something really nice ....