Gem Blog

Freshwater pearls have been prized for their natural beauty and healing energies since ancient times.

As the shop grows, the quality of gold/silver findings and toggle clasps improve! Below is the specific detail of the materials that I will be transitioning over to.

The Waistchain Catalog for September is here! Feel free to message me via Instagram or email me via my Contact Page for any questions on designs, bead types and more...

For anyone needing help with measuring for body jewelry! As someone who has seen the repercussions of not properly getting a waist length correct, I believe this guide makes it simple enough to have long-lasting handmade waist jewelry :)

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐎𝐩𝐚𝐥 MYTHOLOGY AND HISTORY There are two kinds of opals, common and precious. Milk opals or plain common opals do not have flashes of color or what is called play of color. With...

𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥 MYTHOLOGY AND HISTORY In many cultures, mother-of-pearl is associated with the sea mothers. In Peru pearl is sacred to Mother Sea, the whale goddess. First worshipped by the Incas, she has...

  𝐁𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐉𝐀𝐃𝐄 MYTHOLOGY AND HISTORY Bowenite was much beloved in Russia before the Revolution. Faberge created a bowenite clock in honor of the birth of Tsar Nicholas and also used it to...

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐚𝐥 MYTHOLOGY AND HISTORY The word opal probably comes from the Sanskrit world upala, which means precious stone. Opals, especially colourless ones, were believed to render the wearer unseen and in medieval times...