We had a great weekend down in Cape May Point and lucked out on the weather. We are gearing up for our show on August 15 & 16th down in Cape May on the Promenade and we are really excited. Every time we found something neat on the beach we all got excited thinking about what we can make with it! My 3 year old daughter really got excited about collecting Cape May Diamonds off the beach, however it was real tough this year as its very rare that you can find a nice big clear stone. She was finding some very very tiny clear stones but I was just amazed she knew what they were!
We took a detour this time and decided to check out Higbees Beach in West Cape May and loved it until we got rained on. There were a ton of nice smaller Cape May Diamonds to be found on that beach and we love finding those “diamonds” in the rough! Here is a snap shot of one that we found, although the stone is not really clear.
Check out our line of Cape May Point jewelry and don’t forget to stop by our tent if you are down in Cape May on August 15 & 16 on the Promenade!
The tumbler is almost done and the Cape May Diamonds will be ready to wire wrap and make into jewelry. I found a bunch of larger Cape May Diamonds that have been hidden away that I am now in the process of wirewrapping into pendants. I am also starting to wirewrap some seaglass all in preparation for the show we are doing in Cape May on August 15th and 16th. So I am on the porch enjoying the beautiful day wirewrapping away!
Back in April I decided to submit a few sketches to Jewelry Artist for their column “Your Turn” in which they ask the readers to send in sketches of jewelry ideas based on a theme that they chose. As I was thumbing through the July edition of Jewelry Artist I noticed that they chose my design as one of the sketches to publish on the Your Turn page! I was so thrilled that they actually chose my sketch now I am motivated to go ahead and make it to see how it turns out! For those of you who subscribe, check out the July 09 edition of Jewelry Artist on the :your Turn” page to see my sketch in the middle of the page.
I have been sick with killer headaches for almost two weeks now and they have now finally subsided. Made it really difficult to even think more less cut any new stones or work on new pieces. So I am looking forward to this weekend and hoping to steal some time away cutting cabs. A few weeks back we found a piece of obsidian that appears to be green obsidian but has a rainbow hue to one of the pieces we cut. The other pieces we cut have iridescence to them which is also pretty cool but still not sure what to do with it! My husband who has now been helping cut stones has found a bunch of coprolite which is the name for Dinosaur dung! We found these beautiful pieces of agate/jasper that had gorgeous strings of red, orange and yellow throughout and what looks like light blue agate in between making it a stunning cab. After doing a bunch of research we found out it is coprolite so now my husband is on a quest to make a bunch of cabs out of it because he is so enamored with the stone. Hoping to update soon with some new creations!
