Every year the turtles make their way up from the stream in the back yard and into my garden to lay their eggs and usually just after we put the mulch down messing it up. This year because of all the rain we've had we are a little bit late putting the mulch down. This turtle is just over a foot long.
Gemstone Earrings , include Topaz, Pearls, Orange, Yellow and Hot Pink Chalcedony, Vermeil and Sterling Silver Silver
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| These will be made into nice Summer Anklets... Mixed Gemstones wire wrapped with Vermeil (24K over .925 Sterling Silver) Topaz, Quartz, Peridot, Apatite, Carnelian, Amethyst, Citrine and Black Onyx |
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| These Beautiful Aqua Blue Crackled Agate will be made into a bracelet using memory wire |
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| Large Juicy red Coral Nuggets will be perfect for a Necklace and Bracelet. |
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| These are going to be great as a Necklace they are so cool on your skin! Mixed frosted Gemstones (Rose Quartz, Green and Red Adventurine, Black Onyx, Blue Lapis, Tiger Eye, Rhodolite and Sodalite |
Here are a few local artist from Rhode Island that creat beautiful handmade items!
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| Beautiful faceted triangles in Teal Quartz are wire wrapped and dangle from a faceted clear crystal quartz and sterling silver ear wires. Length is 1 1/4 inch from bottom of ear wires |
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| Mystic Blue Topaz and dark teal pearls are separated by 925 sterling silver wrapped over and over. 925 Sterling ear wires. Length is 1 inch from bottom of ear wire |
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| Freshwater pearls and Mystic pink quartz are wire wrapped with vermeil (24 karat gold over 925 sterling silver). Length is 1/2 from bottom of ear wire |
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| A faceted round rock quartz sits beneath a wreath of Spinel gemstones, mystic pink heart quartz and keishi pearls. Total length is 1 1/4 inch from bottom of sterling ear wires |
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| Mystic Quartz, Pearls,Fluorite and Sterling Silver Earrings $38 |
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| Red Howlite, African Opal and Sterling Silver Earrings $22 |
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| Czech Glass, Vintage Flower Band and Sterling Silver $25 |
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| Shell, Mother of Pearls, Rose Quartz and Sterling Silver $30 |
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| Blown Glass, Moonstone, Apatite and Sterling Silver $32 |
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| Blue Lapis and Sterling Silver $22 |
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Keishi pearls and Garnet rondells are wire wrapped with vermeil (24k gold over 925 sterling) and clustered on top of a faceted quartz teardrop. These drops dangle 1 1/8 inch from vermeil berry ear wires. Festive for the holidays or bright for the summer!
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The container can be glass, plastic or even a Ziploc bag (I've used them all). Just make sure that it is airtight.
After a short while (maybe 15-20 minutes), shake the container around a little to redistribute the jewelry. I've found that if you don't get the jewelry moving aro
und, some of the silver may not oxidize very well.
This method of oxidizing sterling silver may take longer than using liver of sulfur, but it seems to work just as well - and you don't have to go outside in six feet of snow to do it!
If the egg gets cold before your sterling silver piece has oxidized as much as you'd like, remove the egg from the container and pop it into the microwave to heat it back up. Then place it back into the container and seal it up again.
I have used this process to oxidize ceramic beads dipped in silver also. When oxidizing ceramic beads dipped in silver, some of the pieces seemed to bubble if I laid them in the container. So what I do now is string them on cord with knots in between each bead to separate them. This seems to give better results.
Oxidizing Article by Pat Greer
