by Kristen Stover | Jan 1, 2021 | Custom Jewelry, Fashion, Gemstones, Pearls, Rings, Style, Wire Wrapping
Sayonara 2020! Time to Get Our Bling-On in 2021 Last month (last year) I promised to ring in the new year by showing you some sparkle for your fingers. If you are less of a sparkle person and prefer beauty in simplicity, check out this post. If, however, you are the...
by Kristen Stover | Nov 1, 2020 | Colors, Custom Jewelry, Fossils, Gemstones, Wire Wrapping
What comes to my mind when this spectacular time of year is mentioned? Autumn, with crisp temperatures, sweaters, pretty leaves that are always accompanied by imported leaf-peepers. Oh, okay, and Halloween and Thanksgiving, too. But this month, I really wanted to...
by Kristen Stover | Sep 1, 2020 | Colors, Custom Jewelry, Fashion, Fossils, Gemstones, Wire Wrapping
Labor Day brings thoughts of Summer’s last hurrah, complete with a quick jaunt to the beach to splash in the surf. Alas, the mountains several hours beyond a “jaunt”, and the lakes here don’t provide many waves to frolic in, and so I must satisfy...
by Kristen Stover | Aug 1, 2020 | Custom Jewelry, Fashion, Fossils, Gemstones, Style, Wire Wrapping
If I said the word fossil, you would probably go directly to thinking about dinosaurs, arid dusty sites crawling with paleontologists, and perhaps even Jurassic Park comes to mind. Paleontologists, getting down and dirty. I can’t talk about fossils without...
by Kristen Stover | Jul 1, 2020 | Gemstones, Wire Wrapping
Three years ago, we were all a-twitter here in Western North Carolina, gearing up for a total solar eclipse that took place on August 21, 2017. I was looking at some of my older posts, deciding which ones deserved to come back to my new website, I came across this...
by Kristen Stover | Jan 2, 2020 | Colors, Custom Jewelry, Fashion, Gemstones, Style, Wire Wrapping
The process between vision and actual execution can be challenging. Back when I was learning one of the styles of ring-making (in 2015), I discovered a way to wrap a stone and uniformly leave 2 loops on the side, so I can incorporate the stone right into the necklace...
