Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Natural beauties.

Labradorite array

These photos represent just a fraction of my current gemstone collection. Hi, I have a problem. At least I'm hoarding gems. Gems are small and they don't poop all over your house or make a "professional organizer" gag when she enters the kitchen. (those of you who haven't seen an episode of Hoarders, you should really consider yourself lucky at this point. there are certain images you can never scrub out of your brain.)

Anyhoo - just look at these beauties! I have a hard time committing to setting them in metal - the possibilities are so endless, I hem and haw over each one for quite a while. I want, most of all, to do them justice.

natural beauties

landscapes and spacescapes


druzies and slices

dendric duo

captured quartz

ammonites


Click the pix to see them bigger on Flickr.

12 comments:

Michelle Harvey said...

OMG, they're all gorgeous Cassie! Especially those druzies :)

jena said...

oh Cassie, these are so stunning! Man, are they all from that shop? I recognize so many of my favorites from there I can not WAIT to see what you make with them.

I'm trying to decide which stone I want to pay you big bucks to create something special for me with, hah! No, seriously! For some reason, colorful me is finding myself really drawn to that sparkly black squarish one. If you're not hoarding it away (which would be ok, haha!) I may want to talk to you about a custom order for a ring with that stone! Let me know-email me :)
jena

melissa loves said...

gah! I can NOT wait to see what you do with them all hunnie! Just gorgeous......yippeee!
xo
Melis

~Celeste~ said...

So beautiful!

Erin Jane - Erin Jane Designs said...

Oh dear lord! I'm drooling. No, seriously. I can't wait to see what you do! Quit that hemming and hawing already! :)

Orion Designs said...

Those labradorites make me hyperventilate.

The Rotary said...

wow, those really are beautiful. can't wait to see what they end up in!

Clementine said...

So glad you all like these photos! :) I promise to start attacking the collection asap and making some pretties. Thank you all for your sweet comments!

Anonymous said...

Amazing stones, will wait to see the finished jewelry

Rebecca said...

Ok, so I'm late to the party, but Oooooooh shiny! It's all those lost days maybe. . . .

Anyone'sGhost said...

These are AMAZING! Where do you get these stones? Love your jewelry by the way! :)

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