Fashion Trends This Spring

I am loving some of the fashion trends happening this season. Stripes are so hot right now but remember girls they can be less than flattering around our trouble areas. What I do is use them as accents or under a sweater or blazer. So cute! I am seeing allot of great corals and aquas (my personal favs). Natural gemstones and charms in jewelry. That nautical theme is poping up once again, just remember to keep it in check with the stripes and accessories can get a bit over done. I use the old proverb: put your accessories on then edit by taking at least one off. Purple is the color with kids and adults alike this time around. Juicy colors for the spring and summer collections. Fun! Fun! Fun! And yes some Day-glow for the kids is eking it's way in, but ladies a good rule of thumb is if you wore it the first time it was in fashion it might be to young for ya this time. Sucks when that happens! Always remember fashion info. is great but creating your own personal style is always in fashion!

Steampunk Ring : New Material CHAROITE

I'm always looking for some unusual material to set in my steampunk rings . During the Holidays i ordered so many materials , i don't even have the time to use them . You should see my treasure box . Here's one of my newest superstar : CHAROITE

Charoite is a rare mineral, named for the Chara River (though this etymology is disputed by some), and found only in the Sakha Republic, Siberia, Russia. It is found where a syenite massif has intruded into and altered limestone deposits.

Charoite is a strong, translucent lavender to purple in color, reminding some of a granite or marble with its pearly, swirling luster. However, it is a discrete mineral rather than a rock. Charoite is strictly massive in nature, and fractures are conchoidal. It has an unusual swirling, fibrous appearance, sometimes chatoyant, and that, along with its intense color, sometimes of a "grape" nature, can lead many to believe at first that it is synthetic or enhanced artificially.

Though reportedly discovered in the 1940s, it was not known to the outside world until its description in 1978. It is said to be opaque and unattractive when found in the field, a fact that may have contributed to its late recognition. Charoite is used as an ornamental stone and sometimes a gemstone, generally as cabochons set into pendants.

Russia has fairly strict prohibitions on the exportation of charoite. Generally, charoite is permitted to be exported only after the stone has been worked, for example, into figurines or other type ornaments. It is therefore difficult to procure "unworked" or "rough" charoite in a form suitable for further working into jewelry such as cabochons.

Charoite often contains inclusions of the mineral tinaksite, which appears as a golden, spire-like shape running through the material.

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For the metaphysically inclined :
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Used to overcome fears.
"Stone of Transformation" Convert anger and fear to positive emotions.

I really like this new material it reminds me of SERAPHINITE because of it's chatoyancy and mysterious nature .

The Purple Bee - Steampunk ring

Name : Apis Mellifera Purpurea Annulus ( The Purple Bee Ring )

Collection : OOAK RELIC STEAMED

Material :

Artistic wire Gun metal color copper

Antiqued metal bead

clock part

antique vintage brass bee on purple glass button

Size : 7 ONLY