Aquamarine...

...the birthstone for the month of March, is a stone of courage.  Its calming energies reduce stress and quiet the mind (The Crystal Bible, Judy Hall).  Sounds like a stone we could all use, our birthstone or not.  The Studio finished, Aquamarine, March, a good place to start work again.  I had ordered these with this in mind...my aquamarine collection in the shop now...

Come On In....

Yes, I am spoiled.  My new in-home studio is finished and it turned out to look even better than I had envisioned.   I wanted the room to be functional, of course, but also pretty and personal.  I chose a neutral, calming color for the floor and walls.  I wanted to walk into a room that was like a blank canvas, so to speak, that was fresh and bright and that would inspire me onward to the next new project.  I plan to add some color with decorative items.  The colorful abstract painting by my oldest son fits in just perfectly.  My huge bulletin board was cut down to fit into an attractive gold frame that I had.  This is an attempt to keep the clutter down and save only what is important for now.  The bulletin board over the computer is for family use.  I also have a dry erase board over my work bench.  My old brown peg board was replaced with a new white peg board, framed and hung horizontally.  I keep my wire and chains on the peg board, in view, so that I know what I have to work with.  What started out to be a built-in storage area behind new louvered doors, was changed along the way, and now has a working counter area too for packaging.   I now have dedicated work areas and plenty of storage, I think, (can you ever have enough storage?).  The new work bench is from Harbor Freight.  The sturdy butcher block table in the center of the room was a thrift find, we just added casters, as were the chairs...and a new wall mounted TV.  More pics with notes @ http://flickr.com/photos/innerearthjewelry ...now it is time to see how the layout  works... I am ready to get grab some wires and pliers....

And now...last, but not least, thank you, thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to my husband for all his hard work and great ideas...xoxoxo

Chrissy Chandelier Earrings

These were the earrings chosen by Agnes at Beader Bubbe from my Etsy shop.  Your can read her post about winning @ http://beaderbubbe.blogspot.com/  , that's her blog.  Thanks to all who participated!  Enjoy!

And the Winner is....Beader Bubbe

Beader Bubbe is the winner of my drawing giveaway for a pair of earrings of her choice from my etsy shop.  Please contact me to chose your earrings and give me you mailing address.  Which will she choose!  Can't wait to see.  This was fun and I will have to do this again.  E-mail:  lindanash@innerearthjewelry.com   Having trouble on this blog site this morning and cannot post the photo that I want, so no photo, will try that later.  Here is the pic now.

Happy Valentine's Day

Thank you all for following IEJ here, I truly appreciate it.  I am having a Valentine' Day drawing and all of you are automatically entered.  For an additional entry, you may go to http://facebook.com/innerearthjewelry and comment in as many or few words about the type of earrings you like.  You will win a pair of earrings of your choice from my Etsy Shop.  On till 8:30 p.m. Valentine's Day Evening pacific time.  I will draw a name from a Hat, and post in the a.m. Feb. 15th.  Enjoy your day!

Tuesday Tidbit...

‎~Did You Know.....PARURE, ( pah-rur) is a set of matching jewelry of three pieces or more designed to be worn together as a set.  I learned this while watching Antique Road Show and then did some research of my own.

Trifari pink and green rhinestone parure