Featured Etsy Shop: AJ’s Country Cottage

December 17, 2007

Today’s featured Etsy shop is AJ’s Country Cottage, a shop featuring handpoured room-scenting candles, highly-scented soy candles, handmade olive oil soaps, highly-scented wax melts, and lip butters. I asked AJ some questions about herself and her work… Tell me about yourself. Married to my college sweetie. We live in rural Missouri with our 2 kids, […]

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Whoa, Front Page!

December 13, 2007

Nuf said!

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Alviso Rotary Crab Feed

December 13, 2007

The Alviso Rotary Club holds a Crab Feed every year at the South Bay Yacht Club in Alviso. This year, the Crab Feed will held on February 9. Tickets can be purchased from any Alviso Rotary member (including me) for $40 each. Proceeds of the event go to the David B. Hoxie Scholarship Fund. This […]

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There’s Still Time!

December 12, 2007

Yes, indeed, there is still time to shop at Lava Jewelry for Christmas! I have plenty of gemstone jewelry to choose from, and I gift-package all jewelry purchases. I am also happy to ship directly to your gift recipient, and I will include a free personalized note card at your request. The note cards were […]

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Introducing Zbella!

December 8, 2007

Yes, that’s right. I’ve opened a new shop! Zbella: Nature-Inspired Metal Artisan Jewelry Zbella features my metal jewelry designs, which I’m really excited to share. I am currently offering brass and copper earrings, both big and small, with sterling silver ear wires. I’ll soon be adding an eclectic mix of metal jewelry, including sterling stacking […]

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Featured Etsy Shop: k.j.m.Art

December 5, 2007

Here’s what you’ve all been waiting for – I’m reviving my featured Etsy shops! The first shop to be featured in my new series is k.j.m. Art, a shop featuring hand-painted silk. I asked k.j.m.Art’s owner, Kim, a few questions about her shop and her work. What kind of art do you make? I mostly […]

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How Big a Geek are You?

December 4, 2007

Today’s post is pure silliness. It’s something I thought of while I was drifting off to sleep last night, and probably doesn’t make any sense today. This is my little test to help you determine how geeky you are, on a scale of 1 to 10. Which tv series is each of these from? Give […]

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December’s Birthstone at Lava Jewelry!

December 2, 2007

Blue topaz is December’s beautiful birthstone. Blue topaz is known by various names, depending on its shade of blue. Pale blue topaz is called sky blue, medium deep blue topaz is known as Swiss blue topaz, and the deepest blue topaz is called London blue. Topaz is an aluminum fluorosilicate mineral that is formed by […]

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Gemstone of the Day: Onyx

November 29, 2007

It’s definitely time to start writing Gemstone of the Day articles again, and I thought I’d begin with a fairly well-known gemstone: onyx. Onyx is a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. It occurs in pretty much any color you can imagine, and it is commonly banded. Onyx with red banding is called sardonyx. Solid black onyx […]

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Migraine B Gone!

November 27, 2007

It’s about 4 in the morning, and I’m just getting over a particularly bad migraine. Now that I’m feeling better, I don’t want to go to sleep. I’m feeling good, so I want to get some work done. Funny, huh? I’m absolutely certain that I had something more interesting to write here, but it has […]

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