Semi Precious Gemstone Bead Order

Rose Quartz, Aventurine, Lemon Agate, Onyx, Snow Quartz

When talking to my daughter earlier this week I told her that I would be having a nice relaxed evening playing beads. She smiled, she knows that when I get a delivery of beads that I am like a kid in a sweetie shop.

Playing beads involves organising them with code numbers and putting them away in my bead boxes in between admiring the colours and almost caressing them, while thinking of designs to turn them into jewellery.      

I’d put in an order with an overseas supplier to restock some of the gemstone beads I was short of and also to buy some different beads. I had realised through my displays at jewellery parties and the craft fayres that the majority of colours I had in gemstone beads were what I’d term as Earth or Mother Nature colours. Browns, greens, yellows and oranges. I do have some blues in Sodalite and Blue Lace Agate and of course Amethyst and Rose Quartz add a bit more colour but nothing really vibrant.       

When I did my order that was my quest and I found some beautiful Jade – The Purple Jade and Coral Candy Jade certainly are gorgeous. I am looking forward to getting creative with them. The Snow Quartz, which I bought thinking they would go with any colour as a contrast are beautiful – One of the things I love about semi precious gemstone beads is the variety of colour in a single string of beads and I was amazed at the variety in the Snow Quartz. So many shades of white ranging from the purest white to an almost silvery grey white. Also included in the piles of beads shown in the photographs is a couple of strings of natural Turquoise, which was a find. A lot of Turquoise beads are dyed or are reconstituted so it was great to find natural Turquoise and again the variations in colour are stunning.       

 Originally posted to Webjam 5th December 2009        

Jades, Tree Agate, Tiger Eye