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Cranial Meltdown Revisited
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The personal blog of Zbella / Lava Jewelry. Articles on various metals used in jewelry-making, gemstones, and featured artists.
Recent Posts
Your Favorite Gemstones?
Please take a moment to fill in this poll. I’m interested in what your favorite gemstones are. What gemstones have always been your favorite? What gemstones are your latest favorites? Please feel free to leave comments below, especially if you ...
July’s Birthstones at Lava Jewelry!
Lava Jewelry is fully stocked on July’s gorgeous birthstones: ruby and carnelian. I have tons of styles available in both stones, and remember that I love to do custom work, so please contact me if you’d like something different in ruby or carnel...
Tiny Tools of the Trade
As a jewelry-maker, I have the unique privilege of working with some really tiny tools. I wanted to share a picture of one of my tools with my blog readers. It is a drill bit that I use in jewelry-making (see photo below). Yes, indeed, I have to do s...
Yosemite
I went to Yosemite over the weekend with a couple of friends. I have spent a lot of time at Yosemite in the past, doing geology. Two of my professors at San Jose State had a grant studying the Tuolumne Intrusive Suite in the park. (Feel free to ask m...
1000 Sales!
I hit 1000 sales in my Etsy shop this week! Woo hoo! I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my wonderful customers. Seriously, I must have the best customers in all of Etsyland. You’ve been an absolute delight, collaborating to m...
