Early Signs of Fall in Ammonite Fossil

This necklace design is from our Rock Yard Collection and features a lovely colored ammonite fossil pendant. The pendant shows crystallization in the center of the ammonite and some of the chambers. I’ve hand wire wrapped it using non-tarnish brass wire.

Also featured in the necklace are striking borosilicate glass lampwork beads with light green, white and black fine lines inside clear glass; additional lampwork beads in red and light green against a black background with bumpy knobs on the sides for accents.

The rest of the necklace has natural stones of green jasper that are accented with gold tone star bead caps and wooden beads with a thatched pattern.

Get an early start on your fall accents for the coming season; stop by our online store at Ruby Lane to browse and shop our collection of artisan crafted jewelry.

Fall Designs Coming - Carnelian

New fall designs are being harvested and available online at our Ruby Lane shop for purchase! Some will also be available at the local shows this fall for purchase too.

This new design is one of the latest ones; to me it is rich, elegant and trendy. I love the pendant in a light olive with a flush of dark red/brown and white swirls. The necklace is crafted with a mix of beads; wood rounds with cutouts, faceted round carnelian, wonky lampwork beads, faceted rondelle crystals, and two different spacers in copper.

Carnelian is a beautiful stone, it is rich and the color is deep and adds an exotic mix to any piece. It is a translucent chalcedony that receives its beautiful red tints from iron oxides, such as hematite, embedded in the colorless silica. It may have either an unbroken color or can be faintly banded. Its name comes from the Latin word carneus, which means ‘fleshy’ in reference to its color. The ancient Greeks and Romans particularly valued carnelian, which they mostly used for intaglios. It has also been popular with signet rings. The Romans said that dark carnelian represented the male, while the light color symbolized the female. Napoleon returned from his campaign in Egypt with an impressive octagonal carnelian stone.

Most of today’s commercial carnelian is stained chalcedony that comes from Brazil or Uruguay. It is also heat-treated to enhance its color; beautiful stones come from India, where they are put in the sun to transform the brown color to red.

Carnelian: Precision, analytical capabilities, physical energy, verbal skill, peace, spirituality.

Visit our Ruby Lane shop for an array of designs using Carnelian and many other natural stones!

Wired Up Coral Mix

A wired up mess of balls are the focal of this necklace! Tightly wound balls of wire in antique brass are set along with a chunky sponge coral pendant accented with multiple layers of gold-tone cone bead caps.

Scattered between are lampwork beads with light cream/yellow backgrounds and red swoosh marks. The length of the necklace is of red (dyed) coral flat disks and finished with a gold tone twisted toggle.





Coral: Diplomacy, quieting emotions, visualization

Uniquely artisan crafted jewelry from natural stones, minerals and fossils; browse our online shop to chose your next treasure!

Hot New Mix in Red

This new design uses some of the new lampwork beads we just picked up in Tucson. It’s all about the red with this design, and lots of it! Using a Sponge Coral ax style pendant, we mixed it up with some swirled beige/cream/red rondelle lampwork beads, red hot natural Coral, and for something different kicked it up a notch by adding copper accents.

This one definitely says...Red, hot and spicy!

See this and many other new designs in our designer collections.