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These new items will be hitting the main shop throughout the morning:
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These beauties are now stocked at The Lion's Nest in Austin, TX:
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These beauties are now at Arcana boutique in Portland, Maine:
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Also recently listed is this beautiful vintage Navajo storyteller ring in my destash shop:
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That's it for now folks! Stay tuned for more news-
xxStray Arrow
In honor of the melt worthy heat outside, take 13% off in the main Stray Arrow shop with all orders over $25 (does not apply to custom orders).
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NEW ITEMS
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One of my very first rings from years and years ago with a rugged Pilot Mountain turquoise is now coming to the shop~
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This wondrous statement piece that has been creeping in the corners of my Victorian curio cabinet will also FINALLY make a shop appearance~
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More news coming soon!
xxStray Arrow
These new items will be hitting the shop throughout the day and night
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^size 9 Royston ribbon turquoise stacker in blackened silver.
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^size 6.75 Blue Gem turquoise in gold fill and blackened silver.
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^size 7.5 iolite gemstone Arrowvane ring with band detailing.
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* Spheres and Tides ring, featuring Castle Dome and Manassa turquoise, will fit sizes 6.5-7.
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^size 8 rustic ruby in zoisite stacker.
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^size 6.5 Royston Ribbon turquoise with cut out bezel detailing and extra stacker.
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^size 7.5 Kingman blue turquoise and dark silver stacker.
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^size 7.5 CAVE STACK, featuring old stock Number 8 mine turquoise in gold fill, and dark silver.
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^necklace with Blue Boy variscite, gold fill, and dark silver. 20" chain.
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^White Buffalo Arrowvane earrings, 1.5" tall in total.
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That's it folks! Check back in the shop and be sure to use the COUPON CODE for 15% off of your orders over $25!
xxStrayArrow
Alright folks. This is going to be a fairly long post, so hold tight.
To give a brief summary, I'm sharing my experience and rock haul from the Tucson Gem Show this year. Anything marked N/A in the photo is not available for custom orders. All other stones are up for grabs and will ONLY be fully reserved once you nail a design down with me and a deposit for said design has been paid. Please be aware that unless you've sealed a piece with me, I may be showing the same stones to others.
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So. I started in New England, looking at this:
Packed up jewels from my personal collection to sport in the sun:
Took a few planes...
....and entered a region where aliens are abundant. Aliens. Yes. They are everywhere, in bizarre variations that look inviting yet are secretly hazardous...
And yes. I'm talking about these:
I swear these are the weirdest, coolest things. I got so many, "Uhm how many photos of cacti is this girl going to take???" stares. I don't even care.
Oh yeah. There was also the huge gem show all over the city, that was cool too.
(^natural rough Sleeping Beauty mine turquoise)
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Now, onto conquests.
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^Broken Arrow mine variscite. natural. straight from the mine owner.
^Burtis Claim Cripple Creek mine turquoise. natural.
^Royston turquoise and Royston ribbon cut turquoise. natural.
^Royston turquoise. natural.
^White Buffalo turquoise. natural. Straight from the mine owner.
^Blue Moon mine turquoise. natural.
^Royston ribbon cut turquoise. natural.
^ left to right: New Lander mine, Peacock mine, Carico Lake mine, Number 8 mine (!!! truly!), Damele mine.
All natural.
^the amazingly tight webbing in this one is hard to photograph.
^this one has a very high dome.
^ Sleeping Beauty mine turquoise. natural.
^Fox // Cortez mine turquoise. natural.
^old stock Number 8 mine turquoise. natural.
^Royston turquoise. natural. Along with some strays.
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That's the haul folks! I hunted and enjoyed the skies of the Southwest
Then I returned home to a series of snow storms. Fantastic.
Keep a look out as I'll be posting NEW ITEMS to preview here on the blog this coming Sunday before they hit the shops!
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SALE NEWS
From tonight until next Thursday at midnight, enjoy 15% off of your order in the Main Etsy Shop with coupon code:
SNOWVERDOSE
in honour of there being too much snow here and wanting to empty the shelves in the shop a bit for new items! Sale does not apply to custom orders, minimum purchase of $25 required to apply.
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KEEP POSTED FOR SUNDAY.
In the meantime, if you aren't in a sunny land, stay warm and bundle up!
xx Stray Arrow
Below are some of the jewels that will be going into the shop on Wednesday and Thursday...
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be sure to enter in the discount code if you make a purchase in the shop from now until Monday the 8th at Midnight!
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ROCK APPRECIATION DAY:
For this month, I could only chose one stone. I'll be highlighting Castle Dome Mine Turquoise, as its become a staple for my Mini Cave Lady Rings! I thought about doing black pyrite for a second stone, but don't have enough jewelry pieces to use as examples. I'll have to plot and cook up something big for August!
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Castle Dome turquoise is quite rare as it is a closed mine. Depicting bright light blues as it's signature, it is located near Globe, Arizona. Castle Dome is also referred to as Pinto Valley Mine turquoise, and it is similar to it's close neighbor the Sleeping Beauty Mine. Natural material of this is hard to get as most of the rough from when the mine was closed was stabilized and/or used for beads. It started, like many other turquoise mines, as a copper mine. Because of the mining methods used initially (aka blasting. yikes), many of the veins and structures of the turquoise later uncovered were extremely fractured. There wasn't much solid rough available for lapidary artists to cut.
Personally, I'm not particular to 'plain blues' in turquoise. This mine in particular, (and its similarly hued cousin the Blue Moon mine) has grown on me. There are very subtle hues in a lot of the Castle Dome mine turquoise that you don't find in your standard robin's egg blue or Sleeping Beauty mine turquoise. It has light "watermark" patterns, that aren't webbed or water webs. I adore pairing it with darkened silver, as it gives it contrast to highlight the stone. It also makes for a macabre pairing, and always reminds me of the bottom of pools.
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I'll be using more of this turquoise in fresh designs soon. What's pictured is all I have left!
xx Stray Arrow